The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-20
GOLDEN STREAMS TO FLOW
THROUGH CANAL TO ISLANDS
So Says RCar-AdmiraI Ross, Who Urges Terri
tory to Get Busy at Once and Prepare
for Coming Commerce.

Before large gathering of the mem.
bers of the Commercial Club at the
luncheon hour yesterday, the guest of
the day, Admiral Ross, U. S. N. Ore.
tired, spoke on the Panama Canal and
its relation to Honolulu, and threw out
hint where Hawaii might recruit Ia
borers on the completion of the canal.
"Admiral Ross has the remarkable
distinction, for one thing said G. +.
Bush, the club Is vice-president, in his
introduction of the speaker, "of un-
dertaking and carrying to completion
the construction of the naval plant at
Chicago. This is one Of the very few
instances in which an official builder
for the government was kept ON the
job The department at Washington
realized that the right man was in the
right place and would permit no.
change in the direction of the large
and important operations.
"Our guest has recently made n
thorough inspection of the Panama
Canal and in speaking upon that sub
| iect will no doubt be able to peer into
the future of Honolulu regarding its
relation to the new route.
Is Still Working.
"Gentlemen, I present Admiral
Ross, half century in the service of
his country and still laboring for its
honor and advancement.
Glimpsing the enormous work in
volved in the construction of the canal,
briefly touching upon the necessity for
Honolulu s making strenuous efforts to
prepare itself to cope with the greatly
increased traffic that will result from
the opening of the canal, paying
hearty compliments to the 'Paradise
of the Pacific' and announcing his in.
) tention of living with you the rest of
) my days, aiding and helping you as
can, - the remarks of the Admiral
were given the closest attention and
ounctuated with enthusiastic applause.
Ahead of Schedule.
Admiral Ross said that the water
i would be turned in the canal next
| June, and that it will be ready for op-
, Grafton at least a year ahead of the
time planned. notwithstanding the
! doubling of the excavation originally
planned, instead of doubling the time
and money they are going to build the
{ canal year ahead of time and are go
3 ing to have some money in the treas
| ury when they finish" said the AID
miral.
The speaker said that before the in
+. stallation of Colonel Goethals as chief
: engineer, the system under which the
other engineers worked was wrong, but
1 anull
: der the handicaps imposed.
Y "The more minds you have on sucl
!. a thing,D said Admiral Ross, 9Th,
! more clashing you are going to have
Q So, choose your man and say to him
J. 'All / want is the result; go ahead.
n If he is the right kind of man, yol
/ will get the results; if he is not, he will
n get out. 1t was only when they tool
!. Goethals- you want to emphasiz
a the first syllable of his name, Go,
J. for he not only goes himself but h
i makes everyone else go'-and put hin
v on the job with free hand that the.
e got results. 1t is said on the zone tina
a Goethals knows the word hurry i
o forty-six languages, and he also know
S how to apply it in good American
S English"
) At one time one of the most ur
r healthful places on the globe, the Istf
Y mus of Panama, thanks to the grea
e work of Colonel Gorgas in eradicatin
v the mosquito and in making other sar
d itary betterments, has today a lowe
It death rate than any other place in tn
e. world, declared the speaker.
IL Source of Labor Supply.
y "The gold employees now humble
- FIVE thousand persons" said the speal
a err, "and $4,000 are found on the silve
IL pay rolls. About eight thousand worl
men will be available after the compl,
"a ton of the Panama Canal who are fon
4 d, of tropical climates, and they might /
y brought to Hawaii. You will not fin
ID better labor in the world.''
u This suggestion was greeted wit
:. rounds of applause.
- The hearty appreciation of the men
y hers of the club was evinced when tn
:, Admiral, in illustrating the charactC
70 of Colonel Goethals, related the follow
ing incident:
y "COlonel Cocktails was approache
= by a delegation from a labor unio
~ who presented this ultimatum: Nv
will give You twentyfon hours I
y recognize the union Without hesiti
ton GOethals empnatlcally retOrteO
q . Il win give you twenty-four hours t
=" get on the job; if you aren' t on til
job then, ! will deport you'll"
Some Needed Tasks.
Touching the effect of the opening @
the canal upon and its relation to Hor
g olulu. Admiral Ross said:
you have here on the Islands tn
Paradise of the Pacific 1t lacks
few things; you know them better tina
do. OF the health of this communit
there should never be any question.
= there should ever be any question q
ia to the health of your community, tour
=. lists and ships are not going to com
y here. In order to have good healt
d you must have good water, good sew
~ age facilities, the best methods ia
y handling your garbage, 30 that you
z liarbor is not polluted. You have I
p eradicate the mosquito and the ~
- You will have trouble IN doing thes
le things. but II you do not do them, III
% commerce Of the world n not going I
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