Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-01
II is grand thing 10 find joy in ones work; if you have
found that you have found the heart Of Ife-JaMeS Buck
ham,
A YEAR OF PREPARATION.

Nineteen hundred and eleven was year Of realization for
Hawaii ........
The new year. Of nineteen hundred and twelve must be
year OF preparation
This sounds like placing the cart before the horse But
is true that the realization OF any great ambition MEANS to
the progressive individual or community merely prepara
ton for going forward to greater work and the utment OF
broader destiny. .g. ...
This is exactly the situation with Honolulu and with the
Territory OF Hawaii at the opening of the year. The
counts OF the old year have been footed up and the balance
the right side We elaed and inspired by the achieve
mens Of the year. the hopes that have been realized and the
Improvement evidenced on every hand
But this is only the signal to buckle down to the task with
greater energy and enthusiasm and prepare tor the greater
things to come greater responsibilities thrust upon us by the
course OF events.
We boast of being the hub Of the Pacific We shall have
cause for shame rather than boaSmg it the great world
movements reach Honolulu to nd it unprepared waiting,
Wrangng marking time and apoOglzng tor what has not
zone.
Honolulu must prepare for great influx Of population ard
Of trade must prepare for the developed Pearl Habor and
for the Panama Canal These things are coming: they are
at Our very door, Honolulu has vastly more to do than SIT
and wait. " -.. ." " t.. |#
First and foremost Hono must make itself clean. This
is place for the soldiers of the United States It 1t is not
what is generally referred to as nfecbe territory This
is place to live if the traffic from the Panama Canal and
Central America arrives here to find new breeding place for
various forms OF peStienGe. A'a q #'# Proceeding 20"
The task looks big. Whether we do not will determine
whether we have here community made up OF great men
and therefore certain to be listed in the great cities OF the
country or little corner crossroads made up OF peanut pol
iticianS. ? W.t .." a"aa.r.s..s ...u. p. 'r...
Our fellow CoInrymen will laugh at us if, after year OF
remarkable and unexpected prosperity we turn to the COM
muny and civic problems of preparation and say, We can't
do it, ''The job is too big for this little town." NJ
If the men Of wealth and its associated power sit on their
bags Of gold and declare that III is costing too much they
will be equally responsible for the failures with the socaIed
rabbe who don't for the cost so they get their hands in
the trough 1872 '"'n.r#.. - ..w. a.. '." H.n.. .H.
Proper preparation for Honolulu includes prompt re-
Spouse from everyone to the call Of civic duty Men who be-
eve the cost too high must devote larger share OF their
time to public affairs. II they cannot accept office them
selves they should give some of their time to constructive
work, not to naggng criticism.
Our people must prepare for the future by insisting on the
highest standards of efficiency in public office. We must
have alert body of citizens who will demand OF the civil
servants standard Of discipline as exactng as the army
We must prepare to get greater results in shorter space OF
time than at any other period of our history
Hawaii in the last year has made money, hand over
fist Its people will be utterly false to their duty and their
opportunity if this of uneqIaed prosperity is not used
basis for year Of endeavor and achievement that will
find this city at the close Of the next twelve months fully pre-
pared land well on the way to being in fact the Model City OF
the Pacific.