Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-10
INC CANAL IS OPEN i

Honoluiu's celebration of the opening of the
Panama canal lacks nothing of genuineness,
LASTLY arranged though it was The display OF
Tags and the unison of whistles is really cred
table, considering that it was not until late yes
terday afternoon that plans were completed.
AS told in today's cable dispatches, every
large city on the Pacific is celebrating the open.
ing Of the great waterway that is to give a for.
ward impetus to the commerce of this ocean. For
honolulu to have remained silent while other
enters Of Pacific trade joined in the national
cheering over Uncle Sans splendid achievement
would have been extremely unfortunate The
Tact that Honolulu was not silent, but raised a
|Osty voice with the others, will today be cabled
6round the world, and emphasis again placed on
the fact that this city is the Crossroads Of the
Pacific, the center for new trade routes that the
canal will develop.
But Honolulu must not be content with cheer.
ing. There is an enormous amount of work for
this city to do in the next few months The port
must be made ready to accommodate largely.in-
creased shipping; docks are to be built, facili-
Hes afforded for coaling, watering and provi-
|oning steamers large and small Honolulu
must look even more carefully after sanitation
md quarantine regulations than has been done
"a the past This port has been kept open and
''ee from epidemic by the splendid cooperation
% the citizens with public officials. That ba.
''na-eutting campaigh, whatever the merits Of
he plan to destroy the plants may have been,
las been worth ten times - 1ost % the c6mmu-
pity in the lesson It afforded of uiitiring energy,
1{I4gging perseverance, on the part Of q com.
.'ttee representing the community energy and
erseyerance in handling a cleanup task of Sc
|ons proportions In that campaign, as in 9TH
re- where the safety Of the portswas threatened,
.o10lulu has risen to the crisis with extraordi-
|.ty efficiency. And the effects Of that cam
s'en have been enduring. Honolulu is a clean.
city, better city, safer city, a more beauti.
~ city today than two years ago, than four
|sals ago
Honolulu must be kept clean, and beautiful.
|nd safe. An epidemic here would set the city
'ack year at the least Thanks to the cleanup
lays Of the past thanks to the fine examples af-
0rded BY these volunteer committees of,citizens,
hanks most Of all to the daily and everyday
york Of the board of health and city officials,
md Of the United States public health service,
his port is today the eleanest and safest of the
'Iopics o. sub-tropics It is reputation worth
Millions; ia the future, with business and tour
sts multi plying ten-fold on the Pacific, this rep
Dtation will be worth many more millions
And yet Honolulu must not rest in any false
security. Only vigilance will keep the port
lean; only unremitting industry will make it
<Ter cleaner. Only vigilance and industry will
re Honolulu for her rightful place in the new
World of commerce discovered as the blasts to-
day tore asunder Gamboa dixie and cleared the
way between continents
There is no magic destiny for Honolulu to be
accepted as gift This city has hard work
head, plenty of i, to develop natural advan-
and it must be united work, without jealousy,
'th0ut pettiness 1t must be the sort of thing
lat a Greater Chamber of Commerce stands for,
progressiye, aggressive, wide awake, devoted
Is the whole community. -
If this Greater Chamber of Commerce mate
I'6lizes as now seems certain from the temper
"A the last few days-H Honolulu will have gone
/6e long stride forward toward getting ready for
he commerce of the canal
There is a temptation to indulge in little
.ebtiInentality over the event today that will go
....rn in history. There is . temptation and an
...,artnnity for eloquence. But over all such
.S,nbtation comes the SOLDERING thought Of Homo
rs pressing responsible lities, and the realiza-
-. that what IS needed now is not 1cioauepce
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