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Show HONOLULU GAINS BY THE NEW CABLE merchants Eapidlj Taking Advantage Advan-tage of the Submarine Wire for Ordering. tSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. The Pacific Pa-cific cable has already become an important im-portant factor in commercial life. Heretofore Here-tofore the ordering by Honolulu merchants mer-chants of perishable goods was tf necessity ne-cessity made by mail when a steamer left Jhat port. Merchants were thus compelled to rate their orders for a future fu-ture delivery of about seventeen days. Now orders are cabled here on the day j a vessel Is scheduled to sail for the islands. |