| Show HAWAII NOT A KLONDIKE the news Is in receipt of a copy of the commercial advertiser honolu lu au under date of october giving a description of the territory of hawaii its people government laws commerce finances educational system and resources besides these matters the paper is full if interesting local and telegraphic news which with its tnie met ch anical makeup make up reflects much creft credit on the publishers the nameon name of W X T armstromg Armstro hg bg appears at the bead of the editorial columns mr Armst ronar has haa many warm friends in salt olty who will be pleased to learn he is in connected with such an enterprising paper as the advertiser the final remarks regarding the advantages 4 of engaging in business or securing employment on the islands are as follows no one interested in hawaii desires to discourage the settlement of a good class of citizens in the dou country but it is more in the interest of both the people of hawaii and intending settlers that the full truth be known before seta set tiers come to hawaii thereby a avoiding PO possible isible disappointment and the incurring of unnecessary expense the following facts should be borne in mind by all intending settlers ast 1st hawaii is not a new country it T Is not a klondike where gold cabi can be picked up or an Okla oklahoma hama where land jd z can be had for the asking honolulu ift was an established city before fan francisco was on the map ln in theloa the latter and early the people le or of california sent their children VIP TO W CW lulu to be educated peon to hawaii therefore must noi holl expect to find the opportunities incidental to a new and undeveloped dibuno must expect to meet the condl tlona so 0 o J far as business is concerned found in the older states and 2nd with the exception of the supplies furnished to transpacific trans pacific shipping the business and resources of hawaii are purely agricultural with such other subordinate business as are necessarily essa rily incidental to an agricultural community under these circumstances the field for engineers mechanics bookkeepers clerks and such employments lis Is necessarily limited ard 3rd owing to the limited population la the home market for hawaiian products produces Is extremely limited and mar bets for nearly all products must be for abroad this means that agriculture tn in order to be conducted successfully must be carried on by persons possessing capital and business knowledge enough to carry it om oin upon a wholesale scale and to do an export business ath there are exceptions to all rules and any man of good address with habits of industry and energy and some capital and some without aitho ut capital can doubtless make a place for himself in hafalia cawalla if he makes up his mind to to so it such a man can do the same anywhere else lin in the united St altes but for the average citizen to come to habali without a place in view and without capital enough to support himself for a nun number iber of months phout bout employment the chances are that disappointment will be his portion those who wish to engage in the coffee or fruit business who have capital enough to td bide their opportunity and await the maturing mia turing of the orchards will it Is firmly believed find here a most favorable opportunity for investment the rhe capital needed varies with the caliber and aspirations of the man but not less than is recommended the work dost and tame mme necessary ry to secure returns do not irot differ materially from the same feats connected with fruit farming far in the states abates aith one thing which can be unqualifiedly recommended as being the equal of anything on earth is the climate it is the most equable of any known country land and is eminently emine nUy suited to those who desire either rest from the business rush of the great centers or freedom from the intense beata of summer and freezing colds of winters the thermometer in honolulu never ves goes above 90 nor mor below bellow about 62 52 the hospitality of hawaii is proverbial and ana all those who do come here will find a disposition among the people of hawaii to assist them as far as pos poe sable an editorial in the same issue of the paper has this to say those who read the Inform information aElon given inthis in this issue of the paper regarding the resources of these islands should closely read the final remarks made regarding the limited opportunities for engaging in business or securing employment here the enthusiastic reader may make ut up his mind anat he in spite of warnings come here and take his eh chances ances let min feet feel that a lot of other readers will fake the same view and are also willing to take their chances A large number of people are here already who concluded to take their chances and they immigrated here and are stranded A country that after seventy we years intercourse with europe and america contains only anglo saxons including men women and children cannot affer many business openings of the kind usually dired desired the states teem with restless men young and old the craze of the age to Is for budden fortune the result is a sederie tion of gamblers with the al fate of gamblers that one suc aa and ana a hundred tall fall the desire of the unsuccessful the restless is to move on and make a fresh start beyond the horizon this paradise of the pacific is an enchanting place the correspondents say and they become castles in spam spain to the unfortunate anyone who believes that a fortune or a competence cannot be acquired in the states is ignorant indolent and unpatriotic the opportunities for success in intelligent brain work were never so many for those who have sense enough to work and wait at the same time the opportunities for the lazy the indolent and restless are decreasing moses taylor of new york city a poor boy in the beginning who left a fortune of acquired by simple intelligent work said competition am among 0 ng thoroughly trained and indus trous arous men is decreasing because there is not enough of them but competition among the indolent restless and among those who have neglected their theft chances for manual education is increasing hawaii can support a much larger population than now exists on her lands but only by a slow process can it be done owing to her unfortunate land system and the limited amount of land on several of the islands it Is not easy to secure homes in the most desirable places As this system is modified modi fled the conditions will change there are many thousands of people in the states who desire a mild climate they will find it here but they must understand the conditions owing to such trashy literature about the published in past years the idea is fixed to n the heads of many that nature mature Is more kindly to man near the equator than near the poles so far as climate is concerned it is true but people who have wants wanta find that nature does not supply them for the asking in any part of the earth people with the emited wants of the tropical savage can cam supply such wants as readily in any part of the states A man consumes about five bushels of wheat per annum in america that quantity Is easily raised in truth so far living in the tropics is more costly than elsewhere because the people ot of the tropics import all manufactured goods until conditions change the tropics will agricultural therefore the tor for business are mainly in agriculture and not in manufacturing or lor in trade these need not discourage one who proposes to emigrate provided he has forethought is prudent and will not gamble in taking chances chia inces |
