The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], January 01, 1900, Image 1

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OU AND NEW YKAU.
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Tin var which has imw hih'
to a rlnsv was on' of tin most n
iiiarkahh' in Hawaiian history. It
was the first full year of ioliti
ial afiiliation between the b lauds
and the United States and an suoh
it contributed more than nnv
other one penod of ejual length
to the welfare of the j;roui. In- f
deed in the Hawaiian calendar it J
must rank in material ircj;ri.
above mine decades. Fortun.ite as
other years have been their Immio
lits to the jK'opIe of thete Islands
were circuniscribetl by a variety
of depressing Klitioal tir.'um
stances which annexation remov
ed. With the assurance of slablc a
(verninent a larger share than -V !s
ever lief ore of moner made on thitt 5 1
P soil remaiiu'41 for local invest- Q
nient. Before that time our cap-
ft italists hokel abroad for iruaran-
te-s of financial safety. Vast
T, V sums derived from commerce and
1Z the sale of Island products went "2
permanently to the Lnitcd States ft
and Europe. Hut the first vear of M
American soveri'icntv here wit- W
nessed the acquisition or local con-
jW ft
mience ami as a resuir liawan
12 s,,,d its political capital have ad
fy2 vanced with leaps and bounds.
Two ixreat facts stand out in the
ft progress of the year the increase
of pmdiK'tive industry and its nd-
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been started under most encour-
ainf; circumstances and old ones
have been improved. The price of
suar never r'tled so hij;h. Srnne
attempt was also made to intro-
dnce new manufactures. Many &
as
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ft l oiniiiinirs lriv Im-cii orani.iil. ,
J-fuv. tt:u:ii fit institutions ojM'iied
$m and the ne-ds of iow1ii !usi-"V
p' ncss have b-en met by splendid V
w commen'ial structure. Kail
V ways have been planned and j
started: rapid transit for this city 2
2 is now beiii provided for. The T
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xport and import trade has ev ft
panned proiioiisiy ami new nm s ft
of shiis have sought the favor of k
the port. An era of modem pib
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lie improvement lie-ran during Tin-
year of whn-h Honolulu s new
sewers are ;i tpe. I'.nl one facor
nf depression came into beiim
tlie few cases of bubonic plague.
Ill a measure that checked hui
ties for tin- moment but if collld
not eheel: tie prosiity which
the ear had founded on the rock
of production and credit.
In d'-fault "f a census it is not
livil,Ii- toav how much the pop
illation of the lland h.i ex
..in.h d sin.e il.e tii-t of .laimary
a r;ir;i.i. I tu I i lie demand upon
the area of ilmnii ib the crowding
of tin- street-, tin- strain.'' faces
. el W I l ie. the pa -sender lists of
steamers and saili:i vessels all
these tell their OW II sfo. HolMl
lulu is i:iowin'r. Hawaii is "row
in. and 'lotliiiiL s,,ins hkel
sl.Tp an i nl! ii x w hi- h is caused
an intelligent conception of the
fact that coming e ent - are likely.
to do mote tlian past eM iits li.lv.',
d to open m w ti. lds of labor 4
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a IMl I II I lie II l M' i .
Having so inmh to be thankful
foi dm in- tl ear that is .'one
i; should be easy to take courage
for the future. There can be no
,1. .iii.t that the l.usmess of the
Island will 'o n lisinu to the
l 1 and b. ar thet i on to fortune.
min' ale ad are whares. :ail
road-., municipal rapid transit.
new hotels, liew business blocks.
new industries and new planta
tions: possibly the beinnin;: of
a Pacific cable and probably the
institution of Territorial and mi:
nicipal rule ai.d of extensive Fed
eral works. The prosjwet is in
very way encouraging an '
whether tl is year is to be counted
the last of the nineteenth century
or tin first of the twentieth it is
full of cheerful omcns for Hawaii
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