The Daily Bulletin

THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC.

"The Paradise of the Pacific" is, as most of our readers already know, a paper published in Honolulu monthly, for circulation abroad. Its object is to make known the country to the people in other lands; the object of making known the country to those people is to induce them to come and see us: it is believed that their coming to see us will be mutually beneficial to them and to ourselves.

The paper is well calculated, by the nature of the bulk of its matter and by the wide circulation given it, to effect the purpose of its promoters. A truthful portrayal of the wonders, the beauties, and the many charms of the country is all that is needed to induce many tourists to direct their travel hitherward, who would never otherwise dream of doing so. Once here, they find a climate, scenery, active and extinct volcanoes, etc., which they may have sought long in vain elsewhere, and which richly reward them for the cost of coming: and while in the country they spend money in various ways, which directly or indirectly benefits every class of the community.

Entertaining these views, we have always regarded the "Paradise of the Pacific" as an enterprise deserving all encouragement, and cannot understand that any intelligent man can be so narrow-minded or short-sighted as to oppose it.

There are probably people in the community who regard the paper simply as a money-making venture, intended by the manager to bring coin directly into his own pocket, and believe that it really is to him a profitable speculation. If there are any who seriously think so, they must be very ignorant of the actual cost of producing a paper like the "Paradise of the Pacific," and of the revenue derived from its advertising columns, its only source of revenue. The fact is, Mr. Williams has gone into the enterprise with spirit and vigor, hoping to profit ultimately in a business way by promoting tourist travel, but in the meantime receiving nothing for his pains and being money out of pocket to boot. He is at least entitled to the thanks of the country for his gratuitous services.