The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-27
Hawaiian Hardware Co., Id
Saturday, March 25, 1898.

has IL ever occurred TO you
that the Islands are getting a
tremendous amount of free
advertising? Has it ever oc
Cured to you that it would be
better if the representative of
one of the foreign newspapers
now sojourning here would
adhere closer to the truth, and |
to the principle of Investigate
ing rumors before publishing
them, rather than publish first
and be called a scorner of the
truth afterward? Better for
the community and the paper
represented. 1t has to us and
we're not alone in the OPT
Mon.
The generous and general
advertising the country has
received during the past two
months will help us in many
ways and injure certain indivi-
duals in others. 1t will bring
capital to the country and tou-
rists to our shores. 1t will
create demand for kodaks
and bring globe trotters here
to view, what the representa-
tive of one San Francisco pa
per has made them believe, is
the most available spot on
earth for Parkhursting cranks
and the hotbcd of intrigue and
deception. The Bureau of
Annexation has proven itself a
better advertising channel than
the Bureau of Information,
but then the latter deals mostly
in climate and scenery. The
tourists now here proclaim this
a veritable Eden, a paradise,
the condensation of every
thing necessary to make life
pleasant and bearable, and the
society feature hits them hard.
Instead of the "half naked ma
tive who carts treasures from
the Palace they found an in,
telligent well-dressed people,
Instead of native women run.
ming the streets regardless Of
| dress they found "swag
, ger set among which the divi
| ded skirt is popular. Instead o
the 1.-TWO an ha'penny' shops
in whose windows they expect
!: ed to see curios and tapa they
find in our store the embodi
h ment of everything new anc
S ornamental. They find in it {
+ larger and better displayed
y assortment of house furnishing
o goods than they ever saw in ;
city of three times the size il
!. the United States. We don
: like to boast but when sucl
decayed substance as latel,
: appeared in San Francisc'
O paper is placed under ou
v oltactOry organ we are force,
to do it and to murmur a gen
tie protest,
Does anyone suppose tha
i'll the people who read the arti
~ cles referred to believe the
would find in far off Hawaii
u plow half SO good as the Hen
dry Breaker? Did any {
e, them expect to find in this re
puted slow going communit
O. a firm with snap and ginge
" enough in its composition t
take hold of a new fanglc
thing like the Aermotor an
ef drive every other windmill OF
Of the market? We trow not
We like advertising whethe
it be free or paid, but give us
bit of truth in it. Let it /
known that the countr
abounds in milk and hone
rs that the land in some parts
the Islands produces cofe
that will cause the Sour
American article to blush. l.
them know that our establis1
49, ment contains compile
?, stock of implements necessal
in to the proper cultivation of Il
soil and that we compete wi
the manufacturers in prlc
Tell them that there is a har
ON ware company in Honolu
with ideas ust a few wee
ahead Of the times, and Il
!. people who come here to st;
. and control politics can &
so their outfit cheaper in Hon
lulu than they could ba
- home. All they need bring
q mid CuhScrintiOn t0 tb,