The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-30
Hawaiian Hardware Co., Id
Saturday, March rs, 1898.

Has 1t 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
aGhere 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 verltable 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 a "swag
ger" set among which the divi
ded skirt is popular. Instead OF
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
ment Of everything new and
ornamental. They find in it a
larger and better displayed
assortment Of house furnishing
goods than they ever saw i'll a
city of three times the size in
the United States. We don't
like to boast but when such
decayed substance as lately
appeared in a San Francisco
paper is placed under our
ollactory organ we are forced
to do it and to murmur a gen
tie protest.
Does anyone suppose thai
the people who read the arti-
t cles referred to believe they
: would find in far off Hawaii {
, plow half SO good as the Hen.
: dry Breaker? Did any o
them expect to find in this re
; puted slow going community
/ firm with snap and ginge1
enough in its composition to
take hold Of a new tangled
, thing like the Acrmotor ano
: drive every other windmill ou
S 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 be
known that the countr,
abounds in milk and honey
that the land in some parts o
the Islands produces coffee
that will cause the Soutl
American article to blush. lie
them know that our establish
ment contains a complete
stock of implements necessar,
to the proper cultivation of th'
soil and that we compete will
the manufacturers in price
Fell them that there is a hard
ware company in E1onoluI,
with ideas just a few week,
, ahead of the times, and tn,
people who come here to sta,
J and control politics can sc
their outfit cheaper in Homo
lulu than they could bacl
home. All they need bring i