The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-11-14
WORKING HARD
FOR LABORERS
The Merchants Association Will
Seek Aid of the
Unions.


binds US more closely to our brother
merchants Of Honolulu.
We would like to undertake this mat
ter Jointly with your Association. sug
costing that the occasion be celebrated
! in Honolulu and this city simultaneous
| ly. No definite plans have. as yet. been
proposed and We will be glad to receive
your suggestions as to what will be the
most appropriate form of celebration.
IL has been suggested that "A banquet
be held In this city by the joint COM
mercial bodies and that similar ban
quet be held in Honolulu and that the
first commercial kilograms sent over
the cable be exchanged between the
Merchants Association of Honolulu and
the Merchants Association OF san
Francisco
The members OF the Association
were OF the opinion that there should
lie no time lost in accepting the invi-
tation for simultaneous celebration,
and committee was at once named
for the purpose OF handling the ar
rangements. The committee consists
of G. w. Smith, chairman, and Messrs.
Rodiek and Wakefield, associates.
The principal business before the
meeting was discussion of the adver-
Using which must come with the
matter OF attracting tourists to the
city. President Macfarlane told the
members Of his efforts to secure a por-
ton of the present import tax on mer-
chandise, which was levied to keep the
port clean, and to provide against any
shortage OF funds in case there should
be some breakout of infection in the
city. He said that he had interviews
with the committee which was hand
ling the funds and he believed there
would be no trouble in persuading the
members of that body that in justice
to the merchants there should be set
aside something like $1,000 for the
present, or during such time as the
port Is clean to be devoted to the at
traction Of tourists. 1t was set forth
that there might well be a larger fund
raised, and that with the money which
would be thus assured there could be
a beginning made and the action start
ed which might lead to the consum-
nation of the hope OF the Merchants
Association.
The offer of The Friend to place at
the disposal of the city five pages in
It's memorial number for the purpose
of advertising the city, the same to be
done through the publication of an IL
Illustrated article on the Islands, which
would appear with the regular reading
matter Of the paper, reaching many
homes OF the best people on the lists
OF the American Board, which has or
dered 5000 copies of The Friend, was
set forth in a letter and in the supple
mental remarks of the editor of the
paper. The matter was referred to the
board OF directors, with power to act.
The plan OF Golfers Weekly, which
proposes to issue Pacific Coast num-
ber which will have i'm it two articles
on Hawaii by Alfred Stead and form
err Senator Thurston, to have the mer-
chants take page at 81 400, was con-
sidered but later tabled, as it was con
sidered that there were no funds with
which to meet such expenses.
There was read an application OF II.
W. Gilmore to be one OF the adverts-
ing agents of the Association on the
Coast, he setting forth that he repre-
sented some OF the great hotels and
was thoroughly acquainted with the
needs of the city. The matter was laid
over
There was some discussion over what
should be done in the way OF stated
assessment from the hotels, railroads
and street railways, and the express
sions were to the effect that 1t would
be wise to give Hilo a chance to con-
tribute to the general fund to induce
tourists to come here, as certainly all
OF the visitors have the desire, and
more than half take the opportunity to
visit the volcano.
There was received from j. Morton
Riggs letter saying that his long and
capable service with Bishops Bank, the
postofiice and the Fire Claims commits
sion had indicated his capacity for
such a position as the authorship,
and asking the Association to endorse
him for the appointment. President
MacfarlaIe said that while he thought
Riggs was the man for the place, and
he would like to see him there. he
thought there should be no action Of
the kind by the Association at this
time, and on motion OF George w.
Smith the President was instructed to
write such letter TO Riggs.