Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-09
MERCHANTS AND STEAMER
RATES.

1t Is within the power oil the Island
steamship companies to make or
break the proposed Honolulu Mer
chants week. These companies can
as sure success, conserve the interests
of every mercantile house in Honolu.
lu, as well as their own, by making
a special rate which is something more
than a nominal reduction. The same
companies can knock the whole prof.
Get in the head by Offering only a TWEEN.
ty or thirty per cent reduction in fares.
As previously stated in-this paper, the
expense of the trip to Honolulu will be
the first consideration. If a heavier
REDUCTION is not made for this event
than has ever been granted before. the
program will be handicapped at the
very start.
While the times are not as hard as
might be, the fact remains that resi-
dents of this and other Islands are
counting their dollars and figuring
down expenses with particular care.
LuNuries are cut out, expenses in the
nome and in business are culled to the
lowest reasonable figure. A trip to
| honolulu means more than II did. II
contemplated for pleasure alone, 1t Is
often put off on account of the eX
lpCEsc. Merchants appreciate this
more than any other class in business
ne They come in personal contact
With their patrons less frequently and
as natural result trade is more diff.
fcult to hold. The Merchants week
proposed is made partially with a
view to Offset this condition; to get
the people coming our way and al
tn same time see that they are prop
CIly entertained.
To accomplish their aims the mer
chants of Honolulu must receive spe
Cial consideration from the transporta
ton lines, and 1t is well deserved Flo,
every package of goods sold in thi.
city to Island patrons the steamship
companies reap their certain reward
They can well afford to carry passen
rors on this occasion at or even be
low cost. Every business man, ev
cry passenger from the other Islands
puts money in the transportation com
pGny's pocket, not only direct!
through the passage money but by tn,
frr ght on goods bought.
Merchants OF Honolulu have beer
doing business with these lines FOL
years. paying their freight charges
paying their passenger rates, paying
drayage fees for goods waiting on tn,
docks. There has been steady
, stream of mercantile coin into the
steamship Golfers. Il 1t is smaller nov
than formerly II is because trade has
been turned from the Honolulu center
to outside sources and direct Coast
Steamship or sailing lines. The fault
Is not with the Honolulu merchant o.
the goods he sells.
, Now these Honolulu patrons of tn
in;ersland steamers ask a Rvor. II |
tIe first of the kind. Are they to b.
I turned aside with an insignificant re
| duCtion in the passenger tariff. whicl
, Though II is something" is no
enough to secure the crowds so ncCes
sary to making the movement a com
, plete success? Under any circum
stances the transportation lines will
reap a big share in the profits. Cai
, these corporations afford to be any
thing but liberal? Can they afford I,
lie stingy granting favors grudgingly
Can they afford to stand as the chic
, stumbling block in measures frame,
10 advance Honolulu, hold Island trad
end perhaps gain new?
There is only one way to look at
n from the merchants standpoint, an
|. every scheme, be it for work or 10
|. rlay, that assists the merchants OF He
!, rolulu Is also a boon to the corpori
>. tons owning the inter.island steam
. Shins