Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-23

as Chicago which would give him a
far greater scope. However. great work
could be done in San Francisco to di-
vert part at least Of the great mass OF
people who travel to Southern Califor-
mia for the winter season.
II say without hesitation that the ad
vantages which this country presents
to tourists and particularly those over
fifty years of age, cannot be duplicated
on the Mainland or any other country
on the face of the globe.
THE lack Of a cable has been very
great drawback to people who might
have thought of coming here but now
that the cable Is about to be laid be.
tween San Francisco and this port, the
time is opportune for the establishment
of systematic plan of advertising. A
tourist agent should be sent forward al
the very first opportunity.
II have talked with railroad presi.
dents. railroad managers, general pas.
senger agents, United States Senators
Congressman and governors and they
all fully concur with me in the plan
mentioned to them as being the only
reasonable and feasible line to pursue.
A tourist agent with the proper creden-
tials would meet with the hearty CO.
operation of the railroads in general.
OF this am certain from my talks with
railroad men whom | know and was
associated with for years.
Il might mention some OF the men
talked to on the subject Of the syste-
matte advertisement of the Islands
Among them were the following: f,
Dickinson, general manager of the U.
p. r. R.; Z. Lomax, general passenger
and ticket agent Of the U. p. r. R.;
Ex-Governor and ex-Congressman ]. T.
Osborne Of Wyoming; T. NJ. Moore, as.
sistant to the president of the U. p. r.
r.; United States Senator Perkins, and
ex-Unlted States Senator John NJ.
Thurston.
mfr. Moore will visit the Islands dur
ing the latter part OF the month in COM
pany with his wife, and Ex-Governor
Osborne expect to visit me inside of
month or so. AS for ex-senator Thurs
ton, he has come to the same conclu-
sion as myself since his visit here dur
Ing the sessions Of the Senatorial Com
mission.
Returning to the tourist agent
scheme which | have proposed, I
would say that even II he succeeds in
getting only hundred people to come
here during the first year of his work.
five times this number would come dur
ing the second year for, convinced as
they would be of the wise move they
had made in choosing Hawaii as a win
tering place, they would not rest until
they had prevailed upon their friends to
come. They would thus constitute
themselves lifelong tourist agents
anxious to get people to come out
here"
DR.. Galbraith was asked for his OBJ
servations regarding the sugar outlook
OF the Islands and he answered very
frankly: Il have had occasion to talk
with men who know pretty well what
they are talking about and have II
from them that there Is a great change
coming in favor of Hawaiian sugar;
further, II Is reasonable to believe that
at the outside, 20 per cent on Cuban su.
gar will be the maximum consideration
and there Is great doubt AS to Cuba
getting one penny OF reduction during
the coming session of Congress.
These Islands being a part and par
"a of the Mainland and in consideration
of all we have done for Cuba, such as
placing her on her own responsibility.
our own country will begin to receive
more attention. The men | have talk
ed to-men of influence In Washington
believe and admit that free sugar II
allowed, taken into consideration with
the depressing condition of affairs in
the Islands, would mean financial ruin
and great injury to our Territory. 1t
seems to be the general sentiment or
all the men | have talked with and
whose opinion consider very just, that
a very serious state of affairs would be
brought about and that 1t was not rea.
sonable to suppose there would be leg
islation in favor of foreign country
to the detriment of any part of our
own.
What the people on the Mainland
want is reliable information with re-
spect to the Islands and have all con.
fidence that the United States Senate
will be just in its dealings with re-
spect to its new possessions.
Senator Thurston's views on the
matter, which are substantially those
! have just given, will undoubtedly be
most favorably considered by some OF
the leaders in the United States Senate
and | am in a position to know that
he entertains a most kindly feeling for
our people and further, that his excel
lent judgment will be extended in n
very general and charitable manner to-
wards Hawaii.
Touching now on what should be
done for Hawaii at Washington, It is
my opinion that, outside of our repre-
sentative, there should be commits