The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-09
IT is Thirty THOUSAND
OR NOTHING FOR THE FAIR
A Meeting Of the Promotion Committee Yes
terday--.FuII Text Of Secretary Carriers
Letter--The Need Of Fine Display.

hibits be placed in the state buildings,
but an exception has been made in the
case of Alaska on condition that she
valves all rights to compete for awards
and prizes.
After thus gaining all the informa-
ton l could, | was introduced to Mr..
T.. j. V. Skiff, the director-general of
exhibits He is a man who has made
these fairs special study and has
taken an active part in all of them, be-
ing selected by the United States Cow
eminent to take general charge of its
exhibit at Paris. You can tell Mr.. Tr-
win that Mr.. Skff says that he repre-
scented Hawaii in as handsome style at
Paris as any country. Mr. Skiff began
right Off by saying that they would
make every concession possible to Ha-
wall and when | read him your letter
suggesting our hard woods as part of
the installation of the Agricultural ex-
hibit, he fell right into line and said
they would construe the rules literally
for us, that they would take our sisal
and classify 1t as agricultural product,
claiming that the manufacture of 1t
was a mere incident, and that he being
, familiar with the exhibits we had made
at Buffalo and Paris, he thought it
| could all be worked into the Agricul-
tuTui tne weapons,
calabashes and implements used by the
ancient Hawaiian. This must of neces-
sity be classified under the department
of anthropology and as their exhibit
would be weak in this line, and they
would be very glad to give Hawaii a
room exclusively for her own use, and
would be pleased If she would make n
special exhibit of Hawaiian curios.
He then called Mr.. +. w. Taylor.
chief of the Department of Agriculture
and Horticulture. to find out whether
or not there was any space left. Mr..
Taylor said that 1t had all been allotted,
but that he was SO anxious to have
Hawaii represented, that he would cut
down the allotment of others, and II
would go with him to his room, he
would show me just the space that he
could give. In printed matter is n map
showing the floor plan of the Agricul-
tural building, and Mr.. Taylor guaran-
teed to reserve one-half of block
eighty-six, a space 4Ox41 IT., and on
talking with him, I told of Mr.. Cookies
suggestion of modern sugar planta-
ton. This interested him and he then
told me the row of blocks down the
middle of the building had been reserv-
ed for special exhibits,-one for cot
ton. wheat, corn, sorghum, etc, and
that one would be reserved for sugar.
These he proposed to handle somewhat
as follows:
He would allow those who exhibited
the special products to rival each other
in the display,-for instance: The man
who exhibited what appeared to him
the best exhibit of corn, would be given
a space in the central aisle, and If we
made n special display of sugar which
was better than that offered by Louis-
ana or the beet-sugar men, he might
allow the use of part of this central
square for us. This struck me as
scheme which you would probably like
to take advantage of.
After leaving Mr.. Taylor, went back
to Mr.. Reeves and asked him for sug-
gestions of a site In case you decided to
put up building. He took blue PEN
ell and marked the map, which l sent
you, saying you could practically make
your own selection within certain linn
its, and that as an exception had been
made for Alaska, II you preferred, he
would guarantee space for Hawaii
under the same conditions, so that you
could confine your entire exhibit in the
building. Now, I conclude that you
will probably prefer to do this, although
| really think Fred that we should
make a special exhibit in sugar and
that we ought to bring our school ex-
hibit into competition with the other
states and territories, and so / recon-
mend the first plan: that Is to have
your exhibits go into their proper places
and the building for headquarters.
Your building could be as inexpensive
as you desire. A typical modern Ha-
waiian home with the broad verandas,
using Tapa cloths for draperies, walls
decorated with photographs, paintings
and maps,-hala mats on the floor and
possibly the outside walls matched, all
one story. the roof inclined like that
at Kualoa or Ahuimanu, from which
to direct the Hawaiians who inquire as
to just where your exhibits are in the
main buildings, and to assist them in
finding their way around. Also to dis
tribute advertising matter to the stran-
gers who call This, | believe to be
the better plan and If 1t is carried out,
then place the building by all means
among the others. II, however, you
will put your whole exhibit in the
building, then the location over by the
Alaska building will show more promi-
nently out in the open. OF course IL
you so desire, you can combine the
whole exhibit into one building and still
have 1t placed over in the park, or
among the trees alongside the others.
then called upon Mr.. G. w. Ristine
to ask IL any arrangements had been
made for freight rates. He had forgot
ten all about Hawaii and seemed very
much put out at himself. Special rates
had been made for Japan and China.
In most cases the railroads give one
way rate, that Is, they will practically
return the goods free of charge. This
gentleman said he would Immediately
see what could be done, and l gave him
your name to communicate with you.
He thought that Spreckels ought to he
able to give a low steamer rate, hut
that by all means you would secure
a through fiat rate from Honolulu to
st. Louis without classification OF any
kind.
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