Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-17

tell you how disguised ! was and hal
/ not been level-headed. would prob.
ably have taken the next boat Tor th'
Coast.
There Is another thing. For Heav'
ems sake. When you have an epidemic
of measles or some other harmless die
ease of the kind in the city, don't go ia
your Latin dictionaries, hunt up tina
medical term for the thing and then
throw whole broadsides at the public
through the medium OF the papers
Dengue is a harmless disease but peo-
pie on the Mainland know very little
about II. Your papers here go to the
Mainland and the papers there cand
not help but copy something about the
dengue fever or any other harmless
disease that might happen to como
along. Tom Jones picks up his paper
at breakfast and reads about the
dreadful ravages OF the dengue fever.
He Immediately says: There you are.
never saw such place as that Ha.
wall First they have an awful cpl
demic Of the plague. The next thing
they do Is to build a big fire to burn
out the disease. Lately. we hear Of
them having the smallpox and now
they are in the throes OF the dengue
fever. will never go to such a place
as that. This is just the way they
would talk over there. They don't
know that dengue fever is almost the
same thing as the grip. They think
that the undertakers are busy day and
night, preparing people for burial
when, as matter of fact. | believe that
4; you have a thousand cases OF dengue
you will rot find one single authen-
ticated death. ] am not saying all this
am suggesting something for your
good. love the place and expect
TO come back here next year for an
other four months stay.
A Discrepancy.
when I landed here. came up to
the hotel in hack and 1t cost me
twenty-five cents. | had my trunk
brought up by a baggage wagon and
was charged fifty cents. Now, | woi@h
two hundred pounds and the trunk
weighed but one hundred and seventy
five. There Is something wrong some
where. Can you tell me any good rea-
son why should be charged that much
for a trunk?
Baggage Labels Help Advertise.
ANY place like a business house, In
order to prosper. must be kept con
Stantly before the puJ!ic and there arc
a lot of small ways in which you could
advertise the country without any eX-
pense whatever. In Europe, just as
you are about TO leave a hotel. the por-
ter comes out and sticks little round
label on your trunk. You may travel
thousands Of miles but always there Is
lttached to your trunk the evidence
chat you have been to such and such n
Ilace. This is little thing but It
counts and could be done in Honolulu
Just ms well as anywhere else. II adver-
tises both the hotel and the country.
Envelope Advertising.
"There is still another form of ad.
lvertising | would like to speak OF here
In my little town of Danbury, Conn.
the business men see to Il that there
is neat little description of the place
on the flap side Of their envelopes sent
all over the world in the, regular course
of business and social correspondence.
That could be done In Honolulu to
great advantage. In this way thousands
of the very kind OF people you want to
reach would be enabled to read some.
thing about Hawaii. Put on the en-
velopes something aobut the schools,
he scenery. the electric cars. the
hotels, the churches, or anything that
interests the reading public and you
will find that you will get excellent re.
suits.
Tho Income Tax.
what | am about to say has moth.
ing in the World to do with attracting
tourists to the Islands. | have been
thinking good deal about your in.
come tax law here and | am going "a
watch the history OF this thing in the
| Islands with a great deal of interest
Such a tax is a curse to mankind.
"ohih b' 'oN'h ioi 'i'
OF my shirt collar than be taxed on my
income. A man does not want t.
spread before the public all the detail,
of his private business and | believe q
the matter were fought out, IL would
be found that the income tax is un
constitutional.
Tendency to Discourage.
There seems to be a tendency OF
the part of the good people Of your cit!
to discourage tourists from going Il
the other Islands. Now this is radical
.y wrong when tourists come here
they should be given the chance to Sc
all of the Islands II they care to do so
No stumbling blocks should be place,
in their way and there should be
spirit of fairness displayed in thi
matter, There may come day whel
tourists will be able to go direct I,
lilo without coming here. II this kin
of thing is kept up, Hilo might retail
late and then It would be a case OF
kick on the part OF the people her,