The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-13

WANT THE
TOURISTS
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Committee for SPECIFIC object Of the
utmost public importance. It's proposed
work appeals to every individual prop
erty owner. merchant and those who
depend on general and diversified pros
perity.
PLANS ARE READY,
.The Joint Tourist Committee has
formulated plans for the active and
vigorous promotion of tourist travel to
these islands. Sufficient and reliable
funds are required for this purpose. It
is impossible to base our operations
solely on private subscriptions. No
more practical. proper and tangible
basis than the tonnage tax could be de-
vised, supplemented by private sub
scriptions, which might then, with con-
sistency. be sought. The tonnage tax
is a voluntary and public spirited
contribution of the merchants as rep
resented in the Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association, whose ex-
pressed desires should have great
weight.
1.-TWO months of valuable time have
already been lost solely on account of
lack of revenue, and we trust your or
CARNATIONS may be able to devise the
ways and means to furnish the avail
able funds"
AS soon as the letter from Chair
man Smith had been read it was NOV
ed in the Chamber to lay it on the
table and thank the committee. The
fight was made by f. w. Macfarlane,
who asked the shippers Wharf Com
mittee for information as to what steps
were being taken to. secure repayment
for the Quarantine wharf. and if that.
money might be had by the Tourist
Committee. All that could be learned
was that the committee did not feel
that the money raised for quarantine
purposes could be expended for other
purposes.
After deal of talk on the same lines.
on motion of McCandless it was voted
that the Tourist Committee should be
asked to hold a meeting with the Ship
pers' Wharf Committee, for the purpose
of reaching a joint understanding. On
this basis the matter was closed for the i
present in the Chamber.
MERCHANTS WANT ACTION.
AS soon as the letter had been read
in the Merchants Association, Mr..
told what had been done in
the Chamber and declared that in his
opinion it was simply case of whip
ping the devil around the stump. that
it was not the intention of the COM
mittee to permit the Tourist Committee |
to get any of the money, and he IA
vored the pressing of the Recommended
ton of the Governor for an appropria-
ton, and every merchant working for
this nucleus for the fund
C. S. Wight said that the money came |
from the merchants and he thought the |
proper course was to make a request |
and then a demand for the money or a
share of it. Macfarlane said that he
lad tried to get information from that
Wharf Committee. and it was useless.
w. W. Hall said that he would favor
| trial of the plan to get together first
Ind that failing then the merchants
hould act. He said that the merchants
ould refuse to pay the tax, for they
lad the advice of lawyers to that eff
ect. Wight and Capt. King both took
his view and Rothwell made a long.
lear statement of the case, saying that
here should be an argument presented
howing the determination of the mer-
hants and the reasons why the tourist
roposals must go through. He also
bought further payment of the tax
hight be the result of the disagree
lent
After further argument it was de-
ided that the committee should be
iven time for conference with the {
nippers. so that action may be had
tier, the sense being that the mer-
nants viii take up the subject and
andle it, if there is no disposition on
he part of the Shippers Wharf Com
iittee to aid in the work
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