The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-01
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:. G. Smith Tells of thsMethods
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Another step, and . y lone, was
taken yesterday by>tAe joE committee
of the Chamber of Conn .e and the
Merchants Association hen. after
| nearing statements by Frs smith as
to plans for the catchilsh The tour
list trade which should trktate 10 the
American tropics. eonrftees were
named for the PURPOSE If stting down
20 facts and hsuIss n be working
ont of the suggestion
The plans of the cnmftee. in GEN
eral, are being base on he expendi-
fure of not less TIN $4,000 "a year.
frd every argumel made was thar
the basis be put mh higher. Should
4 the suggestieq eaErle5out, there
viii be fstablished i central bu-
feau p %or Office in Sreetion with
Ns9eh there may be a tfe or product
.g'hiuseum; a large nuhkT of folders
distributed throughoutlthe country,
principally by the aid I the railroad
companies, and agents Aaced in Coast
fcities to send travelerslown this way.
after this the developl lent may be the
advertising of the loos attractions in
he magazines, or thl sending out of
Frustrated material boadcast.
ahe meeting was clled to order by
Wight, win Messrs. Cooke,
aacfarlane, Spencer Hall, Wilder,
lWaidron and Secretlry Helm in at
tendance, and the wfrk was taken, up
4 aArmediately, the ehairman calling up
q Mr.. Smith for ar expression of his
views, based ion his visit to the
states during the early winter. Mr.
anith SAID that he had spent the three
avs, of the session of the American
association Of Gem raj Passenger and
ieket Agents in nj etihg the members
nd discussing vii h them tire best
'ethods of securing the attention of
ltending trSvelerIs, 'and afterwards
slted the general passenger agents at
ieir Offices in, the 1inerent large cities
~ site if.~ aea.t4a
Everyone Advocated plan along
hilar lines. The agents said the first
A., -. ~ "a ,.ss>ourino, S,f q Iar0o
lumber of foldas Along the lines OF
ome of tn lse sfl. out by the largest
'cads of the states, devoted to the at
fractions of EaFaii as a resort for Wis
5tors. At the ame time, everyone of
the gentlemeni there said that they
would do all intheir power to have the
folders distributed through the chan
'aels which, in the past, have proven
q the highest FaIue to the roads them
selves.
I reached the states too late to have
aaterial effect upon the winter adver-
Using of the various railroad lines, and
he result is that l will have to make
NANA NOUF next y OdA y win 1hO hN'PS
of efecting more in this line. Some
y the roads have taken up the matter
d tours to Hawaii and are putting a
Ahe IN their newspaper advertisements,
I'd some again are sending out leaf
'et. In case there shall be another
seition of the New York CentraIs lit
Fature On tours, then expect there
Fill be mention of Hawaii.
I A second requisite would be the
opening of an office in San Franciso
q Los Angeles, with an agent who
RpuId keep in touch with the travellers.
md who would be, as we'll, the dfstrib-
htor Of The mass of printed matter
hieh Should be flooded all over the
The Office placed in San
francisco would be in touch with Los