The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-11-20
LOWER FARES NEEDED
FOR TOURISTS TO CONF
CONTINUED. from page y

capital to charter a steamer of 5000
or 5000 tons capacity, or buy one al
ready built, If a suitable vessel can
be obtained, If not BUILD ONE, fit 1t
with the best passenger accommoda-
tions, name it THE CITY OF HOMO
LULU" and paint it white. Advertise
to carry passengers from S. F. and re-
turn, for seventy-five or sonnet thing less
than zone hundred dollars, and make
terms with some s-continental line,
whereby round trip tickets can be sold
from Chicago here and return for from
sl25 to $3.50 good for six months. En-
gage some first class advertising agen-
cy in cities and particularly San Fran
cisco to carry on the public streets,
transparencies and other signs, having
on them the price of round trip
ticket to Honolulu.
THE THING DONE ELSEWHERE.
On my trip to the coast, day and
night, l have seen such signs carried
up and down the streets of the cities
l visited, advertising round trip tick
cts to Los Angeles, or Portland, or Sc
attic, and as a result, the trains and
boats to these places were crowded.
Every hotel and resort are overflow
ing at the present time with tourists
in and around the cities of the coast
Such a proposition as the above one
Is the only practical one to get these
people and their money down here.
AS paying investment to the stock
holders, such an enterprise as / have
suggested, would not only pay good
dividends, but would bring the desired
results.
HAS HAD NO TANGIBLE RESULTS.
The Hawaiian Promotion Commit
tee, or any other styled committee can
not bring about tangible results,
through the methods they have been
employing. The entertainments given
in the States of course amused the
people, and by the enthusiasm dis
played, one would think that they
would take the first boat for Honolulu,
and no doubt many did start, but they
got no farther than the transportation
office, and went home, with only dim
recollections of beautiful palms and
rainbows and volcanoes, which they
had been told about, all mixed up to-
gether, soon to be relegated to the
shelves of oblivion. But the
Promotion Committee went
on their way to the next town
feeling victorious, but their imagined
was like the late Spanish gun
ners who would point their guns some
where in the direction of the enemy
and blaze a big noise, thinking they
had totally annihilated the foe. All
this talk at this end, too, about prop
agandas" or pomegranates. and small
farms, and fine speeches at social
meetings, is a waste of energy unless
you talk Steamboat" in n practical
like Inc neighbor of a widow
did when speaking to another neigh
Dor about how sorry he felt because
the poor woman had been burned out. |
Yes" said the second neighbor, IT
feel sorry about ten dollars worth"
putting hand in pocket, "how much do |
you feel sorry?"
People of the States know practically |
nothing OF us here, or how we are |
situated, and will not till they can
come here and see and learn. Why, |
received a letter by the last steamer, |
from one of the largest and oldst firms |
ioing business on Market street. S. F..
who thought that Honolulu was In
Hilo!
w. MATLOCK CAMPBELL.