The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-12

| first. and said that now Honolulu had
advantages for every visitor. AS to the
| street car lines, he declared that they
were the equal Of any in the world, and
/ the hotels he characterized as capable
Of accommodating any number of Wis
itors and giving them all that they
might desire. Speaking of tourists, he
said they were the great advertisers of
any country and that from them there
would flow the greatest advantage.
| Calling attention to California, he said
that through the advertising Of the
state there has resulted a growth of the
population of a half million of people.
who had made homes in the state and
had enriched it with their investments.
He praised the climate and predicted
that there would in time be a flow of
travel to these Islands which would
have the best effect upon the trade and
future. He continued:
There has been period of remark
the United States recently and I only
regret that it has not included the Ha-
waiian Islands. The commerce from
the port of San Francisco has been in
creased over 200 per cent and there has
been added Sc deep sea sailing vessels
to the permanent harbor carriers from
San Francisco. Andrew Carnegie made
a very striking statement recently in
the course of an address at the Edin-
burgh University, where a degree had
been conferred upon him. 1 did not at
the time appreciate the full significance
of his statement. He said that the Sc
cret of Americas great prosperity was
the fact that So per cent of her produc-
tons were consumed at home and only
per cent were exported. Using our
own product so extensively as we do, it
is not surprising that we have been
hedged around by protection. 1t is per-
Islands. Here you are unable to con-
sumo all of your product, and it is but
natural that you should look to a mar
ket elsewhere-that you should have
been benefited by the reciprocity
treaties.
1--WE people of California feel great
interest in this place, 1 feel and 1 know
that Collector Stackable feels that the
interests of these Islands and those of
the mainland are identical. And we
should be made as easy as possible for
you down here"
In closing, Mr.. Stratton referred to
the close relations existing between San
Francisco and the Islands, and express
ed qualification that there was kept up
a correspondence between the two COM
mercial bodies He said that the San
Francisco body had great influence, for
it was always careful and thoughtful in
its action, and that the people seemed
to appreciate such resolutions as those
into which it put its recommendations. !,
He said that while legislative aid for !
the Islands might be slow, it would be
none the less sure to come and that the
people could look forward with certain !
ty to the good which would come from
coming under the flag. He said that he !
would convey, on his return, the good |
wishes of the business people here |
whom he had been delighted to meet, to
the Chamber of Commerce of San Fran
cisco.
When the meeting was called to order,
Chairman Cooke announced that he had
appointed the members of the Tourist
Messrs. ]. A. Kennedy and
c. L. Wight, that these had met with
the Merchants Association members, =
Messrs. j. A. Gilman and w. w. Hall,
and elected the fifth member, F. c. =
smith. Subcommittee had been ap- f:
pointed. and a second meeting will be,
held before the end of the week. Il
]. T. Crawley, manager of the HaWs
ian Fertilizer Company, was elected a /;
member of the chamber, and the appli- X
alton of E. /. Spaulding of Claus
'preckels & Co, bankers, was read and I
ction deferred. under the rules, until Y
ne next meeting. /
Secretary Spencer read communica- e
ions among them one from George q
lewhall and E. Scott, president and ]
ecretary of the San Francisco Chamber c
Commerce, renewing the congratula-
ions of that body upon the opening of e
he cable, and a second one announcing c
nat w. NJ. Bunker of the San Francisco e
ody had been requested to aid Mr.. s
raft with the fire claims matter. y
A letter from Secretary Atkinson was
cad, in which the chamber was invited I
send any legislative suggestions to Il
lie committee, and the chamber voted
lat a legislative committee should be 1!
ppointed. Messrs. E. d. Tenney, F. NJ.
and s B. Rose were appointed.
letter from Mr.. Haywood at Wash Is
gton told of the sending forward of
lie cablegrams concerning land and L