The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-20


mercial interests We're served and rep
sideration was not given to questions
vital to the upbuilding of smaller in
dustries and devisfng means of in
creasing general trade III ways not
Immediately allied with our one great
Industry. the production of sugar.
This sentiment finally crystallized
and in the early part of the year 1901
the Merchants Association of Homo
lulu was organized. This Association
has been aggressive and active from
its organization and has in its short
life accomplished much for the COM
mereial. social and political good of
this country.
It is the hope of the Honolulu Cham
Der of Commerce that this Association
will continue to grow and flourish and
welcomes il to the ranks of the COM
mercfaI organizations of Hawaii and
win work with it for the accomplish
1nent OF their common object which is
to foster and encourage commerce and
industry and promote the welfare of
the Territory of Hawaii.
PROMOTION WORK-E, NJ. BOYD.
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The toast Promotion Work" was re-
spondea to by E. NJ. Boyd, secretary
of the committee. Mr.. Boyd referred
to the fact that toast came his way,
seeing how often he and his work had
been roasted; and then went on to
say that, despite the phrase that had
made the committee famous. that body
had done well. When its work began
there was no printed matter in circu-
lation about Hawaii soon tens of
thousands Of pamphlets were sent out
and advertisements put in many maya
zines. AS a result we have received
and answered about 1000 letters, said
Mr.. Boyd. People ask me on the
street Where are your tourists? and
I reply with little story about the
darkey who was asked to make out
census blank. The questions were,
Are you married?' to which the dark
ey answered Yes How long have
you been married?' Three months
How large family have you?' See
heah, massa,' said the darkey earnest
Belgian hare" prolonged applause.)
Mr.. Boyd then made an eloquent plea
for more funds, saying the Governor
had used his axe on the appropriation
good and plenty" and that it was
up to the merchants to continue the
work.
1.-THE late hour, 8 a. M, at which Mr..
Boyd's speech was reached in the
stenographer's notes made it impos-
sible to give his excellent speech in
FULL
THE PREss-WALTER G. SMITH.
Mr.. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen:
1t is pleasure to the press as we'll
as to the merchants to welcome so
many distinguished men from the
armed service of our common country.
Speaking for most of the newspaper
writer's of Hawaii, hail the fighting
men of the Army and Navy, not only
as public guests but as fellow bellig-
erents. The twin services have to do
battle occasionally; the press is fight
ing all the time. For us are no in
tervals of peace nor any certainty of
promotion in rank and pay; it is lucky
if some of us don't go to jail. I don't
much doubt that the fighting editor,
of whom my colleagues OF the press
supply many bloodthirsty examples,
was known in the United States as
soon. as the fighting general or adj
miraf; like them ne is an American In
stitution; like them he has conveyed
and suffered more or less damage, and
got into the papers, with it. The men
of the pen in meeting men of the
sword greet them as comrades and
stand ready to compare scars.
1t would not do for me on this occa-
sion-it would be bad form even when
invited to boast of the presto re-
peat the hackneyed phrase, 1.-THE pen
is mightier than the sword" For one
thing it wouldn't be true; that is not
what the author said. His words We're:
I'm the hands of men entirely great
the pen is mightier than the sword" "
Perhaps you will agree with me that
this is true when we think that Caesar
lives, not in the empire he carved out,
but in the commentaries he wrote;
that the most tangible thing left by
Napoleon after a century or less, is
his code of laws. May not our
thoughts wander to that immortal