The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-29
THE TOURIST
CAMPAIGN
Some Queer Requests
Come in the
Mail.

The campaign of the Hawaii Promo
ton Committee is beginning to bring
results. There is but a month more of
the tourist work under the Territorial
askpropriation, but the active interest
shown by the merchants in the enter
prise leads to the belief that the work
so well begun will not be allowed to
lapse.
The Hawaii Promotion Committee is
handling bushels Of correspondence ev-
cry month. Letters are received by
every steamer containing inquiries re-
garding Hawaii, and every inquiry is
answered on the first outgoing steam
er. SO great has the volume of busi-
ness become that Secretary E. NJ. Boyd
has been compelled to largely increase
the staff at work in the correspond
ence department.
"The committee has given out be-
tween three and four thousand pieces
of literature within the last four or
five days. said Mr.. Boyd yesterday.
<'These embraced five different things,
the book Hawaii, issued by the Terri
tory; the booklet issued by the COM
nittee on Hawaii, Serene E. Bishops
Beauty Spots of Hawaii a small
tion in California exclusively, and the
pamphlet by Jared G. Smith on the
Agricultural Possibilities of Hawaii. .
The committee intends to issue two
more pieces very shortly, which are
intended as follow up books. These
will be entitled Hawaii, It's business
and Opportunities and Hawaii, Its
People and Their Legends"
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the time of the year to get its litera-
ture into circulation. Just now the
people in the East are preparing their
winter tours, and our matter Should be
placed In their hands as soon rs POS
sible. That is the reason for the en1-
ployment Of the extra force of clerks.
The literature is here for distribution
and if people cali for it they viii be
given the matter to send away with
the wrappers for mailing. We are
making every effort to get our material
Into every hotel. club and bank in the
United States, Canada. Mexico AMI the
United Kingdom. Speed is what counts
now, and the committee believes there
is no time like the present for spread
ing broadcast our literature"
The committee is receiving from
thirty to two hundred queries on every
steamer. The letters sometimes con-
tain queer requests for information.
One man from New Jersey enclosed his
photo, said he was young lawyer, un-
married and looking for opportunities.
The inference was that he wanted to
know of the matrimonial possibilities
of the country as well as of the mate
rial resources. Still another man,
wealthy business man from the Middle
States said he intended to come to Ha-
waii with his family for the winter
months, and wanted to know if he
should bring along his golf clubs. One
applicant wanted to know if there was
room here for good surveyor, still an
other asked if land can be bought, a
third wanted to know the cost of liv-
ing, still another asked as to employ
snent in foundries.. A Nova Scotia man
wanted to know what the opportuni-
ties were for a grocery, while New
Mexico man was willing to engage in
anything from farming to running a
store. The inquiries show that the in
terest in Hawaii is not only by the
tourist class, but also that settlers are
also considering the possibilities of
coming here. Every letter is answered
no matter how queer the query.
Considerable of the literature of the
committee is given to school children
who exchange it with students in
kimainland schools. Teachers in the
Estates also ask for the literature say
ling they want to use it in teaching
stheir classes.
The literature is having wide dis
tribution. Not only is it sent to every
State in the Union as well as all the
Territories but much of it is going into
Canada and Mexico and to Europe.
For instance on the mail sent by the
China letters went to twenty-slx
States. three Territories, Canada and
Mexico and six countries in Europe
Personal requests for information nave
come from Germany, England, Ireland
Scotland, Belgium. Denmark, france
Switzerland and Sweden. One request
came from Brussels for quantity OF
literature to be used for Distribution.
The railroads and steamship COM
panies are helping much to extend the
campaign. The Oceanic steamship Co.
has agreed TO distribute the literature
in New Zealand and Australia ana the
Union Steamship Co. will carry on the
campaign from there. The Canadian
Pacific through Mr.. Kerr is distrinut-
ing matter all through Canaud anu
will also assist in the Australian dis
semination. The Grand Trunk Line Is
distributing literature in Southern
Canada and about the Great Lakes.
r. p. Schwerin of the Pacific Mail co.
is also assisting in the work. Three
thousand copies of the government 5
book on Hawaii were sent to san
Francisco on the China, and the Siberia
twill carry the same number to Japan
3.and China on her next trip to the ORR
lent. The railroads have also prom
ised to include Hawaii in their future
publications. Some of the railroads
and steamship lines are also following
UP the advertisements of the HaWall
Promotion Committee in the magazines
with ads on the same pages, or oppo-
site pages. One steamship company