The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-26
FRUITFUL PROMOTION.

1ZGLlOnS IOE PIO1I1OLAOIl - -
resented in a convention, the object o.
which was to perfect the already re-
narkable unity of the counties, the
municipalities, the farmers, the mer-
chants. the manufacturers. and all
other classes, in concerted and harmo-
NOUS movements Cor the advancement
of the State The keynote to the pro-
ceedings was permanent improvement
and permanent additions of the best
elements of population. The program
was carried out without a hitch and
on practical lines. 1t was shown that
California led the Union in associations,
each operating within its particular
sphere, and all cooperating for the
general benefit. Sectional jealousies
and rivalries have evidently been ex-
tinguished California was contrasted
with Japan, as larger in area, possess
ing double the quantity of arabic land,
and as quite as capable of supporting
forty-fve millions of people as the
sentinel of western progress on the
oriental verge of the Pacific.
The Convention was notable for its
definiteness in the collection of facts,
for its systematic apportionment of
work, so as to avoid duplication and
waste, and for its Capitalization of pur-
pose. The new machinery which it set
in motion deserves close attention. It
provided for a distinct promotion COM
mfttee in each county. to be also rep
resented in the State body. 1t estab-
lished a State publicity Committee, ito
plan an advertising campaign" The
division of large tracts for the benefit
of small farmers was very ably con-
sidered The Secretary of the Califor-
MIA Central Coast Counties Improve
ment Association defined the eonverg-
ing point of the efforts in the country
districts to be ito get settlers to come,
and, when they came. to locate them
properly
In San Francisco, there is a large
committee of representative business
men, selected by the California Promo
ton Committee, to receive visitors, and
not only 10 extend hospitality to them
but to supply them with accurate in
formation and to aid them in exploring
the various opportunities for the use
of capital and for the application of
business energy and enterprise. The
whole State is being at once improved
/ and adorned. Facilities for commune
cation especially including good roads,
are extended in all directions. Appar-
emily there is no conceivable feature
OF development that is overlooked The
Merchants Association of San Fran
cisco publishes a monthly summary of
results, which, for hard sense and for
a condensed exposition of effective
work, is not excelled in the United
! States. Without touching the realm of
/! boss politics, moreover, it watches the
! use and tie distribution of public
money, and throws its great weight in
to the scale of civil service Only a
few days ago it brought the Mayor OF
IL
because he had sought to minimize the
value of this important branch of civic
administration.
A State population rapidly nearing
the two million figures and property in
the commercial metropolis of the Paci-
fic, assessed at over FIVE hundred mil
lions and subjected to a low rate Of
taxation. are the forcible endorsements
/! of the concerted labors of the last few
years. The export trade alone of San
Francisco has increased from s3S, H.
10000 in 1901 to s47,S21, 1872 90 in
1904. For the proposed exposition, to
be held on the completion of the Pana-
ma Canal, a Convention Hall has al
ready been planned, that would convert
the projected st. Mary's. Square, long
the Five Points of San Francisco. into
one of the most attractive spots upon
the American continent Meanwhile. at
the st. Louis Exposition. the San
Francisco Building is center of world
wide interest, and such illustrated lee
lures as j. W. Erwin is giving on irri-
cation and other topics attract great
crowds, which are filed with enthusi-
asm over the descriptions of the ad-
vantages and the possibilities of the
banner Western State.
Only 2,1oo miles further west and
south, the Hawaiian Islands, it the
main track of the vast commerce of
the present century, lie comparatively
inert. Honolulu, in which there is an
unusual proportion of sagaeious and
trained business men and much un,
used capital, dreamily awaits the pro
pulsion of prosperity. The Territory is
virtually unrepresented at St. Louis.