The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-03-29
WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR A ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT
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freight $1,000. cost of attendance at ex-
hibit $500. advertising $4,000. Mr.. Mac
farlane said he favored the expendi-
ture of more than 800 IL pineapple
exhibit is to be made.
EXHIBIT Is WANTED.
F. C. Smith said: 1.-THE Hawaii Pro-
motion Committee feels very strongly
that some kind of exhibition should be
made. AS we can't get the amount
originally appropriated, we will OF
course have to do without a building,
but some sort of exhibit is better than
nothing. As for the closing of the
tourist headquarters here for the next
six months. that is out of the question.
We have already established agents on
the. mainland and in China, and the
work cannot be stopped at this juno
ture. The work has been very sue
cessful so far and this month there
has been a larger number of tourists
| in the Islands. than for years. The
Oceanic Steamship Co. agents say they
brought the largest single steamer load
of people than at any time since the
| Shriners came here in a body. Fifteen
tourists were induced to come here by
our Los Angeles agent alone and large
parties are booked now. We have been
advertising Hawaii as a summer resort
and to discontinue now would be I'M
WISE Many people are likely to come
here after they have visited St. Louis.
We should keep open now that We have
started. by all means, for IL we close
the same work will have to be done all
over again. While the secretary OF
the Promotion Committee does not care
to go to St. Louis and would prefer to
remain in the office here, he Is willing
to go IL the committee wishes 1t. AS
the committee pays his salary, that ex-
pense would be saved for the exhibit.
If We can secure space at this late
date 1 believe We should send on the
exhibit already prepared, or Hawaii
will be the laughing stock OF the whole
world
Mr.. G.. w. Smith stated that Mr..
Smith was laboring under a mistaken
impression. He had not intended that
the local tourist Office should be closed,
but that the work be transferred to st.
Louis and that only one clerk be left
in charge in Honolulu.
F. c. Smith replied that 1t was the
intention, in case Mr.. Boyd was sent
to st. Louis, to bring Mr.. Jenifer down
from San Francisco.
THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION.
LAS far as the Territorial govern
ment is concerned said Secretary
Atkinson, I'VE are willing to do all in
our power to assist the merchants. AS
you know there is no money with
which to continue the work There
is still a balance of $27 900 in the ap-
preparation, but the government has
been forced to drop the work. AS
citizen 1 am willing to do anything
possible, and believe we ought to have
some representation at st. Louis. II
We can carry out the original plans,
well and good, for Hawaii will derive
great benefit from the distribution of
advertising and literature
ONLY ONE LEFT OUT.
ut will be great pity If these Is
lands should not be represented at the
fair" said w. w. Hall. II endorse
the views of Mr.. Smith as to how to
meet the difficulty. We would be the
only insular territory left out. The
great trouble will be in raising funds
and if money could be diverted from
the Promotion Committee it would be
a great help"
MUST COUNTERPART HULA.
II. Give Davies said: "All are agreed
that it would be a great advertisement
if the Territory could be represented
at st. Louis; the question is, can we
manage it? If we can't put up an
agency sufficiently strong to contend
against the hula, it is of no benefit. If
the exhibit is good enough for that
purpose, it should be sent"
A WAY OUT SUGGESTED.
Mr.. Macfarlane suggested a plan for
raising the funds required. He said
that when the fire claims commission
required money to finish it's labors, he
had gone to various business men, and
secured signatures to five notes aggre-
eating $500, which were endorsed by
these firms and carried by the banks
until the Legislature met and passed
the appropriations. He suggested
that perhaps a similar course could be
pursued in raising the funds now re-
CURED, although the Endorsement must
be for a larger amount. While this
legislature could not act, the next one
might reimburse the merchants, as the
finances might be in better shape, and
in this way it would not be direct
drain upon the merchants.
$4,000 NEEDED.
]. A. Gilman said that the Promotion
Committee could not possibly stop it's
work where 1t is now. Arrangements
had been made with railroads, tourist
agencies, etc, which compelled them to
continue advertising, and If they stop
ped, the railroads would become dis
gruntled and not work with the COM
mittee. At the end of the present
month, the committee would have on
hand $4,000. In addition $1,000 per
month was received from wharf tax,
and also $500 per month from outside
subscriptions. The present Dlan of the