The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-29
WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR
A ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT
Merchants Decide That Hawaii Should Be Repre-
sented at the Exposition-..E. N. Boyd May
Leave on Korea to Arrange for Display.

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Vesuvius. You have your volcanoes
here, just as beautiful, but for every
one that sees them, one thousand go
to Vesuvius. You have got an elegant
thing here, but you don't tell anyone
about 1t.
| SHAW'S GARDEN.
I'VE had the same thing in st. Louis.
There lived there very wealthy man,
Henry Shaw. who had collected the
most beautiful botanical specimens
from all over the world, but he allowed
no one to see them, excepting one day
in the week, when admission was by
card. He was eighty-five years old
and for all the days of his life he had
barred the rest Of the world from his
gardens. Finally Shaw died, thank
God, and he left Shaw's Gardens to the
people of st. Louis, and also a fund of
six million dollars. And if you go
there now you can see the gardens,
with the great, rock wall around them,
as left by Mr.. Shaw. And so it is
with Hawaii with it's many beautiful
things. Why not have them told to
the world. 1t doesn't do you any
good IL you have the most beautiful
spot in the world; it doesn't do the
world any good unless you tell about
It, The world will do you good If YOU
tell about it. by coming here. If you
advertise Hawaii correctly the people
here will be showed back, so quickly
will the Islands be populated by people
of ease and luxury. They will GER
tainly come here If told of your at
fractions.
RETURN OF FIVE MILLION.
"Mr. Macfarlane was speaking Of
Pearl Harbor. What beautiful har-
Dor it would be if fixed up. To get it
fixed up you must interest Congress.
When the matter is brought up, you
will hear one Congressman after an
other ask, what is Hawaii, where is it,,
etc. If Missouri's delegation, for in
stance. did vote for it, they wouldn't
fight for the appropriation, but once
If they were shown the details of the
proposed work they would get enthu-
siastic over it. I call it spending
$4,000 or 100000 and getting back five.
millions, just for the harbor
THE OPPORTUNITY.
Il can't see how you can let such an
opportunity to advertise the country
pass by. 1 know you have here some-
thing that you see every day, but.
think of the outsider when man
comes to stay seven days and remains
sixty days. So 1 wouldn't let the op-
portunity slip by.'
Mr.. Funston said that twenty mil
lions of dollars had already been eX-
pended in buildings, and that the st.
Louis fair would be double the size Of
that of Paris and Chicago. IF you
can't have a big exhibit" he said,
have an attractive exhibit"
MR.. LOWREY's VIEWS.
1T seems to me that as the govern
ment can't make the exhibit, the mer-
chants should take hold of it to some
extent" said F. ]. Lowrey. THE first
consideration should be what extent
that will be. do not believe that an
exhibit can be undertaken on the same
scale as originally attempted. No
building can be erected at this late
date. The merchants are spending
considerable money in advertising the
Territory at this time, and We might
go in a little more deeply. If it is not
possible to make an attractive exhibit
we might go in for something more in
the nature of an information bureau,
and the material already collected
could be used to make the headquar-
ters more attractive. I should think
the Promotion Committee could best
handle such a thing, and put in the
money already on hand in arranging
for representation at st. Louis for the
next six months. Instead of answer
ing questions by mail the Promotion
Committee could do it personally, by
opening an office in st. Louis It
would be better to be represented ON
the lines indicated than give up an
exhibit altogether"
LEAVE OFF PROMOTION.
1--WE are up to the question of wheth-
er We shall be represented by sensual
and immoral exhibition or by some
thing that will give the people a prop
er idea of Hawaii" said G.. W. Smith,
president of the Merchants Associa-
ton. II should recommend the prac-
tical closing of the Promotion Commit
tee rooms; the tide of travel is not in
this direction now and l would sug-
gest the removal of the committee
work to st, Louis and the distribu-
tion OF material from there We
could place on exhibition there the re-
lief map OF Pearl Harbor, the photos
and whatever else is prepared. To
finance such movement | suggest the
diversion OF the tonnage tax for that
purpose. The wharf committee has,
understand. ample funds In hand to
care for an emergency and II the tax
ls not sufficient the merchants would
probably be willing 10 contribute"
WHAT 1T WOULD COST.
Commissioner Maefarane submitted
figures OF the cost Of an exhibit such
as had been planned by the Promotion
Committee This Was 10 cost 81 800
and included the following ltemsi