The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-25
COMMITTEE
OUTLINES PROJECTS

Any enterprising designer who can
suggest a cover for new folder on
Hawaii, to be issued by the Promotion
Committee, has chance to earn glory
and no little gold, provided his work
be found acceptable.
II was decided, at a meeting of the
Promotion Committee held yesterday
afternoon, to ofer sixty dollars in
prizes for the three best designs sub
mitted, $50 for first, $40 for second
and $40 for third prize. The COMPETE
tion closes Sept. Is and details will be
advertised Immediately. The design
must be characteristic Of Hawaii and
all work submitted becomes the prop
erty of the committee, to use as they
may see TT.
Present at the meeting were ]. Gill
man, chairman, E. I. Spalding, w. w.
Hall, J. A. M johnson, representing
Chairman Smith OF the Merchants As
socfation, and Secretary Boyd. Z. M.
BOYD stated that while here Messrs.
Hartman and Schwerin were too busy
to discuss matters pertaining to trans
portation, but said that r. p. Schwerin
had asked that letter, embodying
various matters pertaining to the well
fare of tourists, be addressed to him at
Yokohama, promising to give it full
attention.
The draft of such communication
was submitted to the committee for
consideration. E
Secretary Boyd further notified the
committee that Schwerin had prom
ised to use his inference to have +. ID.
Hartman order mention made of Ha-
waii in all publications issued by the
lines of which he is the head.
An offer from the publishers of FRA
zier's Handbook on Hawaii to furnish
an over-run of 1900 copies at five cents
each was ordered accepted. The edi.
ton consisted of $4,000 copies, which
cost 10 cents per copy. OF this about
1000 copies remain. The committee
were of the unanimous opinion that the
booklet had done remarkably good
work along promotion lines.
The folder "Hawaiio is to be re-
printed and every effort will be made
to secure as attractive cover design
as possible. The new folder will be
an eight-page affair, of about $500
words and containing seven cuts, ex-
elusive of the cover design.
The matter of the coming visit of w.
J. Bryan was discussed anu the secre-
tary stated that he was sending pack
age of promotion literature to the dis
tingiished statesman. If some of 1T
gets into the COmmoner, with its cir
culation of 100000, the effort will have
been well made.
The Promotion Committee will prof
fer their services in the matter or ar
ranging an itinerary for Mr.. Bryan g
visit. The local Democrats are, it is
said, making arrangements to enter
tain him.
It was decided to offer silver tro-
ply for an automobile floral parade to
be conducted along much the same
lines as governed last years very sue
cessful. affair. During the past twelve
months the number of machines IN
Honolulu has grown greatly and it is
estimated that where there were eight
cen autos year ago there are forty
five today.
The cup will be offered conditionally
on twenty-five or more entries being
received. After the last celebration,
illustrations of the festival appeared
in several mainland magazines, the
Territory securing much good advertis-
ing thereby.
E. /. Spalding remarked that there
appeared to be misapprehenslon
among the commercial bodies and the
public generally as to just what work
was being done by the Promotion
Committee. The committee was not, he
said, solely vehicle for the dissent
nation of literature. No small share
of it's work lay in answering enquiries
relative to Hawaii and in supplying
personal information to tourists.
Illustrative Of this Secretary Boyd
stated that in the dull season the cor
respondence of the committee aver