The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-13

nave no doubt prove to be an effective
While we have enough printed mar
ter ON hand for the immediate present
have in misd something entirely diff
ferent from what has hitherto been
published. A small pamphlet about
three inches wide by four inches long
to contain from eight to twelve pic
lures, in three or four colors, of Ha-
waii Is most beautiful bits of scenery.
The letter press to be restricted largely
to description of the pictures present.
ed. My object in this publication is to
secure something so dainty, so exqui-
site as to appeal to every lover of the
beautiful, pamphlet that the manage
ment of the most exclusive hotels will
be pleased to hand to their guests and
which will be sought after far and
wide. / am now securing information
relating to this project including cost
of special cuts, etc, to present to your
committee at an early date.
During the ensuing quarter we shall
need another ten thousand QO,0O0)
edition of the Climatic folder, possibly
ten thousand (l0,000) more of Homo
lulu, What to See and How to See it,
OF this pamphlet we make regular
distribution on every passenger steam
er entering port.
Twenty thousand (20,OOO) copies of
a new postal folder will be needed and
at least ten thousand (10000) copies
of revised edition of that excellent
pamphlet Hawaii--A Primer should
be provided.
AS you have doubtless noted in the
daily press the members of the Promo
tion Committee are making strong
effort to bring Hawaii to the notice of
different associations as place for
their annual conventions.
While distance from the mainland,
cost and uncertainty of transportation
are serious handicaps, yet we are meet
ing with encouragement and in fact
have strong hopes of securing the 1907
Convention of the Trans Mississippi
Commercial Congress and the 1908 Con-
vention of the American Meteorologi-
cal Association, also one other important
convention which may be secured for
this year. The advertising given Ha-
waii by these efforts is of decided adj
vantage to us even though we may not
secure the desired conventions.
Mrs. Weatherred, who was here with
the Oregon girls, will make strong
plea for Hawaii at the coming conven-
tion of the National Editorial Associa-
ton of whose executive committee the
lady is a member.
Our efforts to advertise Hawaii have
been ably seconded by such men as
Archdeacon Jefferis, Bishop Hamilton
and others, who have recently visited
our islands taking away with them from
one hundred 100) to five hundred
be in almost constant use for some time
to come.
One of the best advertisements Ha-
wall has had for some time was tho
floral celebration on Washington IS
birthday, which delighted thousands of
people and is being given wide public
ity.
The coming Trans-Pacifc Yacht Race
will also prove of great advantage in
bringing Hawaii to the attention of
every lover of true sport the world
over.
In order to create an interest in Ha-
wall among class of men who are in
constant touch with the travelling pub
lie, your committee is working on a
plan which involves the offering of
prizes for the best answers to the ques-
tion "WHY SHOULD HAWAII EX-
PECT TO BECOME A GREAT AND
POPULAR RESORT FOR HOME
SEEKERS AND TOURISTSP'
Contestants will be restricted to Pas
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Steamship Companies of the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
By the last mail letters were sent
out to the traffic passenger managers,
general passenger agents and other Of
fcials in charge of the passenger ser
vice of every railway and steamship
company operating in the territory de-
scribed asking for the name and cor
rect address of all their duly accredited
passenger agents, local, general and
travelling.
The object of this movement is not
only to secure live readable articles,
but to get every passenger agent in the
country thinking and talking about our
beautiful islands. 1t will be a cam
paign of education as well as of adver-
Using; it is big undertaking but it
will be pushed and we shall win.
By the last mail we received from a
prominent Colorado banker, (who had
spent several weeks here), valuable
tribute to Hawaii, which we are having
autographed and will send out with
special circular letter to upwards of
five thousand $4,000 bank presidents
and directors.
Some two months since we mailed a
small card to every library in the Unit
ed States and Canada stating that the
Hawaii Promotion Committee would
gladly send illustrated matter descrip-
tive of Hawaii if asked to do so which
we requested the different librarians to
post on their Bulletin boards. We were
gratefully surprised at the ready com
pliance with our request and the nu-
merous inquiries for information re-
sulting therefrom.
Our library of directories of the lead
ing cities of the United States is being
added to constantly and will soon be-
come valuable adjunct to the commit
tee rooms.
There is much else that might be al
luded to at this time, the exhibit fea-
ture of our work, results accomplished
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