The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-09
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDITORS ARE COMING
Editorial Association Votes to Hold 1906 Session
in Honolulu Promotion Work Goes
MerriIy On.

The Southern California Editorial As
ISOLATION has voted to hold it's sessio
for 1906 in Honolulu and in all prob
ability the trip will be made to the is
lands in November, after the elections
! Secretary H. P. Wood of the Promo
ton Committee regards this as com
plete victory for Hawaii, and of cours
the decision of the Editorial Associa
ton has been brought about largel.
through the efforts of the Promotion
Committee in general and Secretary
| Wood in particular.
The announcement of the session
coming after the San Francisco disas-
ter. amply justifies the Promotion Com
mittee for its optimism, and the mem
| bers feel that they are entitled as q
body to continued support of the COM
munity and of the mercantile organiza-
tons in particular.
In addition, the Portland Press Club
has passed a resolution ir favor OF
holding a session of the National Edi-
| torial Association here. This has come
about through the cordial relations es-
| tablished between the Hawaii Promo
| ton Committee and the Portland Com
mercial Club, as well as through the
memora BILE visit of the Oregon girls.
Secretary Treasurer Edgar Johnson of
the Southern California Editorial As
ISOLATION, writing from Fullerton, Cal,
under date of April 26 to Secretary
Wood, says:
THE CALIFORNIA EDITORS.
Have Just returned from a three
weeks trip to the City of Mexico, where
went with a party of Northern Cali
fornia people.
Am three weeks behind with my cor
respondence, but answer your letter
first.
At a meeting of our committee fol-
lowing receipt of your cablegram the
day before I left for Mexico, will say
cur committee decided to go to Honolulu
this year if we find that our expenses
while we are on the island are not too
high.
The steamship company has made us
a very low rate, barely covering ex-
pense of meals and berths, and 1 no.
tice your hotels have made reason
able rate, though am sure We would
want to stop at some first-class hotel
on the European plan, as we would be
on the go most of the time while over
there.
We want to make the expenses of the
trip as light as possible SO that we
will have a large attendance, but do
not want to be sized up as cheap peo-
pie" To be away from home nearly a
month means a big expense for two
persons and of course there will be adj
ditional expense at home while We are
absent.
I hope you can get as low rate as
possible to the volcano so that all the
members of our party will feel that
they are able to take it. The steam
ship company informed us that the
regular rate on the volcano trip was
$3.50 and this word has already reach
ed the most of our members.
You mention a number of other side
trips if We visit you and I will ask If
there will be any additional expense
on any of them outside OF our meals.
What we want is this: An estimate
of the expense of each person while on
the island and will ask you to give it
as nearly as possible.
l. Put down so much for first-class
room per day. European plan.
2. Average cost per meal in first
class cafe.
8. Cost (cash) of the volcano trip.
4. And cash cost of any other trip
or any other expense while on the is
land
will send out circular letter immedi-
ately and will get the exact number
of those who will go on the trip. You
may think We are too particular in the
matter of getting at the expense, but
1 desire to let everyone know what the
expense will be and then there will be
little room for complaint.
Do not try to estimate what we will
spend for souvenirs. The expense of
our trip to the City of Mexico was
not great, but many of our people spent |
hundreds of dollars for souvenirs. pay
ing higher prices than the same goods |
could have been purchased for, in Los
Angeles or San Diego.
Would you recommend that we go
over on any certain steamer?
Now. Wood I believe it would be
better for us TO visit your city in No
vember, say Immediately after cleo |
ton. The conventions will be on this |
summer and the campaign will last |
two months.
How is your weather in November |
and what months are the best to make /
the ocean trip?
The reason we favor November is
because would probably get better
attendance.
If YOU think it best we might try to
arrange to go in August or September.
Write me on this point.
Wish to thank you for the interest
you are taking in our proposed visit.
but I feel that it will be a great ad-
vertisement for your city and island.
Many Of our editors will get up page
after page on this trip which we hope
to make the best ever given by the as
As soon as I hear from You will call
our committee together and take up
matter of the proposed trip. We will
aar or. % hut