Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-12
PROMOTION WORK
Brings RESULTS
Secretary Wood Tells Of
Things Done And
Planned

Secretary IT, p. Wood of the Promo.
| ton Committee submitted a lengthy
report To the trustees of the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday afternoon. In
part as follows:
! For the quarter ending March 3lst,
the volume of travel from the Main.
land has been most satisfactory, all
| lines of trade being benefited thereby.
l One prominent retail merchant in.
formed me that over % per cent. OF
his business could be directly traced
to the stranger.
Tourists Are Coming.
The members of your Promotion
Committee feel greatly encouraged,
and firmly believe that the tide of
tourist travel, which has done so much
for Southern California, has at last
turned this way. and from now on will
steadily and rapidly increase.
The tourist of today is the home.
builder of tomorrow. ..
There are many thousands of people
possessing good Incomes living among
other and less favored surroundings,
who arc seeking for just what We have
10 OFFER and what In truth cannot be
lOullU tihtNHtIp the WOllu over.
Valuable Investment.
The oscillating mimeograph. install
cd since the first of tho year. has
! proved to be most valuable invest.
ment, enabling the Office force to send
out some $4,000 letters. When tho
trans Pacific Yacht Race was finally
determined upon, special letter was
sent to every yacht owner In the Unit
cd States reciting briefly the plans for
the race and extending a courteous in.
vitation for the recipient TO visit Ho.
nolulu at that time.
Some 1000 letters have been sent to
the members Of the National Educa.
tional Association and other teachers,
who II was thought might be interest.
ed In the educational convention Ia
he held ut San Francisco next July.
Education In Hawaii.
With this letter was sent n small
folder compiled by President Griniths
of Oahu College. for the Promotion
Committee. giving information con.
corning education in Hawaii. Several
thousand extra copies Of this folder
will be distributed In San Francisco
at the time of the convention.
Special circular letters have also
beer sent 10 members of the trans.
Mississippi Commercial Congress, Ma
tional Chronological Association and
other organizations.
Scenes In colors.
) While we have enough printed mat
ter on hand for the immediate pres
! ent ! have In mind something entirely
different from what has hitherto beer
, published. A small pamphlet about
three inches wide by four inches long
10 contain from eight to twelve pic
lures, in three or four colors. of lila
wallis most beautiful bits of scenery
To Draw Conventions.
Members OF the Promotion Commit
tee are making.a strong effort to bring
Hawaii to the notice of different Asso
Citations as place for their annual
conventions.
While distance from the Mainland
cost and uncertainty of transportation
are serious handiCaps. yet we are
meeting with announcement and In
fact have strong hopes of securing tho
1907 convention of the trans.Mississip
pi Commercial Congress and the 1905
convention OF the American Meteoro
logical Association; also one other i'm
portant convention which may be So
cured for this year. The advertising
given Hawaii by these efforts Is OF
decided advantage to MS even though
We may not secure the desired con
ventions.
Good Lady Advertiser.
Mrs. Weatherred, who was hero
with the Oregon girls, will make q
strong plea for Hawaii ut the coming
convention Of the National Editorial
Association. Of whose executive com
mittee the lady Is member.
Our efforts to advertise Hawaii
have been ably seconded by such men
as Archdeacon Jeffries. Bishop Hamil
ton and others who have recently Wis
tied our Islands, taking away with
them from 100 to 500 lantern slides
each, which will be in almost constant
use for some time to come.
Floral Parade Publicity.
One OF the best advertisements Ha
wall has had for some time was tho
Floral celebration on Washington's
birthday. which delighted thousands
Of people, and is being given wide pub
licity.
The coming trans.PacinC Yacht
Race will also prove of great adyan
RI tage in bringing Hawaii to the atten
ton Of every lover of true sport the
. world over.
Novel Scheme Afoot.
In order to create an interest In Iia