The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09
JOHNSON'S
GOOD WORK
The Southern California
Secretary Booms
Hawaii.


fOrnia Editorial Association are losing
no opportunity, evidently. in doing the
best OF promotion work for Hawaii. the
evidence of the good they are accom-
plishing being shown in two of the let
ters received in the last mail by the
Promotion Committee here. One of
these letters comes from W +. Hamp-
ton, the chairman of the committee APP
pointed by the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce to arrange for a Hawaiian
excursion, and encloses the following
letter from Edgar johnson, who headed
the editorial excursion here:
Fullerton, Cal, Oct. -, 1906.
Mr.. r. II. Herren, Los Angeles. Cal.
/ Dear Sir: | notice that you have
been appointed chairman of the Cham
Der of commerce Committee to arrange
for an excursion to Hawaii The writer
had the pleasure of taking an editorial
party OF II people down there only
few weeks ago, returning home October
ana We know that your members, who
participate in this excursion, will have
the time of their lives and | hope you
will be able to get up a party of at
| least 200 or 300. The writer has been
in every State and Territory in the
Union; all over Canada, Cuba and
Mexico, and | do not think you could
find place anywhere in the world
where the people would do more to
entertain you or where your party
would have more enjoyable visit. The
members Of the Promotion Committee,
the business men of Hawaii. and the
people throughout that territory in
general, are great entertainers. There
are so many places to visit that will
interest all you should remain down
there at least three or four weeks 1t
is worth a trip of many thousand miles
to see the city of Honolulu; the volcano;
the sugar and pineapple plantations, or
even to attend a luau (native feast).
The people are anxious to have an OPP
portunlty to entertain you and the
business men Of Hawaii desire to estab-
lish closer social and business relations
with Los Angeles and Southern Cali
fornia. They are now sending nearly
81 100000 a month to San Francisco
for produce and supplies and if closer
trade relations were established with
them over half of this business would
come to Los Angeles and Southern
California. Hawaii is a heavy buyer
of oranges, lemons, grain, hay, brick,
cement. etc, and is one of our best
patrons for fuel oil. The past year
over $l65,000 worth of vegetables
were shipped from San Francisco to
Hawaii and this is increasing annually.
The people of all of Southern California
are looking for new business; for better
and more active markets for our prod
ucts and Hawaii seems to hold odt
something good for US all-if Southern
California wishes to extend its trade
down that way now is the time to act. |
After the members of your Chamber
of Commerce visit Hawaii and meet |
the hospitable people; the friendly |
hustnng business men and spend few
weeks in and around Honolulu, I know |
that your first steps upon your return |
home will be to establish closer bust |
ness relations with Hawaii. l hope !
you will have a large party-the trip !
is not at all expensive and the ocean |
at the season of the year you are to |
go will be very calm-some of the
lady members of my party were not
sick one minute from the time we left
San Francisco to the time of arrival
back in San Francisco. So do not be
afraid of sea sickness. Our editorial
party was worked up by sending out
,wo or three circular letters. If the
writer can assist you in any way In
working up this excursion | shall be
pleased to do so as [ feel that / should
10 something for Hawaii for taking so
much interest in our editorial party
md entertaining 1t so royalty. Am in
LOS Angeles two or three times week
md if can give you any further in
ormation do not hesitate to write me.
Yours truly,
E. JOHNSON,
secretary Southern California Editorial
Association !
Mr.. Johnson s good work is further c
hown in letter received from Emil
}aensch, editor of the Manitowoc Post Y
nd president of the Wisconsin Press 9
association, who says that he has heard c
f the good time given the Californian
ditors through Mr.. Johnson and wants
II available information with a view
f arranging a similar trip for the
Wisconsin association.