The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-04
CONSULAR CONGRESS
PLANS DISCUSSED
CONGRESS ALSO
CONSIDERED At THE CONFER
ENCE YESTERDAY.

The preliminary steps for the Pan
Pacific Consular Congress and Com
mercial Congress for 1908 were taken
yesterday afternoon. At a confer
ence held at the office of Governor Car
ter the representatives, of various COM
mercial bodies, and the Promotion
Committee discussed the plans. The
| following were present: Delegate
! Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, Delegate to
! Congress; w. NJ. Giffard, president of
| the Chamber of Commerce; George w.
| Smith, president of the Merchants
| Association; F. NJ. Swanzy, AZ Gartley,
| ]. r. Gait, J. f. Morgan, G. j. Waller,
! f. l. Spalding, L. Tenney Peck, r.
| Cation Alexander CARVE, T.. H. Paris,
! H. p. Wood, secretary Hawaii Pro-
| motion Committee, and Charles u.
! Chase, editor New san Francisco Ma
gazine.
! Governor Carter dwelt at consider
able length upon the plans that had
been suggested. He said that the first
idea had been to hold a Pan-Pacifc
Commercial Exposition or Congress
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American consuls on the Pacific had
been favored. He thought that in
event of securing favorable considera-
ton of the latter project that it could
be secured on order from Secretary of
State Foot.
The Governor told of the Importance
to Hawaii for it's commercial in
terests to get into touch with similar
interests. He spoke of the efferts that
had been made to induce Hawaii to
be represented at the recent Trans
| Mississippi Congress at Kansas City.
The Governor spoke of the Importance
to these islands of securing the gather
ing of commercial men. He said that
eight months might be sufficient time
in which to get the proposition started.
The Governor suggested using the old
fish market as an auditorium. He
also suggested that at first the work
be limited to securing the Consular
Congress
A. Gartley who had been the first
to originate the idea of the commercial
congress said that he thought IS
months would be required in which
to arrange for such congress.
Delegate Kalanianaole though favor
ably of the scheme and thought it
could be arranged.
In answer to Mr.. Smith the Gov
ernor stated that he would recommend
an appropriation from the legislators
J to aid the plan if the public desired
it. 1t was a matter in which the tax
payers were interested. Recurring to
the question of the old fish market as
an auditorium, the governor stated
that Secretary of War Taft had found
! fault with the local government au-
: thorities for declining to sell that prop
erty to H. H. Hackfeld and Company.
Negotiations were renewed but the
firm dropped the matter. The govern
ment considered the property worth
100000 while the firm probably wanted
to secure it for $25,OOO The Governor
also said that Congress did assist the
propositions of such congresses and he
thought it would aid the proceedings
]. r. Gait expressed himself as much
in favor of the plan but he thought
it better to try and secure the Consular
congress within a years time.
L. Tenney Peck said that the idea
needed elaboration. If the scheme was
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ance could hardly be expected from
Congress. Governor Carter said that
it was only incidentally for the benefit
of Hawaii but to show that Hawaii
was the most centrally located place
in the Pacific. Individual problems
would come for the consuls to con-
slider.
1t was finally decided on motion Of
Mr.. Smith seconded by Mr.. Peck that
the local commercial bodies take up
the matter and report to the governor.
Secretary Root has been greatly i'm
pressed with the possibilities OF the
South American trade and during the
course of a recent commercial congress
in the United States spoke in very en-
thusiastic terms of the future that
awaits American commerce in that di-
, rection Secretary Wood has taken an
excellent time to bring before Root the
matter of the consular congress in Ha-
wall as such a gathering would do
- much to create interest in the com-
! merce Of the nation and especially be-
tween the United States and South
America
There is no reason why the head of
the nation can not be induced to attend
the congress, if the Secretary Of State
decides to call 1t. The President will,
according to we'll authenticated advi-
ces, pay a visit to the Philippine ISL
ands during 1908 In such an event
there is absolutely no reason why the
President could not be induced to stop
at Hawaii. In fact he would certainly
wish to visit the islands in event Of his
making the Philippine tour. The con-
sular congress could be held at the
time when the President was in Ho'
nolulu.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
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