The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-20
EDITORS
DOING GOOD WORK
WEEKLY LETTER OF SECRETARY
WOOD TO THE PROMITGON COM
NITrEE.

The following is the report Of Secre-
tary Wood to the Promotion Commit
tee for this week The committee
meets at o'clock this afternoon.
Honolulu, Dec 20, 1906.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Dear Sirs: BY every mail coming to
hand we continue to hear Of the con-
tinued good work being done for Ha-
wall by different members of the
Southern California Editorial Associa-
ton.
A recent clipping states that at the
least session of the Covina Farmers
club "a part of the programme consist
ed of a descriptive talk on the Ha-
waiian Islands by J. w. Mathews,
editor of the Covina Argus
Miss Grace H. Tower writes under
date of December End:
Tomorrow evening / am booked for
a twenty minute talk on Honolulu at
ladies night dinner which a mems club
is giving i'm Pasadena"
Miss Tower goes on to say; II am not
very glad to be at home as the wea-
Their is atrocious and l am ashamed of
Pasadena"
Mrs. Weatherred writes that she is
already receiving eastern orders for the
Hawaiian (January) number of West
ern Tours" and that she proposes send
ing out hundreds of this number as
sample copies.
1. a. Nadeau, Executive Vice-Presi-
dent of the Seattle Chamber of Com
1.,f .,c
3Oth, enclosing copy of a circular letter
sent out by him to every jobbing and
Wholesale house in Seattle. The letter
reading as follows:
Referring to my letter of May Sth
last, in regard to trade opportunity
with the Hawaiian Islands offered
Seattle merchants; what was looked
upon as a possible temporary market
can be easily made a permanent one
by the exercise of energy and enter
prise on the part of this business COM
munity.
There are 10000 people in Hawaii
entirely dependent upon outside mar
kets for supplies of every character.
except fresh meat, tropical fruits and
rice. Much of their necessities, such
Puget Sound; and every other require
ment can, in large measure, be fur
nished from here if our jobbers and
manufacturers are so minded.
"The American Hawaiian steamship
sailing Thursday last carried from
Puget Sound 1901 tons measurement
of freight consigned to Hawaiian ports.
"The merchants of Honolulu have for
many years traded almost exclusively
with San Francisco; but that fateful
day in April when that city was prac-
tically destroyed, compelled them to
seek other markets. They came here
and received fair treatment in all
things, except in some instances they
complain of being unable to have their
orders completely filled.
"The many years of trade with San
Francisco brought an intimate knowl-
edge of brands and qualities of goods
best adapted to their uses and it, there
fore, became necessary for Seattle mer-
chants to send representative to Homo
lulu with full lines of samples, etc,
which, after inspection and trial, will
enable their ordereing from catalogues.
Some of hte larger San Francisco firms
have had resident agent in Honolulu.
Portland merchants are making a
strong effort to secure this trade, and
through the enterprise of one firm of
that city, which a representative to
Honolulu, large orders are being filled,
which could and should have been Sc
cured here. The order of the firm
above referred to amounted to over &C. -