The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-12
.SECRETAR WOOD AND
HEDEMANN REPORT
At a MEETING OF THE CHAMBER
DAY TWO REPORTS WERE MADE

! Wood of the Promotion Committee
| made his annual report as follows:
] Honolulu, July H. 1906.
| Mr.. J. Z. LoWrey, President, Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce.
! Sir: 1t gives me pleasure to state
/ that the work of the Hawaii Promotion
! Committee during the past quarter has
/ made satisfactory progress.
owing to a lack of funds Eastern
magazine advertising has been discon-
tinued, yet loss of publicity along these
| lines has been more than counter-bal-
anced by the extra amount of advertis-
! ing the TRANSATLANTIC Steamship Com
panies have been called upon to under
take i'm order to convince the travelling
public that the port of San Francisco
is still the gateway to the Orient. The
Pacific Mail Steamship company is at
the present time running full page adj
vertisoments in Eastern magazines both
weekly and monthly, in which reference
is made to an article appearing in the
New York Herald Of January eth, 1906,
wherein occurs the following state
ment:
stretching completely across the
Pacific is what may be termed the
Sunshine Belt Here the sun shines
regularly, the trade winds blow gently
there is very little rain and the seas
are never high. 1t is within this belt
that the Hawaiian Islands are located,
with their equable climate and sub
tropical verdure."
The Continental railways at
our request are also giving Hawaii lib
cral mention i'm their regulation time
folders, the very best kind of adver-
| Using.
During the period covered by this
report a number of special letters were
sent out. this branch of our work hav-
ing been pushed vigorously. We have
in this way covered the entire North
west reaching every banker and teach
err and before the end of the present
quarter, will also have reached in the
same way throughout the Territory de-
scribed. every doctor, cattleman, miner,
as well as thousand of householders.
1t is most gratifying to be able to say
that we abe already getting results and
that the outlook for tourist travel the
coming winter is Frightening daily.
The visit of the four young ladies
from Southern California following
close on the trip of the Oregon Girls
will prove of value as an advertise
ment, but the best piece of work ac-
| compished by your committee during
! the past quarter was the arranging for
| an excursion to Honolulu by the Edi-
torial Association of Southern Cali
! fornia which will leave San Francisco
/ the first of September. Already over
forty have booked for the trip and it is
probable that there will be between
sixty and seventy in the excursion.
A prominent newspaper man of Los
Angeles, who will be a member of the
party, writes under date of June 26th:
Il can assure you l think of a fine
delegation from Southern California of
men who do not as a rule attend these
trips. I feel sure that if you desire it
later on, you can secure the National
Editorial Association" l might say
in passing that we are even now plan
ming to bring this about.
Some of the leading papers contem-
plate sending their photographers and
cartoonists. Hawaii will receive the
most extensive series of write-ups as
a result of this trip that we have ever
obtained. 1t will come at a time too
when the publicity will prove of dis
tnct advantage in turning next win
ter's travel this way
Another decided accomplishment on
the part Of your committee was induc-
ing the Edison Company Of Orange,
New Jersey, to send it's leading oper-
ator to Hawaii to take a series of NOV
ing pictures. Mr.. r. X. Bonnie, the
gentleman referred to, is now on the
island of Hawaii where he has met with
splendid success. From Hawaii he will
= go to Maui to take a panoramic view
of Haleakala, finishing up at Honolulu
with views of canoe and surf boating,
street scenes, etc. Several of the de-
veloped films are now on their way to