The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-22
COMMERCIAL
CLUB TALK
Secretary Woods Tells
OF Others on the
Mainland.

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Honolulu, replied:
practically, L know but little. yet
am well acquainted with the executV
officers of the Commercial Claps U
Omaha. Topeka, Albuquerque, Sal
Lake. Portland and other Western or
ganiza tons, which are considered 10 D
up-to-date institutions, and am, o
, course. more or less familiar with thel
workings.
MANY of our citizens have I'M
doubtedly at one time or another Wis
tied the rooms of the Portland Com
mercial Club, which has become sucE
a power for development and progress
throughout the Northwest. This clut
Occupies the entire top floor and two
lower rooms of the largest building Ii
the city.
I'm addition TO the social features
Of the club, in order to properly sup
port which there is an ADMISSION Zee
of s25. with monthly dues of $3.50,
| there is a Bureau of Promotion Whlch
gets it's support by direct contributions
| from the business and property inter-
ests of the city. Some of the leading
firms contribute as much as one hum
| dred dollars per month, others fifty,
others twenty-five dollars, and many
more of course, contribute smaller
sums. amounting in the aggregate to
an income that has enabled the execu-
tive board in charge of the promotion
work of the club to accomplish an
untold amount of good for Portland
and the Northwest.
1.-The residents of Oregon are prac-
tically united in the opinion that the
Portland Commercial Club stands for
the best interests of the entire state
and that it's power of accomplishment
is only limited by the amount of money
at it's command for advertising pur-
poses.
THE successful commercial clubs of
today are those which unite promotion
work with the social fea lures. Such or
CARNATIONS can not be exclusive, tine
primary requisites for membership be-
ing a sincere interest in the better
ment and development Of tributary ter
ritory, a get together, work together
spirit, thus creating a field for the
young man as well as the older citi-
zen.
In a place the size of Honolulu, II
it were deemed advisable to form sucn
an organizat ton here, being the capital
of the Territory, it would be well 20
start out with the idea of securing
from every island, thus
making the rooms the headquarters for
the progressive citizens of Hawaii. AS
large a membership as possibly could |
be obtained would be needed to keep |
things going properly.
"A short time since / was asked by |
some of the leading citizens of a place |
larger than Honolulu, but |
with very much less wealth per capita, |
to give my ideas as to what might be |
done in that city along these lines, the |
citizens to own their building.
After carefully studying the situa-
ton, I suggested a building 100x100, at
least two, preferably three, stories in |
height, the ground floor to be leased
for business purposes, 50x100 of which
might be devoted to public bath, the
second floor, reached by a broad, easy
stairway, to contain central exhibit
room. assembly hall, directors room,
committee rooms (2), reception room,
,ecretary's office, ladies and gentle
mems rest rooms, toilets, storage, etc. |
Third floor if built to have kitchen,
ballroom, billiardroom, |
etc. Cost of building and
OF, approximately 100000. to be met
~ an issue of thirty or forty-year
ponds. The income aside from rental
If ground floor to be from membership,
fee SO, dues 500, per annum,
payable quarterly recommended also
hat special memberships be created
approximately as follows: j
10 memberships at $500 per {
annum 5,OOU
so memberships at 500 per
auunm .....-....... o,O99
1nr lh,aJs
annum 1900 | ,
Which would give with say 800 Z
regular memberships at 500. 5000 :
rents .................-... 3,0O0 +
N annual income of about 900 :
xclusive of entrance fees. '
Whether such a plan for Honolulu 7
yould be possible or even desirable do
OF feel competent to say.
In speaking about a matter of this 7
ind it is difficult for me to get away a
,om promotion work.
I'm California the different Boards of 4
supervisors are allowed by law to ap-
-opriate $4,000 annually for immigra-
on purposes and are permitted to in
ude in the annual tax levy a percent
&c for exhibition purposes not to eX-
ed for any one county $4,000 per an
1m. or d total of s12. 900, which as a +
lie is placed in the hands of the prin-
pal association in the county engaged :
promotion work. q
Il mention the matter a this time t
,ping that the Board of Supervisors b
ay give the plan careful considera- I
on. Il
"The County of Oahu could easily n
Use $4,000 annually by taxation for p
lvertising purposes. thus distributing Il
e burden equally and enabling the | a
Committee to send out 100c a
mphlets where ten are distributed to- e
" Within two years the result would / OF
apparent and in my opinion emf W
ntly satisfactory. I do not believe HI
thu could invest $4,000 to better
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