The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-10
MR., JOHNSON
LIKES Us
He Says This Is Banner
Trip of Editorial
Association.
Royal Hawaiian Hotel,

Editor Advertiser: Complying with
your request, take pleasure IN writing
of our visit to your hospitable city. L
know that every member will bear me
out in the statement that nothing
could have been done to make the
visit more enjoyable. Our party was
pleased with the grand reception gwen
upon our arrival and also with the re-
eeption in the evening in behalf OF tne
editorial party You have friendly, pig
hearted people who make the Vlsltor
feel that he is at home upon arrlvai
here. Members of our party tell me
that even the merchants take an IN
terest in them when they go shopping
and really seem as anxious to make
them feel welcome and talk of Homo
lulu and Hawaii as they are to sell
goods. So it is pleasure to VISIT
your places of business as well as TO
take the trips of interest about the
city-every one seems anxious TO 90
his or her share to see that we nave
a good time. Every part OF the pro,
gram has been greatly enjoyed by al
and many have EXPIRE ssed themselves IN
f.11or Of aoain visiting Honolulu at
some future date.
The writer has had the pleasure OF
taking the association East, to num-
her of Western States and to many
places of interest in California, and
docs not hesitate to state that TINS
will be the banner trip-the best ever
given in the history of this editorial as
sociation which has been esta bllshea
twenty wears. Our editors ana staH
renorters are now writing long letters
hack to their respective papers, telling
the hundreds of thousands OF readefs
of Southern California of our enter
tainment by your charming people, OF
your favored climatic conditions, OF
your prosperous city, fruit industry anu
extensive shipping interests. AFTER
writing page after page we can not
say too many good things Tor your
people, Honolulu and Hawan
These are not notes OF hattery-they
are written after we have been enter
tanned by your people and after we
have heard words of praise for homo
lnlu from, every member of our party
At the request of many members OF
tho narty I desire to thank the city
. nress for the interest it has taken IN
our trip. / do not think we have ever
visited any place where the outing
was 40 fully reported. Your morning
and evening papers have also devoted
much space to the proposed visit dur
ing the six months correspondence pc
tween the editorial association and MT.
Wood of the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee This we heartily appreciate,
Your people. too, seem to realize what
a great factor paper Is IN the up
building of city and country by the
liberal patronage in both subscriptions
and advertisements. Honolulu should be,
and undoubtedly is, proud of its news
papers-they would be credit TO
CITY with double the population
One word before closing IN behalf
of vour Promotion Committee. This
organization is doing great work for
Honolulu and for all of Hawaii. Your
residents NAV not realize what great
mower it is, but if they were in some
far away city it would not take long
+o convince all that this committee
is getting results for its untiring work.
We venture the assertion that there has
been more talk about Hawaii in South
ern California the past year than pc
fore in ten years. You can VISIT the
Promotion Committee headquarters, the
steamship and railroad offices and the
hotels of Los Angeles, and you VIII
find all of the advertising about Ha-
waii that is given out right here IN
Honolulu. Think of that The writer
has been a resident of Southern Cali
fornia since his boyhood days and IS
giving facts. Five or ten years ago
California heard but little of Hawaii
Now it is getting to be household
word. Stand by your Promotion Com
n1ittee-it will bring you back dollars
for every one expended in carrying
on the good work. And again. You
certainly have the right man at the
head of this organization. You might
search the whole country over and you
xould not find harder worker than
AIr. III. P. Wood. We have known HIM
many wears and will give you tip
keep Wood where he is. But be careful
California does not ''capture him to
pnt at the head of some great enter
prise. Mr.. Wood is one of those fel-
lows who hang on with a bulldog grip
when he starts out to do something |
he never lets up until he lands-wlns
his point.
This editorial association was brought |
here through the efforts of the Promo |
ton Committee and | am afraid II you |
keep on entertaining us so royalty we
will have hard work in rounding up |
our party for the return trip home; |
some NAV break away yet and stay |
down here. |
Again thanking your people for the
bosnitalitv shown in behalf of the |
party, [ am, /
Yours truly,
EDGAR JOHNSON,
Secretarv-Treasurer Southern California
a1 AScoaIafiOn-