The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-13
THAT LEFT
OVER FUND
CFrom Thursdays Advertisero

fund Delegation" was presented to the
trustees of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon and was placed
on file by that body. The report dealt
with the entire trip of the delegation
and contained. only in report form,
what has already appeared in the
newspapers concerning the delegations
work. The report added that the mem
bers of the delegation believed that
they had made many friends for Ha-
wall at the national capital.
The report of the Promotion Com
mittee for the quarter was presented
and read by Secretary Wood of that
orga nization. One item referred to the
yacht race and in this connection Mr..
Swanzy spoke of the item of s4991.49,
the amount left over from the fund of
$4,000 raised to send the Refund Del
ega alton" to Washington. AS stated In
yesterdays Advertiser, this amount
had been turned over to the Promo
ton Committee by the collection COM
mittee. composed of Messrs. j. F. Nor
gan and j. G.. Rothwell. The latter
committee stated in a letter that they
had obtained from the subscribers to
the fund the right of applying not over
S250O to the transpacific yacht race.
Mr.. Swanzy believed that the Pro-
motion Committee should have all that
money to use in forwarding its work.
He thought it inadvisable to spend
such sum as s25O0 on yacht race.
If the committee had plenty of money
1t would be different, but the COM
mittee did not have all the funds 1t
needed. He thought, under the cir
cumstances, the committee might as
well keep a stud of horses to enter
tain visitors.
Mr.. Spalding explained how the
.$2500 portion had been set aside. When
the fund was peIng subscribed TO sew
,eral weeks ago, or couple or more
months ago, they were asked II they
would let any amount not expended
be used for the expenses of the yacht
race. At that time it was not believed
that more than $4,000 would be left
over. Double that sum had been
saved. Therefore, the committee had
ascertained from the donors of the
fund that they were agreeable to hav-
ing. s25OO used for the yacht race and
the remainder devoted to the best in
Mr.. Gait stated that plans had been
perfected to entertain at luncheon to-
day a number of mainlanders who had
been extremely friendly to the delega-
ton and Hawaii on the mainland.
Secretary Woods report is as fol-
lows:
Honolulu, Hawaii, April ., 1906.
President and Trustees of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce.
Gentlemen: 1t gives me pleasure to
report that for the quarter ending
March 31st, 1906, the volume of travel
from the mainland has been most sat
isfactory. All lines of trade being
benefited thereby.
One prominent retail merchant in
formed me that over twenty-five (25%)
per cent of his business could be di-
rectly traced to the stranger within our
gates.
The members of your Promotion
Committee feel greatly encouraged and
firmly believe that the tide of tourist
travel, which has done so much for
Southern California, has at last turned
this way, and from now on will steadily
and rapidly increase.
of today is the home builder Of tomor-
row.
There are many thousands of people
possessing good incomes living among
other and less favored surroundings,
who are seeking for just what we have
TO offer and what in truth cannot be
found elsewhere the world over-abso-
lutely perfect home conditions.
During this quarter the members of
the Promotion Committee have turned
their attention to making their rooms
more attractive and are pleased to be
able to report an ever increasing num-
Der of visitors, including many of our
own people, whose interest in the work,
attendance at meetings, suggestions
and advice are most earnestly re-
quested.
The Oscillating Monograph, INSTALL
ed since the first of the year, has prov
ed to be most valuable investment
enabling the office force to send out
some fifteen thousand (l5,000) letters
about different matters. For instance,
when the Trans Pacific yacht race was,
finally determined upon, a special letter
was sent to every yacht owner in the
United States reciting briefly the plans
for the race and extending courteous
invitation for the recipient to visit Ho-
nolulu at that time.
Some four thousand 10000 letters
have been sent to the members of the
National Educational Association and
other teachers, who it was thought
might be interested in tho educational
convention to be held at San Francisco
next July. With this letter was sent
II small folder compiled by Arthur F.
Griiiiths, A. NJ, President of Oahu Col
lege, for tho Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee giving information concerning
education in Hawaii. Several thousand
extra copies of this folder will be dis
tributed in San Francisco at the time
OF tho convention.
Special circular letters have also been
sent to members of tho Trans Missis-
sippi Commercial Congress, National
Climatoloeical Association and other
organizations,
Since our last report we have had
printed
$4,000 copies Of "poepments In Evil
deneeH
10000 folders giving climatic data
10000 folders giving educational data