The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-23

| poia.msat. 50 as &c secure the friend
/ ship and Influence OF the unitea West
for such measures eS Importance as we
believe should ee advocated at Wash
ingsoa,
In evidence ef its deep interes; in the
Alaska Pacific Exposition. 20 Be
I held az Seattle. Washington. during
the summer and fall % 1879. y strong
resolution endorsing the protce, was
/ passed by war hoard % trustees, at
tested copies being sen, - the Director
/ ~ the Exposition, The management
% this great proiec, proposes giving
more space and attention 70 Hawaii
/ ;han has been accorded by any pre-
vieus sxposi,ioas in tact an EFFORT was
made az the last session % Congress
and Will be renewed next December 20
secure an appropriation from the gen.
eral government large enough 10 pro-
vide for y Hawaii building,
Honolulu is destined 70 play very
important part IN the development, OF
the Pacific and SIS the years so by
the duties snd responsibilities OF our
Chamber ~ Commerce Will increase
materially, While the general govern
msnt may be expected 20 do all that
Is nssifui in order 20 create great
naval base az Pearl Hsrhor. providing
for necessary tortihcations. etc. which
viii mean the expenditure OF many
millions Of dollars, the Chamber of
Commerce should carefully study the
needs o. the different ports of the
islands and do its utmost 70 secure
funds necessary for hareor improve
ments. Additional lighthouses are al
50 needed for the proper Safesuardins
Of commerce. In fact the Chamber
should consider thar IL Is its duty TO
be ever on the alert 20 protect and
foster the interests Of not simply Ho-
noiulu alone but the entire Territory
Of Hawaii
In conclusion permit me 70 express
my qualification ar the decided increase
in the membership OF the Chamber
during the present year and 10 thank
my fellow trustees for their confidence
and support
Respectfully submitted.
(SiS) W, NJ, GIFFARD.
President. Honolulu Chamber OF Com
msrcs.
The report OF Vice President James
z. Morgan for the past three months.
is SIS follows:
Honolulu. August e1st, 1907.
To the Members OF the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce.
Gentlemsn;-Ths President OF the
Chamber. Mr.. W. NJ. Gifard. has prac-
tically covered this years work of our
organization in the report that was
prepared by him before his departure
for the Coast. In compliance with his
request, however, would refer TO such
matters of general interest as our at
tention has been called 10 since.
The report submitted by Mr.. W. F.
Castle, Jr.. Hawairs representative at
the last meeting of the Mohonk Con-
ference. though not an extended docu-
ment. was nevertheless OF decided in
tsrest. At the October meeting, the
Chamber viii be represented by Hon.
Francis NJ. Hatch. who has been our
delegate TO Lake Mohonk on other oc-
casions- At our suggestion a number
OF the Congressman. who recently Wis
ited Hawaii. have been asked to ad-
dress this conference. Among others
who have signifed their intention OF
being present are Representatives Lit
tleheld and Aeheson and possibly
Colonel Hepburn.
Our Chamber will also be represented
at the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress TO be held at Muskogee. Okla
homa, November 1922, an important
gathering representative OF western
business interests.
The inability to secure quorum for
our July meeting and the difficulty
found at other times TO obtain the
necessary attendance, owing 10 the alb
ssnce OF some OF the members and OF
the pressing business engagements of
others, led to the introduction ar the
last meeting of the Board of Trustees
of resolution looking TO the increase
OF the membership OF the Board from
twelve 10 fifteen members, which it is
thought will result in overcoming the
difficulty.
It is very gratifying TO be able TO
state that the attendance al the last
bimonthly meeting OF the Chamber
was perhaps the largest gathering o.
our members ever seen in this room
Dr. Cofer's address was listened to
with the greatest interest AS direct
result of this meeting the Shippers
Wharf Committee, through the Board
OF Health. has placed funds at the
disposal of DR.. Currie Of the quaran-
tine service, which will enable him TO |
carry on his work in the study OF
plague conditions here in a thorough |
manner-obtaining results which it Is
hoped may greatly diminish the num-
ber of rats and thus lessen the chances
for the spreading OF this disease among |
the Orientais.
The recommendation of DIR. Cofer
that properly qualified medical men be
placed on all steamers plying between
SaIina Cruz and Honolulu direct so as
to guard against the introduction Of
yellow fever and to facilitate the quar-
antining of the ships engaged in this
trade is being given careful attention
by a special committee, appointed for
this purpose by the Chamber.
Another matter of the greatest i'm
portance to the community is the ap-
plicatiou OF the U. s. coastwise ship
ping laws 10 our Territory. which was
brought into prominence by the visit
of Secretary Straus of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. who express