The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31

meetings of the association.
ceipts, $2393; expenditures, $2014.49i
balance, cash on hand, $318.51.
The next business was the election
of nine directors who are to serve dur
ing the year 1907. The nominations
previously announced were Messrs
Robert Cation, E. A. McInerny, f. L.
Waldron, E. H Paris, w. t. Lucas, M.
Phillips, G. w. Smith, F. w. Macfar-
lane. w. w. Harris, T. III. Petrie, A. w.
T. Bottomley, and R. H. Trent. All
but the three last named were elected.
At the meeting of the directors last
week the matter of Notifications was
taken up and it was decided to cable
| Mr.. Mcclellan for information relative
to the possibility of securing appro-
priations. The morning after this was
decided upon the Advertiser published a
special dispatch from Washington an
nouncing that an appropriation had
| been made. On that showing the sec
rotary did not deem it necessary to
cable for further information. At the
meeting yesterday it was suggested that
Mr.. Mcclellan be cabled thanks of the
association for the interest he has taken
| in the subject.
Complaints were made by some of
| the members against the frequency of
demands upon them for subscriptions
and advertising of questionable value
and suggestions for the appointment
of committee were made to pass up
on the legitimacy of all schemes aside
from daily or weekly publications,
whose standing is known. One mem
Der said there was scarcely day when
they are not called upon to contribute
to some object, worthy or otherwise,
and there are occasions when business
relations might be affected by refusing
the applicant. If there is a commit
tee of the association to whom such
matters must be referred this would
be avoided. Of necessity the commit
tee would be secret one.
Another member wished to particu-
larly include the subscription gather
ers and suggested that the applicants
for money must first have the endorse
ment of the secretary of the Asso-
ciated Charities organization. This
was not enthusiastically received. 1t
became apparent as the meeting pro-
crossed that the principal idea was to
get rid of the expense of program ad-
vertising ana the schemes that are
presented by individuals from the main
land.
A motion that committee be ap-
pointed carried unanimously so here
after anyone with a good thing in
advertising must have the hall mark
of solidity from the association before
he can do business here.
Mr.. Macfarlane spoke of the cor |
poration returns matter. He said when |
he brought the subject to the atten-
tion of the association he had no idea |
he was to be placed upon any commit |
tee. Mr.. Wakefield had shown a form |
to him and then left for the Coast. |
He had seen Mr.. Campbell and was
asked if there were any objections to |
having the names of stockholders on |
the return. The treasurer was assured /
that, as far as he knew, there could |
be none but he had afterward talked |
with some of the plantation agents and |
learned that the time necessary to |
copy on return the names of the |
stockholders in company like Eva
would be considerable. There were no
objections to giving them, only to the
time required to compile them.
He said the treasurer had expressed |
a hope that there would be no attempt |
made by the Association to amend the |
bill. He had asked the business COM |
munity to hand in their returns on such |
forms as they thought best and he |
would decide, when all are in, which he |
thinks is the best and then confer with |
a committee from the association. Mr.. |
Macfarlane thought something had bet
ter be decided upon otherwise they
would be at the mercy OF the treasurer |
for the next two years. or until there |
was another session of the Legislature |
two years since.
Mr.. McInerny took the opposite view
and added that it was not the province |
OF the treasurer to prescribe a form.
Mr.. Campbell seemed to be willing to
meet the merchants half way and to
decide with them which form would
come nearest to the law. II there is
nothing done by this Association the
public could go along for two years and /
not be bothered.
President Smith remarked that he
had been called upon by a young man
anu requested 10 vote l0dC the treas
urer be instructed to allow the mercan-
tile exhibits to be examined by the
public, or by him, as the representative
of the Berrey Mercantile Agency.
Treasurer Campbell now refuses to do
so. Mr.. Smith declined to do so. He
said he had done this for the reason
that he did not consider the young
man of an age that would warrant his
being in possession of such information
and because he had been informed that |
Mr.. Berrey would not return. He said /
he believed in such an agency when |
it was properly conducted but not in
the methods in use here.
Mr.. McInerny said he had been in
formed by Mr.. auckland that he would |
probably take over the business in |
the near future. This seemed to meet |
with emphatic approval by the MEM
bers.
Hr. Harris again referred to the cor |
poration returns and said it would be |
well for the Association to have a COM |
mittee to work together with the legis- |
lative committee of the Republican |