The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09
ENDORSE THE
CONFERENCE
The Panpacific Consular
Convention Warmly
Favored.

The Merchants Association met yes
terday afternoon at $40 for the pur-
pose of discussing the Panpacifc Con
sular Conference and the form of a
corporation return to make to the ter
ritorial treasurer, in order to comply
with the Supreme Court decision in
the test case given not long ago. OBJ
lection is made to the form adopted
by the treasurer as calling for mat
ters not required by the law as con-
strued by the court.
The meeting proceeded without the
minutes of the last meeting having
been read. This formality was omitted
owing to the lateness of the hour.
The chair called on H. T. Wills,
travelling representative and one of the
| editors of the New York Commercial,
the leading commercial daily of New
York City, to say few words anent
the proposed Panpacifc Conference.
Mr.. Wills is a retired merchant who
is keenly interested in the foreign
commerce of the country His work
in connection with his paper is taking
him all over the world
Mr.. Wills expressed himself as
heartily in favor of the conference.
He said that it would give manufac-
turers a chance to know more of COM
mercial conditions existing in Hawaii.
The opportunity afforded for consuls
to confer together would make for
the extension of trade. Manufacturers
would be enabled to get in touch with
the consuls and more information re-
lating to trade conditions here would
be cleaned than could result from all
the letters that might be written. The
geographical position of Hawaii fully
warranted such conference.
The speaker said that such a con-
ference could undoubtedly be brought
about if the merchants endorsement
of the proposition was properly and
quickly followed up by representations
to Washington. He would do all in
his power to further the project.
Secretary Paris then read a letter
from Governor Carter, enclosing state
ment of project for the holding of
a Consular Convention in Honolulu in
1907. The communication asked that
the association adopt some resolution
expressing its approval of the plan
and recommended that in the event of
the association passing resolutions of
approval they be sent to Delegate Ku-
hio.
On A. Gartley's motion seconded by |
R. Trent it was decided that the di-
reetors of the association should draw
up and forward to Secretary Root, a /
resolution requesting the support of
the administration in holding Pan
pacific Consular Congress between Oe-
tober, 1907, and January, 190S. =
Another motion was made to cable
to G. B. Mcclellan asking him to at
tend the Industrial Convention 20 be
held in Washington next Tuesday and
to confer with F. NJ Hatch with a
view to his being present also. These
gentlemen will represent the Mer-
chants Association. The cablegram
Messrs. Mcclellan and Hatch status ON
The floor of the convention whereby
hey will be able to give the matter
If the conference valuable publicity.
h a. MeInerny thought that posi-
Die friction might be avoided if the j.
able were addressed to Delegate Ku-
no. He argued that if he were good
'nough to represent Hawaii political {
y he should be equally well-ftted to =,
10 so commercially. He wouldn It be
here, it was true, but it was for the !.
ooks of the thing that he made his !
MeInerny's suggestion was adopted. I
The matter of corporation exhibits .
7as then taken up. @
J. w. Wakefield suggested a form n
overing statistics of capital, bonds,
ffieers, stock, assets and liabilities. :
ueh figures sworn to by an officer of a
ne corporation would prove to the #
'easurer if the corporation were
,lvent or otherwise. T
The chair stated that returns would o
ave to be made for the years 1905 and ii
,O6. C
Fred. Macfarlane moved that the n
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