The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-10
AsTOR|A'S GLAD
HAND HELD OUT
,rrom Thur.aay.s Ady.riI.edl

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce was
held yesterday. Present, MessrG W.
NJ Gihard, president; J.. r. Peck, Il.
u. Tcnney, =. NJ. swanEy, =. J. spald
ing. J. X. Gait and II. i. Wood, secre.
iary.
4 number Of communications were
read and placed on file including a
letter from Mr.. Henry J.. Reed, Direc.
tor Of the Division Of Exploitation Of
the Alaska Yukon.P Exposition,
acknowledging receipt Of the resolu.
tion adopted by the Chamber Of Com
merce endorsing the Seattle Exposi-
tion. also a letter from Mr.. G. X. Buck.
land, Of the TransPacific Trade, trans.
mitting copy Of letter from the Cham.
Der Of Commerce at Astoria urging
the advantages of that port as a point
of shipment to Hawaii.
The following letter was also receiv-
GU ioh 'he iiahsmississiPPi GUNNER
cial Congress:
Cripple Creek, Colo, April II, 1907.
Mr.. H. p. Wood. Secretary, Honolulu,
T. II.
Dear Sir: In this mail send you a
copy of the printed report of the last
session OF the Transmississippi Com
mercial Congress, which was held in
Kansas City in November.
The delay in acknowledging the re-
ceipt OF your membership is due to
the fact that the reports were not re-
ceived until yesterday.
We are now arranging for the Okla
homa session which promises to be as
important as the last session, which
was an historical event in the history
of the organization and the Transmits
sissippi section OF this country.
If you have any suggestions to make
In reference to the Islands the execu-
tive committee would be pleased to
consider not only Hawaii but the Phil
ippines. II you desire a place on the
program either for yourself or someone
whom your association would select
please advice us as early as possible.
Hoping that you can find 1t conve-
hiti1 " u HldllldUQ ABOUT
the time we meet, and take part in
the deliberations Of the Congress, / am,
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR F. FRANCIS,
Secretary of the Congress.
Upon motion duly made and carried
the president was authorized to appoint
representative to this Congress.
A report from the Committee on Com
merce and Agriculture was submitted
regarding the establishment of bond
ed warehouses, recommending that the
suggestion of Mr.. Hatch be not lost
sight of, though not favoring any i'm
mediate action.
Mr.. Spalding of the Legislative com
mittee made brief verbal report of
the work of that committee in con-
nection with the various bills brought
before the last Legislature.
The president reported that, acting
under authority conveyed to him at
the last meeting of the Chamber, he
had appointed Mr. W. R. Castle, Jr.,
as the representative of the Honolulu |
Chamber of Commerce at the coming |
session of the Lake Mohonk Confer
ence.
Upon motion of Mr.. Spalding it was
ordered that the Entertainment com !
mittee be authorized to arrange for
n joint lunch or dinner to be given |!
by the Chamber of Commerce aud the
Merchants Association to the visiting /
Congressman sometime during their /
stay. 1t was thought that Monday
evening, May ~, would be an appro-
pirate time if it could be conveniently
arranged.
Following is the Astoria letter re-
ferred to above:
OREGON DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE.
Astoria Chamber OF Commerce,
Astoria. Ore, April Q, 1907.
Chas. Higgins. Secretary
Mr. c. II. Buckland. Editor and Man
ager. Trans-Pacific Trade, Honolu-
lu, Hawaii
''"' on "liNc 10 lhiuIHh you tnht |
by a recent railroad deal Astoria is |
now the Oregon terminus at the mouth !
OF the great Columbia River for James !
j. Hill's two important railroad sys- |
TENS. the Northern Pacific and Great |
northern. ana from this time on Asto-
ria viii be IN line for the best trade |
and commerce that Honolulu can ar
ford, We handle all OF the products
thai are handled ~ Portland. but we