Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-09
Wills ADDRESSES
MERCHANT MEETING
The Pan Pacific Consular
Scheme Heartily
Endorsed

A short talk by u. e. wills CA the
advantages which Honolulu could offer
tor Pan.PaciHo Consular Conference
was one Of the most important feat-
ares of the meeting oi the Merchants
Aysociation Yesterday afternoon. The
Merchants adopted the necessary reso.
iutionB Ia regard TO the matter, and
also TOOK up the corporation eXhiDIt
question.
u WAS stated that the meeting wa.i
called to consider thu mater OF the
proposed pan-Paaiiic conference. ~. .
Wills. the travelling representative vi
the New York Commercial, was in-
I ,isaaced. and spoke OF the matter
Wills Was much interested in IA.
proposed conference His special work
Was connected with trade all over tAe
world. and he had looked into the
question of consular work, and tho
methods 10 be pursued IN H. wills was
/ personally acquainted with many 81
| the cOnsulE on the American and South
American Pacific coast, and he expect.
cd to meet more Ia the Orient ~
View OF the growing importance Of the
Oriental trade the time was opporlun'
10 have the cOnsuls come together NJ
| Honolulu. which was very centra
point First of all the cOnsuls cOulc
discuss their methods. and manuiao
turers and merchants would De sure 10
seize the opportunity to meet the CON
suls AS well as 10 come In closer con
tact with each other. Honolulu wal
All excellent place for the conferenc"
Und he thought that the plan, II pusheC
IN Washington. could be put through
WIS promised TO use his influence
with the officials al Washington, bOti
individually and through his paper, ~
which he was one Of the editors
A letter from the Pan-Pacihc Con
ference Committee, wOrded the SAINT
a. the one addressed 10 the Bar AssO
citation. which was published IN tin
Bulletin yesterday, was read " Sec
retary Paris.
have the convention between OctObc
1907 and January 1905. The idea Wa
J 30 have Mcclellan, the Association
representative at Washington, preseD
, o resolution asking that such confer
: -gee as outlined De held IN Honolulu
: Such resolution was introduced D.
, Cariley and adopted.
II was further decided 10 cable Sc
Lellan credentials 10 represent the ~
sOciatiOn at the Industrial Convention
which woLid take place next Tuesda
in Washington.
Wakefield reported for the commit
tee on Corporation Exhibits, stain
that the Treasurer had a right 10 DE-
mand exhibits, but could not pJeBcriA
the form. II seemed enough 10 shot
the capital, bonds. officers, stockbOlC
, ers, liabilities and assets, and nOtbin
; more. This statement would she
whether the corporation was solver
? or insOlyent.
= Maclarlane moved that the chairma
D, appDin, committee tO confer with N
Treasurer In order Ia adopl a unifOri
. torn Of return without agtagoHiziD
!. the Treasurer.
Mclnerny said the Treasurer said d
proposed all kinds Of exhibits for I3i
;. and 1906, after which lie proposed
confer with the merchants To pick ~
! the most suitable form. McIDerDy rea
y form which he had made out for b
firm. This was considerably more d.
tailed than the one suggested by Wax
field. lie called attention TO the IA
that the Supreme Court decision IN u
pIatler called for FUN and complet'
statement Of the state Of corpoFi
tons affairs.
Aicfarlane's motion was then ca
ried and the chair appointed Wakefield
Mclnerny and Mscflrlane AS a cOmmi
tee 10 attend 10 the matter.