The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-09
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land, of the Trans Pacific Trade, trans
uniting copy of letter from the Cham
Der of Commerce at Astoria urgin.
the advantages of that port as poin
of shipment to Hawaii.
The following letter was also receiv
ed from the Transmississippi CONNER
cial Congress:
Cripple Creek, Colo. April H. 1907.
Mr. H. P. Wood, Secretary, Honolulu
r. H.
Dear Sir: In this mail I 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. If 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 it conve-
nient to return to the mainland about
the time we meet, and take part in
4 ha Holt hnv iry7c ~f +1,<C
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.
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 a 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
a joint lunch or dinner to be given
by the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants Association to the visiting |
congressman sometime during their |
stay. 1t was thought that Monday |
evening, May y, 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 9, 1907.
Chas. Higgins, Secretary.
Mr.. c. r. Buckland, Editor and Man
ager. Trans-Pacific Trade, Honolu-
lu, Hawaii.
Dear Sir: 1 write to inform you that
by recent railroad deal Astoria is
low the Oregon terminus at the mouth
IF the great Columbia River for James
J. Hills two important railroad sys-
ems, the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern, and from this time on Asto-
ia will be in line for the best trade
md commerce that Honolulu can af-
ord. We handle all of the products
hat are handled at Portland, but we
nave the advantage over Portland to
his extent; while that city is more
han 100 miles inland, we are at the
mouth of the river right on the coast;
hus we can handle products without
owing the ships 100 miles inland and
Jack again. We have a down-hill rail-
DAD haul all the way from the impor-
ant grain and agricultural centers,
nd thus are at a great advantage
Yer Portland, as well as the ports of
seattle and Tacoma on Puget Sound
nd San Francisco. Inland products
o either of these ports must be hauled
p mountains more than 1000 feet high,
ut our railroad comes down the bank
f the Columbia River, and thus we
scape lifting our commere above the
louds. This alone insures the future |
reatness of Astoria in the Pacific
and trade.
L would like to hear from you in de-
all as to what kind of business rela-
ons we can best form that will be of
lutual advantage to the commercial
lterests of Astoria and to Honolulu,
nd any other information you can fur
sh me will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
STORIA CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE,
Per J. H. WHITE,
Manager.