The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-05
TALKS
At THE CLUB
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS AN.
OTHER INTERESTING NOONTIME
GATHERING TODAY.

was the guest of honor of the Com.
mercial Club in its beautiful dining
hall in the McCandless building this
noon and, having partaken of the
feast, was introduced by George w.
Smith, who excused the fact that only
about score were present on the
ground that it was mail day"
IF it was female day" said the ge.
NAL bishop, 81 presume the hall would
be crowded" Whereat there was
much spontaneous mirth.
81 have been making the best use
Of my time since I've been in Homo
lulu continued the Bishop, "and
while, as a minister of the gospel l
am interested in educational institu-
tions and the works of the church
and the forwarding of all such things,
have not lost sight of the signii-
canoe of business in our daily life,
nor of the fact that it is commerce
that builds communities and makes
for prosperity, and / am glad to see
you, representative business and reli-
gious men of Honolulu, in your own
habitat and to be granted the privi.
lege of addressing you.
Il have heard of the business int
gritty and sagacity of you men of Ho-
nolulu. l have passed through here
several times On the way to the ORR
ent, and | suppose l have had the
same general knowledge that most
passers-through have of the islands.
l have studied you up as much as pos
stble but the personal experience has
taught me more than l ever imagined.
"All of the impressions l ever form
ed of these islands have been verl-
fed. You have a glorious country
and it has been difficult for me to
realize, sometimes, that l am awake
when | look around me- | have to
pinch myself to be sure it is not all
a magnificent phantasmagoria, fairy.
land, a paradise where elfins and COB.
Inns work wonders and miracles with
the brain in their magic presentation
Of the beautiful and glorious.
Keep the people here who come
here. Make the people who see Ha-
wall tourists and not passers-by;
make them permanent residents where
you can, and l believe you can, for
you are on the right track and with
everything to gain. l have viewed
with interest your curio stores, but il
is not all curio stores. for from your
great sugar industry, down through
the list of your smaller but promis
ing industries, there is much to pro
pheCys about.
The more industries you have, the
better
Il have seen your pineapples and
there are none finer.
Il believe that someday your coffea
will have Java beaten all to pieces.
DO you know, this seems a land
of luxury and when one first scans
these islands the thought of business
does not reach the brain, for the eye
is bewitChed. But | have a luna here
Brother Wadman, who has shown me
about and not only have | seen para
disc, but / have seen the wheels that
make it go round. | have seen the
whereby you make your living; your
great sugar mills and your ranches and
plantations and pineapples and coffee
and sisal and all.
Il have been to Maui and Hawaii
have seen the volcano.
Say have looked into the open
door of hades.
There is a good place, in the vol
cano pit, in that open door of hades
for a man to creep to the edge and say
| ND Nd I,pN h.
will so live that he will never be quail
fed for such a life hereafter. | tel
you, it is good picture of he'll!
II have been over your wonderful
| railroad on this island and you SHOULD
be proud of the brain that brought II
to realization. l have met your mer
and | have associated with the fami
lies which promise you a good citizen
ry.
The best way to promote the inter
ests of this archipelago is to keel
along the way you are going is to con
tinue to live up to yoGT reputation al
community for honest dealing. Ant
in your promotion literature, which
have read, do not forget the other isl
ands. Could there be anything NOR,
stupendously inspiring than that vol
cano of yOurs-with it's thOusant
steam-vents, its molten lake, it's as
cending smoke, indicting the sky
with its awesome prospect and, as
said before, its awful suggestion?
Send full and a true report of thu
advantages of all the isles of this isl
and empire of yours, but do not leav,
out the churches. | was very mucl
disappointed not to see a mention o
the Methodist church in your promo
| ton literature. There are ten mil
lions Of methOdists-dOnt you wan
some of them to come here? They ar
| good people Send out something O
an account of what all your churche
are, so people abroad, who like to g
to church, will see that in coming t
Hawaii they are not going to leav
God behind.
Let every man woman and chill
who passes this way and gets a glimps
of this city and these islands becom
an apostle of the promotion of Ha
wall
you want a fixed population an
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