The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-11
GLAD NOW THEY
DID NOTHING
PrOmotiOnists Drop the Matter
of Opposing the Coastwise
Laws Suspension.

general mutual congratulatiOn anon;
those who attended yesterdays meeting
that no cablegrams in the matter haC
been sent to Washington. Thus, yes
terdays action leaves the committee
with a clear showing of steady consist
ency in the eyes of the Washington au
thorities
At the previous meeting the matter
had been discussed in the light of the
fact that both the Merchants Associa
ton and the Chamber of Commerce had
Withdrawn their opposition to the appli-
cation of the laws to Hawaii, and, in
asmuch as the Promotion Committee
was an offspring organization it was
though that the example of the father
and mother bodies ought to be follow
ed. The members didn t want to do
it, but also didn't want to be in a posi-
might be charged. Accordingly they
promised to follow the example and
then lie low Now the members are
singing Il told you so" chorus.
"The Merchants Association is GO
ing to keep pretty still about this ques-
tion," said Mr.. Bush, during the course
of the discussion.
care they going to stand pat9" in
quired Mr.. Trent.
"They re going to try and forget all
about it," answered Mr.. Bush that
is, unless enough of the members want
to call special meeting about it.
Believers in Signs.
In response to suggestion made to
the committee by letter from 6. P Will
der, the secretary was instructed to
draw the attention of the Supervisors
to the way the various street signs are
being knocked down and mutilated.
The Coming Excursion.
Secretary Wood gave some additional
information about>the reported excur-
sion of business men from Los Angeles,
which, it appears, is not the proposed
Chamber of Commerce excursion, but
one of a number of business representa-
tives coming to Honolulu to establish
trade connections if possible. The in
formant of the committee, lady, an
nounced that she thought the excursion
would come on a barge.
secretary's Report.
Secretary Wood IS regular weekly re-.
port of progress was:
By the steamship Alameda we sent
out some twenty thousand pieces of ad-
vertising matter, being an additional
supply for our Los Angeles Office and
large consignment of the two pamphlets
issued by the Hawaiian Committee Of
the American Association for the Adj
vancement of Science, which we are
forwarding to DIR. Howard at the re-
quest of the local committee. In this
shipment we also included several thou
sand copies of our different folders,
which will be distributed by Mr.. w. A.
Bryan, who will open up a Hawaii Pro
motion Bureau during. the coming SEES
sion of the American Association at
Baltimore, doing his utmost to secure
the holding of the 1910 convention of
the association in Honolulu.
By the steamship Makura we receiv-
ed upward of fifty letters from New
Zealand, the different states of Aus
tralia, and Ceylon.
The director of the Intelligence De-
par 1OI NEW DUuln w d1cS
acknowledging receipt of our last ship
ment of folders, which he begs to as
sure us will be carefully distributed in
return for the good work we are doing
for his bureau in Hawaii.
The American consul at Brisbane
writes, saying that he has given our
map a prominent position in his office
and asks for more copies for distribu
ton in Brisbane.
The agent for Thos. Cook & Son at
Adelaide reports increasing interest in
Hawaii.
w H. Simpson, advertising manager
for the Santa Fe Railway Company,
writes under date of November ~ that
the new edition of their wall map, in
which Hawaii is given so much space,
is now under way, and. that copies will
soon be sent u.s.
l am at last able to report satisfac-
tory progress in the matter of folder
distribution at Colombo, Ceylon. The
managers of the Gale Face and Grand
Oriental hotels, whose cards we carry
in our racks, offer to attend to the mat
ter for us at cost not to exceed four
dollars per month. On an average, one
passenger steamer per day stops at Co
lombO on the way to China, Japan or
Australia. | am now preparing a small
inexpensive folder, to be published in
English, French and German, which will
contain map showing Honolulu at the
Crossroads of the Pacific, changed some
what to include Colombo, so that every
traveller touching at that port will have
his attention called TO Hawaii S position
and will also be informed as to hotel
accommodations, stopOver privileges,
etc.
\ short letter from Jack London,
from the Solomon Islands, closes with
the best of luck for Hawaii and things
Hawaiian. -
Frank c. Clark writes under date of
November 20 that his westward around
the world cruise, February ), 1910, is
full up with a rapidly growing waiting
list. Mr.. Clark says further: 1--WE ex-
pect to repeat these cruises for the fol
lowing year, and viii send full supply
of programs and booklets next June
for same, and will be glad to have the
cooperation of your committee We
have written Mr. Clark urging him to
keep his steamer in port, say FIVE days,
in order to give those who may wish to
do Sn 70 - =, i