The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-13
WEEKLY BUDGET
Of PROMOTION
Honolnln. November y. laos.


Chairman and Members OF the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen:-By the s. s. Asia we
received from the Government nurser-
les at Buitenzorg, Java, eight small
bags Of seed of selected varieties OF
the rattan OF commerce. which we
have handed over to DR.. Wilcox. who
will give the seeds careful trial at
the local Agricultural Experiment
Station.
We have now written for inform
alton as to the cost Of the seed in
quantities large enough to admit of
extensive planting. The demand for
rattan for manufacturing purposes is
growing one in the United States
and if it is found that the right soil
and climatic conditions exist here, the
Committee will have been instrument
tai in calling attention to a new and
profitable industry.
Within a short time, we should be
in receipt of a supply of seeds of the
| Erythroxylon Coca, the plant from the
leaves of which cocaine is extracted.
These are coming from Peru and will
also be given in charge of DR.. Will
cox to try out.
The demand for the Gross Roads
of the Pacific" map still keeps up.
The American Consul at Mazatlan,
Mexico, writes under date of October
2: please accept my thanks for copy
of your map which | find very inter-
esting. 1t has given me a better idea
of your situation than I had. l have
given the map the most conspicuous
place in the consulate"
Our consul at La Paz, Mexico, asks
for two additional copies.
The district passenger agent of the
Canadian Pacific Railway at st. John,
N. B., wants two extra copies while
the general agent of this aRilway at
Halifax, ~ s., asks for six copies
which he promises to display to our
advantage
By the S. S. China, sailing the 10th
inst, we sent large Aupply of our
general folder Hawaii" to Manila,
Yokohama and Hongkong. The Paci-
| fic Mail Steamship Company's agents
in the Orient have promised to give
these folders a wide distribution. We
also sent folders to Batavia, Java, and
to Colombo, Ceylon.
The secretary of the Commercial
Club at Grand Forks, North Dakota,
writes under date of October 29th:
l"You may rest assured that the pub
licity work being carried on by your
organization is attracting attention.
hear from it from time to time from
different sources"
Mr. H. X. Gregory, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Santa Fe
Railway Company at San Francisco
writes under date of October 2S: THE
publicity work being carried on by
your Committee will, l am sure, meet
with good results. We are having
quite a good many inquiries about
rates to Honolulu and the present
prospect is very flattering for more
business for you this fall and win
ter"
Letters Of similar purport are to
hand from other commercial associa.
tons and railway companies.
The former American consul al
Vancouver, who is now in business il
that city, writes that we have inter.
ested him in Hawaii and he will SEE
what can be done in working up ar
excursion from Vancouver to Homo
lulu.
Tom Richardson, the able manager
of the Portland Commercial Club
writes under date of October 81, il
part as follows: at VIII be late il
November before I can decide wheth
err it will be advisable to run an eX
cursion to Honolulu. do not wan
to attempt it unless assured absolute
ly that it is going TO be a success.
don't believe you realize what a grea
work you have done in attracting at
tention to Hawaii over all sections o
the Pacific Coast and the Rock.
Mountain country"
On the 9Th of October we wrote t,
C. S. Hammond & Company, New
York, suggesting that in future edi
lions of their large wall map of tn
world they incorporate the line
, shown in our map of the Gross Road
of the Pacific Following is their re
ply:
I your valued favor of the 9th inst
p was duly received and we think you
|: suggestion very good one. However
. we are having no difficulty in selin
!. our large map of the world on tn
: equivalent projection with the regu
lar colors and without the specia
|. plate you suggest. We would be will
ing to engrave special plate and over
print maps already On hand, supplyin
these mounted on cloth, with commo
rollers, the same as sample sent you
at "a per copy, providing we coul
be assured Of an order for 100 copie
I or more from Honolulu. Such an OF