The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-31
To BRING BACK
THE REST0RER
(From Saturdays Advertiser.)

cussed at the meeting of the director
of the Association at their meeting
yesterday afternoon. 1t was stated a
the meeting that the presence of tn
cableship at this port meant an ex
: penditure by the cable company alon
of s50,000 a year, in addition to tn
many thousands that the members O
the crew spent, an amount equal I,
that left in the city by a very larg
, proportion of the total number o
tourists, for whom so much work Il
done.
THE Restorer people pay out NOR,
, money in Honolulu in one month thar
the whole Americana Hawaiian Com
pany spends here in a year." was on,
summing up of the matter by F. w
Macfarlane, who moved that the ques
ton be taken up Dy the Trade and
Finance Committee for investigation.
E. H. Paris introduced the matter
quoting ]. D. Gaines to the effect thai
! the cable company was tired of the
treatment it had received in Homo
lulu and as consequence had de-
termined to leave their cableship al
Vancouver for the future. Here taxes
had been imposed on the company not
! elsewhere levied, such as the property
| tax on the cable line at sea within
| the three-mile limit. In New York,
California and British Columbia no
such tax was levied. Here the bill
for water for the Restorer amounted
| to S400 month, while at Vancouver,
where the vessel is now, water is sup
piled her by the city free of charge.
In other ways the company thought
that it was being rubbed in and they
had expressed their resentment, not
by kicking, but by simply cutting out
the place.
James Wakefield, one of the Trade
and Finance Committee, who is to be
in New. York shortly, stated that he
would call at the head office of the
cable company and see what grounds
there might be for the companys
complaint, while other members of the
committee will visit the tax offices
here for the same purpose.
PICTURESQUE HONOLULU EN-
DORSED.
A testimonial to the promotion and
WOIlU Ol t1O-
nOlulu, the souvenir publication is
sued by the Gazette Company, was
given by F. L. Waldron in the course
of a discussion on the advisability of
spending money in advertising in a
descriptive pamphlet being issued by
the Pacific Mail S, S. Company, whose
agent is now canvassing among Ho-
nolulu business men. The argument
of the solicitor is that the book is of
many of the merchants present at the
meeting yesterday stated that the
promotion work was already being
we'll looked after.
1.-The best thing that was ever done
in the way of promotion literature for
Honolulu was the Picturesque Homo
lulu," stated Mr.. Waldron. We are
receiving all the time stacks and
stacks of letters in regard to it, from
consuls, librarians and others all
over the world
1t was generally agreed that there
was little practical advantage in gen.
eral advertising in the Pacific Mail
book, although some of those present
stated that they had renewed their
contracts. F. w. Macfarlane thought
that if the money so spent were hand
ed over to the Promotion Committee
better value could be obtained from it.
T. H. Petrie expressed an opinion
that it would not do to let the Pa
cific Mail think that the Honolulu mer-
chants were bucking them, to which
Mr.. Paris answered that he for one
did not propose to be held up, no mat
ter who tried to do it.
ALDRICH FINANCIAL BILL
A letter from the New York Mer-
chants Association, asking the CO.
operation of the Honolulu body in
blocking the Aldrich Financial bill in
Congress was read. President George
w. Smith stated that his ideas con-
cerning high finance were rather neb-
ulous and he preferred to let the Aid
rich bill strictly alone. He referred the
letter. however, to F. w. Macfarlane
to struggle with.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EN-
DORSED.
A report from the Committee on
Public Affairs presented a report on
the Children's Hospital project, stat
ing:
"The generosity of the original
donors is so munifcent, and the pos
sibilities of the proposed scheme so un-
bounded, that we would greatly deplore
the abandoning of the enterprise, ow-
ing to a possible lack of interest on
the part of the citizens of this city.
"a sum of approximately sS6,5O0, has
already been provided, cOnditionally,
that the balance of a further $4,000 be
raised, and we would, therefore,
strongly recommend that the Mer-
chants Association lend it's hearty
support and approval to the raising
of the balance of the amount required;
Estimates of the cost of the pur-
chase of a site, and the erection of the
buildings have been furnished, well
within the amount of the proposed
fund, and the only feature necessary
now to assure the success Of the
scheme. is that the various CONNER
cial bodies of this Territory, and the
citizens in general should lend their
approval and aid to the project"
This report was adopted, but no con-
crete method in which the lacking
nineteen thousand could be raised was
presented.
WITH THANKS.
John Budd was a most sedate, pre-
else and altogether exemplary young
man. When he wooed and won Susan