The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-17
GOVERNOR URGES
kUHIO BY WIRE
Frear Cables Him Regarding
COastWise LaW-COmmer-
Cial Bodies k0kua.

Hurry up that bill doing away with
the absurd application of the Coastwise
laws of these Islands until there are
enough ships flying the Stars and
Stripes to look after u.s.
Such in effect, although not in exact
ly the same words, We're the cable mes
sages despatched yesterday to Delegate
to Congress Kalanianaole from Govern
or Frear and from the Chamber Of
Commerce and the Merchants Asso-
citation, messages suggested at this
particular time from the fact that pas
senger traffic now is badly congested
and appears to be getting worse in
Governor was filed early in the day;
that from the Chamber of Commerce
and the Merchants Association was put
on the wires at five o'clock.
Everything departing from this port
for weeks to come in the line of steam
ships for the Coast with licenses to
advance and there are tourists here
whose return to the mainland is so i'm
perative that they. declare they will go
sible. Others, whose return is not so
absolutely pressing as this, will have
to stop over, while some Honolulu
travellers who had anticipated sailing
either on the Alameda or the Korea
WILL from present appearances, have
to defer their trips.
The indications are that travel to and
from the Islands Will increase very
much during the next year, unless the
business is killed or crippled by the
conditions that now prevail. During
the past few weeks the Promotion Com
mittee has received many letters from
steamship men and railroad men all
over the Union stating that there are
many inquiries and bookings for Ho-
nolulu. Many of the writer's prophesy
big travel this way. In addition to
these letters are many others from in
dividuals asking for information con-
cerning the Islands and stating that the
writer's are contemplating a trip here
during the summer. Already, too, the
work to be done and already under
way by the Federal government is
bringing people, carpenters, concrete
workers and others. while the actual
commencement of work at Pearl Har-
Dor and elsewhere on Oahu cannot fail
to increase travel very largely.
AS things are at present and as they
have been at not infrequent intervals
in the past, the work of the Promotion
Committee in interesting tourists is be-
ing stultified through the lack of
steamships for the trade. 1t has been
said that one pleased tourist is the
greatest advertisement from a promo
tion standpoint that Hawaii can have,
and by the same token a tourist who
leaves here when and how he can with
legitimate kick such as some have
now may be the worst kind of knock
er for the Islands let loose.
Already in tourist circles on the
mainland Hawaii is known as a place
where it is easier to get into than
away from and this has hurt, how
much the hotel proprietors can tell.
The passage of the bill lifting the
embargo of the Coastwise law, even
with the limiting amendment saddleG
on it in committee of the House at
Washington, will be great help and
it is hoped that the cables sent yes
terday will strengthen the Delegates
hand and forward the measure.
The bill, as originally presented by
Kuhio, was drafted by Governor Frear
while he was in Washington, and be-
fore being presented was submitted to
and approved of by Secretary Straus.
The amendment, which provides that
the bill becomes null and void so soon
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