Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-17
LOOMS TELLS OF
HAWA|PS NEEDS
Better Transportation, Diversity Of
Products and a Free Port Need.
ed, He Says in Address.


ton facilities, the wisdom of greater
diversity in the products of Hawaii,
and the need of free port here at
some time In the near future formed
the theme of talk which Honorable
Francis Il. Loomis gave yesterday af-
ternoon before the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr.. Loomis, who stops over
here on his way to Japan MS United
States Commissioner to the Toxic
Exposition, also touched on the part
take there, and made some sugges-
tions in reference to the cultivation
Of the tourist and the securing of pub
licity, which were found of the great
est interest to the members present.
In the absence of both President
Morgan and Vice President Cooke, L.
NJ. SwanZy was chosen chairman Of
the meeting. All preliminary busi-
mess was dispensed with, and Mr.. Loo
mis- at once introduced.
! His talk was as follows:
at is a great and an unexpected
pleasure that / am able to meet so
many American business men, repre-
sentative business men, as | have
here, in a city so far away from the
mainland Before | had been ashore
two hours, however, Mr.. Wood had
asked me to address this organization,
20 Knew from that that yours was
la, ut 10 Ea MI Ing I'M
community. | have been u great deal
in the tropics, but find this country
quite exceptional, for you have here
none of that languor and lassitudc
that / found elsewhere, but brisk
vitality characteristic of the race.
wish to congratulate you on preserv-
ing those qualities of the race here
SO successfully.
81 want In the first place TO refer
briefly to the proposed international
exposition at Toxic, for which the
japanese Government has made a
large preliminary appropriation, five
million dollars, and for which they
will appropriate twelve or fifteen mil
lions more for the purpose of holding
on proper scale what will be the
first International exposition ever
held in the Orient. With others, the
United States has been asked to take
project appealed very strongly to the
President, to Mr.. Root. and to Mr.
Taft.
"Thcy desired to have the United
States and all its Territories strongly
: and brilliantly represented. 1t was
; thought that 1t would be quite neces
, sary If the United States participated
at all to do so In an artistic, elabor'
! ate, and proper manner, in a way
which would be a striking object les
son. to appeal to the imagination
of the Orient. II Is not Japan alone
that will be represented at the expo
Isition, but from each one of the
great ports of the whole Orient Their,
viii be many buyers for the gren
marts of trade there. and to thes,
America should show her best wares
II is also under contemplation, aftel
the close of the exposition. to TAKE
the American exhibit, as much as cal
be easily transported, place it on ;
! vessel, and exhibit it in the various
/ ports of the Far East.
THE exposition has been postpon
cd, how long / cannot now say.
will know more about that when
return. But when that time come
VIC are going to make an appeal herr
land expect the people of these Isl
ands to come forward and provide al
adequate representation there"
Mr.. Loomis pointed out the pecu
liar position of Hawaii among tn
Territories, owing to her long indie
IpendenceS as u nation, and sayin,
that more in the way of an exhibi
will be expected of this place thar
of the Indian Territory or Alaska, 70
instance.
He then brought up the Panam;
Canal question In Il rather striking
way. THE opening of the Panam
Canal will do as much for Honolul,
as for any other place I'm the world
All roads used to lead to Rome, an
all ocean routes will lead to Homo
lulu.
There are two or three things nee
essary for you to do to bring abou
the results and take advantage of tn
destiny clearly marked out for yor
| Raitar irupSnortn tim facilities IN
one thing, must come, and you mus
increase and diversity tho agricultui
al products of your Islands. You ma
have to erect here in future some
thing in the nature Of n great FIRE
port. Nothing could conduce MOI
to your advantage than the establish
ing of free port, If you are to hay