The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-04

immediate demand.
The last lot of our special mail card
viii go out by the next steamer, sey
eral thousand in all.
Quite recently, we wrote to Mr..
Mel. Brown, general agent of tn
steamship lines of the Canadian Pa
} ciie Railway, suggesting that an Ell
fort be made to induce the member
of the British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science to visit Hawai-
next year. We have the following re
ply to our letter:
Montreal, August 14th. 1908.
"H. ?. Wood, Esq, Secretary, The Ha
waii Promotion Committee, Homo
lulu, Hawaii
f'Dear Sir: | am very much oblig
ed for your letter of July 2Sth regard
ing the British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science / may mentor
that the matter of Atlantic rates 70
the representatives of this association
to visit Canada, are under considera
ton with the North Atlantic Passen
ger Conference in London, England
Might | trouble you to give me as
much more information, and as many
more suggestions as you can, in order
that | may bring the matter strongly
before our management?
'e(sig) 6. Mel. BROWN
We are in receipt of another letter
from Mr. S. a. Duke of Baxter, Ar
kansas, in which occurs the following
statements:
81 have your letter and printed mat
ter sent Bird inst. Thanks. Have put
the Gateway map up in conspicuous
place in the office. 1t makes a grand
showing.
81 find many people who think of
going to Hawaii; maybe to see wheth-
er my stories are true or not
"To me my stay in the Islands is
the pleasantest memory of my life. The
cordial friendship shown me on every
hand by the people is memory that
will never fade"
A letter from correspondent in
New Mexico states that number of
people will be visiting us from that
section during the coming winter.
The following letter from the man
ager of the Chamber of Commerce of
Astoria, Oregon, is of interest. show
ing, as it does, the result of some of
our work:
SudElUeI VI CUHMeEcc,
"Astoria, Ore, July End, 1908.
"Mr. I'll. P. Wood, Secretary, Hawaii
Promotion Committee, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
E'Dear Sir: On April 9th. we wrote
asking your opinion as to the oppor-
tunities of doing a flour and grain
business with our port, which is at the
mouth of the Columbia River and is
best adapted to the handling of these
products.
"To this you replied on April 22nd,
and referred us to the American Ha-
waiian Steamship Company. Since then
we have been in communication with
that company and have succeeded in
getting it to make Astoria a port of
call. The Nebraskan of that line came
here yesterday and the results were all
that were anticipated, as you will see
by the clippings from the Daily AS
torian of yesterday and which are here
with inclosed.
F'We have succeeded in working up |
business with the Hawai- |
ian Islands and it is not unlikely that |
you will see one of. our representatives |
in person before a great while.
meanwhile if you have any in |
1uiries from your merchants or dealers |
of interest to US, we will be glad to |
receive them.
"We would appreciate any further
from you as the one we al
ready received proved to be very valu-
able.
"Yours very truly,
'(Sig.) JOHN H. WHITE,
"Manager
The Morning Historian of July LIST
has the following in regard to the mat
er:
ffWhat presages new era in the
situation of Astoria viii
lawn today when the steamship Ne
,raskan of the American Hawaiian
Steamship Company will arrive in port
,or the first time to take cargo for
New York, the Hawaiian Islands and
he Orient The Nebraskan comes here
rom Seattle and has a general cargo,
Ipwards of 500 tons of which will be
made up in Astoria.
con April the Chamber of Com
nerce wrote TO the Promotion Com
nittee of Honolulu stating that they
rould be glad to correspond with this
ommittee in ease an opportunity
night be had there to do a business
a -four and grain direct between the
louth of the Columbia River and the
Hawaiian Islands The Chamber of
commerce stated that if there was such
n opportunity to do business, in all
arrangements could be
lade here accordingly.
con April % Secretary H. P. Wood !
the Hawaii Promotion Committee
eplied saying that he knew of no open
lg at the present time for -four and \
rain business direct between Astoria
nd Honolulu. He suggested that the
hamber of Commerce write to the
gents of the American Hawaiian
Company at San Francisco
skiing them if there was any likeli ;
God of their calling at the port of \
storia. d
son May End the Chamber of Com '
cree. acting on Secretary Wood S sug- +
nstion, wrote to the San Francisco t
gents of The American Hawaiian n
Company, asking if they
ould care TO investigate the possibil- =
les of having their ships carry grain
Id flour from this port to Hawaii and
ating that considerable business could