The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-18
Honolulu, September 10th, 1905.
Chairman and Members of the Hawai-
Promotion Commi+taa

/ IL.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: A letter from Mr.. Wig,
gins, secretary of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, dated Sept. 2nd,
to hand per last steamer, states that
the tourist season for Southern Cali.
lorna IS opening most auspiciously and
| they feel confident of a much larger
influx this year than last. ''Ten trains.
mr.. Virgins goes on to state). left
chicago last night bound for the Coast
loaded with tourists. Upon their ar
rival, they will naturally seek our quar-
tiers for information and your lecture
on Hawaii is going to prove one of the
great attractions. Many inquiries are
being made daily of our employees about
the Islands and 1 am confident that
your work here is going to bring good
results. :"
In addition to the regular lectures,
at our suggestion, the committee s rep
resentative at Los Angeles will arrange
to give evening parlor talks to the
guests of the leading hotels. During
the evening, folders will be distributed
and questions answered. | believe that
much good will be accomplished in this
way and only wish that the funds at
the committee s disposal would permit
our arranging for such talks in all OF
the leading cities of the Pacific Coast
during the coming winter.
Joe Mitchell Chapple of the National
Magazine writes again under date of
Aug. "a, in part as follows:
''Your cordial favor of the 7th at
hand and contents carefully noted. |
will be with you in 1909 to prepare a
special sketch on Hawaii for my maya
zine which will be profuseIy ilIustrat-
ed. -
A letter from the secretary of the
Astoria Chamber of Commerce states
that he is planning to work up an ex-
cursion to Honolulu of Astoria s busl-
ness men and will leave no stone I'M
turned in his effort to bring it about.
Teachers of geography in the Public
Schools of the United States continue
TO write US in increasing number for
information about Hawaii to be used
in their class work
When the Rev. John W. Wadman left
for the Coast, we gave him supply Of
our folders which he is apparently u.s.
ing to good effect, several inquiries be-
ing received by the last mail from par
ties who stated that they had been re-
ferred to the Promotion Committee for
about Hawaii by Mr.. Wau>
man.
The following letters referring to our
pamphlet agriculture in Hawaii
coming as they do from widely different
parts of the world will be of interest:
'Rangoon, Burma, British India,
'July 9th, 1908.
9 II. P. Wood Esq, Secretary, The Ha-
wall Promotion Committee, Homo
lulu, Hawaii.
FDear Sir: / am obliged to you for
your favor of the 2Sth of May. together
with folders, including Agriculture in
Hawaii / also received letter from
Mr.. ]. G.. Smith, director of the United
States Agricultural Experimenting Sta
ton, to whom you had referred my first
letter, explaining fully the method of
tobacco planting in Hawaii.
cat present | am experimenting in
tobacco in Burma, British India, and
will likely have to remain here until
the end of October and after that
expect to go to Honolulu arriving there
on or about the end of December when
[ will take pleasure to call upon you.
"ThanI1ing you for your prompt re-
ply, L am,