The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-28
GREETING STRANGERS
WITHIN OUR GATES
Honolulu. March %. 1905.

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Editor Advertiser: / notice your COM
ments upon my letter of yesterday and
will say, as you have been here in this
city longer than / have, you probably
know more about it than / do. You
certainly are right in regard to those
highly favored tourists and visitors that
bring letters, and others that are well
known. For they are not only well
received, but are right royalty enter
tanned and are given the best possible
kind of a time. Indeed they could not
possibly be better treated anywhere in
the world.
You may also be right about those
stand-ofish kind of people, who do not
wish to become acquainted with anyone
but those whom they are introduced
to; but it Is my opinion, there are but
few of them. |, at least, who have met
great many of these tourists, in va
rious places, have come across none of
them. Of course, as you say, one could
not greet them on the street with a
smile, or extend the hand of fellowship
to them. But at the public resorts and
at the hotels where one is constantly
meeting them there is no harm in meet
ing them halI way. In fact, ] find that
most of them are out for a good time,
and are quite as willing to speak az to
be spoken TO. And as to getting infor-
nation at the headquarters of the Pro-
motion Committee, you would not get
any great amount there when Mr.. Wood
is away. But / was speaking more
particularly of those less fortunate Wis
itors who have no letters or are not
Well known. and who in most instances,
are not noticed at all; and while. as you
say, they get as good treatment as they
can expect, still, | think more can
be done than is being done even for
them. For instance, if it is right to
spend great sums of money to induce
them to come here, we should certainly
use a greater effort to keep them here.
Some time ago some one proposed that
there should be a welcoming committee
to- the Promotion Committee.
whose business it should be to welcome
these strangers to these shores and for
the purpose of giving them all the in
formation possible, and to make their
stay as pleasant as possible; and which
would be a move in the right
direction. Certainly something more
could be done for those men that come
here looking for business openings, for |
for work, and for those |
that come here with the idea of settling |
here There are in fact, a number of /
snch men here now Men inst such 4
as this country needs, yet no one takes 1
any interest in them, OF cares whether /
they sink or swim or come or go. There |
are two in particular, bright, keen bust
ness men, full of energy and GO, that |
are making a hard fight to get a foot
hold here, but with Indifferent success.
And there are a great many more that |
have gone away bitterly disappointed, |
when with a little attention and en-
they might have been very |
happy and contented to remain here.
Vow, Mr.. Editor, can understand how
discouraged you and many others have
But it is no good TO fold our
hands and sit down and say nothing
more can be done, or to sit down upon
hose that are full of pent up energy,
md full of views, ideas, and plans for
he enlargement and Improvement of
his city, as well as for the prosperity
# the whole islands. And particularly
when we have country that may be
.qualed but cannot be surpassed by any
,ther in the world as well as scenery
hat surpasses the Rocky Mountains, and
climate that surpasses Italy or France.
Very truly,
60.