The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-21
PROMOTION IN
GOOD HANDS
New Committee Begins Work
of Advertising Hawaii
Abroad.

past year, the new members of the Ha.
waii Promotion Committee took over
the business Of the organization at the
meeting yesterday afternoon, and in
turn received from the old members the
heartiest well wishes for the future
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman F. L. Waldron. and small
amount of routine business transacted
by the old committee which then adj
iourned sine die, and the new commit
tee called to order by r. II. Trent. vii.
lard E. Brown was then made perma-
nent chairman by unanimous vote, H.
P. Wood, secretary and manager, and
r. H. Trent. treasurer. The personnel
of the new committee follows:
W E. Brown and ". A. Bowen, rep.
resenting the Chamber of Commerce;
r. H. Trent and G. F. Bush. represent.
ing the Merchants Association; and
y. A. Mclean, fifth member selected
by the other four. The secretaryship
filed by II. p. Wood, is permanent
position. Mr.. Brown. the new chair
man, was member of the previous or
ganization, as was also Mr.. Mclean,
while those retiring are f. l.. Waldron,
J. A. McCandless and W. T. Lucas.
Mr.. Brown in assuming the duties of
chairman took occasion to refer to the
work of the committee in the past, stat.
ing that an enviable reputation had
been won by the body on the main
land for reliability and trustworthiness,
due in large measure to the conscien.
tious and conservative work of Sec
rotary Wood. He assured the new
members that they would never be
troubled with any Nightmares of prom
ises or statements made which could
not be carried out or substantiated to
the letter. He thought that the sug-
gestion of the Advertiser of a motto for
the committee, based on a sentence in
Mr.. Wood s report to the Chamber of
Commerce-"The truth about Hawaii
is good enough was one which would
represent the always adhered to policy
of the organization.
The committee gave warm approval
to the plan of having number of new
folders prepared covering each of the
principle islands with specially prepar-
ed maps and authentic data on each
one, and authorized the secretary to
proceed at once to have such folder
concerning Oahu printed. This folder
will contain a specially prepared and
accurate map of the island drawn by
III. E. Newton, of the Territorial Sur
vey Office, and one of Pearl Harbor.
Both of these maps are already finished
and are by far the best small maps
on the subjects named that have ever
been made. They show ali the prin.
cipal roads, trails, and features of in.
terest, and will be admirably adapted
for use as guide maps for tourists and
others in getting about the island. Both
are drawn accurately to scale.
1t is proposed to follow the publica.
ton of this folder on Oahu with SINH
lar ones of Hawaii, Mani, and Kauai,
in the order named.
A brief report of the committee s
representative on the Coast, Lloyd
Childs, on his recent trip to Seattle.
made at the instance of the committee
to look into the proposition of opening
branch office there, similar to that
maintained in Los Angeles, was read.
1t follows:
81 am writing this on the ferry
crossing San Francisco bay. Just got
in and | am anxious to get this off on
the Siberia, leaving at one.
SIN regard to Seattle, / have to say
that in so far as getting headquarters
is concerned, we can get two places
81 was offered place with the
Commercial Club, on First avenue, rent
and deskroom free, and seemingly a
desirable place The next place is
with the Butler Hotel They have a
splendid room on the ground floor,
used for banquets We can use this
room. with deskroom free, if we care
to do so. This, to my mind, is a very
desirable place. Mr. King, the man
ager. thinks it would be to our mutual
advantage, so he is willing to grant
ANYTHING we ask. We can also have
deskroom in the Chamber of Com
merce. if we desire, at no cost.
''I hardly know what to say in re-
gard to the matter of doing work
there this winter ] am told that there
are practically no tourists there dur
ing the winter months. Ny idea is
that if we could get them, the people
of Seattle, interested in an excursion
this winter. a couple of months could
be proftablv employed there in work
ing it mp. Mr.. Yandell, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, thinks that
he will be too busy to take it up this
winter, owing to the fair, but if some
one else could take hold. the Chamber
would probably take it'up, and if con-
ditions are right very large excur-
sion could be run. We can have al
most anything from the different cities
around the Sound, and [ feel confident
that we could, later on, get up very
good excursion from that section. The
present sailings of only once month
is. of course, against travellers from
that section.
"In regard to the fair. 7 met all
of the officials a number of times and
went over the grounds thoroughly.
q spent some time with Mr.. Lewis.
director. of concessions. and he finally
agreed, the government willing, to let
Hawaii sell pineapples and other trop-
zeal fruits in the Hawaiian exhibit
elf the exhibit were fitted mp with
| fine koa furniture. and native girls ia
serve sliced pineapple at, say, ten
cents, and then sell ii BY the can OF
case it would more than pay for the
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