The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-28
THE HOLD-UP
Of TOURISTS
One Mans Healthy Kick at
the COasfWise Law
Barriers.

NJ. A. Moore, of LIE Mars, Iowa, has
a kick coming to the United States
Congress and the men who manipulated
the Coastwise Relief Bill so that it died
a sniserahle death. Mr.. Moore has been
coming here at intervals since 1901 and
be always brings his family with him.
Last fall he bought his return tickets
TO Australia and had to travel on the
Canadian line because there is no Amer
lean line between the United States and
the colonies. On January 20, he booked
at Sydney to take the Mariana at this
port and had his arrangements made
for going home when he heard there
was no record of his name ON the ship s
list
~ come here because I ike the eli
mate. Mr.. Moore said yesterday,
ssand my family enjoys the place and
the people, but confess this expert
enee has given me something OF a
Crouch We had arranged to leave on
the Mariana and had everything in
readiness but the other day we learned
NE were not to have berths on her. 1t
happens that / have to get home on
account of rather urgent business so
/ have secured resting room In one OF
the alleyways of the Mariana My
family viii wait for the Makura as
our tickets from the Coast are via Seat
tie and it will not be more expensive
to wait here than to pay steamer fare
on the Alameda and train fare from
San Francisco to Seattle. What | OBJ
iset to is being compelled to remain
While the Tenyo Maru left with room
for upwards of ninety passengers. We
would certainly be more comfortable
If we were going together than to
divide up and leave the wife and girls
here.
81 think someone is to blame for
not keeping track of my booking in
Sydney. 1t shows lack of system
On the part Of the Canadian Australian
steamship employees, continued Mr.. |
Moore. What security has man |
who books and makes all arrangements |
to leave place and then finds himself |
shut out by the eoastwise shipping |
Iaws3 It seems to me there should be |
no further switching on the part of |
the people who live here and who en-
courage tourist travel: if they want I
people to come and make short or long
visits they should provide means for |
their returning to their homes. We
might go on sailing vessel, perhaps, |
but we do not care for that; time is |
too valneable these days to travel on a |
sail boat when there is a steamer. / |
am good American and believe IN up |
holding the industries of the country |
but / draw the line at NARROWING be- |
cause it pleases the magnates who con-
troll the shipping in the United States |
10 indulge in that sport to the disad-
vantage of others who enjoy visiting |
overseas.
Personally I prefer the English |
ships because the officers do so much |
to make the journey pleasant for the |
messengers When we got on the 40 |
rangi at Suva, one of the officers came |
to as with program of sports and we |
had something doing all of the time. I
We have travelled on other steamers
and there was nothing to do. This ex-
perience. however, has opened my eyes |
to the fact that even the officers of the
English ships can improve bit and |
not hurt the feelings of those who book |
and then find they are not booked.
8 The next time we come to Homo
lulu we are going to take one way tick |
cts to Honolulu and go as we please |
without regard to destination on the
home end of the journey. This delay |
has its pleasant features of course. 1t |
gives the girls q chance TO do their
spring sewing, they buy the materials
from the local merchants and when |
they go on the Makura a month hence |
they viii feel acquainted with the |
steamer for they were on her twenty |
four days going to Australia. When |
40 back | think I will write my views |
of the coastwise laws to the Washing |
ton Post, pretty lively paper and |
one that is willing to hear from a man |
while he feels the sting.