The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-03

of Haleakala and lao valley on Maui
have been included in the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Company coupon
tickets, the cost of the trips being rea-
sonable, and the service excellent
The work of the committee at Los
Angeles has proved most successful. No
one part of the mainland sends as many
visitors to Hawaii as Southern Califor-
MIA, and the number is constantly in
creasing. Mr.. Lloyd Childs did good
work at the head of this bureau, and
now Mrs. Headlee, Mr.. Childs success.
scr, is doing equally well, especially
since her visit TO the Islands. The
audiences at Mrs. Headlee s daily lee.
ture fills the room to overlooking.
The entertainment afforded the news
paper men from Australia and New
Zealand by the Promotion Committee
has resulted in much good publicity
The few dollars spent in the entertain.
ment of the eminent naturalist, Mr.
John Burroughs, during his visit to Ha-
waii will also prove to be an excellent
investment.
The addresses given before the com.
mittee on subjects of general interest
such as the talks on fruit possibilities
by Mr.. Higgins and the cotton outlook
by DIR. E. v. Wilcox, both of the Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station, have
been source of benefit to the public
In an effort to create new industries
quite a consignment of the seed OF
the rattan of commerce was obtained
from Java and is now being grown al
the Agricultural Experiment Station
Several efforts have been made t,
secure fertile seed of the grass from
which the best Panama hats are made
and we now have reason to expect /:
consignment of seed from Ecuadol
within the next month or six weeks.
An excellent piece of work recently
accomplished by the committee result
ed in getting the big map makers
Hammond &c Co. of New York, to over
print their map of the world will
special data relating to Hawaii; 200,
900 copies of these maps will soon b,
in circulation
The effort made by the committee I,
get the different Atlantic and Pacif,
steamship companies, as well as thu
transeontinental railways, to INCLUDE
board the steamships and trains i
meeting with splendid success.
We have also received much en-
enlargement in getting the leadin.
dealers in lantern slides, etc., through
out the world to include sets of Ha
| waiian views in their stock of sucl
goods. We hope soon to supply all O
these houses with two or three twenty
minute lectures on Hawaii.
During all of the other work. tn
possibility of excursions to Hawaii ha
| not been lost sight of and today tn
| prospects are most encouraging TO
two, if not three, large excursions t,
Hilo and Honolulu the coming winter
Travel to Hawaii last winter sur
| passed that of any previous winter an,
| much TO the surprise of all, there ha
been nc let up even during the usual,
dull months of summer. Everythin,
points to a still heavier travel for mex
season.
AS an example of the heavy worl
of the office, by the Lurline, sailin,
today, we are despatching larg
shipment of advertising matter b,
freight, besides fully one thousand let
tiers and packages of, folders through
the mails. The freight shipment is TO
redistribution at San Francisco AM
will be largely used in renewing GU
supply of folders at different points OIL
the mainland.
During the past year, the member
of the committee have met regularl,
each week, besides giving much o;
their time on other days to an earnes
united effort to advance the best in
terests of Hawaii.
Respectfully submitted,
II. p. WOOD,
Secretary.
Honolulu, September 2, 1909.