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

on special mailing card and sent out
to some 10000 railway and steamship
passenger agents throughout the Uni
ted States and Canada.
he distribution OF the Crossroads
or the Pacific map has been continued
until today there is scarcely an excur-
SION bureau, steamship or railway of
fee the world over on whose walls the
map may not be found.
Probably the circular letter. quickest
to bring results, was the one We sent
out to some one thousand physicians
throughout the United States and Can.
ada, calling attention to our unrivaled
climatic and health conditions. To this
letter, great many replies have been
received
The new edition of Guide to Homo
lulu and the guides and maps of the
Islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Ha,
wall have been in great demand and
while the first Island Guides were more
or less imperfect, errors are being
eliminated and future editions may be
expected to come up to the high stand
ard We have adopted for all of our
publications.
| The special folder in re opportunities
for study in Hawaii which we sent
out to selected list of ten thousand
teachers has proved very effective; a
number of teachers have been spend
ing the summer in Hawaii as a result
of this effort and we believe that it is
going to result in an increasingly large
exodus of mainland teachers to the Is
lands during the summer months in the
years to come
The distribution of the 1909 Floral
Parade poster was well arranged, but
we have completed plans for much
wider and more effective distribution
of the poster advertising the 1910
Floral Parade. This poster was prob
| ably completed by the end of August
| and inasmueh as the European distribu-
ton win be made for us by Mr.. Harry
Mist, it is probable that the posters are
even now going out, each lot being ac-
| companied by special letter prepared
| and sent on to Dresden some time
since. Besides securing thorough dis
| trIbution of the poster, we hope by the
| plan pursued to get more closely in
| touch with European tourist bureaus,
! hotels, railway and steamship offices.
/ Among other pamphlets sent out dur
| ing the past year were large number
| of copies of Governor Frear s most val
| liable annual report, also the report on
| Home Making in Hawaii by Mr.. f. I'll.
| Newell of the Reclamation Service of
which we have distributed fully FIVE
thousand copies.
| am deeply gratifed at being able
to report that more and more of our
| own people when making trips away
take with them full supply of folders
for which they invariably find a great
demand. A large number of addresses
| are also being handed in from day to
day by residents of Hawaii which is
/ of advertising Hawaii Is attractions
| abroad.
The current receipts of the committee
| for the year amounted to $lS,662.31 !;
| exceeding the expenditures $17,730.25,
! by difference of $932.06.
We have had representatives at the
| different National Conventions who
kindly distributed large quantities of
/ folders descriptive of Hawaii.
Mr.. w. H. Babbitt did excellent work
along this line at the Irrigation Con-
vention at Spokane.
The Rev. Nakuina distributed vast
/ amount of matter at the last annual
meeting of the Christian Endeavor So
| ciety and we are now cooperating with
| this gentleman in an endeavor to bring
the 1915 Convention to Honolulu.
Mr.. w. A. Bryan did splendid work
for us at Philadelphia, both in 1ectur-
ing and by the distribution of folders in
his efforts to bring to Honolulu the
| 1910 Convention of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
| Science
Through the courtesy of the secre-
| tary, Mr.. Francis, careful distrlhu-
| tion was made of our matter at the
/ Goth Annual Session of the Trans Mis-
sissippi Commercial Congress just con-
Guided at Denver.
| We have been represented at other
| conventions besides numerous state
| fairs and similar gatherings.
Mr.. Paul Super, secretary of the
M. C. A., did some splendid promotion
work while absent on the mainland.
1 Mr.. Charles A. Bon has been at work
| at Cheyenne and elsewhere.
Numerous other names might be cited
| of those who have done effective work
| for Hawaii while on trips for business
| and pleasure.
During the period covered by this
report, numerous lecturers have told the
story of Hawaii in all to many hun
dreds of thousands of people. Inter
esting articles on the Islands, by writ
ers of note, have appeared in multi
tude of publications.
| Our relations with other bodies en-
| gagged in lines of work similar to ours
have been most cordial. 1t is doubtful
if there is another organization sus-
| tanning reciprocal relations with so
many Tourist Bureaus, Chambers OF
| Commerce, Merchants Associations
Promotion Committees and similar in
situations as the Hawaii Promotion
| Committee.
| We are in close touch with all such
organizations throughout Australia, New
Zealand, India, Java, China, Japan, the
mainland Of the United States, Canada
| and many parts of Europe.
By this exchange, we are able to offer
reliable data relating to all parts of the
| world, which is much appreciated by
transpacifc travellers, many of whom
| call at our Office.
Our library of directories, now con
tanning upward of one hundred volumes
| also nroyes a convenience to the trav