The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-17
DR.. WADMAN IS A
GOOD PROMOTER
Turns Himself Into information
Bureau on Hawaii While
on Mainland.

ner and from his account of his work
on the Coast, as he rendered it yester-
day afternoon before the promotion
committee he has been a whole issue
of pamphlets in himself During his
tour of the eastern cities, in which he
gave especial attention to indianapolis,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg, he has dis
tributed as much information about Ha-
wall as any of the agents Of the COM
mittee on the Coast.
While in Pittsburg he gave addresses
before several clubs, before the Y. NJ.
c.. A., in the Masonic temple and else
where, illustrating his "talks" with
stereopticon views and sowing the seeds
generally for crop of tourists.
While in Indianapolis he discovered
that the letters sent from here by Mrs.
Fairbanks, wife of the ex-vice presi-
dent of the United States, had spread
great deal of information about Ha
waii in the higher circles of that city.
Mrs. Fairbanks was apparently pro-
life and entertaining writer and must,
from Doctor Wadman's account have
gone into many details. While in that
city he addressed the Cosmopolitan
Club and several other organizations.
| c. L. Musgrove, corresponding editor
of the Indianapolis News, stated to him
that he will visit the Islands in April
| and remain several months before GO
ing on to Japan.
/ Doctor Wadman, while travelling
through the East, made practise of
going through the railroad agencies and
asking for information as to the means
of getting to Hawaii, Every agent i'm
mediately hustled around and generally
succeeded in rounding up some Hawaii
literature. They all figured out their
Pacific terminus and no matter whether
Lit happened to be at Seattle, Tacoma or
i Los Angeles, told him that they thought
he could get across from there.
Acting Secretary Cooper, in his week
" report gave resume of the CORE
| spondence for the week and also re-
ported a letter of thanks from MT.
Clark who is plotting the world s tour
| on the Cleveland, for the preparations
which the committee has made. he
states that he expects to retire from
active business upon the completion
of the tour and may spend some time
in Hawaii.s 9r..,sz
Extracts from the weekly report are
as follows: r
Wood Heard From.
eve have advices that Secretary
Wood will arrive home from his ORR
entail tour on the S. S. Makura, due
here from Australia on February /.
The last advices received from him
were written from Hongkong, just as
he was leaving for Singapore, after
having visited Japan, Shanghai, Nan
king, Manila and other points IN the
Far East. He had yet to visit Java,
India. Cevlon and Australian points.
Mr.. Wood states that he has made ar
rangements wherever he has been for
the effective distribution of our print
ed matter, and that he has been most
cordially received everywhere In re-
gard to the outlook for this winter, he
saws: 'There can be no question that
when the season opens next February,
we will see a marked increase in stop
over travel in Hawaii from the Orient,
an increase that will eventually mean
many thousands of dollars to Honolulu
annually.
In the Colonies.
sFWe have an increasing number of
INQUIRIES from Australia and New Yea
land, showing that Hawaii s fame is
becoming well known in the Antipodes.
We have definite information to the
effect that half a dozen or more per
sons with whom we have been in cor
respondenee will arrive here during
January and February for extended
visits. This is very different from
even SO short time as year ago,
when our correspondence from the
south was confined almost exclusively
| to tourist and shipping agencies. The
purser of the Makura. during her visit
here last week, complained that the
supply. Of folders we had been sapply'
ing his shin had become entirely made
unate to supply the demand made on
| him by his passengers. Needless to
inform you that this complaint was
| gladly remedied.
s'Bv the Makura we also renewed
our supply of printed matter for sons
fifteen different tourist bureaus in Aus
j tralia and New Zealand, besides send
ing large number of letters and fold
ers to individuals who had recently
i written US.
Standing on Mainland.
''That the Hawaii Promotion Com
4 mittee is well known and has higl
y standing in the opinion of similar or
CARNATIONS on the mainland. is evi
4 denced by the following letter from
Mr. Woodwork CIum, secretary of tn,
Nochester. n, Y, Chamber of Com
merce. and president Of the Nationa
Association of Commercial Executives
q written to Mr.. Wood:
q % For five or six years I have beer
i receiving correspondence and interest
4 ing DATA from YOU. First. when I wa
q secretary at Washington, D. C.. next a
q Pittsburg, and finally here. Now /
gives me pleasure. as the recently
y elected president of the National Asso
citation of Commercial Executives, L
welcome vou 10 our fold. and to sa7
to vou that while all along have sus
d | peeted your broad public spirit, l hav
81 | now conclusive nrnnf nj II in 6ndiD,