The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
The Secretary's Address.

The Secretary s Address.
Honolulu, July Is, 1909.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: The continued large ar
rivals by every steamer is most eneour-
aging. Our hotels and boarding houses
have never before been so well filled
during the months of June and July.
The large number of strangers in the
city is also shown by the unprecedent-
ed travel to the Volcano which con-
tinues to be the center of attraction.
Among others, who are now visiting
the islands, are a large number OF
school teachers from the Central and
Eastern States, some of whom have
stated that their interest in Hawaii
was reused by the special circular to
teachers sent out by the committee
early in January to some ten thou
sand selected addresses. All of those
we have been able to interview ex-
press themselves as being delighted
with the trip and surprised at our sum-
mer weather which affords such q
pleasing contrast to the July days they
have previously experienced. The thir-
ty or forty teachers who are now here
say that they are but the advance
agents of large future summer travel
to Hawaii. Spend your long vacation
in Hawaii win be their advice to
their friends and acquaintance upon
their return home.
A note from the eloquent Father
Stark states that his lecture on Ha-
wall is being well received wherever
given.
Our good friend John Burroughs con
tinues to talk about Hawaii. Under
the headlines .John Burroughs finds
Hawaii delightful, recent number
of the New York Herald contains quite
an interview with the celebrated nat
uralist. Among other statements Were
the following:
cit was the most wonderful and
most interesting trip ever experience
ed. I was very sorry to leave the beau
tiful Hawaiian country. The trip has
been revelation to me. I enjoyed ev-
cry moment of my visit. -
The Hanford Daily Journal of Han
ford, California, has subscription
contest on at the present time, the
principal prize being a trip to Hawaii.
BY this mail, the proprietor of the pa
per sent us number of clippings show
ing that Hawaii was receiving some
excellent advertising at his hands.
The following letter from the Secre
tary and Treasurer of the Star Drill
ing and Machine Company of Akron,
Ohio, is of interest:
81 have your favor of the 10Th and
have noted the same with considerable
| interest / would say further that !
have Just returned from visit to the
Alaska Yukon Exposition and while
| there visited your building and spent
| considerable time in looking over your
exhibit there and from it obtained con
siderable information regarding your
islands, all of which was extremely in
teresting to me, and was very glad of
| the opportunity of seeing the exhibit,
| The fact of the matter is that [ be-
came so much interested in the exhibit
| that | hope, upon my next visit to the
| Coast to be able to find time to visit
| Hawaii
Mr.. f. w. Dawson, agent for Thomas
| Cook & Son at Bombay, writes, ac
| knowledgng receipt of a package OF
| advertising matter and states that he
finds the Fish Book of such general in
terest that he has arranged to display
the same in the Bombay Natural His
tory Museum which is being continual
lv visited by large number of people
Mr.. D. Mackenzie, of Patten, Mae
kenzie & Co., Yokohama, writes under
date of June so:
"'Your enlarged photographs with
two exceptions are well placed. I refer
to the two for Kyoto and Miyanoshita
which are yet to be packed and for
warded. 1t was only yesterday we re-
ceived definite word that they would
| give them a good position. We shall
lose no time, however, IN getting these
pictures placed"
Respectfully submitted,
| III. 2. WOOD,
|