The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-05
PUBLIC BACK
Of COMMITTEE
Promotlonists Find People of the
Territory Ready to Back
Them Up.

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Secretary Cooper's weekly letter to
the members Of the promotion commit,
tee, presented yesterday. was:
81 may have mentioned it before.
but there is no harm in remarking rain
that one OF our greatest Causes fcr CON
graduation is the interest which the
public generally of the Territory is
showing IN the work of the Hawaii Pro |
motion Committee, and the spirit of /
cooperation which is manifested in some |
form almost every day. In response to |
our circular letter and the newspaper /
notices asking business men to dis |
tribute in their mainland correspondence |
our little information leaflets, we re- |
ceived many responses from all parts of |
the Territory from persons who ex- |
pressed most cordial willingness to |
help in this way. | am encouraged to
believe that we would have equally
cordial support in suggesting an en-
velope design of some kind, such as was
recently discussed. By the next Ala
media we should receive our first lot of
1910 floral parade posters, together
with lot of postcards and stickers
bearing the same design. The public
will be asked to help us distribute the
cards and stickers These latter are
about the size of the sunbeam stamps.
which have recently been distributed
about the city, and are intended to be
| used in the same way-except that they
will not cost the user anything.
Good Promotion Methods.
"Our newspapers all play most inn
portant part in publicity work, which,
of course, we all fully recognize and APP
| preeiate. Aside from the space they
| give in their columns to promotion mat
| tiers, the papers themselves, by their
generally up-to-date appearance, are a
| big advertisement to the Territory. The
manager of one of the papers made a
ten-strike recently in another direction
which has and will do a great deal of
| good for Hawaii. He took time to
write letter to one of the big news
| paper feature syndicates of the main
land, congratulating them on the ex-
eellence of their cartoon service, and
especially commencing the work of one
| of their leading cartoOnists. The result
| of this was that the letter in question
| w
| lar and distributed by the syndicate to
thousands of newspapers all over the
country, and the artist complimented,
| awakened to the fact that Hawaii is on
| the map and Immediately began turn
| ing out cartoons in which the Territory
| figures in striking manner. Several
| of these have already appeared and
have doubtless been published in many
| 1, ~ and Is q safe
bet that Hawaii has won permanent
friends not only in the cartoonist, but
also in the syndicate, and that we shall
hear from both in the future.
Public and Private Help.
"We get very willingly a great deal
of help from the territorial commits
sioner of public lands, the Hawaii ex-
pertinent station, and the superintend-
ent of public instruction, to whom in
quiries on special matters from great
MANY different sources are referred by
u.s. At the suggestion of Mr.. A. W,
Van Nalkenberg, | have also recently
referred to him a number of letters
from persons who wish to come to
Hawaii and want work. Mr.. Van Val
kenberg answered these in an exceed
/ lnSiN CONSERVATIVE uIdhhtIs OF nv -''N--
time expressing his conviction that Ha-
waii has place for few of the rght
kind of American farm hands, and that
the conditions here are better for the
out of doors worker than in most places
on the mainland.
Automobile and Hack Rates.
81 would call your attention to the
fact that an ordinance is about to be
passed by the board of supervisors reg
ulating by law, rates which may be
charged by automobiles for hire and
revising the present hack rate law. In
asmuch as this is a matter which
touches every tourist, and on which as
much as anything else the reputation
of Honolulu among the tourist class
must rest; it would seem that this body
should use all its influence in seeing
that reasonable schedule of rates is
enacted. A full hearing should be IN
sisted upon This is a matter which
all large cities give much attention to,
for the protection of their citizens and
visitors.
Communications.
owe have marked copy of the
| Washburn College Review, of Topeka
Kansas, announcing an address by the
Rev. W. D. Westervelt, on Hawaii
which was given recently. This lee
ture was illustrated by large mum
Der of lantern slides, and made great
; impression on a large audience. Mr..
WesterveIt has spoken at number Of
large gatherings recently.
eve have letter from Brighten.
Frank Taylor, L. 5. a. retired. now
of Seattle, asking for information con
corning Honolulu, and stating that he
and his wife will spend several months
| here this winter.
ar. c. Brown of Tacoma writes to
L. say that he saw our exhibit al the
\. Y. P. Exposition, and wants to
make his home in Hawaii. He desires
to know especially about the outiook
for rubber, the cost of lands, govern
ment lands. etc.
"A prominent resident of San DI-
| ego. whom l had the pleasure OF meet
ing at Seattle, writes:
81 Although we himself and Wife
have long wanted TO visit the Islands
vet the visit to your building at the
4. Y. P. and meeting Your people
! de