Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-17

iociation, namely. that the Chamber
If Commerce is ruled and controlled
~ u continuous ring of big personal
interests and the little fellow" has
10 more show than feathers in XII
auea.
The feeling that exists against put
ingrhc work each year in the hands
If the same men is not In the nature
If reflection on the character or
lbility of the incumbents.
The average men in Honolulu be-
ieve whether rightly or not, that
there are more than one or two or ten
ren in the city capable of doing good
york Let the same individuals ham
e the business Of any. semi-pnblic
ganization year after year and there
rows up sense of personal owner
Zip and right to direct and command
which the average citizen resents. WI
Any man who has had to do with
the affairs of organizations of this
| character has learned that rotation IN
office keeps the temper Of the mem
5ers in much better condition. II usu-
ally makes live organization out Of
1 dead one.
II may be accepted as a certainty
that with all the business organiza-
| lions centralized under the Chamber
| Of Commerce, hardly year will pass
before the grumblinG will be heard
IF certain elements 'hogging it all"
This -riticism will mt be outspokcn.
II will come out in back office talks
in something like this form u don't
want to crificisc, but -. The next
man will come out Of u Chamber
meeting and swear that the action OF
the meeting was wrong and give as
his excuse for not saying so in open
meeting that 81 can't afford to buch
such and such an interest in the or
ganization," or I'VE are ruled by
, ring and what are you going to do?"
, Any man who did not encounter
, this spirit and these expressions II
the days when the Chamber of Com
merce was the only business organi
= cation in Honolulu, must have live
$ in a sphere of activity far remove,
: from Fort street.
II Is quite possible to have all tn
: people in town members of an organ
+ ization and for that organization I
+ lack many of the essentials of rel
l. resentative body, when 1t gets int
action. r' .H i '"
AL The Bulletin does not car
l. whether Honolulu has one bushes
e organization or more, Il wants
l. see the active men organized In
manner that will give the best resul
l. in the development Of broad, libera
progressive community spirit
Iy Theoretically the scheme suggest'
r in the annual report to the Chamb
of Commerce is good,
r When dealing with the matter pra
tically, IL is well to take into consl
Grafton the facts OF the situation
Honolulu as developed by what m
do, what they say, and how they act
1t is well to remember That Sol
of our best citizens of large weal
he and power when listening to the
he marks an average citizen OF Il
OF wealth but equal brain capacity,
ed inclined to sneer, "oh, what does
&C. amount to anyway" or If they do
he say II, to act the part.
mt When Honolulu has reached
ID point where each member of a &C
he solidated business organization
he ready to admit that every other {
cy is as deeply loyal to the welfare of
or city and has the same right to
re- spectful hearing, without taking
ial out Of him in the withdrawal OF bu
,ut ness orders, then the time will
IS ripe for the unity that combines