The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-03
TEN THOUSAND
WENT TO CANADA
AS Result OF Editorial Excursion
Which Chamber of Commerce
Says Wouldn't Pay.

President Baumgartner of the Ma
tlona' Editorial Association. who has
endeaYored to get Honolulu backing
Tor trip of National Editorial Associa-
ton members to Honolulu after its next
convention. writes the promotion com
mittec that he is sure the association
as an organized body, and its officers
and members individually, would be
quite willing to accept any courteses
or cooperation the people of Hawaii
might feel disposed to extend and he
is also sure that none of them would
wish to appear in the light of asking
or seeking special consideration of a
monetary nature.
He states that the members of the
association have a big advertising value
to offer TO the people of Hawaii, and
the lines of transportation leading
thereto, and his thought was that if
the association, through its officers and
the promotion committee could make
an advertising contract with these in,
terests in the sum of $4,000 and have
the members furnish the advertising,
turn this fund into the association 5
treasury, the excursion might be made
possible. that is the expense of the
trip to the individual could be brought
down to a figure that would secure at
least 200 persons in attendance.
He believes the excursion would re,
suit in columns and columns of adver,
Using in newspapers and magazines, IN
which no amount Of money could buy
Just that kind of advertising, and other
columns OF advertising in other publica-
lions the regular price OF which would
run into many thousands of dollars.
| He calls attentionsto stories which GER
tain writers have published about Ha-
wall which appear in different papers
| for couple of years afterwards.
He hopes there will be cooperation
of local people in this matter.
| w I. Parrott corresponding secre
! tarv of the association with headquar'
tiers at Waterloo, Iowa, fears that the
association could hardly swing 200 PEG
pie for the proposed excursion. The
| Droposition otherwise is very satisfac
tory. He states he has been in CORE
| Spondence with the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company. and with Mr., Shaw OF
the Canadian Pacific. IF a steamer Is
chartered from the Pacific Coast com
panv, the excursionists would have to
leave a Canadian port. Vancouver !:
the one suggested by Mr.. Shaw. Mr.
Parrot would like to make the Cali
| fornia trip, however. and from Cali
fornia port TO Honolulu. He beheveE
if forces could be joined in deal witt
the Canadian government, for publicity
work, the matter might be brought
| within the reach Of the association.
He states that the Canadian govern
ment is exceedingly friendly to the as
| ISOLATION. and he asserts that through
the publicity given by the association
from their trip to Canada a few year
ago that the Canadian government wa
enabled to locate 10000 people iron
the United States on public lands. HI
saws this is big statement, but 1t ha
come from many sources and he be
1ieves it is true. One hundred and tel
papers. two hundred delegates, CAV
from ten to twenty columns of space
on Canada per day.
Personally. he says he is anxious t
come TO Honolulu.