The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-16
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than they had in the past The other
associations seemed to embrace a wider
scope IN their sphere of work. They
made 1t their aim to get the best men
into Office and when he said the best
men he did so in the sense of their
being efficient
There was no question as to what
party the man represented, if he was
efficient then he was the man for them.
These other bodies have for their view
the securing Of better and more econo-
mic conditions for the towns that are
their homes. They take an interest in
such matters as street paving. lighting
and widening. street ears and in fact
the general all round improvements of
their towns. They work in with the
public officers and give them all the
help they can. They get together and
try to devise ways of getting more
trade diverted their way. They ex
anime new business and thresh out its
merits.
All in the Open.
The best thing they do, however, is
to give absolute publicity to the whole
Of their deliberations They not only
advise the rest of their members but
they also let the whole of the outside
public know what is going On and what
they have decided is the best course to
pursue in any matter that NAV arise
and in this way, by gaining the respect
ana trust of everybody they are able
by their solid front to make a better
showing than otherwise. Their own
town was one that had a big future
before it, they had trade with the
Orient, great military activity, the
Panama Canal was coming to help them
and they should all combine together
in some way or another.
The club was not fulfilling its mis-
sion to the full extent. 1t was all
very well 10 meet over the luncheon
table and no doubt that was a very
good thing in its way but it was not
enough. At the same time, however
he was not prepared to admit that all
the organizations in town should ANAL
gamate. This was hardly a feasible
scheme. (Applause.) Each one had
certain intrinsic interests of its own.
What he would suggest was that say
three members Of each association
should meet and talk different matters
over as they came up and then let
everybody know the result of their
deliberations. 1t was only by some
united effort of this kind that they
could hope to better their city, their
government and to secure a great
efficiency in their social life
Europe a Fine Place
L. Tenney Peek showed by his speech
that he is a close student. His OBJ
servations were of the greatest interest
to those present. Naturally. he told
them he had been brought up to regard
the I. S. A. as the greatest country on
earth, but when he went to Europe he
found that he had a great deal to learn.
Over there was the home, the place Of
origin. of all their present day customs,
their politics and lots of things which
they We're prone to think they had in
vented themselves. There was only one
class of individual he could not find
over there. and that was the boaster.
Everybody was quite and courteous, and
although they might be the greatest
men on earth at special line, they
never let You know about it,
He Travelled across the Atlantic in
the latest thing in steamships. the Mau-
retania. and it was a revelation to do
50 She was over thirty thousand tons.
but it was found that owing to the
enormous traffic across the ocean, ii had
become necessary TO bnild far larger
vessels, and now they had turned out
one Of fifty thousand tons and one thou
sand feet long. Passing through Eu-
rone. the thing that struck him most
was their railroads. One trip he took
they mounted to the height of 10000
feet by ordinary means, except that IN
| some Of the steenest pinches the car
was racked IN These roads had been
working for the last fifteen vars. and
so far they had never had a fatal acct
dent He mentioned the fact to them
because he thought that some of the
CAPITALISTS among them might trv and
bring the innovation along to their own
stand
Throughout Europe the street car
service was splendid. He had been told
that it was not as good as their own,
: hut to his mind it was. In Vienna,
/ where the service has just been taken
over bv the municipal authorities, they
/ told him that they were placed at a
great disadvantage owing to the inter
/ ference Of politicians.
He had struck Paris and seen an avi-
! alton week 1t was wonderful to see
the enormous crowd of about $4,000 peo-
pie and to watch the machines circling
round and round in the air. The towns
I of Germany were a revelation to him,
+ All the streets were as clean as new
! pin. They were mostly of asphalt and
were washed down every night. An
other point which struck him very
! forcibly in that country was the alb
sence of drunkenness. At one hand
recital. where one of the regimental
bands was playing, there We're over
( 10000 people present. he had taken a
good walk round among them all the
afternoon. Their main beverage seemed
to tie coffee. and comparatively little
strong drink was noticed.
Wonderful Street Paving
On Broadway, New York he had
come across a wonderful example OF
street paving. The part in question was
Just near the Singer building and car
ried the heaviest traffic in the whole of
the city The road which was being
/ taken mp owing to the LAYING of an un
/ foreground service. had been down for
. five years and during that time had
never been touched. It was composed
, Of Southern pine blocks, treated with
/ crc0sote, forced through them. laid on