The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-30

which American learning. American IN
ventions. and American manufactures
are and will be brought over to China.
The struggle for a fresh market be-
| tween the different nations is OF course
! a very keen one but with such advan-
| tapes as ] have said and with such an
I able BODY OF business men, who are now
going to improve your interest in our
/ country. / feel sure that this mission
Will be great success and Will create
an epoch in the commercial history OF
the two nations.
| Before coming to close. [ can assure
YOU that our government together with
our commercial organizations in China
! will extend to YOU the heartiest welcome
| to our shores and will not spare any
effort TO render your stay in our country
a pleasant and profitable one.
Mr.. Booth Responds.
The response to the two addresses
of welcome was made by Willis H.
Booth. president of the Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce. and president
Of the honorary commission. He SAID
he and his party were glad to arrive
in Honolulu The opening of the doors
of Honolulu was an expression of hos
pitality which was splendid He paid
high compliment to Hawaii as the
KEY to the commercial supremacy for
the United States. He also paid a
HIGH compliment to Governor Frear, to
Judge Dole. who sat at the luncheon,
and others who had brought Hawaii
within the shadow of the flag of the
American republic.
Personnel of. the Party.
After leaving San Francisco, the
honorary commissioners held business
sessions and completed their organlza-
ton, as follows:
President, Willis H. Booth Los An
geles: vice-president, William L. Gerstle,
San Francisco; second vice president, {.
Herbert Moore, Spokane: treasurer, O.
NJ. Clark. Portland; secretary, Chas. v
Bennett assistant secretary, {. ID.
Tribe.
Hstorians-Chas. K Field, chairman !;
II. r. Freeman, San Diego; W. H. Dick
son, Tacoma.
Executive committee-C. H. Hyde,
Tacoma, chairman; Robert Dollar, San
Francisco: Jacob Furth, Seattle; c. Her
! bert Moore, Spokane; Q. NJ. Clark, Port
land: ". II. Weilbye, Oakland; f. ).
Moulton Los Angeles; George Durham,
San Diego; f. C. Brown, Honolulu.
Program and entertainment-Rich hard
Nj. Hotaling, San Francisco, chairman;
G. Herbert Moore, Spokane; George
BGrnham, San Diego
Finance-Jacob Furth, Seattle, chair
man; L. r. Manning, Tacoma; E. S.
MouIton, Los Angeles.
Publicity and censorship. F.
Blaine, Seattle, chairman; Robert Dol
lar. San Francisco; w. H. Weilbye, Oak
land; William f. Knight, San Diego;
Fred L. Waldron. Honolulu.
Resolutions and reports-E. 2. Bosby-
she'll, Los Angeles. chairman: William
Pigott. Seattle; William L. Gerstle, San
Francisco.
Trade and commences. R. Stern,
san Diego; f S. Moulton. Los Angeles;
Robert Dollar. San Francisco; William
Pigott, Seattle; O. NJ Clark, Portland.
Educational and civic affairs-W. H.
Dickson, Tacoma. chairman; WILLIAM F..
knight, San Diego: John H. Shaw, Spo
kane
Hotel accommodations and travel-E.
A. Young, Oakland, chairman; f. P.
Bosbvshell, Los Angeles; 0. NJ. Clark,
Portland
Where They Came From.
The members of the party and the
cities on the Pacific Coast from which
they hail, follows:
San E'rancisco-William L. Gerstle,
wife and child, Robert Dollar and wife.
Richard NJ. Hotaling.
Seattle-E. F. Blaine, >. Furth and
wife and Miss A. T. Terry, William
Pigott and wife.
Tacoma-W. H. Dickson and wife. c..
II. Hyde and wife, L. R. Manning and
wife.
Spokane-C. Herbert Moore, John H
Shaw Is. R. Stern, to join the party in
Japan.
Portland-O. NJ. Clark and wife.
Oakland-W. H. Weilbye and wife.
f. A. Young and wife.
Los Angeles-W. H. Booth, wife and
child, f. p. Bosbyshell and wife, f. S.
Moulton and wife.
San Diego-George Burnham. William
F. Knight, L. R. Freeman.
Chas. X. Field, San Francisco. pub
licity; Chas. V. Bennett, San Francisco.
secretary; c. H. Tribe, San Francisco,
assistant secretary.
Honolulu-E. c. Brown, F. L. Wal
dron (to join party later).
The Panama Exposition.
There is considerable difference of
opinion in some portions of the party
On the Panama exposition matter, and
the evening before Honolulu was reach
ed the matter was threshed out. one
or two members indulging in some heat.
particularly San Diego representative
1t was hoped that the entire party
could reach an amicable decision as
10 just what might be said in addresses
IN the Far East, on the exposition
question. The representatives felt that
this would be an excellent opportunity
for advancing the claims of San Fran
cisco as the exposition city, when the
canal is opened, and by enlisting the
Chinese commercial interests in their
behalf, the Far East might influence
legislation at Washington in favor of
the Golden Gate metropolis. The San
Diego representative, however. was not
open to any suggestion for San Fran.
cisco, and stated. however. that even
IN the event of San Francisco landing