The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-30
Pacific Coast Business Men Go
to Orient as Guests of the
Chinese Merchants.
HAWAII ESPECIALLY ASKED
Party Arrives in S, S. Korea and
Win Be Entertained by the
Honolulu Chamber.

the invitation of the Chinese chambers
of commerce of Shanghai, Annoy, Foo
chow, Marking, Canto, Woochow
(Kwangsi) and other ports in China,
will arrive in Honolulu this morning
aboard the Pacific Mail liner Korea, en-
route to China, and during their stay
in port they will be the guests of the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. The
visit of the Coast business men to China
marks another step in cementing the
trade relations between the United
States and China, in which Hawaii will
share, as two representatives of the
local chamber will join the party. in
China. They are Fred L. Waldron,
president of the Merchants AssOcia-
ton, and E. C. Brown, who is now a
resident of Shanghai.
Secretary Wood of the local chamber
sent the following wireless to the Korea
on Friday, addressed to the chairman
of the commercial delegates:
"Your party will be guests Homo
lulu Chamber of Commerce during day
in port. Please have all, both ladies
and gentlemen, ready to take autos i'm
mediately upon arrival at wharf. Kind
ly wireless probable hour of arrival.
Aloha nui loa."
Hawaii Especially Asked.
The invitation of the Chinese cham
bers Of commerce is couched in language
which makes special request of Ha-
waii to be represented ON this tour.
The invitation, coming from Shanghai,
is printed in gold letters, and not only
is it an invitation, but explains the
purpose of the tour, as follows:
The Chinese Chambers Of Commerce
of Shanghai, Annoy, Foochow, Marking,
Canton, Woochow (Kwangsi), and other
ports in China, have the honor to invite
Mr.. ----, of --, to visit
Shanghai during September, joining q
party of American business men who
will leave San Francisco on the 21st
| August, when every arrangement will
be made to extend a warm welcome to
| the representative citizen of the Is.
lands of Hawaii.
1t is requested that the reply to the
invitation be addressed to the Chinese
consul-general in San Francisco, who
has been asked to render every assist.
ance in this matter.
Shanghai, LIST August, 1910.
In view of the fact that the United
States of America and China border on
the same great ocean, the relations be.
tween the two countries should be of
a most friendly nature, in order that
the existing trade may be developed to
the fullest extent.
China is gradually opening to the in
fiuences of western civilization and
having realized the Importance of manu-
features and rapid transportation, she
has opened factories and built railways
in different parts of the Empire. While
she avails herself of the opportunity
to buy what she lacks from the West
she is seeking a wider market for heI
own products from the interior, and
Shanghai has become the commercial
center for both imports and exports
Large quantities of American goods
j are shipped to China, and the exports
from our country 10 America have beer
considerable. but the opportunities fol
the extension of trade between the two
countries are beyond limit, especially
when both people come to know more
and more of one another.
The Chinese merchants greatly appre
eiate the generosity of America and he
people in renting part of the Boxer
indemnity, and in proposing the anti
opium conference, thereby, on the one
hand, tightening our people Is burden
and on the other, helping towards the
eradication of deep-rooted evil. These
benevolent actions have made our PEG
pie all the more friendly disposed to
4 wards America, and it is at this juno
ture that we extend cordial invita-
ton to the representative citizens Of
the Pacific Coast and the Hawaiian Is
lands to visit the commercial metro
polls of our country, with view Il
promoting mutual goodwill, and tn,
growth of trade between the two ma
tons.
Honolulu's Welcome.
The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
has prepared special badge of wei
come to the delegates and the ladies il
the party The badge is of yellow rib
bon, lettered as follows: "Aloha t.
Pacific Coast Commercial Delegates Z
China from Honolulu Chamber of Com
meree, Honolulu, Hawaii, August %
1910" A Chinese inscription also ap
pears thereon, which interpreted liter
ally means welcome and in Chinese i
pronounced fWhon Wing.
The following named committee vii
go ont 10 meet the Korea this morning
and greet the delegates r. l. Spaldinp
W. II. Dillingham; merchants AssOeia