The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-21


f" Another sizing wbuid iike 10 hear
discussed 81 ~ opening Of q rAn-rnclhe
Bureau III Ntw York. which oltp if She
cchlfai origin OF tho American travel.
ing pnbiic I believe fbat hy working
there we can do mora good. n is d
proposal that the Anrlfalinn govern.
mcnt viii certainly seriously consider
and ! would like 20 lear i discuneed. f"
(Applnuse.)
Congratulations Prom Coyion.
Chairman Bush next introduced Ches.
ter A. Davis, the representatig 10 the
lcongress from Ceylon. Mr. Davis spoke
ne follows.
81 wish 70 first present the greet.
ings Of the Ceylou Chamber Of Com.
merce, who are heartily IN favor Of
this congress and Of further promoting
travel. They particularly desire TO pro-
mote Ceyion's products, and / believe
that IL IL were also called tho trade
congress II would be with a higher and
greater purpose in encouraging travel
from the middle East.
"Ceylon, being situated as IL is, be-
ing within fortnight 3 run from Italy,
attracts a great many tourists during
the season from England and the conti-
/
Passengers usually come from the west,
and there seems no good reason why we
should not introduce il to the people
of this part of the world. / want to
offer my congratulations for the mag
nifcent way in which they have ad-
vertised these islands. On my way here
visited the Straits Settlement, China,
Japan, and in every American CON
1 la "a II he n de
of the Pacific which is exhibited here,
and the only objection have to it is
| that Ceylon is not on it. You are par
tieularly fortunate in having such a
man as Mr.. Wood as yonr representa-
wen Advertised.
ri know ,of people throughout tho
United States who. really don't know
where Ceylon is and It is through your
efforts that, this Island Is known
Throughout the world. Long before
had visited here, or thought of doing
so, in visitingsthe various hotel reading
rooms in Ceylon, / had read about these
marvellous Islandss and have always had
the ambitions from the day of reading
about them, to visit them, Ceylon and
Hawaii are said TO be the most beauti.
full garden spots in the world, and al
though / have seen but little of this
Territory, l fully believe that it is so.
shall not parade any views in con-
/ nection with the constitution, but
should any motions be made, would
then offer suggestions.
A California Booster.
John NJ. Camm, representing the Cali
fornia Development Board, was intro
dueed. He said:
"It is a pleasure to bring the con-
| gratulations of California and of San
Francisco in our travels for the 1915
exposition. Last November and Decem.
Der it was the opinion of the delegates
that all the eastern people had two
wishes before they passed to the other
world or the great beyond. One was
that they should see California and the
other that they might go to Hawaii,
but that they would see California
first. / believe thae all the travelling
people have the idea that they want
to 90 to heaven, but they want to see
Hawaii first.
| at would not feel such unless 1 had
seen the great Islands, so that the idea
Of a congress of all your neighbors in
/ the Pacific Ocean is sure a good idea.
/ stSan Francisco, your near neigh
Dor, wishes to take an active part in
your congress in whatever way that
| Won folks may name. We wish to help
lin that wonderful advertising that
California is doing SO we'll. California
is probably the best advertised place
| on the face of the earth. She is 800
miles long and 300 miles wide, with the
most wonderful possibilities, holding
two million and a quarter of people.
| Compared with the great empire of
Japan, it is a thousand square miles
| larger. Compared with Germany, it is
a trife smaller. All of these results are
| being brought about by concentrated
action and you are striking today the
keynote of success.
ssYou like California and you like
our great United States and you wish
but one thing-to have success. The
better yol are known the nearer you
can become acquainted with yonE
neighbor, the more yon win help the
ideas of your promotion work, the
/ more you are helping to advance the
great ideas of Mckinley and Roose'
welt. We wish yon ell the success that
i goes with such concentrated action, as
this and It is the wish of California
to know that you viii meet with sue.
cess. You have the same intelligent
features that eyon see in all promotion
work, for when you go into the promo
ton work you. know that You are meet
ing the best men and those men whc
make the wheels of intelligence, com
merce and intellect move have read
your constitution and / have but few
suggestions to make. would like Ia
see you hold your meetings at diffeF.
emit places in the Pacific so that those
who see fit to travel win meet with
reduced rates on their way to New
Zealand or japan or China or Seattle
or San Francisco and can 60 there and
know that we viii be in touch with the
best men and the best thoughts and
ideas of that nation.
1850 you can confidently depend upon
California to assist and to say, Here
is our hand; what can we dot We
look forward to the day when you vii
have bealtified the Islands to the ex
!.