The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-17
Chamber Of Commerce
Building Is Urged By
Retiring President
President, E. I. spalding.

President, E. l. Spalding.
Vice President J. A. Kennedy.
Secretary and Treasurer, II. p.
Wood.
Z. f. Bishop, J. P. Cooke, c. II.
Cooke, T. Give Davies, j. D. Dole, J.
M. Dowsett, F. Klamp, Jas. F. Nor
gan, e. e, Paxton, E. D. Tenney, j.
w. Waldron, Albert Warehouse,
Trustees.
By unanimous vote, in a large ut
tendance, the foregoing ticket of Off
GERS and trustees was elected for the
ensuing year by the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday afternoon. 1t had
been presented from a nominating
committee after adoption of the an
nual reports and the reading of cor
Fespondence.
James f. Morgan, the retiring pres
ident, called the chamber to order in
annual session few minutes after
three o'clock, and Immediately read
his annual report. This was received
Win applause anu OlutlCu " bC
printed.
In the conclusion of the report,
President Morgan urged the necessity
of erecting a Chamber of Commerce
building.
After the election, on motion of Mr.
Gait, vote of thanks was enthusiast
ically rendered to the retiring presi-
dent for the efficient manner in which
he had sustained the interests of the
chamber and the whole community.
Mr.. Morgan, responding, said the
chamber had been his especial pet
during his incumbency of the chair.
Mr.. Spalding, on taking the chair,
thanked the chamber for the honor
conferred on him. He appreciated
the responsibilities of the position. 1t
was a matter of regret that Mr.. Nor
gan had not been able to accept an
other term, also that Mr.. Cooke could
neither accept the presidency, for
which he was in line of succession as
vice president, nor even reelection 70
ably filled the chair during four sue
cessive terms and now retired with
honor.
81 will work." the president con-
cluded, "for the best interests of the
chamber and the Territory, and to
that end ask for the best support and
cooperation of members and trus-
tees"
In the course of routine a letter
was read from George NJ. Mcclellan,
the chambers representative in
Washington, saying chat since Gov
ernor Frear and General Macomb
have made such very thorough plans
in regard to the question of barracks
site in Honolulu, it is no longer nee
essary that any action should be
taken by your chamber.
Henry Charles Mitchell, secretary
of the Sydney, N. S. W., Chamber of
Commerce, wrote a letter of thanks
to Secretary Wood for information
supplied regarding the automatic tel
SThone.
Mr.. Wood presented his report as
treasurer, also his annual report rs
secretary of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee.
Those present were James F. Nor
gan, H. P. Wood Robert Levers,
Robert B. Booth S. G. Wilder, Bruce
To-, CT,o11ino
Atherton, T. H. Petrie, A. Lewis, Jr.,
Samuel De Freest, Richard Ivers, F..
w. Macfarlane, r. J. Buchly, Frank
B. McStocker, W. II. Hoogs, Richard
A. Cooke, Robert Cation, Clarence H.
Cooke, Joseph A. Gilman, F. M.
Swanzy, J. w. Gilmore, Gilbert j..
Waller, w. LAM, ]. L. Fleming, e. i.
Paxton, A. r. Gurrey, Jr., F. Klamp'
J. R. Gait, Albert Warehouse, George
H. Richardson.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
Members of the Honolulu Chamber of
Commences:
Observation-Disclosures year in the
history of our organization ends to-
day. Twelve months of unprecedent-
ed prosperity have come and gone
since our last annual meeting. Those
Of us who were citizens of Hawaii
twenty-five years ago, or even ten
years ago, can see great changes on
all sides. Hawaii is rRIidly and GER
~tainly assuming her place at the
crossroads of this great ocean as the
clearinghouse for trans-Pacific trade
and travel, and yet, in my opinion, We
are but at the beginning of things.
For centuries past the Atlantic Ocean
and the countries bordering its waters
have dominated the whole earth; the
mightier Pacific was all but unknown