The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-27
Civic Convention ConVeneS in tliI0
Many Interesting Papers Are Read
tBy Kahuku wiroless.)


ence held in the Territory was opened
nere this morning, the attendance of
representatives from the Hilo Board
1f Trade, Kohala Civic League, Homo
lulu Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu
Merchants Association, Commercial
Club, Hawaii Promotion Committee and
Hawaii Fair Commission, being large,
Doctor Elliott, president of the Hilo
Board of Trade, under whose auspices
the conference is held, made the wei
coming address. lie was followed by
II. p. Wood, secretary of the promo
ton committee, who gave a graphic
description of the work of the promo
ton committee and how it has added
to the prosperity of the country by
attracting tourists. Hawaii had been
placed definitely on the map as one
of the world IS most attractive tourist
resorts.
Following Mr.. Wood IS address and
another by Mr.. Mckay of the Kohala
Civic League resolutions were unan-
imously passed endorsing the promotion
committee Is work, pledging the united
civic organization support in asking the
1913 legislature for liberal support for
carrying on the promotion work.
Another paper, prepared by A. +.
Taylor, secretary of the Hawaii Fair
Commission, who recently returned from
visit to the exposition site in San
| Francisco, entitled "Hawaii at the San
Francisco 1915 Exposition" was read,
Mr.. Taylor being unable to be present,
! His address was in part as follows:
Hawaii at the Big Fair.
Opportunity has knocked at the por.
tails of the Hawaiian Islands many
times during its hundred years of civil
| lied history and more than one nation
has held that hand of opportunity
when it raped. Not all were so sue.
cessful as the United States, which
knocked twice, first in 1876, when the
reciprocity treaty was agreed upon
wherein, in exchange for Hawaii g raw
sugar entering the United States free
of duty, the United States acquired the
exclusive use of Pearl Harbor as a
naval base, and second in 1898, when
congress passed the Resolution of An
nexation and hoisted the Stars and
Stripes here to stay
A third opportunity is at hand tc
demonstrate whether or not Hawaii car
deliver the goods and show other Ameri
cans, and the world in general, that
"The Paradise of the Pacific is u
appropriate phrase and one which apt
, ly describes Mark Twain's verdict
1.-THE loveliest fleet of Islands that liei
. anchored in any ocean,
This third opportunity is the invi
tation to join in the procession of tn,
States Of the American Republic an,
its possessions, and foreign nations
and participate with California in 1911
in celebrating the completion of TIL
Panama Canal.
=. Joining with California in 1915 to eS
, plot Hawaii is business propositio
q pure and simple.
Expeditions, beyond being the met
:, ium for the outward expression of III
! and progress and the development G
humankind, are cold business propos
@ tions, designed for somebody's gain.
i Greatest Opportunity.
G In all the opportunities laid bcfoI
a Hawaii to participate in exposition
= none have so direct an appeal from
t cold -blooded business standpoint as til
e great $l7 100000 fair to be opened
= San Francisco in 1918.
It Certainly the 1915 fair is bette
! business proposition for Hawaii tina
e all the Others combined. Already oil
J business men and government represel
t tatives are making efforts to have e.
L cry harbor in the Hawaiian group in
h proved with breakwater and dockiT
/ facilities to meet the expected growi
Of commerce due largely to the Panan
n Canal trade. The United States COVER
s. ment has supplemented its vast eXpe
, ditures on the Panama Canal by cor
II paratively large expenditures in @
e larging Honolulu, Hilo and Kahul
J. harbors, building breakwaters at Hi
II and Kahului, dredging entrances to +
cilitate the movements of shipping, al
esta blishing navigation safeguards
all the Islands-particularl as to ligf
houses.
Again, the procession of tourists fro
a., all parts of the world to San Francis
n will probably be unprecedented in nuI
4 bers as well as in the total of veal
the procession will represent. Hawt
is stepping stone in the route, rou
which will be supplied by palati
o. steamers whose owners see vast bui
IN ness ahead. A portion of these touTis
rs will visit the Hawaiian Islands. Wit
- out being prophetic, it is justifiable
~ say that ii will be vast army Of tor
re lists.
n That there will be largely increas
n tourist business to handle is accept
X. as fact by two at least of the steai
Of ship companies calling at Honolulu
rs the Oceanic, by again placing all thr
MS of its steamers on the route, and Il
IN Matson line, which has recently {
~ dered two new fast steamers with
to combined accommodation for $50 pa
n sengers. The Japanese line is to
no crease the number of its big vesse
G. while the Pacific Mail has not y
abandoned plans TO add four new ma
IN nificent steamers to its transpaci
10 list
II Tourist business pays and that
%, why the promotion committee has i
H. come so systematic and thorough
reaching out for tourists in every pa
be of the world.
A. The Hawaiian Islands have deriy
ne these benefits of increased tour
70 travel at q minimum Of expense
a $4,000 year-a mere drop Ia I
20 bucket compared with the expenditur
le by like organizations along the Puci
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