The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-21

take the people IN as men," was his
parting shot.
Prof T. r. Sedgwick made an i'm
FASHIONED appeal to the meeting to 90
ahead there and then with organlza-
ton, but the chairman Gained him
with the statement that the invita-.
tions had conveyed an assurance that
no precipitate action would be taken
Bishop RestaricK stated he would be
very happy, by his influence and in
every way, TO help the movement as a
citizen.
Bishop 1dbert said when he was
born he was not SO big as he was
now, and he thought they should fol
low the course Of nature. He quoted
the saying of the old Romans-"Festi-
ma lente"-and said they should go
slowly He had noticed that some
things flared up like a fiashlight and
soon went out. He would agree with
the proposal to appoint committee
which could tell the people what the
organization was going to be. my
heart is with the movement and hope
it will succeed" he concluded.
Rev. Dr. Scudder had lived in Cali
fornia, New York, Massachusetts and
Illinois, and considered Massachusetts
surpassed the others in civic ideals
This he attributed to the New England
town meeting. They should spare no
pains in endeavoring to secure such
an organization as that proposed. It
Iprophesied for it that evening and
more. When all the gases in a com.
munity had vent there would be no
explosion.
Action Approached.
Frank c. Anterior then proposed a
resolution that, after some amend
ments was passed as printed above.
Before the motion to adopt the res
olution was put, F. w. Macfarlane
wanted to hear from representatives
of the press,
Editor w. r. Harrington of the Bul-
letin told of a citizen riding into town
on a car with him, who had many
erouches about Honolulu to express
but on getting off managed to admit
that business was looking up anyway.
There were too many men here who
wanted only to make something Tor
Themselves out of every proposition.
What we would like to see is the
Chamber of Commerce throwing open
its doors and letting everybody, in.
/, There you would have an organization
that would wipe out every other or.
| ganization. You don't realize that the
man on the waterfront is working six
days in the week and has family t.
support If he has a suggestion he
doesn't know what to do with it. j
we can build up spirit of helping the
community there will be no trouble
about an organization,
Editor Walter G. Smith of the Sta
I gave "Reminiscences of San Diego
e when Bishop Restarick and he were
= residents of that city. 1t had a Cham
: Der of Commerce that threw its door!
] open to every respectable man. All O
: the members did not attend the meet
ings, but every man who had the in
terest of San Diego at heart belonge,
to the Chamber.
4 It contained representatives of Il
dominant interest there, which wa
that of citrus fruits, the same as tn
+ Honolulu organization had of the ST
:. ger interest, but they all worked Il
Il gether to get a large number Of res
+ dents. They got tourists there an
- they showed them the town. Nobod
told the visitors that things wer
wrong with the town. or course W
have the dominant interest here, tn
y sugar interest, but that does not pr,
= vent others from working. The speal
10 er quoted, There is tide in tn
G affairs of men," etc, from which h
NJ referred to the coming opening of Pal
10 anna canal While all the steame
40 lines heard about might not call her
there was certain to be an immens
excursion traffic in the Pacific fro
that event, of which Honolulu woul
have a large share. This was Il
nearest position in the Pacific fro
- Europe and the American continer
We ought to be ready to receive Il
eXcursionists and show them the col
= munity's growth. Southern Californ
" has made enormous wealth from 4
:" tourists, perhaps as much as Haw1
- is making from sugar. We ought
y do all we can to bring these excursion
- hereto get people who VIII cor
~ and invest their money here, and wi
% will promote diversified industrit
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