Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-21
HAWAIrS Chance
IN Orient
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may result In the production of rice
in Hawaii that would be accepted as
the japanese rice now is
Consul General Summons has the
ability to make statistics on trade In
tcresting even to q layman. Perhaps
that's because he was once ncwspa.
perman himself, and he sees story
In figures and knows how to make
them telling.
China and Japan Rich Fields.
While declining to discuss the deli.
cate International questions involved
in China's emergenCe from mOnar'
chy into popular government, and
not wishing to comment on Japan 5 at
titude toward the new republic, Mr..
Sammons believes that the new era
means much greater trade Opportunl
ties for the United States and Amer
ica's keen.wittCd businessmen.
THAT the businessmen of the Unit
ed States are alive to the opportunl'
| ties is proved by the great increase III
| the volume of inquiries my Office mas
received" he remarked. THE increase
| is due TO many more businessmen
| turning toward the Far East ana
wishing to aCQuant themselves with
what II has to offer.
| Even now there are many men on
the field on the lookout for opportuni'
| ties. The East is a rich field and the
United States businessman Will find
II richer in the future
viii Meet Family In States.
The Consul General Is on his way to
the States for two months absence
from the cares of office, but on ac'
count of the length of his trip Will
have less than month Of real vaca
ton on the mainland. He Is going to
meet Mrs. Summons in the States and
will attend also the graduation of his
son from Harvard.
Consul General SammOns numbers
his friends In Honolulu by the score
A number of years ago he fell Ill II
this city, having contracted typhoid
fever elsewhere, and was patient a
Queens Hospital for two months. Ant
i'm the interim between 1902 and 1871;
he has visited here five times, so tina
his friends and acquaintances are
many. His last visit was in 1909.
Last year while out in the Philip
pines Mr. Summons met w. II. Eal
bitt, assistant director of the susa
planters labor bureau, and today tn
Consul General was the gucstof-hono
at a luncheon given at the Universit
Club by Mr.. Rabbit. The luncheo
was quite informal and had no signii
canCe but that of friendly gathering
Besides Mr.. Summons and Mr.. Babbil
there were present Acting Governo
Mott Smith, w. o. Smith, G. X. Hemol
way and Director Mead of the planter
labor bureau.
MIR. Summons called on Acting Co
crnor Mott.Smith this morning. II
was also escorted around town for
short while by Secretary II. =. Woo
Of the Hawaii Promotion COMMITTEE
the services of which were placed
Mr.. Summons disposal.
For the Tourist.
The Consul General Is one OF II
prominent men of the Consular Ser
ice today. His experience In orient
affairs is a long one, and in fokohan
he il always the man on the job f
looking after Uncle Sans trade int
ests. He Is an admirer of Hawaii, al
believes that Hawaii's tourist tran
Is destined to be n very large one. tn
he thinks to the point was eyide
when this morning he made the su
gestion that small cans or packets
Hawaiian fruits, with attractive al
noticeable labels, would be WELDON
souvenir for the tourist and one tn
means future commerce OF no smi
, proportions.