The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-24
BELIEVES IN A
BOOST PROGRAM
Promotion Committee Urged to
Establish a Bureau in
San Francisco.

In promotion WOTk 1OT Ine ltHWa1lHn is
lands, the establishment or an informa-
ton bureau in the Bay City and taking
advantage of opportunities to meet the
addition to commerce when the Panama
Canal is opened: also getting together
to have the legislature appropriate a
proper fund to have Hawaii fittingly
represented at the World Is Fair in San
Francisco, l9l5-were salient features
of an address made before the promo
ton committee and the Mld.Paclfic Car
nival finance committee, yesterday af-
ternoon, by J. F. c, Aagens, head OF
the Pacific Guano and Fertilizer Com
pany.
Mr.. Hagens, who spends half year
in Honolulu and the other half In san
Francisco, is intensely interested in all
things that will promote an interest in
/ Hawaii abroad, and is something Of an
unofficial representative for Hawaii in
promotion work in San Francisco. His
address was followed by applause.
Promotion Committee Praised
''On account of my residence in these
Islands for nearly twenty-siX years.
said Mr.. Hagens, "and during the last
seven years being obliged, for business
reasons, to spend at least six or eight
months of every year In San Francisco,
L believe j am in position to note
changes and mutual advantages from
both ends.
"I therefore, have no hesitancy in
saying that / must congratulate this
committee ON the work it has done
and is doing, but / will also emphasize
the fact that your work is still in its
infancy. ! venturs to predict that you
are progressing towards, and are on the
verge of, n tremendous influx of the
worlds sightseers. These so-called tour
lists are in reality educators and world
builders and those countries which have
encouraged their coming are by far the
best settled, the most prosperous and
the most progressive ones this world
has.
"The tourist brings the modern
thought and progressive ideas, mixed
from the world s crucible, and he leaves
behind him the seed of community ac-
tion and centralized thought, incident
ally also the cash TO effectively estab-
lish these conditions
! 81 have often heard it said in San
Francisco by people who are acqualnt-
: ed with conditions in these Islands that
however much our business people may
compete with each other, quarrel with
each other and talk about each other,
let someone from abroad come TO Ha-
! wall with the avowed purpose of hurt
: ing the sugar industry and they imme.
: diately forget their little Jeaiousies ana
: all turn on him. This is no doubt true
: in a great measure, ana while most OF
, our people are in full accord as to the
paramont Importance OF the sugar in
, dustry for these Islands there are al
! ways some dissatisfied ones. The chro'
mic kickers are always with us, like
so many other evils we have to con
; tend with in our daily life.
= Need Solid Front.
How important it is for the people
of Hawaii to present solid united
front at the next session or congress
when the question of reduction In the
sugar tariff will, without doubt, be one
, of the main issues, can readily be un'
derstood by most OF us.
at is to be regretted that In many
public questions the people OF this city