The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-21


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owe must en- seriously realize ihnt
now 90 thc orponunr time iof The cen
trnNTatinn of our civic effort into one
strong public body with ihe Joining
of hands ~ all our earnest workers Ia
20 one representative llawrn Chamber
az Commerce let us say. We would then
Dee able not only 90 cement the good
work which has already been done. but
90 have tho assurance Of far greater
things m the future. With our Cham.
bers Of Commerce. Merchants Associa
ton. Promotion Committee. Civic Fed.
Icrntion, Public Service Association, and
-FOUR many other equally useful civic or.
CARNATIONS 40 consolidated, and each
pulling together MS strong committees
/ in carrying on their various lines Of
civic usefulness, we shall have an alert
and enlightened body of men and
women stirring up the people. and by
the pressure Of opinion, impelling civic
affairs towards the improvements that
are so urgently needed.
"What better illustration Of central.
lied civic effort can we apply 10 our
own case than that Of Clevelandf If
this city has accomplished so much tow
ards meeting community needs, there
is no reason why we cannot achieve the
same success by marshaling our civic
, forces into one strong representative
public body The growing Importance
of our Islands demands our careful
thought for the near future. We have
perplexing problems of city planning,
| Legislation. sanitation, and numerous
others equally important yet TO solve,
some Of which our mainland communi-
ties are not confronted with. Our eli
matte advantages are well known
abroad to he unsurpassed, but we must
not leave too much to nature. It can
be expected also that we shall receive
n full share of the benefits accruing
from the opening of the Panama Canal.
Let us ask ourselves, are we preparing
the wayf Gentlemen, we must take adj
vantage of the present opportunity, by
every means in our power, and so con-
lcentrate our forces now that we may, as
n community, reach the very highest
mark of civic excellence.
Charity's Viewpoint.
James A. Rath, of the Palama settle.
ment work followed Mr.. Field. He also
spoke of the work being done by the
Cleveland chamber of commerce, and
took up the matter of the city's char
tiles. GIN Cleveland, he continued
"the work of that chamber of com
merce has been cooperative. 1t has
done away with a vast deal of duplica.
tion or overlapping of charities. Those
of us here, who are compelled to &c
about to many Others also here with
requests that you put your hands in
your pockets for charity, realize keenly
the great amount of duplication that
goes on every day, in the charitabl,
work done by Honolulans. Personally
. | should like to see, not only my worl
| at Palama, but the work at Kakaakt
E and elsewhere taken over by some sucl
!, an organization as is here suggested
: Specialization is today the keynote o.
l success in any line of endeavor. 1t il
as valuable to those who are doing
: Social work as to men in any othe
: walk. In two words can be summed
: my feeling toward this project. If i
tends to efficiency and cooperation
. am in favor of it,
y Mr.. Cooke then read letter from
Ex-Governor Carter:
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ing letter:
; Honolulu, t. H., May 90, 1912.
: 81. P. Cooke, Esq, Honolulu.
y "Dear sir:-U Unable to attend tn
i meeting this evening, wish you woul,
$ call attention to the thought that
J. greater merchants association or cham
J. Der of commerce means a great Homo
l. lulu.
: cit may interest my fellow citizen
+ to give an illustration. The city o
; Rochester, New York, was the home o
d Mrs. Carter. Naturally therefore,
it have been familiar with it for man
q years. 1t used to be dead. It's res
9, dents half apologized when stating tina
IS they came from there. The women ha
is no style; the men had no push or enc
J. gy. 1t is true there were a number Q
| large bub 'hSAN NhS ~
/ esprit de corps or any great amount G
u local patriotism.
\. GA few years later, on the train,
L. heard a drummer extolling the virtue
Ia and wonders of Rochester. He said
$. was the livest town on the New Yor
Id Central Railroad; that Rochester had
s. all over Buffalo; that Main street |
n, night was like Broadway; the WON'T
T. were the best dressed outside of Ne
s. York city, and as for the men, the
- were all live wires. This interested II
\, and / asked the drummer how he kne
III all this. He said he lived there. /
had been away for three years, and {
his return he found the most wOnde
au full change had taken place; that fo
j. merly he never admitted he was fro
,r. Rochester, but now he was proud
Re. claim his native town. 1 question,
10, him and asked for analysis; what hi
in. brought about this change. He had !
n satisfaetorv answer On reaching