Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-30


need of doing away with the now ex-
tensive mainland mail order business.
1t was purely gathering to boost and
promote home buying. Maurice Brasch
was appointed chairman for the ocea-
sion and In his opening remarks set
forth the nature of the gathering, say
ing that in carrying out the scheme 1t
is necessary for the people of Homo
lulu to- work together, and for the
Islands to take up the matter in uni
son. III
Two interesting papers were read,
the first by j. +. Child upon the re.
lation of the home jobber and the To-
cal retailer and by s. 3. Paxon, who
had prepared a strong and interest
ing essay on Home Buying" giving
his opinion OF being favorably in
Clfned toward eataloguing. Following
the reading Of these papers, open dis
cussion was called for. h. F. WITCH
man was the first to speak, telling of
the great amount of buying which Is
done abroad by those who are in the
habit of going to the coast once or
twice each year or oftener Foreign
competition is met by Honolulu mer-
chants, he continued, but local bust
ness Is formed on a close margin of
profit. He told of the big catalogue
houses In the east, and how they Of
fer bats to trap the unwary buyer,
which bats, when ordered, always
prove to be Just out" Therefore,
something else goes to the purchaser.
The taxation features of home buy
ing were taken up at length by George
w. Smith and Elmer Cheatham, while
w r. FarTiRgton and Ed Towse
newspapers are both manufacturers
and merchants, that they do their full
share toward promotion, and deserve
the cooperation of the merchants
Several other persons presented their
views, after which the meeting ad
Journed.
The relationship of the home jobbeT
and the local retailer formed the topic
OF a paper prepared and read by J.
f. Child which was, in full, as fol,
lows:
This subject is broader than most
people suppose. 1t extends TO all
branches of business and to all classes
of people Whether this meeting re-
suits in a home buying advertising
campaign or not, it will be a good
thing, because it 'will help us to see
ourselves as others see US
when you discuss this subject with
either the grocer haberdasher, dry
goods merchant, stationer printer,
CuriO dealer, jeWeler, hardware dealer,
lumber dealer or others, they always
complain about some one else who
does not patronize home merchants
in their particular lines. They will
even go further and tell you how they
do not patronize home merchants be-
: cause their home merchant does not
sell as Cheaply as some foreign house
| but not many.
Il am a thorough believer in home
buying and in being loyal to the local
merchants. and | believe that with
the same conditions existing here as
elsewhere. Honolulu can sell goods at
as low prices as any other city of the
same size in the United States
Both sides should be carefully con.
sidered, and if there is any town 10y.
atty in the merchant or the consumer,
they viii get together to their mutual
profit and the upbuilding of the town.
Honolulu Needs Cooperation.
This is an age Of cooperation. get.
together, work together and boosting.
Honolulu needs it as much "a any
city of its size In the world. and II