Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-27
DIR. JOHNW. NADMAN TELLSOF
WORk0F PUBLICITY ON MAINLAND

HcdIlu yOutu tCnCWC0 aha
the years continue to multiply.
Our Hospitality Spelled with a
capital H, spreading the fame of Ha-
waii nei far and wide as the one
unique place in all the world where
the latch-string continually hangs on
the outside of the door and the swaet-1
est word in human speech, Aloha,
bids the stranger welcome and makes
him feel suddenly at home.
Our Sugar = We raise cane and will
continue to do so long after the pres
ent administration at Washington, D.
Lei. shall have been forgotten. We are
the sweetest people in all the earth
and though the powers at present
seem to be against us we intend by
the grace of patience to keep sweet
among ourselves and with all the
world But we also raise pineapples,
coffee, bananas and AID Clubs, with
large families to boot
Cosmopolitan Population
Our Democracy Gathered here
out of the NORTH South, East and
West, representing all the nations of
the earth, all the colors of the rain
bow, domiciled peacefully and pros
perously beneath that flag that rep
resents the finest institutions ON
Gods earth. we have no serious RAJ
|cial problems, no petty national pref
udices, no narrow religious sectarian
bitterness Thank God, all respect.
any and every man if he is respectable
and permit the utmost freedom of be-
lief and practice so long as law and
|order are maintained.
And now since we are assembled
here with one accord for the purpose
|of considering among other important
things the matter of greater promo:
|tfon, may I be permitted very briefly
Ito bring to your attention few Of
the observations have made regard
ing the methods pursued by our
friends in Southern California. who,'
as we all know, have succeeded more
than any other people in the world
In this same direction.
These observations are the results
Eof several visits, extensive touring, q
wide acquaintance not only with the
California people themselves but the
tourists who come and 90 in such
large numbers:
t-Together Spirit
In the first place, they believe IN the
get-together principle, for they have
gotten together in most remarkable
way and they all stand pat. No
knockers in California No kiekers
there. No place can be found In
which the people so thoroughly and
universally believe In themselves, In
their present prospects and future
destiny They not only believe it but
they act it. practice ii. They GET
there When San Francisco was de-
|strpyed by fire and earthquake,
among the thousands bereft OF home
and belongings was a1 man who was
dwelling in q tent out among the
tombs with scores of others. He
raised piece of board near the open
ling Of his tent and to It tackled bit
lof paper upon which he wrote:
No one knows my number,
No one knows my name,
No one knows where / got my
clothes,
But I'll "get there" all the samei
In the second place. these Califor-
mia folks are for the most part unsel-
/ fish in this promotion work. OF course
they expect to be benefited by it, but
You fail to discover any greedy, grasp
ling spirit among them. They are not
ready to do you up. They work hard.
steadily endeavoring to improve their
IoWn condition, their roads, hotels,
schools, means of communication. And
yet they are generous, off-handed.
Ihospitable. II pays. They know it
does. 1t always does. Someone
among us has recently said, Nov
since the sugar crop has failed us, let
us cultivate that larger and more prof.
table crop-the tourist crop Just
as sure as we are living, If I know
the disposition and habits of the tour
list at all, a spirit of that kind will kill
our so-called tourist traffic sooner
| than anything else. No one is quicker
Ito learn of such a mercenary spirit
than the tourist and IL he thinks that
you are prepared to crop him. so to
speak, he will forever avoid your
shores, and pass the word on to his
fellow -traYelers.
Fight for Clean State
No. We should plan wisely and act
generously. scarcely ever visited q
town or village in Southern California
but what the parties inviting me were
waiting with carriage or autos to-
freely show me about the place and
treat me as though they wished me to
come again and again and again.
Again, the people of California are
straining all their powers to secure a
clean state. To this end, they take a
Tremendous intelligent interest in
their local political situation. They
are all United States citizens. As
soon as the newcomers feet strike the
soil, he. begins to plan for his rights
Of citizenship. They are voters, ,wo-
men as well as men and they recog-
nize their duty to exercise their fran
chise. Good government is the po-
litical slogan "A Saloonless State