Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-09
Elaborate Banquet Brings Out
Coco Viii Which Big Island
FeeiS for Capt. Matson
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4 Fn.O, Feb. s.-Rivallng in lavish
ness the entertainment given Captain
/ Matso1, his invited guests and the
Passengers OF the Matsonia in Homo
mu. upon the arrival of the new
/ Matson flagship, was that extended TO
them By the Tfilo business community
during the vessels three days stay
/ mere, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
4 From the time the fine new ship
dropped anchor in the Hilo bay until
Tits departure Sunday evening, a
wholehearted attempt was made by
all the business men Of the town to
make the ships first visit here as
memorable to the officers, crew and
passengers as It is considered epoch
making in the growth OF this city.
Early Friday morning a delegation
of the Hilo business leaders went
aboard the vessel and personally wei.
coined Captain Matson and his guests.
A few hours later, escorted by L. A.
Thurston, these gentlemen were taken
for trip to the end of the Hile rail-
road extension, greater portion Of
the day being spent in showing them
the commercial as well as the scenic
points of interest on this island. In
the meantime the greater number of
the Matsonia tourists we're conveyed
to the volcano, where they remained
until Saturday.
II was at the banquet of the Hilo
Board of Trade in. the. Hilo hotel that
Captain Matsorl, HIS Officers and his
guests were made to feel the genuine
ness of the Hilo welcome, as at $50
O'Clock Friday evening there were
fully rs of the members Of the organ
ization seated at the banquet board. !
With the ending of the dinner,
made enjoyable both by good fellow
ship and good eatables and also by
the pleasing Hawaiian melodies Of
the Kekoa orchestra, the speech max
ing began. 81
Attorney Harry Irwin responded to
the call for a toast to Governor Pink.
ham Starting with an anecdote or
two that put his hearers in ready hui
NOR to listen to serious talk on the
necessity OF island support for the
new governor, regardless of the party
affiliations OF the Individual, ended
with an appeal that the Pinkham ad-
ADMINISTRATION be sustained when carry.
ling out Democratic progressive poll
Icies.
Welcome Is Appreciated. 11....,"
He said that Governor Pinkham had
started under rather ideal conditions
as the Republicans claimed him as
Their own, as did the Democrats. But
what /. want to impress upon YOU" he
II &c khok ~
Pinkham begins to advance Democrat
ic progressive policies, as he will do,
that you Republicans remember that
/ you claim he Is q Republican" I r.
C. c. Kennedy had for a toast sub
ject, Captain Matson,r he entertain
| ingly giving "reminiscences of the, life
( OF Captain Matson during the past 80
years, which is the length of their ac.
uuaintance. Captain Matson respond
ed in few we'll chosen words in
which he expressed his appreciation
OF the welcome being given him and
| told or his first voyage to Hflo and
some OF the difficulties he experienced
| in establishing his freight carrier line
| to this port in the early eighties.
Later Matson got up again to back up
| the, words of another speaker that
nothing can be accomplished without
cooperation. Don't try to get It all
but help as well as expect to be
attaining success.
/ To John Moir fell the lot of giving
the toast to the captain and officers
! of the Matsonia. He comphmented
Captain Matson upon his selection OF
! his lieutenants and paid tribute to
/ the ability of Captain Saunders. Moir
said he attributed datson's success to
his appreciation of the value of CO.
OPERATION the modern business spir
| ii Of the day''-whieh he thought was
shown by the personnel of the Mat
son commanders who we're in almost
every instance men who had worked
up to commands in Matson's service
Captain Saunders thanked those
4 present for their welcome and Moir
for the compliments that he had been
j paid which he said he hoped he de-
served.
/ r. w. Filler was to have spoken on
commerce, but l.. A. Thurston was in
duced to fill this place on the program
Thurston as usual had a message for
Hilo people and delivered il in his
characteristicly straightforward way
Take home the lesson of Matsons
success and profit by it." he began.
Don't take back seat with Honolulu
because there are dig men there, any
more than did Captain Matson be-
cause there were large transportation
companies in the Pacific when he in
augurated his sea carrying service to
4 Hflo." He told how he had heard
that sixty-one European steamship
companies had signed contracts for
steamer supplies in Honolulu when the
Panama canal is completed.
Cooperation the Right Spirit.
Il advise Hilo to go after the con-
tract for that sixty-second company
and then more" he urged. Some
Speaker struck tie right note when
he said that cooperation was the spir-
it of modern business, say the same
thing in these words cooperate -
don't work at cross purposes"