Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-30
PROMOTION IS.
kEYNOTE0F THE
AID CLUB lunch
Results of Past and Needs OF
Future Told by Those In
terested in Work.

why their appropriations for promo
ton work in the past had been good
investments. The new men were told
why they should continue the apprO-
priat!cns.
Before the speaking began nOmina-
items for next years officers were re-
ported by Gerrit p. Wilder Of the
nominating committee. Two men
were named for each office, one being
the incumbent. The election takes
place next Wednesday. those nomi-
mated were:
President-W. R. harrington. E. W.
P. st. George.
Vice PRESIDENT d. Levenson, Tom
Sharp.
Second vice PRESIDENT. T. War
rem, Paul Super.
Secretary-H. l.. Strange. J. J. Hurd
Treasurer. E. Frazier, J. A. Dun
bar
Executive committee 90 to be Chos-
enl-L. NJ. Judd, {. B. Gage, G. G.
Heiser. S. S. Paxson, Col. J. H. SOper,
f. Giles, c. NJ '. Forster, Alfred
Wall. B. F. Sammons, George Brown,
L. A. Thurston.
Emil Berndt, chairman of the Pro-
motion committee. the first speaker
told what advertising had done for
Honolulu.
"A few years ago." he said, when
was in New York sitting in bar
Der chair. the barber asked me if we
had BARRIERS in Honolulu. Today you
can go any place on the mainland
and you will find that Honolulu is
well known.
There has been some criticism of
the Promotion Committee in the past
because we have confined our efforts
to the mainland and have done little
here on the islands Well, We have
gone on the policy that it was best
first to get the people on the mainland
to know that there was such a place.
The scope of our work is shown
by the fact that We have sent out
100000 pieces of mail a month. Think
of that when you doubt if promotion
work pays. Now we are turning our
attention to work right here. We have
an outdoor committee that is going to
organize things here in Honolulu to
take care ofssthe tourist after he gets
here.
Il want to say to the new supervis-
Crs that promotion work must con-
tinue, that it must be backed up and
that we need their help"
Guy H. futile, chairman of the new
outdoor committee, set forth its aims
and plans, emphasizing the appoint
ment of a man to 10 nothing but help
tourists find Interesting places around
Honolulu and look after their needs
generally.
"The aims of our committee" he
said, ARE accurate knowledge of local
conditions, what our attractions are.
the means t6+get there, and the stand.
ardization and publication OF rates.
Also We want to educate local people
so that we ourselves will know what
we have t., offer tourists
1--WE can and We have to make it
more pleasant for the tourist. That
is just as important as getting him
here. That is why We want a man
who will do nothing but give personal
attention to newcomers and see that
they are satisfied
Alexander Hume Ford also laid
stress on the importance Of outdoor
organization of tourist traffic.
I'VE must get a trained organizer, -"
he said. Ito go to all the islands in
turn and enthuse the people to de-
Velop their natural attractions. We
have scores of them that have not
been opened up and made accessible,
that even we ourselves don't know
about. Such man has been the cry
ing need of Hawaii for years in this
work"
L. A. Thurston likened the present
position of Honolulu to a merchant
who advertised his wares in all the
newspapers and then when the GUS
toners came turned his hack on them
and refused to sell them goods
There is no investment" he said.
turning to the new supervisors, that
will pay better than the money we
spend for promotion. We have the
goods here now. What We need is to
sell them. 1t is no use getting people
to come here if we neglect them after
they are here"
H. L. Strange. chairman of the Ad
Clubs promotion committee, was the
last speaker. He said:
"Remember-more tourists mean
more money in circulation; more
money in circulation means more
business for every merchant; more
business means more prosperity and
more positions and jobs; more posi-
tons and jobs mean more demand for
help; more demand for help means
higher salaries aud wages; and all of
this means more revenue in the form
of rates and taxes 20 the government"
A concert was given during the
luncheon by Filipino orchestra. Vo-