The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-10
VISIT
I INSPIRATION
TO H|L.0
Banquet Speakers Point 70 Accom-
piishment Through Pluck and
Cooperation and Urge Hilp 70
Get Busy in Order 70 Reap Rene,
fits to Come to Those Ports Pre-
pared for Canal Trade.
(Man Special to The Advertiser.)

lilLO, February s.-The dinner
givon by, the HilO board Of trade last
Friday evening in honor Of Captain
Matson and the officers of the Matsonia,
was important enough inasmueh as IL
marked another milestone passed In the
towns development, but II became Of
even greater importance through the
fact that II marked the first serious
call to arms Of the citizens to. vaken
and enter into the'riyalry which Ia now
being waged by other Pacific cities for
the enormous development which, the
opening Of the Panama Canal win meap
TO those communities which through
their natural and acquired advantages,
and through tho energy whioh they
show In bringing these to the attel-
ton of the maritime nations, stand
such chance Of reaping astounding
returns as occurs only once or twice
century anywhere in the world.
The committee ON arrangements, T..
N. Holmes, J. A. Scott and q. q. Ken
nady, had arranged program of toasts
and speeches which gave the speakers
an, ample opportunity to make their re-
marks mean more than do the average
after-dinner talks, and Doctor Elliot, As
tOastnaster, cloverly connected the
threads OF tho different speeches with a
word OF introduction here and an ampli-
fcation' there, drawing. harmonious
connecting thread through the whole.
An Example to Follow.
Praise was given Captain Mptson for
his courage in seizing what seemed a
seant opportunity anu in gaining VIC
tory against heavy odds. Attention
was paid TO the manner in which a
great and useful enterprise had grown
IRON a very modest beginning, aud to
the fact that cooperation had been tho
keynote to the success which is so re-
markahle. And the Rohievement Of
the past, the history Of Captain Matson
4 and his, company, was. nsed rs Q text
on which to base q lesson on what Hilo
must do to build great future on the
opportunity which the Panama Canal
offers. 1t was shown that Captain
Matson and his friends had gained sue
cess by seizing opportunity fearlessly
and promptly and by cooperating IN all
things, and the history Of their stfug-
gle and victory was laid before those
present, particularly the younger gener'
alton, as an example well worth fol
lowing.
Attorney Harry Irwin offered the
toast to Governor PinkhRm, and O. G,
Kennedy spoke on the toast TO Captain
AIatson. m 'f {siN x
Z Captain Matson expressed his thanks
for the welcome given him and spoks
fof the aloha he had for Hilo, recalling
his first visit in the small Emma Claud
ina when all the freight he brought
from San Francisco TO Hilo was sixteen
tons, but he had had faith in Hilo and
in his friends, men like Kennedy and
Scott and others; who had helped hin
and who remained his friends, although
almost everything else in Hilo hat
changed during the past thirty years.
Cooperation Necessary.
J. Il, NOR spoke briefly and well, tn
keynote Of his speech being the ndces
sity and iittingness Of continued cooper
alton between Hilo and the Matsol
Company.
Captain Saunders replied, speaking Q
the aloha he had formed for Hill
through his frequent visits in days o
tho past, and mentioned apBreeiatitel,
The pleasure Of service in the Matsol
fleet.
Need Of Decisive Action,
L. A. Thurston seized the occasion a
being just the most opportune morhcn
10 awaken Hilo to realization of th
Importance Of instant and decieiy
action leading toward this port Is gel
ting hor share of the shipping whie
the Panama Canal will send in this d
reetiOn.
Pointing to Nthe career Of Capital
Matson as an example, he showed tina
IIilo must do as he had done, achioy
success by everlasting pegging ava,
'llilo is still a small town, and Hont
lalu is largo one, he said. - bet q
take advantage of the example OF. Gal
tain bIats0n, who braved powerful cop
petition, and let us not take a Bae
Seat. - Mr.. Thurston called attentio
to tho statement made recently in H
noluln by j. A. Kennedy 90 the efei
that sixty one European steamship line
had already made arrangements to s
euro supplies in Honolulu when Il
canal opened Milo had not one sing
line yot. She should go for the sikt.
second. Honolulu 's.hafboT had an arc
of less than one hundred acres Hilo
,harbor had more than three hundrs
acres, Ililo lad good water supp
and enc place for q fuel depot While
CAPTAIN MdtsoR with his great inhuen.
in the California fuel oil business, mig
establish here, thus continuing his E
operation with Hiip for the growth
= the port. Ililo was growing out Of y
bitter spirit which had often bet
shown IN the.nast "Study, not TO
~ the other fellow, II You happen (
disagree with him, but to get und
bis skin and work with him, So "
may present Q united front, I" he g
vised Finally, he called attention
The fact that Porto Rico, n quarter 4
size Of Hawaii, has million inhal
tants. Why should not Hawaii have d
samef
VIM Mckay smoke On ythe future