Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-19
PATRIOTS THICK
in The Orient
SAYS A. Il. FORD
Japan Tourist Bureau Filled
With Them - Australian
States Boast of One, Too
YOUNG MEN nm DEMAND
FOR PROMOTION WORK
AID Club WIN Be Called Upon to
Entertain Pacific Movement
in Annual Banquet
BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD.


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BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD.
YOKOHAMA, Japan. Apr. s0.-In
Manila it was stated by one OF the high
government officials that the Japan
Tourist Bureau was spending 2.0O0,.
900 ven q year in advertising effort
to secure the tourist, and that this
paid splendid return.
Everywhere about the Pacific l had
seen Japanese literature, and had
heard the splendid work of the Japan
Tourist Bureau extolled to the skies.
and the most remarkable statements
were made as to the immense amount
of money It was spending to secure
the tourist. Imagine my surprise,
then, when reached Toxic, conferred
with the directors of the Japan Tour
list Bureau, and found that the total
amount at its disposal was about 49,
600 yen, or little over so, 900 gold, q
year scarcely more than Java, the
Philippines and Hawaii each Is spend
ing. But what q difference In ia
|pan every worker for the Japan Tour
list Bureau Is patriot He is proud
|cf his uniform, and proud of the fact
that he draws q small salary for be-
ing Of service to his country. The
railways, the steamship companies
and other concerns pay salaries to
Young men and have them serve APP
prenticeships in the Japan Tourist
Bureau, which Il run. by the way, BY
young men full Of the enthusiasm and
patriotism and love of Japan, and
the thrill Of astonishing the tourist
Hunter Refuses Raise.
About the Pacific generally, the
tourist bureau work Is looked upon
largely as government work, and small
regular salaries are the rule Every
effective man that have met so far
about the Pacific In promotion work
has been q patriot at heart Percy
Hunter. for instance, Is the highest
paid Of ALL The two states Of Vic.
toria and New South Wales pay him
$1,000 gold fyear While ] was in
Sydney one Of the leading firms there
offered him twice that amount If he
would work for them, but his reply
was that he could not leave the work
he was doing for Australia. and al.
though New South Wales and Victoria
alone pay Hunters salary, he always
speaks Of his work for Australia
Victor Ryan, who IS at the head Of
the State Tourist Bureau In Adelaide,
South Australia, is man who would
draw q much larger salary IL he would
leave the tourist service that he has
made q success In his state. The same
is true Of Al q. Neville, who is the
life and energy Of the tourist work in
Perth, West Australia. He Is making
"a remarkable success Of 1t because he
loves 1t. and he Is training up partly
at his own expense corps Of young
men TO carry on the work.
Young Men n Harness.
In Manila II is p Ia Bryant, the
youthful secretary of the Merchants
association, and manager of the pub.
|licity committee, that is doing the
splendid work that Is making the
Philippines known AROUND the world.
He has secured for Manila the honor
of being the terminal point of ono
transpaciflct line after another, and
viii probably succeed now, with the
assistance Of G. II. CoFse of the Pa,
cific Mail, in securing direct Manila
Shanghai service Shanghai and Pc.
king are waking up, and their young
men are getting together In patri-
otto movement to welcome and inter.
est people In China. The gentlemen
In charge of the tourist bureau Of
Java are eager to have young men In
their service that they may train
them, and it is possible that the
Hands Pacific movement
will provide one such man. as 1t
would quarduple the effective work
Gone so splendidly In Java, but there
the need Of young men In the promo
ton work Is seen and valued, and it
is desired by no one more than the
men In charge of the bureau.
The promotion work OF Tasmania is
in the hands of young men of energy
and patriotism who love their work,
and Tasmania, small as she is, is,
next to New South Wales. the best
advertised state of the Australian
commonwealth. .-..z.s.
i am beginning to receive letters
HO"E iIOllz Oil VI Inc ptdGco dUOuS lit
Pacific that have visited asking for
more information about the proposed
system of cadets, who in each of the
great cities of the Pacific viii study
tourist promotion work as a profess
sion and move on from place to place
until each has grown w with a full
knowledge of the entire Pacific, and
will have a billet at the head of the
local tourist bureau. hope to give
a practical demonstration OF what
may be accomplished along this line,
with the assistance of Joseph Stick
ney. From the three months. that Joe
spent in the Sydney tourist bureau.
the. years work that he did studying
outdoor promotion methods in Ha-
wall. his experience in the several
tourist bureaus of New Zealand, Aus
tralia' Java, the Philippines and
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