Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-19
AID Club TALKS
PROMOTIoNON
BROAD BASIS

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The Honolulu AID Club met at uoon
today. Promotion work was the main
theme. There were several speakers
and the striking of az average OF ex.
preston would indicate that although
Hawaii IS a fertile field. much las
/ been left undone The accepted pat,
me-on-the-back policy was leayened by
/ a number OF home truths.
! Let us broaden the Hawaii Promo.
ton Committee. but let us give il
something to broaden on said Pres.
ident Harrington of the AID Club in
leading up to the days subject Of dis
icussion. The war in Europe might
be considered specially for our 3ene-
| lit To give one instance ONLY. sugar,
that was going to send us all 10 pot
three months ago, is nov ! cents or
Whereabouts. ... ... - u.
+. A. Berndt, member OF the Ha-
waii Promotion Committee, gave a
| short outline OF the work that tue COM
mittee is now doing. He opened with
a denial that the work of the commits
tee was in any way secret. Mr.. Berndt
quoted figures showing that the in
come of the committee wds $500 per
month. OF this $3.50 goes ior salar-
les and office room here, and $3.50 for
the same items in San Francisco. A
large amount goes for postage, about
10000 pieces of mail being handled
monthly. The gist of the speakers
remarks was that practically all the
revenue is eaten up in overhead charg-
es, leaving no funds for representation
either in Los Angeles or any eastern
city. Mr.. Berndt compared the Am
merican traveller to the European, TN
fayorably to the iermer, claiming that
the British, French or German was
ready and anxious to ask questions,
whereas the Anne; lean was too indie
pendent TO do so, and had to be guild
ed first hand. IN 1913 Hawaii had
S438 tourists, equivalent to about So
100000 spent here. Mr.. Berndt said
that, the army anu navy had made up
the difference between commercial
profit and loss within the last few
years, maintaining the very life of the
community, but that the tourist horde
had not been properly exploited.
You are all ready to boost your
own business, but what are you doing
to boost the community, which is Ha--
waits best dividen said he.
Harry L. Strange made a plea for
more generous donations to the Pro-,
motion Committee, claiming that i'll
had been thoroughly reorganized and
was an up-to-date business organiza-
ton, laboring under financial difficult
ties from lack of public support.
People say, when you talk Promo
tion Committee to them, said Strange,
The Promotion Committee: why hat
dead bunch, why should we give them
a cent? This doesn't apply now,
though, and it is up to Honolulu to Put
its money where the real returns lie.
He quoted figures showing that less
than 80 firms subscribed the difference
between the total income and Sl16O
derived from official sources, and sug-
gested that $1,000 more per month
should be subscribed from 500 firms
and individuals.
Don't be human zero. was the
title of printed quotation distributed
about the luncheon board today. Stew
enson's maxim, which begins, 1T is
better to be a fool than to be dead, "
gave several speakers their opening
comment
Judge Dole thought that it was bet
ter to be dead than to be fool, but !
this contention was refuted by L, A. |
Thurston, in rather humorous talk. |
which had the groundwork. of solid fact |
from promotion standpoint.
/ I'VE are dead ones as well as fools,
said Mr.. Thurston, because we have I.
seen the millions of dollars that are
waiting outside our doors, and haven't
evolved a plan to pick them up | bel
heye that it is even more important
to take care of the tourist after we geti
him here than to go after him. Let's
get together on some plan to make.i
good after we get the material at
hand
According to the speaker, it was
good investment, not charity, to give
money to the Promotion Committee.
d. M. Linnard, prominent hotel
man of Pasadena, paid Honolulu a nice
compliment in speech which closed
the noon meeting.
The musical feature of the luncheon.
was furnished by Trooper +
Booth, Troop A, 4th Cavalry, who gaVesE
several vocal selections of real merit, /
in spite of the fact that accompanyist i
and fellow singers all stepped grace
fully from under leaving him a some
what trying task of singing alone be-
fore a roomful of men.
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