The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-24
DEFECTS ARE
POINTED OUT
. BY TOURIST
+. G Weber Of Los Angeles Tells
AID Club Members What Is Nee
essary if Hawaii Would Proper
ly Care for Travellers Who Visit
islands.
lFrom wedaesday AdyertIler.l

F. G, Weber OF Los Angeles adj
dressed The "a Club yesterday on the
value Of advertising and promotion
work. lie is teacher in charye Of
the commercial course in one Of the
large polytechnic schools Of Los Ahge.
les. Speaking FIRST Of salesmanship as
q science Weber said that the adver.
tising clubs were Of great ASSISTANCE 70
his scholars and teachers aud IL has
been his custom to get into touch with
these organizations wherever he goes.
lie told Of work being carried on CO.
oporatively in Los Angeles, where the
managers of many Of the largo bust
nesse houses and department stores
send their clerks to the commercial
schools, in tho employers time, so that
their salesman and saleswomcn can ae.
quire the lates. ileas in the science Of
selHng merchandise,
Mr. Weber said that he came TO lIa-
vail in charge Of an excursion party
Of eighteen and that on the eve of his
departure he had a number OF friend.
~ criticisms TO offer Of the Hawaiian
methods Of handling the tourist traffic.
Some Of the Drawbacks
Tho Haleakala trip was from pure,
I Is scenie standpoint one OF the finest
in the world, but the arrangements for
caring for those who brave the hard
ships arc abominable, he said. lie
complained of the excessive cost Of the
hotel Accommodations at Waiiuku or
rather tho lack of ordinary comforts.
The charges he said, are out Of all pro-
portion to the amount of service given.
This structure also applies TO the horse
back end of the trip after leaving the
automobiles at Olinda. He said II
would be hard TO collect eighteen sad
dies to match the ones the party had
to nse. they were such an ancient and
misft aggregation, tied together with
string and bits of wire and with all
sorts Of odds and ends Of broken straps
and ropes.
Considering that horseback riding
is at best more OF less an unknown art
TO the average excursionist it bordered
on cruelty to make my party rlde on
such saddles up TO the top Of the
mountain and land ua in a place where
there was absolutely none OF the com.
forts that are usually provided for
tourists" he said. "There was no
place to sit down, Tie down or rest,
after we got 20 the top
Mr.. Weber said that he believed the
Volcano House charges were also too
high. He compared the Volcano House
rates Of six dollars per day with the
three to FIVE dollars rates charged by
the hotels in the Yellowstone Park
Livery pound Of the supplies that
they use has to be freighted overland
from 100 to 40 miles yet the hotels
give tourists just as good arcommo.
dations as the Youag Hotel and the
Moana. Tourists viii not stand fol
such charges, Mr.. Weber said.
Hawaiian scenery is magnificent
Tho gorgeous colorings from mountain
to sea are worth all that il costs Il
ret here to soc them, but il you want
volume of tourist traffic Sou must take
better care Of visitors after they get
here
Mr.. webor spoke Of the desirability
Of getting direct steamship eommpni
cation between Los Angeles and Homo
lulu and said he thought the tourist
traffic alone would make such u ven
ture profitable Investment.