Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-21
$4,000 IS VOTED
TOCARRY WORK
OF PROMOTION
Chamber of Commerce Adopts
Budget After Spirited Dis :
cusSion of Methods


Promotion Committee 20 bring tour
! lists to the islands. The budget. as
| prepared by the committee, was
adopted by the Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting yesterday by unanimous
vote ~ -
Every phase of the tourist trade
was discussed and it was not until
the discussion had lasted two hours
that the budget was adopted. The
total requirements for the year, ac-
cording to the budget, will be S31 ,635.-
Is. The estimated income is $50, 600,
leaving a difference of $1636.18 short.
Chairman Berndt submitted the
statements for the past year and told
of the plans of the committee for the
coming IL months Acting Secretary
Of the Committee A. p Taylor also
discussed the tourist business from a
mainland viewpoint. H. L. Strange
was the only member to oppose the
budget He favored expanding $751;
600 in the islands for entertaining the
tourists after they get here.
Wants Outdoor Funds.
Il think that $4,000 expended in
the Islands in satisfying tourists will
do more good than three times that
amount spent on folders and the like"
he declared Il most emphatically OBJ
ject to that budget going through" =
Chairman Berndt took exception to-
Mr.. Strange's remarks.
Again We are getting the ham
mer,'" he said, "and as a member of
the committee l won't stand for it."
Strange objected to the 500 appro-
priation for outdoor work, declaring
that 1t ought to be many times that
sum, and Berndt explained that thu
outdoor, work had just been started
and that the appropriation 70 500 was
only tentative.
Ed Towse reviewed the work of the
past year. He said that the traffic
experts, as well as the promotion com
mittee had been fooled at the out
break of the war In predicting an in
crease in tourist travel to Hawaii He
declared that 1t was because of the un-
certain conditions due to the war that
people were obliged to remain at home
to watch their business and that 9TH
ers. were afraid to travel during war
times. This, he explained, has caused
q falling-off instead Of an Increase in
the travel to the islands.
Tweedle and the Potatoes.
T. Daniel Tweedie, who has been q
visitor to the islands for the past
nine years, declared that Honolulu
was badly, in need Of better res
taurant service. To support his ass
sertiol he exhibited two worm-eatenl
potatoes which he said were served
to him yesterday at lunch. He urged
pure food committee and regulation
of the post card system of advertis-
ing the islands.
why" he said, when was return
ing from Hawaii last spring, ! passed
through Nevada and called upon a
friend there He asked me IL I'd come
from the. islands. i said YES. Then
he reached into the waste basket and
brought out a post card showing a.
half-naked Hawaiian girl. is this
where you were? he asked me-
A saving of $500 a year WIN be
made by the Promotion Committee as
q result Of, a cablegram sent to H. P.
Wood, secretary Of the committee,
who is at San Francisco, ordering him
to close UP the downtown office of
the, committee. The office will re-
main closed during the fair. The,
office has been costing $125 monthly.
The budget as adopted is as follows:
Monthly Salary Account
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