The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-11
STEAMSHIP LINES
REFUSE TODR|NG
+. F|NANC|ERSHERE
Inability To Charter Vessel On
Pacific Coast Keeps Bankers
Away From Hawaii
.iNESTIMABLE BENEFITS
WOULD FOLLOW JUNKET
Secretary OF National Association
and J. R. Gait Chagrined
Over Failure OF Plans

Inability to acrurc water transporta.
ton threatens to defeat the plans Of
the American Bankers Association to
visit Hawaii. In letter received In
the last mail from the mainland by ].
r. Gait, treasurer and manager of the
Hawaiian Trust Company, from Gen.
eral Secretary +. f. Farnsworth Of the
bankers organization, Mr.. Farnsworth
says that unless something unexpected
turns up, the proposed trip to Hawaii
viii have to I've called of.
The annual convention of the assoc
citation will be hCld in Seattle. The
railroads all owe the mainland are
quite willing to adjust transportation
Tor delegates to meet the requirements
| # the proposed voyage to Honolulu,
, Sut at the time Mr.. Farnsworth wrote
us letter there was no steamer avail
| able ut any port on the Pacific Coast
for charter to Honolulu. rN
3tes mship Lines Uninterested
The letter from General Secretary
i s as follows: ~. a
"Mv dear Mr.. GaIt:-Acknowled
ring receipt of your favor Of May A;
there seem to be every evidence that
the bankers will have to give up their
| rip to Honolulu. The railroad lines
4 n this New York; city, which have
been cudeavoring to arrange this trip
cannot secure a special steamship. -
| 1T seems somewhat strange
that the steamship lines which run
to Honolulu are not sufficiently
interested in the matter to en-
deavor to arrange for trip Of this
kind. should think that It
would be to their interest to carry
a party Of bankers to Honolulu,
with view to the future business
that it might give them.
"I believe without doubt that
fair.sized steamship could be flle'
for this trip, but apparently the tri
win have to be given up"
Mr.. Gait Indignant
Mr.. Calf yesterday afternoon ex
, pressed his surprise and indignation
, that no steamer could be secured b
the mainland bankers. He said:
1T certainly does seem very
f queer that no ship can be secured
for this proposed voyage Of the
} bankers. It would be more Of
p boost for Hawaii to have all Of
D those bankers down here, than the
D visit Of the congressional party
c "Bankers are to their clients wha
family physicians are TO their pi
tients, and If Hawaii could get shi
q load Of fnancicrs down here fro
NvCry section of the mainland, if the
T. were impressed with Hawaiian
they surely would be-they would te
I their clients what a splendid place Il
Islands are and thereby influence maj
tourists to come our way. -
+ Benefit Would Be Immense
I'm addition, visit Of this kind
would be of immense financial
benefit to Hawaii, for with the
bankers on the ground there would
be the possibility Of closer and
stronger financial relations be-
y, tween the business interests of Ha-
= waM and the mainland banks.
- "Thc membership of the Americi
" bankers Association is nation Wi
y, and includes the strongest finance
= institutions of the country. To bril-
, these men here would mean to ma
h the strongest fnanciers of the Unit
Il States our friends and business ass
y riates. Certainly that would be son
Il thing worth while.