The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-19
ON THE TRAIL
OF THE RA0GKEB
Hilo Men Find One In Rooms Of
Promotion CommitteeL
Maui Has a Name

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The community at IIilo is up IN arms
at what Il terms the ,'knoekingH Of
its scenic attractions BY peoplein No.
nolulg whose every enSeayor should be
to exploid all the advantages, afforded
oy the trip TO the Big Island as well
as points Of interest on other islands.
The Hilo people have expressed them
selves in no uncertain terms, and have
mentioned names and places. !, x. y
AT the annual dinner Of the lilo
Roard of Trade last Tuesday night,
jeorge II. yickars, managorot the Ililo
EMPORIUM ieliyerstla speech u wliieh
ne brought up the proposition Of Hilo
supporting It's own. promotion man. lie
SAID that as the promotion work Is
handled at present In Honolulu the pro-
position appeared TO be useless to Hilo..
lie also said that he knew from per.
sonal experience that fknosking was
being done in Honolulu. The hilo and
Volcano tlips had been isknoek ed to
mis- personal knowledge, and he thought
something should be done about this
matter. 3
Ministerial Backing
Rev. George LaugIton backed up Mr..
|,viekars' statements, and made a serious
charge against the Hawaii Promotion
Committees officials In Honolulu. He
declared that a friend of his had been
told by three different people in the
promotion committee rooms in Homo
lulu that to take the Haleakala or XII
lauea trips would be sad experience
that would be dangerous.
This friend of Mr.. Laughton's was
also advised not to visit Hilo as 1T
rained all the time in that city. Mr..
Ianghton stated he was ready to meet
the officers Of the promotion Committee
and tell them the same story to their
faces. This story is published in full
i'm the Hawaii Herald. @
Maui Also Has Facts ta
Right on top Of this serious complaint,
comes an editorial in the Maui News,
which attacks another class Of "tknockl
erN in Honoluluj and shows how the
work Is done. 1t accuses a Honolulu
hotel man and a ticket agent of dis
eouraging island travel by advising In
tending Travellers against making these
trips, and by careless, negligent and In
different treatment Of ticket purchasers
who have resolved to discount the nn,
favorable stories. sa' Eg 7
One complaint made Is not well
founded. That is that Al 80 extra was
charged a traveller, who makes the other
accusations, for stop.over privilege at
Maui, The Public Utilities Commission
Investigated this matter, short time
ago and decided that this charge is
Just, reasonable and proper, as the
steamship company il required 10 res
new the bedding, linen and towels in
a cabin each time it is occupied. The
public naturally demand this, and the
extra charge is made for this reason
only. ......n..U
The editorial in the Maui News saws:
Really Has d Knocker NJ
1--WE didn I believe IL, but we, have
had positive, definite evidence during
the last week which we can Z get away
from-that Honolulu has at least one
bona fde, deliberate sknocker. He is
the manager of. a leading Honolulu
hotel, and is said TO have mover been
on any other island except Oahu. Ac-
eording to this tourist, who told very
detailed story, in the presence Of wit.
nesses, this hotel man strongly urged
him not to visit the volcano or Hale
| akala--that they weren I worth seeing,
the trip was hard, etc, etc. This ira
veler further stated that the Inter-Isl-
and booking clerk in Honolulu showed
mighty little interest in Maui when he
was, buying his ticket for the yolcnao--7
in fact was quite diseouraging in his
manner, and when pressed nevertheless
for stop-oyer ticket, charged $l.50 ex-
ira for the privilege. This gentleman
was so pleased with his visit here, that
he. was moved to express his surprise
at what he characterized the peculiar
attitude of the Honolulu people.
] This is not an imaginary story. II
the promotion committee and Ad Club
are interested they can be supplied with
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