Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-14
TELLS HILO HOW
BEST TO HANDLE
TOURIST TRADE

Especial StaF-Bulletin Correspondence
HllIO, Hawaii Incorporation" was
the keynote of an interesting ad.
dress delivered recently here by
L. ". de yis-Norton, who had been
asked by Chairman Wears of the pro.
motion committee o. the Hilo Board
OF Trade 20 speak on the proposition
of general tourist traffic and the other
matters pertaining to that branch of
endeayor. The speaker made an ad-
dress that lasted about half an hour
and he dwelt principally upon the fact
that people must work together in
order to attain any desirable results
Mr.. de vis-NortOn has trav-
eled quite lot in Europe
but he acknowledged that he has new
er been in the United States, Ha.
waii is the only place where he has
ever been under the Stars and Stripes.
The speaker dwelt upon the neces.
sity of having plenty of literature
about Hawaii and Hilo He said that
malihini would probably write the
descriptive matter better than an old
timer as the latter has. probably, lost
his enthusiasm for the beautiful snow
clad mountains, the dashing water
falls and the other beauty spots of
Hawaii. He added that a journalist
should be selected and that a man OF
education and travel is necessity
In telling how he visited the islands
a few months ago he said that he
liked the place and that the month
he spent in the group gave him a real
aloha" for Hawaii. In fact, as soon
as he received word from Hilo to re-
turn from Australia. he took the first
boat and came to the Isles of the Hap
Ply where he hoped to reside for the
balance of his life. 3d.. :
He also thought that the citizens
of Hilo should adorn their homes and
make their gardens attractive so that
the tourists might be induced TO re,
main longer in Hilo. s=... 49, +.
The speaker was given an attentive
hearing and although it was remarked
by some people that Mr.. de vis-Norton
did not seem to be aware that very
efficient promotion man had beer
sending out literature all over the
world for the last ten years, it was
felt that he had some good ideas
about general promotion work. 9th
ers, at the close of the evening, said
that the main point-that of how tour
lists who are attracted to Honolulu by
the promotion literature of the Ha.
wall Promotion COMMITTEEMAN be in
duced to stay over a. week or so in
Hilo, instead of doing the usual hurdle
race to and from the volcano and
steamers, was overlooked entirely.
Following Mr.. de vis-Norton's ad.
dress, Mr.. Kennedy called upon sew
eral other speakers, among whom were
William Mckay, DR.. H. B. Elliot, Mrs.
Carlsmith and Carl s. Carlsmith. The
latter announced, plump and plain
that he was opposed to promotion
work He told of an experience OF
about ten years ago when the legisla.
ture appropriated large sum OF
for promotion work. He said
that man was given the opportunity
of holding down the job and also was
allowed very large sum of money
for procuring literature pertaining to
the islands. Carlsmith declared that
the promotion man sailed away about
80 per cent of the appropriation. That
was before H. P. Wood took charge of
the Hawaii Promotion Committees
work
Carlsmith then went on to say that