Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
Steady GAIN in
Pine SHIPMENTS
TO |. A. IS Seen

An entering wedge for large
permanent trade in canned pines be-
tween the islands and the southwest
is seen by the San Pedro News In
the growing shipments of this prod
uct OF Hawaii nei by the Great
Northern TO Los Angeles harhor
Speaking of this trade angle. the
News of November %, says;
The Great Northern has five hum
dred tons of cargo for this port con-
sisting almost exclusively Of canned
pineappleS. This will inaugurate n
new system which promises to be OF
more than 4 little commercial value
to San Pedro.s
Formerly this cargo would have
been unloaded at San Francisco and
distributed to points south and west
from this port From this time for.
ward however, all such cargo Will
be brought here and sent out d.
reetly TO the consignee."
Along the same line. the San Pedro
Pilot of November rs, remarks:
The first big cargo of pineapples
direct from Honolulu arrived here
this morning on the steamer Great
Northern and will be distributed by
the Pacific Wharf and Storage Com.
pany, agents for the Great Northern
Pacific steamship Company. to vari-
Gus points in the Southwest Hereto
fore all the canned pineapples from
the islands have been distributed
through San Francisco.
When the Great Northern sails for
Tnh oh
tons of cargo from this port I'm her
holds. This is the largest shipment
ever made to the islands and is the
result of the Los Angeles chamber OF
commerce excursion on the last sail
ing"
President John S. Mitchell of the
Los Angeles Chamber OF Commerce
party visiting the islands last month
on the Great Northern's first call OF
her second season in the island serv-
ice, said to a reporter of the Los An
geles Times:
Eve were treated in the most hos
pitabIe manner from the moment OF
landing until y our departure. We
mutually discussed the many interests
we have in common. On cur part we
impressed them with the fact that Los
Angeles is the logical capital Of the
tourist business. and we are In a posi-
tion to send them many visitors that
we are also a great wholesaIing COM
munity and want their trade-in fact,
we want reciprocity.
ION their part. they expressed the
desire to form a closer commercial
and social connection with Los An
geles
Speaking to an Examiner reporter
November 20, President Mitchell pre-
dicted a big gain in trade relations
of the territory and Los Angeles. He
said:
We found the business element In
the islands most substantial. Busi-
ness Is being done everywhere on a
large scale, and products from every
country on earth can be found In tho
Hawaiian markets.
I'VE also found the merchants kind
ly disposed toward Los Angeles. There
will be no trouble in establishing
abundant markets in Hawaii for Los
Angeles products IL permanent steam
ship lines are put into operation.
when We lett the toidhuo Tire ChShc
population turned out to bid us fare
we'll Bands played. we were shower
ed with lefs. and all the civic organ
izations were on hand. II was ex-
pressive of the spirit with which the
Hawaiians invite Southern Califor-
MAS trade.
The hospitality of the Hawaiians.
found. almost equaled the Western
hospitality which has placed Angel
enos in the highest esteem through.
out the country The Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce will now work
to build up the tourist trade of Ha-
wall Reciprocity is our motto. Their
fruits and hardwoods will find a mar
ket here, and Los Angeles can dis
pose of all kinds of products in Ha-
wall"