The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-19
Prominent Business Men Hear
Ambitious Plan For Fair
Here In 1918
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO LOOK INTO SCHEME
Object Is TO Bring Countries Dor.
dering Upon Great Ocean
= To Honolulu
(From Tuesday AdvertiscrI

JIM Aa2M A. n - a .
] ior great Mlu-faciflc' expo
s,'ioh 70 oe heid IN Honolulu during
'ne So'i U.s. pegah 70 take concrete
shape Yesterday when Alexander Hume
Ford laid his suggestions before a
Marty ~ nrornire, ~ b,,s;na.. "a -
toss;a.oIt - n. ~. -.
I - - tno wy ~ iuncheon
I gwen IN the university Club by the
Pan PHeifc Club. The idea received
| the approyal Of most of thosa orove,nt
but II WAS decided 10 nraeaad ya,y
4 carefully. a cons;der ali Pastures ~
I the plan And To a1bmit thaS 'yyboIe
/ scheme 10 the chambers az commerrs
land other commercial bodies IN ne
Island before TAKING anv forward
move. N y = " -
I. The committee anno;nted a. IN al.
yisory- BODY Y c6mpoaes INF n soms of ~
1 the most snbstantiai rms; me-, ~
1.-THE Territorv. The members arc wal.
!. ter T. DiiInoham. George Rodiak
Frank Atherton. Former Goyernor wal
! ter i. Frear. +. al Mott Smith fo,n,er
secretary az the Territory W. r Gas.
| tie and ]. r. Cooke. Mr. Ford Aas an.
/ nointed as ex,offic;o member az the
leommittee and requested n act, With
1 II in its deliberations.
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-. : :. :. 80 '.es.s''
| IN Driei, MT rora = plan-is 70 nave
sH eAnrpH OF INDUSTRIES ana products
from every state and country border
~ JpHn I - "oinc ocean nelu IN
Hawaii will be asked for support. and
the merchants associations, the boa rds
of trade and the chambers of commerce
Of every nationality wilLlhave the plan
submitted to il as soon as possible by
the committee, and asked to act upon
il immediately. It il estimated that
the cost of the exposition will he NOT
far from 81 900. 900 for Hawaii alone.
-L In laying his plans. before the men
\ present at the luncheon, Mr.. Ford said
4 In part 4 4r ~ fta So ~. Ia. s.sSs,&
q world opportunity for thee Is
I lands has arisen. We should prasp II
instantly. We are asking your assist.
aRee to take q step that will make good
to the world your widely advertised
boast that Hawaii is the Hub of the
Pacific. At one time or another every
nation bordering upon the Pacific has
kokuaed your assertion that here is the
center of things Pacific, the one logical
point where there should be maintained
a commercial congress from Pacific
Lands, and where in time should be
| established the great Pan Pacific com
mercial museum of the round the
ocean industries.
Time To Act Ia uara
IN - .,. 49,.
] NJ" 10 inc PSschoioglcal instant
io nowall 10 ae'' 10 peglh 10 garner
s 81 anT Lres. from the seen sne na :
s so" Doa ost y, IN. sne aceep'anee anI
n Won oaSoro - H.; Co. ooo 80
ton, aid and support. -.
4 Ford then sounded what might b
termed the "futurist" note of his talk.
He would not, he declared, have the
people Of Hawaii look backward for
their incentive for this exposition
which he plans, but rather to look for,
ward. He said:
"Let our present efforts then lead
to making this for all time the per.
manent Exposition city and free port
of the Pacific people. Let US. Of ell
nations in Hawaii join hands to move
forward and never again look back
Greater HawAii, the free port of the
racine our goal. The Pan-Paeihc FIX
position OF bills an excuse for the
oeglnmng OF tins new propaganda"
permaneney should be the ann an
puliuins the exposition city, ADDED the
speaker, ana ne announced thar several
aeres nave peeh secured us Japanese
pdrk, whlch Is 20 ne ABOUT "aikana'
n lulu iails ana one el,neI sac OF Nun Nn
anu sfeap' mere snouia De the site
apl tne eAPositlon, TOT JUST EWs or u
; arc 'wen'y aeres pi uhinproVcu ianu'
psai fpr parA purposes, .a.. ,
orientais Are Interested .. r
JAPANESE, Chinese and Koreans have
suggested, declared, Mr.. Ford that their
people should , construct exposition
buildings TO house the permanent ex.
hibits Of their respective nationaIities,
and the Filipinos and Russians here