The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-17
MITCHELL PLEASED
Vt BY ISLAND ALOHA

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
with q flying squadron Of high powered
boosters is in our midst. He's just
looking over the Islands and taking
in all the high lights of Hawaiian life.
He's going back to California as filed
with impressions as the fists of Ha-
waiian boy diving for nickels and
dimes. ".
President Mitchell is familiar with
most of the possibilities of publicity
but says he's free to confess that he
does not know anything about the
greatest place in the outskirts of the
United States where boosters bloom.
He was astonished yesterday when the
great key was placed in his hands and
freely admitted that nothing of the
kind had ever happened to him during
all his years of placing al. A" on
the map of the world.
Nevertheless, he was willing to talk
Of his mission to the Islands where all
things grow. TO a representative of
The Advertiser he cOnfded that the
voyage half across the Pacific was
largely for pleasure with just a small
portion Of the time devoted to the
business of boosting. He said:
"We have come TO Honolulu and the
Hawaiian Islands to learn just how
Los Angeles and Honolulu can best
cooperate. The port of Los Angeles
and Honolulu should have closer in
terests. Their interests are common
and the sooner that it is so understood
the sooner will the two places be able
to help each other. .-' F..~
1--WE are not here with any purpose
to try to exploit the Islands. We do
not need to boost Los Angeles. The
great southern city has gained for il.
self a place in the world that cannot
be assaulted. But we felt that the two
sem-trOpic cities have much in com
mon and we are here to develop q
closer sentiment of fellowship. The
Islands are wonderfully attractive and
We want our people to know about
them. The traffic of the Great North.
orn, the real palace of the Pacific, is
the present means of bringing the two
cities closer together.
CIV" have a market for all your
products. We can sell your sugar,
your Pineapplcs, your hardwood and
all the various products of your Islands
from our markets which serve the
great southwest of the United States.
Others Are Coming Here
Many of our people on this voyage
will Irmnin for weeks, and it is our in
tention to send other parties from Los
Angeles to your shores.
"Thr Great Northern will ply be
tween our harbor, which has been pre-
pared TO take care Of the greatest yes
srls Of the world, and Honolulu, dur
ing the winter. This ship-pmOTe than
anything else will be- the means of
bringing us closer together. The peo-
pie of Southern California will by this
means have an opportunity of learn
ing just what the Hawaiian Islands
have to offer to the traveller from the
Eoast in the line of entertainments and
instruction.
"We have not before had an oppor.
tunity to be brought in direct touch
with the Islands. The people of South.
ern California, people who represent
all clements of the United States, win
feel that they are neighbors Of the
| great Islands of the Pacific. Our eli
mate is similar, our crops, outside of
sugar, are not unlike the varied and
all-year-round crops Hawaiian, we
have similar interests, and altogether
thcr" is bond of sympathy between
the Hawaiian Islands and southern isl.
ands not to be found in any other
plac" in the world.
Honolulu and the Hawaiia ian Isl
ands ar" the key to the Pacific Ocean.
VncI" Sam will guard them with jeal-
Gus care. They are the OutpOsts of the
Stars and Stripes and we feel that on
them dovolves the patriotic sentiment
Of the early fathers who have made
the union the greatest republic of his
tory
eve want to feel that this, too, is
America. the land which welcomes the
best sentiment of the world, and Cali
form believes that If it can clasp the
h"u Of Hawaii in the fellowship of
the United states, can realize that the
wcs'"rnmopt Territory is welded to the
id"nls Of the republic, this trip will
ONLY confirm the sentiments that the
ueo"Ir Of the golden State hold for the
hos stable people of the hOspitable Isl
End, that have welcomed with generous
arms the people Of the world."