The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-25
Chamber Of Commerce Declines
To Appropriate $33,58o In
Face Of $672o Surplus
THIS AMOUNT
SHOULD BE DEDUCTED
Publicity Workers Do Not Like
Idea and Then Merchants
Defeat Estimate

The report Of the finance committee
Of the chamber of commerce, appro.
priating SO, 1880 for the promotion com.
mittee for the coming year, was not
adopted at the special meeting held for
the purpose of passing on the report
yesterday afternoon and the meeting
was declared adjourned by the chair.
There seemed TO be great differ
ence Of opinion between the promotion
committee men and the members OF
the finance committee of the chamber
which posses on the expenditures Of
the promotion committee. The report
Of the committee was to the effect that
$33,5SO. the amount specified in the
budget made up for the year by the
promotion committee, should include in
the sum made available for expenditure
under the budget, the savings of the
past year which amounted to 5000.
The promotion men wanted the amount
of the budget, plus the saving, which
would mean that there would be nearly
$4,000 available for the committee.
The saving, however, was to be handled
by the chamber as fund for the foun.
dation of n greater amount to be used
for the purpose of making an advertfs-
ing campaign in the magazines. The
sum needed for this was stated to be
all the way. from $751; 900 to $l5O,0O0.
Cannot Appropriate Surplus
E.Faxon Bishop, spokesInRn for the
finance committee, was of tine opinion
that the sum saved from last year =
allotment by the promotion committee
should be turned into the Golfers Of the
chamber for thc use in the work Of
that body. This raised storm of pro-
test from the promotion men, who sta.
ted that the money did not belong to
the chamber hut had been raised by
subscription to the promotion commit.
tee and by. donations for promotion pur
poses from the Territory and the city.
The money was being held in trust for
those donating il and il could not he
diverted to- any use other than for pro.
melton work. ~ 4, -
Chairman H. A. Berhdt said that
when the promotion committee had met
with the finance committee there evi,
IDENTITY had not been definite under.
standing as to the balance saved from
the previous year 5 money. Bishop re-
torted that the committee had asked
the members Of the finance committee
for certain sum and that the sum hal
been voted for promotion Now the
promotion men wanted the amount thew
had asked for, plus saving which they
had not asked for.
On a vote being called for to accept
the report of the finance committed Il
was turned down on a vote of six for
aud fifteen against The acceptance of
the report being lost the chairman de.
clared thetmeeting to be adjourned.
Secretary Taylor's Attitude
What effect this will have ION the
work of the, promotion committee re-
mains to be seen. There is a great deal
of literature which must be gotten ont
for circulation very soon if l. is to d.,
the work expected of it. Secretary A.
p. Taylor said that during the early.
part of this year it was planned to dis.
tribute $4,000 separate pieces Of liter.
ature. This would cost several thous-
and dollars just for the printing alone.
The work of advertising in magazines,
which is the plan of the Promotion
committee as soon as there is sufficient
money available for the purpose. il
something which should have the an.
proyal OF the chamber and it would be
asked TO make provision for the cam.
palgn when there was money available.
p The money saved last year had been
on account Of the great amour, of pub
hcity had through the Hawaii exhibit
at the San Francisco fair and literature
sent out from the Hawaiian headauar-
ters had been paid for out of the terri
torial appropriation, In this way the