Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-15

For 20 minutes recently the mem
beers and guests at the San Jose. Cal,
Chamber Of Commerce luncheon lis
tened 10 a rapid fire OF facts and fig.
ures bearing upon the subject OF
'Pan-Pacihc' union, aud the import
snCe Of a better understanding be-
tween the peoples OF the Pacific. The
speaker was Alexander II. Ford OF
Honolulu, who has been interested
Tor some time past in the Pan-Pacific
union as a means OF benefting and
bringing together the Pacific regions.
Mr.. Ford Tells Them
Mr.. Ford said in part:
Before you can successfully reach
out for PanPacifc trade, traffic and
tourists, you must first get into the
game yourselves and learn locally to
Pull together-and to work for each
other. You have a Central California
Tourist Association of which | believe
your San Jose Chamber of Commerce
is a member, a splendid starter, but
are you keeping it up to the mark,
alive and hustling? Are you support
ing il? ! believe in the Tourist Asso-
citation of Central California, believe
there should also be Trade and
Tourist Information Association for
all California, and a Pacific Coast
Trade and Tourist Information bureau
located in the main street OF every
large city in this country, and through
the Pan-Pacific union in the capitals
of every country of the Pacific that
we OF across and around the ocean
may begin to know more OF you here
and that you may become interested
in knowing US. Then will come in
terchange of visits, personal friend.
ships and strong trade relations. To-
day trade on the Pacific follows the
tourist; If il waited to follow our flag
We of America would be badly handi-
capped"
Movement In Hawaii
In Hawaii, at the crossroads Of the
great ocean," Mr.. Ford continued, I'VE
began 10 years ago, under the leader
ship OF the governor of our territory,
TO organize the Hands-around-the-Pa-
cific movement: soon governors and
premiers of other states fell in line,
the idea grew, expanded and around
the Pacific sprang up get-together
clubs of all Pacific races, and in many
OF our great cities they still meet
and mingle their ideas for local i'm
provement at weekly luncheons.
Rates From Australia
THE Pan-Pacific union induced the
Union Steamship Co. Of New zea.
land" Mr.. Ford explained, ito make
lower rates during six months from
Sydney to Honolulu, advertising
throughout Australasia our city as a
holiday tourist resort. The success
was so great that after the war it is
the intention of this company to- put
on a swift steamer for this service |
alone, as Honolulu at the crossroads
of the Pacific is now replacing Ceylon
in the Indian ocean as the holiday re.
sort of the Australasfans. These yes
sells will carry freight, and commerce |
will again follow the tourist"
Policy Of Boosting Neighbors
in Honolulu our Pan-Pacifc work |
ers have preached and practised the |
doctrine that you can best advertise
yourself by boosting your neighbors.
at will pay San Francisco and pay |
her well to induce her visitors to be.
come well acquainted with the sur |
rounding country. A number of our |
men who have grown wealthy in Ha- |
wall now have homes in the noun. |
tains not far from San Francisco bay, |
and they invite others. Why the re-
gion about San Francisco bay should |
not become as well-known as the re-
gion about Los Angeles cannot un- |
derstand, unless in the past there has