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THE MAUI NEWS
SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1907
Governor's Message
To Legislature.
'Ua hnna niixi ke Akua i n lahui
knniika a puu iki' koko ' 'kahi.r no
tin like likkmi in : ka honini noi ine ke
kuikulii, a mo ka pom:iikii. These
were the first word used by Kaul
koaouli, the absolute Monarch of Ha
wail, in proclaiming tin- first con
stitulion, In which he surrendered
voluntu ily his unquestioned power
to the people forever.
"God lias miide ono )lood r 11
nations of men to dwell on oarlh in
unity and blessedness." These words
of wisdom from Kamehamcha III
reached every portion of Hawaii.
They have becu for sixty seven years
resounding.teverberating from i.vlaud
to island, from mountain to mountain,
and from valley to valley. They quicki
ly permeated this community; they
found an echo in every true Hawriian
heart, and have sinco marked the
actions of the people oi these Hawaii
an Islands. They are as potent to
day as on that 8th of October, 1840,
when first pronuneod as a precept
for the guidance of Hawaii and, the
Hawaiians.
Now, while race prejudice, the
differences of race, are perplexing
Ihe statesmen of every country, here
in the middle of the Pacific, in a com
munity governed by the Occident but
peopled by the Orient, let us tak up
thewords of Kauikeaouli and ring
out to the world around us. Let a
new impulse, witli ever widening
circles, bear them forth, announcing
that we in Hawaii, so far as lies in
onr power, intend to act with peace
and good will toward all, and to wel
come to our shores the peoplo of
every nation who, like us, desire to
dwell on earth in uni'y and b --si cd
ncss.
Let this be know to our f.llow
citizens on the Mainland, many of
whom think that the light of civili
zation Grst appeared on these Islands
when the Stars and Stripes were
unfurled in 18138. Let it be known,
so that statesmen and those In high
authority may better understand why
it is that in these small Islands, with
so many nationalities; there is little
or no friction. Let the ' world see
that others have yet to comprehend
the import, the meaning of that which
was understood by an Hawaiian King
more than two generations rgo.
Hawaii is steadily gaining a re
putation abroad for quiet progress,
Her citizens aro showing a capacity
for self-control, for moderation, and
a respect for law and order, essential
in every self governing community.
During the last two years this Ter
ritory has given no cause for anexiety
to the sovereign States which com
pose our Union.
In all this we can take pride and
express our confidence that you will
maintain this record; that your de
liberations will be marked by respect
for the opinion of others; by a lack of
sensational incidents, and by a mod
eration which will continue to win
for all of us here in Hawaii the re
gard and respect of the world.
IMMIGRATION.
The Territorial Board of Immi
gration, with the approval of the
Territorial officials and in accordance
with the Federal Administration's
policy, has succeeded in bringing the
first shipload of European immi
grants under its auspices to this
Territory. A report of this trans
action, including the expenses incur
red and a statement of those who
subscribed to the fund, must, under
the terms of the Immigration Act,
v be made to you.
The wisdom or such a policy is so
apparent that it cannot bo question
cd. It has been suggested that the
Territory cannot do better than to
provide by increased taxation a sum
of f250,0UO.O0 a year to be expended
in increasing our population; that
local prosperity would bo stimulated
iu a marked degree by the continual
addition of large numbers to our
community; and further, that it
lot sound to leave tins important
matter to voluntary- siil.i8cripiiu.iSf
for the influence of those most i.i need
oflabor should never be paramount
to that of the Territory.
In the practical working nut of
this important problem, tinder the
provisions of Act 40 of the Session
Laws of 1005, there has been found
a need for a Territorial Commissioner
of Immigration, who can give hi
whole time to the work and make
public reports on the subject of im
iiilgratiou and tho conditions affect
ing labor. Those sections of the Act
- which provide for tbo pay of the
Superintendent of Immigration
should be repealed and a new sect oh
be added which would provide for the
appointment and out lino the duties
of such ii Commissioner. W I i 1 . the
erviees of such n man could, if He
in1, lie paid on', of the funis i- .l!.-- t
d nv th 1't-ard of I miiiira t i n. ,!
believe you will agree with me 1 1 .it 1
is compensation should come from
tho revenues of the Territory, and
thus the office w ould in a sen-e. be
ldepei.dei.t of the various Sp'V'in!
interests deriving ben lit Iron the
uccessfil operation of the policy.
MILITIA.
The events ot the past two years
hould just ify the support of our local
miliii.i. Tho Lnhaina riot minht
asily have cost the tax p;: vers the
total amount required for a whole.
year's support of the Nation . I Guard,
had it not been for the prompt and
flicient work of the Maui Company.
Fourteen hundred men had Hst their
self cont rol, w ere attempting to take
the law into their own hands and
were destroying property of great
alue. The fact that there was a
military organization backed by the
mornl influence and power of t'.ie
wholo Government, was a potent
factor for cvder. Tho sum of $5,001)
00 a year is r, small one to pny for
the many advantages which the Ter-
itory gains "rom the work of the
men who hav- v h.'.itarily enrolled in
the ranks of the ' i.U.a service.
PRIMARY ELiVTON LAW.
The object of such a Vw h visually
to secure an expression from the
voters rather than from their dele
gates; to prevent the -i ter from im
fluonoing the action of more than cue
political party; to give the sen tiered
non-partisan voters equal opport
unity witti the organized parlies to
express their wishes.
It contemplates two election un
der control of tho officials of the
community: First, a vote in groups
or parties, in order to make a scloc
tion of nominees from each group;
second, a general vote on those thus
nominated, iu order to make a final
selection from them of the officials
desired.
If such a plan is to bo adopted in
Hawaii, the expenses of election
should Qrst be reduced, and then be
equitably pro rated between the
Territory and tho Counties in- pro
portion to the number of officials to
be elected for each.
SURVEY.
Jsome intelligent citizens have ex
pressed curiosity in regard to the
work of the Survey Department and
the necessity for the largo appro
priations fDr that office. Others,
impatient at any delay, seggest that
efficiency would be secured by furn
ishiig separate survey bureaus in
each of the dillerent Departments.
We might just as well supply each
Department with separate attorneys
and subject our community to the
results of their separate conclusions,
ofteu conflicting, with the resulting
inconsistency and increased litigation
that would also involve a greater ex
pense. The correct remedy is larger ap
propriations, with an increa.se of
competent men on tho office staff.
No greater error could bo committed
than to leave the delicate work- of
settling future boundaries to iude
pendent bureaus. It would cause
much duplication of work and great
confusion.
The Survey Department is calle!
upon for assistance, not only by all
branches of ?very Department, but
it furnishes considerable information
free to indivi'Kials thus fulfilling its
function as u public service, with
resulting ecominv and a minimum of
confusion to he community as a
whole.
This does not mean Mi. t our surve
yors never commit errors nor that
the Department is without imper
fections. But, by centralization, at
least errors can be reconciled and
system imposed with thu least pos
sible duplication of work, with
head office for the deposit of valuable
data in mass.
It is safe to say that any unpre
judiced committee investigating the
work of the Survey Office would re
port that it furnishes one of the best
examples of a wise expenditure of
the taxpayers' money.
Homesteads, town lots, remnants.
forest roserves, water source s, street
grades, road locations, school lots
all depend upon this Department for
the description in their title. The
extent and development of any land
policy is limited by tho work that
is possible to .accomplish iu the Sur
vey Department. Our Hoard of
Education is now looking to the Sur
vey Office for a description of every
school lot hi the Territory. Already
forty six have been surveyed. It is
a surprise and d disgrace to find that
thousands of dollars of public pro
pi'rty has been located on school lots
without first s curing adrq.ia'e lies
eriptioi-s of lh'-m. The present
S perinteinli nt of Public Instruction
found onlv an incomplete list of the
eal property under his Department
tin possession of the Hoarl of
Education.
No labile tract of land can be in
telligently handled bv the Commis
inner of Put lie Lands in the com
ino'i interest f f ail until he hart been
furnished with a detailed survey,
issifying the area as well as furn
ishing the boundaries. Tho Comis
sinner of Public Lands has for some
iinc insisted upon this course, and it
is satLfuctorv to note that the re
port to the President of a late Land
Commission for the United States of
America Insists that similar plan
hould be adopted by the Federal
Land Office.
Retrenchment in the appropria
tions for this office simply means the
curtailing of tho usefulness of almost
every other branch of our Govern
ment.
FINANCES.
The financial condition of the Ter
ritory has not been better during its
existence than at present.
The change in the mode of pay
rneut of trxes, nu king one-half of the
taxes on real property payable in
May, and the remainder in Novem
ber, tho former titno for the pay
ment of the whole, has prevented
large accumulations of m nicy lying
idle in tho Treasury, has reduced the
disturbance heretofore caused bv its
udden withdrawal from circulation,
and has increased tho cash on hand
in tho Territorial Treasury during
the months from Juno to November.
Care must be taken not to be mis.
led in your calculations by the large
amount available during tho past
year, for in Noven-ber, 11)05, there
went into the Treasury the usual
taxes, presumably furnishing the
cash for a year's operations. Iu May,
1900, due to the change provided by
Acts 87 and 80 of the Session Laws
of 1905, there went into the Treasury
all of the specific taxes for the year
and one half of the property and in
come taxes, the remaining one-half
being paid in November of that year.
In May of 1907, we will again have
all of the uecilic taxes and one-half
of the property and income taxes.
So ttat, taking the two years ending
Jui.e 30, 1907, there will have been
collected the equivalent of two and
one-half years property and income
taxes.
A SUGGESTION.
Those interested in an enterprise
for profit expect at. the close of cer
tain periods to enjoy the excess of
receipts over expenditures. This ex
cess is usually divided part paid out
in dividends, and part set aside into
accounts variously designated as
capital, reserve, surplus or undivided
profits. Che sum of these accounts
represents additional permanent im
provements or assets.
A government is uot run lor pro
fit. Its isocounts do not distinguish
between operating expenses and per
manent improvements. This gives
to certain taxpayers tho idea that,
no matter how much thev may con
tribute, all is found to be absorbed in
salaries and expenses. They do not
give credit for the additional im
provements or assets, as they are
uot accounted for seperately.
This method of Government ac
counting is defective iu that It does
not encourage saving in operating
expenses, which iu private enter
prises is stimulated by a comparison
with previous results. Often an uu
expended balance in an appropria
tion, which is purely for operating
expenses, is taken by the Legisla
ture to mean that the limit set was
evidently too high, and the succeed
ing appropriation is made corres
ponding'y smaller. One such ex
perience inclines those who operate
your Departments to extravagance
at tha close of the period, in order
that it might not be baid that they
had beeu alotted too largo an amount
Thus the public generally lias no
ocular demonstration of the results
of economy, and you will legislate
wisely if you aim to encourage saving
wherever it may bo found.
Duo to public economy from many
sources throughout tho Ten itory
the preseut period will c'ooO on June
mi, lfu, witu a surplus an excess
of amounts coutribnteei by the tax
payers over the above tho disburse
meuts for operating expenses and
additional improvements.
Therefore, I urge you to adopt, a
new method in its treatment, lo
follow the custom of the nust. this
balance would be simply carried for
ward and sunk into ttie next period.
Hut 1 recommend that it be applied
bvu special Hill for specific perma
nent tut t rovrnients, thus rewarding
momv and giving an obj"Ct tesson
o all, permitting individuals to point
nut t hose specific, improvements as
gained by the results of ecoliomy.
Ties plan does not mean that the
Government would hereafter distin
tui-h between operating e; pensrs
and improvements; for txith will be
found iu the usual Hills foi the com
ing period, but it will give, in a meas
ure, the appearance of a dividend,
and will illustrate that, whoever pro
tects Government property or pre
vents waste contributes to some
tangible, definite gain, and that the"
excess contributed by tho taxpayers
for any period is thus put to good
use.
The following calculations will give
the balance that should -be available
for this purpose:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Cash balance on hand,
Juno 30, 1900 Out
standing warrants. ..$ 72,227 9G
Amounts due the Coun
ties 90,259 19
$ 333,331 37
168,487 15
balance available July 1,
1900, for present year 100,844 22
leceipts for the present
year, 6 months collect
e.i and G months esti
mated, less land sales $2,473, 182 03
Less amounts due tho
Counties, including
road tax 92G.125 81
1,547,050 22
Total amount available
for present year $1,713,91)0 44
Total unexpended Terri-'
torial ballances, as
shown by Auditor's
statetr.ent.July 1, 190G$1,552,11G 50
Of this it is estimated
that there will be un
expended 110,000 00
Net amount of Terri
torial expenditures for
this year $1,4 12,110 50
In addition to the fore
going, allowances must
be mado as follows:
Ex penses of present ses
sion of the Legislature
Additional appropria
tions to make up de
ficiencies Claims other than those
of the present period
(unpaid l.ilis) 91,000 00
Total disbursements for
the present year $1,533,110 50
Thus you can safely estimate, as
the period is near its close, that the
following condition will exist:
Total available for tho
present period $1,713,900 44
Disbursements to bo
made 1,533,110 50
Leaving a surplus $ 130,783 94
If you, therefore, approve of the
suggestion, I ofTer the following itenwj
for a Permanent Improvement Hill,
appropriating the given sums,
amounting to $180,750.00, out of any
moneys in tho Treasury carried for
ward as a balance or surplus on July
1,' 1907, from the previous fiscal
period:
Construction of Ico and Cold
Storage Plant, Molokai. . .$ 2,750
New Buildings at Molokai. .. 8,500
Purchase of additional land
for Waialae Industrial
School . 5,000
New School Buildings, Ha
waii 43,500
New School Buildings, Maui. 33,500
New School Buldings, Kauai 12,000
.New High School. Honolulu.' 75,000
$180,750
NEW PERIOD.
It is certain that, with a liltlu for
bearance uu the part of the public,
you can provide for all necessary ex
penses aud meet a reasonable de
mand for improvements out of the
present revenues, and this without
increasing our present debt, which
is $3,722,000.00. The total receipts
from all sources for the coming two
years will represent $33.28 from
every one of our 135,000 people.
This is a large contribution more
than most communities subniitto.aud
it is ample.
If youi. session of tho Legislative
branch of the Government can give
an exlnoit ion o; ea pur ry ii pro me
limits to di-bursom.-r.ts within a
reasonable estimate of revenue-,
there need be no return to the days
of registered warrants of tem
porary borrowing from th se who
supply th? community with material
or labor.
FINANCIAL HU DGET.
The estimated receipts, as furnish
ed by the Treasurer, for the 24
months beginning July 1, 1907, will
( $5,158,500 00. For your conveni
ence they have been segregated as
follow:,
ESIINATED e'L'HHKNT RFc'KI lT, TEH
HIT IKV OF HAW AII, FOR THF, IIIEN
NIA'. PERIOD HKClINNINd .It'I.V 1,
1907, AND KNIHNU JULY 30, 1909.
Department of Finance:
Liquor Licenses SS 200,000 00
All other Licenses 110,000 00
Revenue Stamps 00,000 00
Cjrporatbns 19,000 00
Co partnerships, etc. . . 1,000 00
Liquor Seal 13,500 00
Inheritance Tax 20,000 00
Insurance Taxes, Li
censes and Fees 37.500 00
Bureauof Conveyances. 20,500 00
Bureau of Taxes 3,010,000 00
14,127,500 00
Department of Internal Improve
ments.
Public Works Office .... $ 150,000 00
Harbors 130,000 00
Watei" Works, all the
Islands : 270,000 00
Powder Storage, all Is
lands 3,000 00
Kerosene Storage, all
Islands 9.000 00
$ 502,000 00
Department of Justice:
Fines, Penalties and
Costs $
Support of County Pri
soners Land Registration Court
Support of Federal Pri
soners 95,000 00
8,500 00
3.500 00
11,500 00
$ 113,500 00
Land Department, Land
Revenue
Department of Eduea
tion
Hoard of Health
Hureau of Survey
Bureau of Agriculture
and Forestry
Miscellaneous Realiza
tions 250,000 00
11,500 00
73,000 00
1,000 00
500 00
12.500 00
Total f 5,158,500 00
The total appropriations which I
am willing to suggest for the Salary
and Current Expense Hills' provide
for the following disbursements.
ESTIMATED CURRENT EXPENDITURES
FOR THE 11IESSIAL PERIOD FRO.M
JULY 1, 1907, TO JUNE 30, 1909.
Department of Education:
Public Instruction $ 933,195 00
Department ot Finance:
Treasury $ 353,480 00
Hureau of Taxes 140,200 00
Hureau of Conveyances . . 27,800 00
$51,540 00
Department of Internal Improve
meuts:
Superintendent of Public
Works $ 270,180 00
Bureau of Water Works 150,348 00
Public Grounds 13,080 00
Board of Agriculture
and Forestry 80.290 00
$520,198 00
Department of Public Health:
Hoard eif Health 513,700 00
Department of Police:
High Sheriff 183,440 00
Department of Justice:
Judiciary 180,020 00
Department of the Executive;
Secretary ot Hawaii... $ 29,900 00
Expenses of Elections... 13,000 00
Preservation of Archives 5,000 00
National Guard 10,000 00
Support of Public Library 10,000 00
Support of Hospitals . . . 55,901) 00
$123,800 00
09,880 00
51,000 00
Department of Surveys.
Department of the At
torney General
Department of Public
Lands
Department of Auditing
Permanent Settlements
Land Registration
Court
30,810 00
22,ii00 00
17,400 00
12,000 00
Total $3,15)8,433 00
if the appropriations finally passed
do not exceed tho forgoing total, our
financial position will be somewhat as
follows:
RECEIPTS.
Estimated total Re
ceipts $3,158,500 00
f
Hi -.ICll. l.M E.NTS
Estimated Road Taxes,
lo Counties $
E-'timated one-hai.' of u!l
other Taxes to Coun
! 10,000 00
ties
Total of Appropriation
lii'.is
Co.t of Legislative Ses
sion, 1909
1,700,000 00
3,198,433 00
20,000 00
Total Disbursements $5,138,433 00
Permit m. to r -peat ihe requests
made en former occasions:
First. That you realize no expen
diture t.eyond the estimated revenue.
It is useless to pass appropriations
without supplying the necessary
funds with which to carry them out.
Set .-:id. That you refer all finan
cial matter? to a single committee
so tV.a t questif ns relating to either
revenue or expendituro can be in
telligently considered and the latter
kept within the former.
1 1 must be borne in mind that al
revenue of any Government is collect
ed from its people, and in a represen
tative government this can be en
larged cr decreased at the pleasure
of the people's representatives. You
gentlemen are chosen by this com
munity to act for them in these mat
ters. You alone must weigh tie
importancs of the various demands
on the public nuitse aud conclude
whether or not they warrant an in
creased burden on the community.
Your work will not bear the stamp
of public approval if you tax the few
for the benefit of tho many or the
many for the benefit of the few, and
you will prove unworthy of the high
trust imposed upon you if you legalize
outgo greater than income.
EDUCATION.
No work is of greater importance
to Hawaii than liiat done by her four
hundred and thirty or more teachers
in their daily contact with tho sixteen
thousand six hundred and fifty-one
pupils found in our public schools.
In the great retrenchment of 1904,
made in order to permit the income
of the Territory to overtake past
expenditures, all other Departments
were able to meet the reduction by
diminishing the number of their
salaried officials or cutting out par
ticular lines of work. And though
the percentage of reduction was con
siderably less with tho Department
of Education than any other, yet it
was more deeply felt- for the reason
that no school could bo abondoued
or the number of its teachers be re
ducad. Thus the reductiou had to bo
accomplished principally in theitem
of teachers' salaries.
Now that our finances have again
become normal, it will be a source of
satisfaction to all for you to provide
out of the increased revenues:
First. A return to the normal
schedule of pay for teachers;
Second. In appreciation of the
uncojiplaiuing manner in which the
cut was accepted three years ago
and the faithful work which lias since
beeu universally maintained, the pas
sage ot an Act establishing a fund
tor the pensioning of te achers deserv
ing of retireiiicnf-on pay from our
Government schools.
This latter question has been dis
cussed tune ami again, but nD way
cou'd be found to overcome the many
ditlicjlties. The danger of having
such an Act repealed, aud thereby
causing disappointment, has prevent
ed its serious coiisieleration. Not
withstanding the difficulties of the
situation, the Present Superinten
dent of Public Instruction has sent
abroad for all possible information on
this question and, after a compre
hensive study, lias pointed out a
method by which the most serious
objections can be overcome, As the
proposed plan does not require the
immediate OLtlay of a large appro
priation, it liTvs my unqualified ap
proval. HIGH SCHOOL. '
Iu the favorable exchange lately
consummated by the Commissioner of
Public Lands, the Territory has
acqmred title to the Macrteus pro
perty, on BereUuk. street, facing
Thomas Square, which, with your
sanction and approval, will be turned
over to the Hoard of Education as a
splendid site for a new High School.
Tho present Institution of that
nature on Emma street is entirely
inadequate to meet the present de
mands, there being uow souio seven
hundred and sixty children in atten
dance, said now mire than one huu
deed and twenty five children have
becu turned away owing to lack of
aeconimndations. It is, therefore,
necessary to pi-ovule a r.ew High
School building and convert tho pre
scut one into a Grammar school as
