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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, April 01, 1904, Image 2

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FRIDAY AJTRIL 1 1904
A 1HDRST0H 6RM1
President Thurston of the Board of
Agriculture and Forestry has present
ed a statement showing that 3139G
will bo required to run his department
Without wasting ink on detailB we
Vi
i vould like to ask Whero is all this
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money going to Surely the country
has not In the past received any ben
oflt from it and there are no indications
that it will in the future Tho money
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will servo keep a few fakirs com-
nionly designated as specialists off
the vagrancy ltet and may afford somo
perquisites here and there to mission
ary friends of Mr Thufston who may
r have some Ideas or other thing to
palmioffon a credulous people
As a matter of fact this Territory
hns about as much use for a Board of
Agriculture and Forestry as a cow has
-for a second tail In tho post when
nthero -was somo Incentivo for
rronts in now industries and money
witli which to pay for tho same tho
agricultural board got along handily
with a commissioner and secretary and
combined that work with tho more ex-
factingutles of the labor business To-
rdpy with far less work and
jjillty tho Board Is swelled out Into
an establishment big enough to fill tho
requirements of California or oven
New York and its rouUno expenses
foot up tho enormous total abovo
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Most of tho work properly bolbnglng
rlcd on by thtf Planters Association
and tho remalndor Is efficiently looked
niter by tho experimental station of
tho United States All of the routlno
work of tho Board such as caring for
parks and looking after tho Govern
ment nursery and forests properly bo
long to tho Public Works ofllco and
should bo looked after by that depart
ment at comparatively small cost Tho
one and only good thing that has como
out of tho Donrd sinco Us establish
ment on now lines Is tho pamphlet on
agriculture and forestry Issued month
ly by W M Qltfard one of tho mom
bers This pamphlet Is Interesting
and frequently contains matter of real
value Tho only other things tho
Board has accomplished has been to
admit L A Thurston against Into tho
official pie and to confer upon him tho
prlvilego of dispensing a little public
pap to his1 friends Outside of that It
has been as a rat holo down which a
largo amount of the pcoplos money is
being constantly poured
No Law For The Position
James Lawrenco Holt Assessor tho
othor day so we aro Informed ad
dressed a letter to Treasurer Kopoi
kai in which was enclosed a highly
engrossed commission signed by him
self for ono A W Neeley appointing
him as Chief Deputy Assessor In
the letter he recommended tho ap
polntraentbecauso Neeley had been ex
onerated by tho grand Jury of any pre
vious attempt to commit any offense
backed up by tho Republican Execu
tive Committee High Sheriff Brown
Deputy Attorney General Peters and
Collector Stackable all fraternal
brothers they and asked for the
Treasurers approval of ono in whom
he has implicit confidence being ono
familiar with tho routine work of tho
ofllce Furthermore ho says that ho
can immediately tako up the Court
work and otherwise assume the re
sponsibility of tho office during his in
ability or absence because ho has in
him tho utmost confidence In has
capability and trustworthiness Good
for Jimmy But Treasurer Kepolkai
answered him that the law did not
create such a position and returned
tho enclosed commission unapproved
Too bad for Neeley who has lost tho
chance of his life Poor Jimmy ho
fallod to create a position for a haolo
friend of his becauso ho could not find
to a Board of Agriculture Is now car 1 that Bergers cry of wolf Instantly
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started a wavo of popular indignation j
Prominent men who heard it stated I
that if tho band was cut out they would
not contribute a cent to any exhibit at
St Louis nor for any other public pur
pose again while one man went so far
an to dcclaro that ho would lcavo tho
country if tho only regular entertain
ment in Hawaii was to bo cut out
There is but ono thing for the Legis
lature to do and that is to contlnuo tho
band Popular sentiment is unanimous
In favor of it There is probably not
one person on tho beach with an idcu
different from that and it will not pay
tho Legislature nor tho Governor to
buck tho people nt tills time Let the
military and a score of other loss use
tul Institutions go but save tho band
As To Jurors Fees
Cutting out tho fees paid to Jurors
and requiring citizens to servo in crim
inal cases free of charge 1b a schemo
that has Us advantages and disadvant
ages It is an advantago inasmuch as a
considerable sum of monoy Is saved
by it to tho treasury Tho disadvant
age is that In an expenslvo commun
ity like this few men can afford tho
time required to bo given Jn the servlco
of tho courts without somo remunera
tion It would bo hard if not impos
sible to compel men with families and
with business responsibilities that
would suffer to attend Jury trials and
the difficulty or securing Juries would
be greatly lucreased This increase
would also mean an Increase in the ox
penso of prosecutions and might result
In a cost to tho Territory almost equal
to the present cost and tho Introduc
tion of a system that would havo other
disadvantages It Is noxt to Imposslblo
to base tho Islands schemo upon that
of the States or any State owing to
many differences In conditions here
As a prlnciplo Judge Robinsons ideas
aro within a lino of legitimate econ
omy but in practice the enforcement
of Ihose Ideas would bo nltonded by
difficulties that might outweigh tho ex
penso of jury fees
Is It a Political Dodge
Probably the Idea of maintaining tho
militia emanates from our strenuous
Republican politicians yho seo In
tho military organizations their
ono Hawaiian under him In whom ho only chanco to keep up appearances
could reposo the utmost confidence
Cant tho Assessor deputize any of his
doputles to nssumo responsibility dur
ing his Inability or absence Wo
think ho can without tho creation of a
position unknown In and to the law
States 01 m Band
Wo understand that Captain Berger
told tho band boys at tho Moana hotel
last ovenlng that this would bo tholr
last day in public employ as musi
cians but learn today that Governor
Carter has decided to continue the
band nnd pass tho responsibility for
Its futuro up to tho Legislature Tho
Incident is interesting for tho reason
But why maintain such an institution
at a great cost to tho taxpayers Do
tho peoplo wish to seo a ropetltlon at
tho noxt campaign about October or
November of say D00 men In lino
with red shirts and whlto pnntB all
militiamen marching in procession
some blowing flaming flambeaus and
others carrying blazing korosono oil
torcheB all underlie watchful oyes of
tho respectlvo company officers also
garbed in tho samo fashion as the men
under each of their commands Wo
say nay nay Lets got rid of thotn
by tho incoming Legislature doing
away with tho appropriations Wlion
tho peoplo strike it should bo dono
good hard and otrpng and lot It bo
also well dono not half done
Pay Poor Laborera First
Certainly It Is a mighty hnrd propo
sition for tho Government to havo to
pay Us officials and omployocB with
i warrants which may bo registered
nnd then discounted For thoso work
ing uudor specific salary appropria
tions It Is not so bad but it is a much
harder ono for tho poor nnd undorpald
employees and laborers to Btnnd n
shavo As they depend on what they
oarn to pay for their living the caBo is
sorlous as far as It goes Wo under
stand that tho Treasury has enough
monoy to meet all tho laborers war
ranis nnd that Trcasuror Kopolkal was
ready and willing to help them out
but that tho Governor intorposcd a
moat decisive objection holding that
all should bo treated alike not making
flesh of one and fowl of another Tho
Governor may bo right in the position
ho holds but is It Just to tho poor fol
lows who labor hard to earn a moro
pittance
Good Shot Governor
It Is roportcd that recently Capt
Johnson was taken to task by tho
Governor Ho was plainly told in
good plain English that the road de
partment was not a military Institu
tion nor a political organization All
citizens were to bo treated alike
whether Republicans or Homo Rulers
and whethor they Join Company F or
not they wcro all citizens and entitled
them to the samo treatment In being
given work on tho roads If this scath
ing rebuke Is true then wo say Good
for tho Governor Go It Sic cm
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