The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-31

~ the -A-Lc=- h- Cos - WDrE. ana presents 3
budget, which = -ay the least. i an insult 70 the
people L II not a matter Of establishment that.
with q public debt Of Sl2S. 900, and a proposal
70 borrow about $4,000, q person occupying the
high and honorable position OF Minister Of the
Exchequer, should have the c~oolness to ask for
an increas= Of one half (frgm $4,000 10 S6,OO0)
in his own salary and also in those Of the other
Minister'S t. wha: state are we coming, when
q Minister Of Finance can offer such an insult 20
the good sense Of the nation? May not we ap-
ply % himself the words which he thrust at our
merchants and residents a year or mora ago
in the House u Nobles 1t those urh9 are IN
1rIbsag 10 summit 10 It," THE present salary. J
'mGse thar arrangements for departure ar The ear
hest oonre1ienoe. Thy can reH Be spared. and n
* Prola52e that thar PLACES r-H soon h supplied
nth 5eftT Jqea.'
i il probable that he viii find it more conve-
nisnt 10 keep his expenditure within the anrici-
pated income Of 1000 which he demands, than
he has within his $4,000, OF than he did within
the $500 paid him by the United States. Then
we may justly expect that, having obtained
$1,000 this year. $500 may be required Of the
next legislature, and since we know that not 70
Be sufficient for maintenance, then 50 200 may
b given by q special legislature which should be
called 70 meet the emergency. Not only does he
need $4,000 for himself. but his clerk the Regis
trar Of Public Accounts needs $500. though he
was very glad 70 take she place for 3, ZOO, at a
time when all were more prosperous and en-
plOyInent more abundant than at present. Now
he needs an assistant 70 help him keep the record
Of the disbursement Of $500, 900, which assistant
must be paid $3.50. Have they any friend in
view for this new place? If it is not already
promised, IL would be well 70 hire an extra clerk.
u register the names Of applicants for it. IL viii
be sen that our Financier requires for himself
the salary Of a head Of a Department at Wash
ingtOn yet we think that We may assume. al
though We do so efficiently, that his duties are
less arduOus-his place less precarious. and his
responsibility less OnerOus, whilst il has generally
heen believed that the city in which our Minister
lives, Is less expensive for one in public station,
aud the government he serves less able 10 pay.
By the budget, it Will require 1925 for sala-
ries as above, to disburse $500, 600 lin round
numbers.) Yet how many men in this kingdom.
would be thankful 70 do the work for -. 900.
and furnish the best Of bonds for their fidelity?
How many men in Honolulu, work early and
late, at more varied and more complicated ac-
counts, not IN the quiet Of an Office, but turning
70 this. that, and another person, TO answer ques-
tons, handling more money than passes through
the Public Treasury, for less than $1,000 per
year, and without u clerk 70 assist them at an ad-
ditional salary Of $1,000.
In addition TO this expenditure for disburse-
it Is 10 cost over so. 900 70 collect from
the Customs Sl39, 600, always provided they get
that amount; but the e5peuse Of collecting is
sure, though the Minister (see Iage - does
slightly distrust whether his receipts from Gus
toms will equal his estimates. II is necessary
for these luxurious gentlemen, that every one
about them, should wear a pleased and contented
look. Hence, although they coon0mi1o On the
SH1dH salaries Of q few who do not come in con-
tact with themselves. the Custom House Store
keeper, who entered cheerfully on the discharge
Of his duties for $1,000, must now be paid $500.
And that he may have more time to look after
his drays, in which business ne is an Industrious.
energetic and useful citizen. and sets a commend
able example to the community, he is TO have an
assistant StOr .eeper at $500. We would re-
commend that the Minister advertise for a faithful
and industrious man, at So 90 per working dav,
calling a working day from 9 a. VI. TO i p. NJ,
no deduction fer rain or accidents and we think
that the number Of applications will e~nlighten
him, with regard to the financial condition Of
the country. And his business apprehension will
be somewhat sharpened when he sees with what
the present incumbent will hold on,
even at q reduced salary. He will find that
ne is the best kind Of Financier, and that he
would not be 90 unwise a. To give up a place
hat yields him $1,000, and gives him a mo-
Of carting all the goods, which are 10
received into, or delivered from the Govern
nent Store House.
We are told on page 9Th Of the Ministers re-
,ort, that but little increase TO the Revenue is to
,e expected from imports, which we take TO be a
Instinct admission, that there will be less import
.tiOn. Yet the Custom House guard is 10 have
5000, though he sought the place at $1,000, and
10 have an assistant TO watch these fewer ships
1t a charge Of $l700. Tie Deputy Collector
a new oficer) is to have $500 instead Of $1,000,
Or his fewer entries. And to have two clerks 70
.elp him, at $500 and $1,000 per annum,-an
ggregate additional charge upon the Treasury,
S27O0.
We presume that is on the same principal of
aving pleasant faces about them, that the t
'hief Justice, now in receipt Of $1,000 Is ad-
anced a thousand dollars, DE it remembered, :
hat the salary Of a judge Of the Supreme Court |
Y the Constitution, can never be reduced.) We =
re strengthened in this idea. by Observing that e
he laborious Associate Justice has none Of the
eneft Of the golden stream. which in the excited l
Imagination Of the Minister, is TO flow in upon 4,
is friends. with a current 50 strong and full. +
10 not the interests of an absentee need looking b
a
The receipts from the new internal taxes,
(see page 81 Sl5.6S9 I3. We draw the t
lference that these taxes were not proposed and b
I'D for the Public benefit. but for the benefit of C
he gentlemen Mt the Government House. since y
use up the sum Of Sl2. 800 in the increase
f their salaries, saying nothing of 5000 con-