The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-09-02

from the hon. member of the financial
situation OF the country. AS Minister
! of Finance | am entirely unaware that
| the country is on the verge of bank
ruptcv. | am glad to hear the senti-
ments of the hon. member on the SUBJ
iect of subsidies to private enterprises.
! [ hope no change will come over the
! shirt of his dream when the subsidy to
! the Hilo-Hamakua telephone comes up.
| The gloomy anticipations of the hon.
member exist entirely in his own imag-
| nation The country is more prosper
GUS than at any time since have been
| in it and that is some little time l hope
the House will pass this section. l would
much rather subsidize railways than
steamship lines because the former
spend everything in the country.
Rep. Rickard-I did not intend to
speak any more but wish to correct His
Excellency in one point, as to the coun-
try being on the verge of bankruptcy.
minister Brown took your words
down at the time). / stated that reck-
less appropriations bring bankruptcy
and as we have passed through such
periods, and | am in favor OF not going
back and not spending enormous sums
on enterprises which cannot bring any
return. | favor all reasonable subsi-
dies.
Rep. Lucas-A good deal has been
said as to this railway. l have before
me copy OF the National Reform party
platform. Section 10 promises encour
agement to railways. Some members
oppose this perhaps because they have
no land on the other side. There is
great deal of land which cannot be
reached because there are no roads.
There are two plantations which never
would have been started if it had not been
for this road. The income from taxes
will rise all over the island. There will
be two dozen plantations where there
are two. 1t will make work for every
body, prosperity for everybody. The
return in taxes to the Government will
more than cover the expenditure. l
favor Noble Phillips amendment and l
can see from the looks OF the House that
it will carry and that road will be built.
Noble Hind-The hon. Noble Phil
lips thinks l don't know much about
this island. Sixteen years ago took
a mill on the other side. In two years
it was failure. The soil was very poor.
Since | was on the railroad committee |
have been to Waialua and Kahuku and
| was just as poorly impressed with the
land l saw. don't think this House is
in possession OF information which would
justify giving 81 to this railway and
know something about land. l was
brought up on a farm. l think my opin-
ion is of just as much weight as that of
the member from Oahu. am disinter
ested. do not represent anyone own
ing large lands on Oahu. The hon.
member from Honolulu has or does. l
favor indefinite postponement of this sec
ton. As to the subsidy to the Kohala |
railroad | regarded it at the time as
next door to swindle and do still.
Minister Cummins stated that in |
order to remove any misapprehension |
which may be caused by the failure of |
the plantation at Kualoa (alluded to by |
Noble Hind) that that failure was not |
caused by any defect in the land. The
Minister stated that he had examined |
all the lands in those districts and there |
is large quantity of good cane land
there.
Noble Isenberg stated that the late
MIR. Wilder had been willing to build
the Kohala railroad for with subsidy
of $500 per mile. The road on this
island would be much easier to build.
A railroad round Oahu would be great
benefit. Small owners could raise a
little cane and bring it to the mill on
the railroad. But $1,000 or 81 800 per
mile subsidy would be sufficient. 1
move the previous question. Lost.
The House took recess.