Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-20
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE
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Not Prosperous Year.

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. Osperous one for the producers of
the main staple Of the Territory. Our
g'no.al rospeiity Is SC intimately cor
nected with that Of the sugar planta.
tons that every opportunity of success
not inconsistent with other and more
paramount interests of tho body p,li.
tic, should be afforded them.
The recent depression. however, in
sugar production, should forcibly re.
mind us Of the vital Importance to the
Territory of the development of pro.
dncti'e enterprises on other lines. Il
is not to be doubted that the phenom.
email profit of sugar production in these
Islands in the past. has had a power.
fully repressive influence upon all 9th.
er productive enterprises. The lessen.
ing of such profit will therefore have
its compensation in the inevitable ten.
Gency toward a revival of such other
enterprises; and the Government
should stimulate such tendency when.
ever It may legitimately do so.
The ways are many in which this
may be done. BY promoting agricul.
tural education and the work of expert.
ment stations; by promoting the settle.
nient of the public lands by men who
will make their permanent homes on
their farms and by making II possible
for such farmers to get their products
to good markets; and by giving every
reasonable assistance to new opera.
tions that are still in the experimental
stage, which may be done in one way
by exempting them from taxes for a
definite period
For New Industries.
The production, for instance. of fibre
in the Territory has reached prom.
Using and, II is to be hoped, a success.
full stage. 1t is unimportant in the
public interest that we should not be
satisfied to ship away the raw mate.
rial to be manufactured elsewhere. and
the Government should encourage its
home manufacture and other new man.
ufacturins schemes, whenever private
enterprise shall be ready to take the
initiative.
In connection with the plans of the
business men of the Territory for the
exploitation of its resources and at.
fractions, | would call your attention
to the experience of the older Terrific.
ries, where 1t has been found advisable
to maintain a bureau for the informa.
ton of tourists and settlers. and
would suggest that provision be made
for such a bureau, or that assistance
be given to the citizens in their con.
duct nj such undertaking.
81. Louio Exposition.
The great Worlds Far which Is to
be held at st. Louis next year will give
an opportunity for disseminating infor.
nation about the Territory which can.
not be surpassed. II the Territory
takes up this matter. II is worth while
to do 1t thoroughly. | would recon.
mend liberal appropriation for this
object.
County Government.
One If the most important duties OF
the Legislature in the present session
will be for the consideration of legisla.
ton for the creation of counties. and
PROVISION for their government. The
adjustment OF the relation OF such sub.
ment of the Territory In the matter of
the collection and division of taxes. the
powers of the respective governments
and their officials, the police, public
works, public instruction and the pub.
lie health, require earnest study into
present conditions and the probable eff.
feet upon them Of contemplated
changes.
Certain ideals of government requir.
ing a multiplicity of officials and con.
siderahls elaborateness of detail might
become burden upon the small ppu.
lation which must compose the major.
ity of our future countless on the other
hand, an extreme of simplicity of coun.
IS organization would probably result
IN governments entirely inadequate for
the work which of necessity they
ought to perform.
Perplexing Details.
The question Of the apportionment
1 of county boundaries on the Island OF
Hawaii, is perplexing enc. In the
discussions OF this subject there ap.
pear to be three alternative PROPOSE
tions-to form the Districts of Kohala
Kona and Kau, into one county, and
: the Districts of Hamakua, Hilo and
Puma into another; to form the Dis
tricts of Kohala, Hamakua and Kona
into one county and the Districts of Hi
10, Puma and Kau into another, and tC
ave the whole Island OF Hawaii form
but one county.
The first proposition would create
two counties out Of all proportion tC
each other in the matter OF wealth
with the weaker county carrying 9
vastly heavier burden in the matter Of
the maintenance OF roads In view of III
smaller revenues. The second propo
sition improves the situation slight!
as regards revenues, and very mucl
geographically. Setting apart thu
whole Island Of Hawaii as one count!
has much to recommend It In the di
rection of economy.
There is still another suggestion oil
this subject, which may be worthy O