The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-12
HOUSE BALKS At
TOURISTS MONEY

SSNiAS ~ lNlSuEI
REPORTS RECEIVED AND ACTED
OK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
SETTLEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
The House yesterday afternoon re-
cpived the report of its special COM
mittee on the plan to appropriate
money to be used in advertising to at
tract tourists. The report was pre-
scented by Keliinoi, chairman Of the
committee. and was as follows:
Your committee is of the opinion
tn at the time has come when something
should be done in the way of systema-
tically advertising the islands Your
committee finds that the tourist COM
mittees of the city have plans to open
tourist information bureaus in this city
san Francisco and Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and if there is enough money
then also one office in an eastern city,
to be paid by said tourists committee.
They would like to get the cooperation
of the Territorial government in fur
nishing money for printing advertising
matter.
1.-THE result directly and indirectly
which will accrue from the expenditure
of this money will be of great benefit
to the Territory, and your committee
therefore recommends that an item to
read:
Advertising the resources and adj
vantages of the Territory, 5000 be
inserted in the Current Expense bill for
six months. under the Department of
Secretary of the Territory and another
item to read Advertising the resources
and advantages of the Territory, So
600, be inserted in the Current Expense
bill for eighteen months under the De-
partment of Secretary of the Territory.
IS. KELIINOI
Chairman,
-. X. PAELE,
wv. w. HARRIS"
Kumalae made a couple of his most
vigorous speeches of the session, in OPP
position to the appropriations. Harris
supported the plan, calling attention to
the great prosperity of Los Angeles by
reason of the tourists she attracted.
Kalama opposed the scheme and Ku-
malae got the floor to talk some more.
When he was through Chillingworth
successfully moved an adjournment
and relieved the tired members, with
out any action having bee ntaken on
the proposition
The appropriation Of $1,000 month
for the Kapiolani Park commission was
passed, but with u provision which it
is said will do much to inujre racing
and other sports. 1t was proposed by
Vida and is as follows:
Provided, however. that no admis
sion fee should be charged for admit
tance to horse races .picufcs. entertain
nrents or games OF any kind in said
park"
Harris reported that Collector Stack
able had received a cable reply to his
inquiry from the Treasury department.
stating that the department had no au-
th0rity TO take over Hawaiian light
houses, and the item Of $3.50 for care of
lighthouses VS. therefore approved.
The special committee Oh the leper
settlement appropriations reported as
follows:
y. The Iepers asked thar they be al
lowed SIG a year for clothes instead OF
SIG as at present, part to be in cash.
Your committee would recommend
the increase to SIG but Will leave the
matter of giving some of it in cash to
the discretion of the Board of Health
and would therefore recommend the
item to me amended so as to read as
foIlows=
'KaTaupapa store, provided clothes
ra lions allowance be issued TO lepers
quarterly at rhe rate of SIG per year
for each person, $4,000
THE increase of $3.50 is in the opin-
ion of your committe sufficient to COW
err the increased allowance asked for if
We may be allowed to base the same on
the showing of the past year as shown
on page 292 of the report of the Board
OF Health.
"2. Regarding the item for segrega-
ton, support and treatment of lepers,
$6O.0OG your committee would recon-
mend the following changes in order to
sa tisfy the reasonable petitions of the
lepers for a slight increase in their food
allowances. After careful consideration
your committee deemed fr wise to sub
divide said item and to amend the same
to read as follows, to wit:
''Segregations, support and treat
ment of lepers, $24,500,
Provisions and ration supplies for
Ieper settlement, provided that paiai
ration be twenty-five pounds and the
beef ration be eight pounds per weekly
ration, $95, 800.
your committee was assured by the
Superintendent of the Leper Settlement
that the estimates as originally sub
mitted included an increase sufficient to
pay for the proposed increase of weekly
ration allowances, but would recon-
mend these changes in the wording of
the items to show to the lepers that
4 hnir nntitinns for fnnd haNn NOT onnA