The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-27

edly. before this letter either by cable
or by the Pacific coast papers. The
most of them, however, are repeated
here as a matter of caution.
GOVERNORS SALARY.
Secretary Shaw's estimates show that
$1,000 is. asked for salary of the Gov
ernor, which Secretary Carter asked
should be increased to $500 with the
ernment did not want to make it i'm
possible for any but rich men to become
remark that he was certain the gov
Governor of the Territory. This re-
mark caused considerable humorous
comment around the Capitol, in view
of Mr.. Carter's unexpected promotion
to the Governorship. The estimates
also ask for $4,000 for the salary CT
the secretary, $500 for the chief JUS
tice and $1,000 each for the two asso-
ciate justices. There is also an estimate
of 5000 for the salaries of each of the
circuit court judges, making a total
of salaries for Hawaii of S23, 500. Mr..
Carter asks that the salaries of the
judges of the first circuit court be rails
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 None of these
increases, however, can be made on ap-
preparation bills, in all probability.
Separate acts will be necessary. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 is asked for con-
tingent expenses.
Secretary Shaw also submits an esti-
mate of $4,000 for the salaries of the
United States District Court, presided
over by Judge Dole, and for the off,
GERS.
An appropriation of $1,000 is asked
for the construction of the building
for quarters on quarantine island, Ho-
nolulu harbor This is in connection
with the appropriation of $S0,000 au-
thorized by the last Congress. There
is asked lump sum of $325,000 for the
maintenance and ordinary expenses of
quarantine stations of the entire coun-
try, including of course the quarantine
station in Hawaii.
An estimate of $4,000 is submitted,
on recommendation of Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Cortelyou, for
the maintenance of the existing lights
on the Hawaiian Islands. This was
forecasted in a cablegram to the ADJ
vertiser, several weeks ago.
The report of the Secretary of the |
Interior to Congress will be made pub
lie next Monday. It contains quite
an extended abstract of the annual re-
port of Governor Dole but makes no
specific recommendations, as coming
from the Secretary. The recommended |
tions of Governor Dole are repeated in
brief.
1 LILIUOKALANI.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, who was a |
guest here for several days at the resi- |
dence of the Delegate from Hawaii her
kinsman, while he was absent in New I
York, has moved into a private resi- t
dence of her own, where she proposes
to remain most of the winter. She is |
still pressing her claim for the crown |
lands, as was indicated in my last let I
ter. She has not at all consulted the !
delegate about the matter and what !
ever has been done thus far !
has been done on her own initiative. |
If the matter had been left to him
Prince Kuhio would have gladly taken
the matter up and done all that he ,
could do, which would probably be the I
most that could be done by anybody.
The fact, however, that lobbyists are
connected with the claim as it is now /
urged, will mean that it will meet the
same fate as at the last session of Con-
gress.
Consul Thornwell Haynes, at Rouen,
France, has forwarded to the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor the following
about the French sugar harvests of
1902 -O3
s3The official statistics of the French
sugar crop of 1923 have just appeared.
The number of factories in operation
was 319, or IS less than the year be-
whole of France were idle. The beets
sold amounted to 6,266,946 tons, or near
ly 33 per cent less than the previous
year. This was the result of the sug-
ar crisis, which compelled manufacture
ers to offer low prices. The acreage
planted decreased nearly $4,000 acres.
The average capacity of all the fac
tories was 1855 tons of beet roots, or
about 800 tons each day of twenty-four
hours as against 329 tons in 1912 and
29S tons in 1900-0f. This average ca
pacity is considerably less than that of
German and Austrian factories. The
average density of the roots was so,
with variations to S.3 in the Depart
ment of Disc and 7.S in the Depart
ments of Nord, Pas-de-Calais, and
Somme The amount of sugar pro-
duced in 1923 was 735,70S tons, as
against ,579 tons in 1902. The
yield of the roots, in refined sugar, in
1923 was greater than has ever been
known in France, being 1888 per cent.
The previous year it was 11.24 per cent.
"Since the Brussels sugar conference
the French sugar industry is being
watched very attentiyely. and 1t is des-
tined to give some very valuable les
sons
IMMIGRATION.
There is some concern here among
the friends of Hawaii about the per-
sonnet of the immigration committee
of the House. While the labor COM
mittee was made up of conservative
men, some dangerous men were placed
upon the immigration committee. This
may not necessarily mean that unfav-
orable legislation is to be expected but
It means that a harder fight than usual
would have to be made should any inn
portant legislation be proposed. How