The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-27

some of which are revenue producing, Is
now desired to be cut up, with consider
able of it's revenue and property turned
over, 10 elect county officials. The
Legislature of 1903 succeeded in pass
ing a measure of this kind, but after
an existence of thirteen days decision
of the Supreme Court was reached de-
claring that attempt illegal. At the
last session Of the Legislature, by joint
resolution, the executive was requested
to appoint a commission to draft new
county act and it is now at work pre-
pairing such an act, to be submitted to
the Legislature in February. 1905"
LABOR CONDITIONS.
Naturally, labor conditions on the
islands take up a large share of the
Governors attention. The executives
conclusions in his recommendation for
legislation will be more interesting,
perhaps, than the recitation of the
known facts by which he reaches
them, but the first two paragraphs of
his chapter on labor are significant. He
says:
"As the sugar and rice industries OF
the Hawaiian Islands are the only ones
employing agricultural or other labor
ers in large numbers, the needs of the
Territory in respect to the numbers,
nationality, and kinds of immigrants
| desired reflect to n large extent the
needs of those two industries. At the
present time there is, outside of the
sugar and rice industries, very little
room for the employment of unskilleC
| laborers. In time to come other in
I dustries may be established which may
employ number of laborers, but there
is now a necessity for only such class
| of laborers as can be utilized in the
| cane and rice fields and in other
branches of the sugar business.
1.-THE conditions which exist here
render It imperative for the preserva-
| ton of the industries established that
laborers be brought from abroad"
A little further along in his labor
chapter the Governor has this:
1T has sometimes been argued that
the Hawaiian sugar industry is in ex'
actly the same position as that of the
Southern states, and that If the latter
can supply their labor needs, Hawai-
should be able to do the same. This
however. is wholly misleading and un'
true. If Hawaii had a large indigen'
Gus population such as exists in the
Southern States, and If Hawaii could
draw upon the large streams of immt-
grafton entering the United States
from which to supply its requirements
as does that section, then such COM
parison might be made. If there were
no indigenous population upon whict
the Southern States could draw to sup
ply the labor required in the fields, ant
We're they wholly dependent upon Ital
ian and other European immigration
for labor. they would stand in relation
to Europe geographically as does Ha
wall in relation to Asia. Furthermore
while there is a stream of italian ant
European immigration from which tn
Southern states can supply their needs
the great distance to Hawaii, couple
with the rigorous laws against assist
ed immigration, makes 1t impossible 70
Hawaii to hope for relief from tina
source, even If such immigrants coul
stand the climate, which is far NOR
, trying than is that OF the South"
FINANCES.
The Governor relates that Territorii
: finances are in better shape today tina
, they have been since the Territory wa
annexed to the United States, 1t
estimated in the report that the ar
: propriations for the year ending Jun
a 80, 1905, will be slightly under $1,000
600, while a conservative estimate {
| the revenue for the same period place
II about $780, in excess of that a
q mount, In another year. therefore,
is figured that the Territory will
4 doing business on cash basis-an
9 that notwithstanding the fact of II
q diversion of the customs and internj
a revenue receipts to the national go'
I ernment.
n There is considerable financial deta
j. in the report. and then the needs
"a navigation in the matter OF lighthous
l. and buoys is dwelt upon. There a
n strong chapters, too, upon the need
A Federal building, and army and na'
[. buildings, and attention is called
rs the fact that the Territorial buildin
n are crowded and the judiciary bull
he ing. especially, in need of thorough 7
" pair. There is an interesting chapt
Id upon the fisheries OF the islands, al
l. the suggestion Is made that Congre
s. will perhaps have to make an appr
$, 'Cnntinned an pnge 6