The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-06-21
FINANCIAL RELATIONS.


Hawaii's financial relations with the
Federal Government were clearly set
forth in statistical statements prepared
by l.. e. Plnkham, president of the
Board of Health, for Doctor Cooper.
A condensed exhibit of Federal reven-
ues from this Territory since admis-
sion is as follows the period being
June IA, 1900, to June 3O 1904:
Net income from the Terri
tory of Hawaii. ............A .A,ISS,252.5l
Net expense of the Federal
Government in Hawaii. 52S,1O5.61
Net profit to the Federal
Treasury from Hawaii. ...$i, 9,5i6.Sf
This amount was more than equaled
by extraordinary expenditures from
the Federal treasury which, as Mr..
Pinkham shows, are covered by public
property transferred to the Federal
Government, the items being:
Plague fire claims. .I,OOO,O 600
Hawaiian public debt......... 100000
Hawaiis unparalleled outlay for
humane purposes, disclosed by reports
of the Board of Health are shown in
the following totals of table given by
L
ended December 81 1908:
Care of lepers. Si6,SSS.S6
Ordinary expenditures for
the public health. S3O,O64.65
Extraordinary expenditures:
Plague 1S99-1900 ............ 625,OOO.0O
Grand total .............S 81 ,33l ,s53.ol
Taking the item of sS76SSS.S6, care
of lepers, Mr.. Pinkham comments:
"This burden can only be appreciated
when it is realized that it equals the
continental United States supporting
532,513 INDECENT persons at cores
ponding expenditure in six years of
s433, $40, 1929, or S72, ,27S, ,45S.SS annually.
The people of the United States would
consider such burden too onerous to
be borne"
In the details of Federal revenue col
lected in Hawaii for the four years
since the admission of the Territory,
Mr.. Pinkham makes an estimate for
the year ending June 30. 1904. Up to
June 80, 1908, little more than three
years, the customs receipts in this Ter
ritory We're $3,7S63 33S.9S, and deducting
therefrom the expenditures for collec-
49i, 1888 results. For the year ending
June 80, 1904, the estimated net in
come is sl,095,000.
Internal revenue receipts from June
IA, 1900. to March 81 1904, were $685.
67O.26 and the expense of collection 500
S4972, leaving a net income of $780,
S20.54 In this regard there was an
unusual expenditure in 1901 for Chinese
registration amounting to $S2,445.24.
Items of net expense to the United
States treasury on account of services
for the Territory of Hawaii are as
follows:
Office U. S. Marshal. al...........$ lOSO2.5O
Annexation Hawaiian Islands 9,S4S.34
Quarantine service ........... 13i,559.29
Immigration service ....... 81, 1890
District Court salaries. 7,23097
Salaries of Governor, Justices
and Judges, expenses, etc,
net estimated ............... 217,SS5.S5
Contingent expenses ......... 4,S53.OS
Repayments to importers and
drawbacks. ............'.. 0o,-fo'o'
Quarantine Island improve
ments ...... 100000
Expenses Congressional COM
mittees. .... $4,000. 90
Lighthouse Board .. 100000
The total net running expenditure of
the U. S. Government for Hawaii is
given as s52S,705.67, which deducted
from the total net income of $i,7SS,252.5l
leaves, as the net profit of the Terri
tory of Hawaii to the U. S. Govern
ment for the term of four years and
sixteen days, s4,2595i6.H. Probably, If
the postofiice statistics could have been
included, the balance in favor of the
Federal treasury would be shown
somewhat larger.
As the account stands, Hawaii really
deserves special consideration plank
In each of the great national party
platforms.