The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-25
MACFARLANE & CO., Sole Agents.

basis. 1t would be in line with thi
idea to place the responsibility of Sc
ilecting the specific purposes for count.
| expenditures on the separate counties
| this would include moneys for roads
| and bridges on old established routes
but should not include moneys for new
roads. for which we understand som,
of the realiZationS from the sale o.
| Government lands are specifically ap
propriated. 1t would also naturally in.
clude such other expenditures as those
for county buildings, etc. But to turr
| all this work over to the counties re-
quires that they will have to be giver
the means for doing it, and all that
they should have, too. Until they get
such means, counties are surely emit
tied to Territorial assistance for their
work. Hawaii County is a large one
and its needs are of a parity with its
size, but $4,000 (Which is approximately
the amount which Oahu will get from
Hawaii's plantation income tax next
year, unless the ruling is corrected)
additional revenue a year would enable
us to do lots of road work, which at
present we can not even think of
without loan funds from the Territory.
We do not state this fact with the
idea of accusing you of responsibility
for his condition of affairs. Far from
it We wish, however, to make it clear
tc you how handicapped we are in re-
sources, and believing that County
Government has come to stay for good
or ILL., we feel strongly that each county
is entitled to all the means raised
within it's own boundaries.
In the furtherance of these ideas,
IL; Oh,
dound to the benefit of the Territory
we assure you of our active help and
support, and we realize fully that you
have a very difficult task ahead of you.
But We think that it is absolutely es-
sential that you should be perfectly
impartial as between Oahu and the
other counties, so that each one win
feel that YOU are endeavoring to give
each county square deal, and are not
sacrificing the wants of the other
counties for the sake of smothering
the immediate discomfort caused by
the insistent demands and continual
presence of Honolulu advocates. We
realize that Honolulu is entitled to
much larger shares than any other
town in the Territory, but the rest of
the Territory should have its needs
considered and catered to on an equi-
table basis with Honolulu. and unless
that is to be your aim it must be APP
parent that you are in for trouble with
the people generally.
We believe that your intentions are
to promote the best interests of the
Territory, and although we may not be
able to see eye to eye with you in
some cases, we stand ready to give you
our active and moral support-and
have done so-but we also expect that
you will work in harmony with US for
the development of our counties. and
will help US to get our just due, which
will enable US to develop our county
as rapidly as the other counties OF our
Territory. We have profound faith in
the future of our Hawaii Nei, and we
have to fight for that future here and
now. but a financial handicap (Which
is not even a just one) is going to be
a pace-killer with us, unless we get
more help than you are reported to be
willing to give us.