The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-29
THE DELEGATION
SHOULD STAND
FOR ONE THING
Gov Carter Hears That It May Be Switched
off Upon Land Matters Concentration
Upon Revenue Rebate Needed.

Governor Carter. from talk that has
come to his ears, is keenly apprehen-
siye lest the business mems delegation
to Washington be directed from ex-
elusive devotion to the single purpose
for which it was appointed.
An Advertiser reporter, having in
mind the dubious press dispatch from
Washington reprinted with a query
mark in yesterdays issue, asked the
Governor if he had any fear that agi-
tation in favor of the Presidents Ha-
waiian proposal would put it into the
heads of any men in Congress to move
for placing customs duties upon Ha-
waiian products. His reply was sub
stantialiy sas follows:
mo, I don't think there is any fear
of a tariff on Hawans products but
1 am afraid of something being done,
on our own part, to endanger the splen-
did chance set before us of benefiting
the Territory.
ST don't like to hear talk of the deie-
the recommendation in the President $
message, that 75 per cent. Of the reve-
nue. collections in Hawaii for twenty
wears should be devoted to expenditures
for internal improvements and educa-
tional purposes in this Territory.
eff the delegates at Washington go
off discussing side issues, they will con-
fuse the whole and sole business on
which they are sent. Then their mis-
sion would be liable to come to moth
ing.
should they allow themselves, for
instance, to enter into a discussion OF
land matters, such as the thousand
acre and the five-year lease clauses, 1t
NAV put it into the heads Of statemen
in Washington that few amendments
to the Organic Act will satisfy Ha-
wall.
LET them stick to their text. The
policy of the President announced IN
his message, of giving Hawaii IS per
cent of the Federal revenues collected
here. is so large that it must not De
confounded by the Interpolation into II
of any minor problems in our territorial
affairs
1T is too great an opportunity to be
wasted in trying to get other things
We can afford to wait for the ADJUST
merit of any questions Of land admins
tration or the settlement of our little
fsraily auarreis. Those comparatively
little affairs can be satisfactorily ar
ranged one after another in the Iu-
ture.
Nothing should be allowed to come
in the way of the opportunity of get
ting that seventy-five per cent of rev.
enue collections. It is not that we
cannot possibly get along without the
money / do not believe that these
islands will go to the bow-wows IL we
fail to get it. But it is a matter or
Justice to the islands, it is matter OF
right treatment of the Territory.
I'VE want that money for internal
improvements and education, SO that
the Territory may develop along Amer
ican lines. See what has been done
by the Government all over the west
for the cause of education, through
grants of public lands and in otner
ways. No schools in these islands are
equipped anything like so well as the
schools throughout the western states
and territories If Hawaii is TO grow
III, as an American commonwealth 1t
must have schools to develop the h1gn- |
est types of citizenship. Some Of the i
money will be expended on fortlnca-
tions and defenses in the Territory.
That is well and good.
with this seventy-hve per cent OF /
Federal revenue secured. all lingering
opposition of anti-annexationists and
royalists will disappear. There VIII De
nc grounds left for argument that an
nexation was not a good thing. 1t Will
be universally admitted that anneAa-
tion was the greatest blessing tnat the
Hawaiian Islands ever received.
'tAs I have said, believe we can
work out our own salvation without
this great financial assistance. / shouio
still consider that annexation was the
best thing that could have happened
to the country. Yet now when this
opportunity is offered to US by the
President, it would be profound folly
to fritter away our chances of securing
1t from Congress by confusing it with
matters utterly trivial in comparison.
''It was not for any other purpose
that the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants Association decided to send
a delegation to Washington. Therefore