The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-24
HAWAII'S
NEEDS
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select six regular and six alternate
delegates to represent the Territory Al
the National Convention, to be held al
Chicago. Volunteers were found who
were willing, at their own expense, to
| make the 5000 mile trip and show then
loyalty to this political party. These
delegates attended the convention on
ly to find that through the ignorance
of the Rules Committee, over the OBJ
lection of Hawaii's member. a report
was to be presented classifying Ha-
wall as a possession allowing but two
| delegates to sit and vote-While by
the same report every other Territory
was granted six delegates. Remon-
STRANGE with the chairman of the Com
mittee on Rules was without effect. He
insisted that Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines were possessions and
| that they should consider themselves
fortunate to be allowed representation
| at all; that two delegates were ample.
| Notwithstanding the efforts of the
| delegates to ascertain the standard by
| which such questions We're to be de-
| cided, they could get no satisfactory
| information. Was it population? If
/ so, Hawaii had a greater population
| than the State of Nevada. Was it by
| the form of government actually in ex-
| istence? Then Hawaii had a Legisla-
| ture and made it's own laws-a re-
| sponsibility as yet denied Alaska. The
so-called Indian Territory was to be
allowed six delegates-a Territory in
name only, for it was directly under
| the control of the Secretary of the IN
| terror.
| Despite all efforts. the great Repub-
| Iican party compromised the matter
| by voting that in that instance those
| delegates who had appeared from Ha-
| wall should be seated, but hereafter it
would allow Hawaii only two delegates.
If the objection had been that the
Western Territories have too great
vote in comparison with the larger sub
divisions of our Union, Hawaii could
have offered no opposition: all she ask
ed was to be granted the same treat
ment accorded other Territories. But
no; the Republican party, under whose
banner annexation was contaminated,
in convention assembled, classified Ha-
wall as a possession with Porto Rico
and the Philippines. Thus there is
plenty of work to be done on the main
land
SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE.
1t must be admitted that among the
many advantages gained by annexa-
ton, few are of more Importance than
the assistance in development of these
islands that will be rendered by the
scientific departments of the Federal
Government. Already our community
has gained much from the Department
of Agriculture. Within the year a
Federal representative of the Bureau
of Animal Industry has probably as
certained why range cattle and sheep
in these islands deteriorate or revert
so rapidly. His work may revolution
lie this whole industry and turn Ha-
wall, with it's ideal climate. into a
model stock farm, where the best ex-
amples of different breeds can be pro-
duced for export. And the interest
created and work done in forestry
since annexation are remarkable rec
ord. But we have right to expect
more, for in all these departments the
amount spent by the Federal Govern
ment in Hawaii has been less than in
any other State Territory.
For years. water has limited the eX-
tent HAWAII prOduct1VeneSS- IT
was thought that the limit of produc-
ton in sugar had been reached when
the area where suitable rainfall was
found had all been devoted to it's Gull !
ture. Then came irrigating bitches, |
carrying the water by gravity to I'M
occupied and waste areas. Capital and |
ingenuity furnished pumps which rails !
ed water 200 feet al cost which still |
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various kinds and efficiency in pumps
have raised this limit to 400 feet, with
a corresponding increase in produc- |
ton. Now, the trend of private en-
terprise is toward the storage of storm |
waters, but the additional area that |
can be occupied under this method of |
irrigatio is limited
What is of more Importance in in
diligently developing these islands to
their fullest capacity and providing for
the largest population is the scientific
study of the available water both
above and below the surface. Our
mountain streams should be measured
and a careful geological and hydro
graphic survey made. To legislate in
teiligentlr for Hawairs future we
must know the margin of waste water
now existing. Is the supply constantly
diminishing? If so, then it must be
conserved. We cannot build for the
future of these islands better than by
fnsuring a constant water supply. With
this object in view many thousand
acres of forest reservations have been
established since annexation.
THE FUNDING BILL
This question of METEOROLOGICAL
survey, as well as other questions, has
not as yet been brought to the atten-
ton of Congress, for it has been the
policy of this administration to refrain
from inundating Congress with a large