The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-06

! "Ithout success. and though congress-
! men Will admit the Justice of our nosi-
! ton, Yet they claim they can not vote
! Tor a public building in Hawaii until
F tiie claims OF their own constituents
are first met.
we believe that with the large num-
Der Of people from other countries
passing through here on the steamers
mat stop at Honolulu, the Stars and
i stripes should float from q Federal
building commensurate with the cuI-
tufe OF our great Union and that would
! uIShlIy America in the eyes of foreign
efs. In addition to this there is &C
tUal need for such a building The
old raInshackIe structures that We're
used by the kingdom and republic of
hawaii as a custom house We're taken
over by the Federal Government and
are still in use. The building that the
community had previously erected as
a post office is now entirely inadequate
and inconvenient besides. Since an
neXation the Federal courts have oc-
cupled 1882 square feet OF space on
the ground floor of the Territory's
Judiciary Building, without as yet pay
ing d dollar for rent.
COi pSOple 90 not care 10 ask TO De
relieved from burdens that every 9TH
er American bears, and therefore 1
have in my annual report made as the
first recommendation in needed legis-
latIon for Hawaii the following sugges-
ton:
That Congress pass an act under
which the Secretary shall cause to be
set aside for period of twenty years
seventy-five per cent of the Federal
revenues from Hawaii as a special
fund, to be expended in this Territory
as directed by Congress for ,,e fol-
specific purpose.
First-The erection of educational
and public buildings.
Second-Harbor improvements and
military and naval defences.
We have a precedent for this in the
act, approved June II, 1902. relative |
to the reclamation OF arid lands, where |
Congress created a special fund in the |
Treasury of moneys received from the |
sale of lands in certain States for a !
specific purposes.
The American people have ever been |
Jealous to provide literally for edu |
cation. Hawaii can tax her people no
higher. Her current revenues are
barely sufficient for her needs, and the
difficulties of administering the Gov
eminent are enhanced and increased
from the fact that the Territory is
cut up into small islands. 50 that she
has been obliged to borrow the money
with which to erect her school build
ngs. If the people of the United |
States only knew how we are strug-
Cling to supply teachers and buildings
'or the natural increase Of children, |
and the rickety structures we are
obliged to use, l am sure they would
forego the money they are
now taking out of this Territory and
tpply it to educational purposes alone.
The suggested legislation. however,
goes further: We here in Hawaii are
Lnxious that the defences of these is
ands be strengthened SO that by no
nance can they ever be a source of
weakness, and after reasonable pro-
7ision has been made for educational
md other public buildings, no wiser
could be made than ap-
lying the revenue taken out Of these
stands toward their own defences.
Busy as I am with the routine and
ally transactions of this office, I re-
ret exceedingly that I have not the
bility to picture our conditions and
make our needs known, for notWith- ]
landing we are so small and insight
cant, yet I feel certain that these is
lnds can be made a source of great
ride and reflect much credit on our
Ountry
Very sincerely yours.
GEORGE r. CARTER. Z