Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-23

duulllOu 10 WHAT otudlOT Illts hdo
spoken Of, to build roads, which will
be a considerable expense,1 understand,
and you want to make harbor improve
ments to such an extent as the FEEDER.
al Government may not make them?
Mr.. @. w. Smith. Yes, sir.
Senator Piles. What am trying TO
get as is. with 100000 for schools i'm.
mediately, which will answer your
wants for many years. how much do
you think would be necessary to put
you in proper shape to develop the i'm.
provements to which you refer-ths
public roads and the other public
works.? Would not 100000 cover all
you need?
Mr.. g. W. Smith No sir.
Senator Piles. How much. in your
Judgment. would be required?
Mr.. @. w. Smith | should say eight
or ten million dollars should be ex-
pended.
The Chairman. You mean for har-
bors and roads?
Mr. G. w. Smith. For harbors, pub
lie buildings. roads. and landings.
The Chairman II you have not en-
braced II in the statement which is to
be filed with us, wish you would make
some calculation with respect to those
matters.
Mr.. @. W. Smith. shall be glad to
furnish Il later.
You will understand. Senator. that
the recommendation OF twenty years is
not original with this delegation. q.
Senator piles. What has bothered
me Is the necessity Of a provision ex.
tending for twenty years.
Mr. q. w. Smith. The President
recommended II. and the President
was kind enough to inform us the 9th.
or day that he had gone carefully into
| the matter and had fixed on that pc.
Rod himself from data he had at com.
mand and was prepared to furnish II
, necessary.
Mr.. W. D. Smith. In answer to that
question. think II very likely from
the Joint OF view referred to a while
ago. the great difficulty we have in
making conditions which will attract
the Anglo-Saxon Europeans TO come
there aud stay there, we have got to
have more access to the land and
more access to markets. II Is very ex.
pensive work. and unless we can have
inducements OF that kind they will not
stay. We want good class Of people
who will come and stay: but with that
foreign European element we can not
get them there before they get to San
Francisco, where the inducements arc
so much greater. and the difficulty OF
making those improvements Is so great
we can not tell what II will cost. AS
time goes on there has got to be a
gradual development, and II can be
brought about by establishing this Fed.
eral fund. entirely In the hands of the
TERRITORY. whether s3.000,000 or half a
million is the amount.
Mr.. Case. The opening up and de.
velopment OF our public lands Is a dl.
rect senefit to the Federal Government
because our public lands belong to the
United States Government. We sim
ply have the use OF them.
Mr.. G. W. Smith. In further answer
TO the Senator | would say, on the
suggestion OF Mr.. Mclnerny. that the
twenty-year period does not apply on
ly to Territorial receipts and income
but also the President recommends II
70 cover the expenses OF the Federal
. Government in the Territory.
Senator Piles. understand that;
but you stated that about 100000
would meet your school necessities
and about S750,0O0 would meet the
o-her necessities. So | put II AT 50,
100000 The idea | had In mind was
what Is the necessity to keep fund
tied up for twenty years when yol
might not need onehalf of the reve
nue. or one-fourth Of the revenue tina
. would be produced by the Territory
II we fix a shorter period of time anC
;hen the necessities create another de
magd. you can apply to Congress.
7 Mr., G.. w. Smith. or course what
ever period OF time Is fixed on by Con
gress the people OF Hawaii would pre-
e ter that the PERCENTAGE should renal
!. the same.
The Chairman. | think there Is
great deal of justice in giving back 4
: Hawaii which Is peculiarly situated
, generous percentage of the customs du
9 ties that are collected there.
l Senator Piles | am not opposing
( the idea. | am seeking information ol
! the subject. | want to do whatever l
fair and right by Hawaii, but at tn
same time ! would not care to tie u
the fund for twenty years unless Their
was some necessity for II.
STATEMENT OF A. d. LOEBEN.
STEIN.
Mr.. Loebenstein. should like I
impress upon your committee, MI
Chairman, that this question Is no
/, alone 10 he viewed from mere finar
cial standpoint OF comparisons, but a
so from the broader point of View
sentimental II you will-of American
ism and national spirit, You found
a distinct nationality, guaranteed b
yourselves and conformed 20 by othe
70 foreign powers. This arrangemer
was, OF course, merely temporary.
had TO give way to the broader prop
sition OF an Americanism under yor
own protection, and while II was lo
ical result and contaminated when
= was for the furtherance OF our own nj
tlonal prestige and power. II found
also In the possession and enjoyin
the advantages OF an open America
n market by the then existing recipro
Z.