Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-13
HAWAII NOT ANNEXED.


ducting all payments and appropl Ia
lions that have been made for the use
and benefit oC Hawaii, We have uncon.
sCiOusly drawn q net sum Of si.lOO, 600
from that Territory, or a net balance
OF slightly over 100000 per year.
which has been withdrawn from the
Islands circulation and shipped In gold
coin TO the subtrcasury at San Fran
cisco.
Ignoring, for the moment, the wishes
Of Hawaii and acting only from n ma
tional standpoint, your committee be.
licvc that for time, at least. three.
iOurths of these revenues should be
set aside To meet the need for public
works In these islands and TO assist In
building IN substantial American
territory In tie mld.Pacihc.
Hawaii's Needs. ...
Among the immediate needs for Ha.
wall: School buildings. $7SS, 900;
roads to open new lands to settle
mcnt. $3.50 900; asylum for the insane.
$4,000 harbor improvements at lilo,
nolulu and Ililo. S2,OOO,OOO: smaller
harbors and landings for island ship.
ping. 500 900: Federal buildings. 81.
100000; lighthouses, $4,000; total.
s5,11S,OOO.
To the above should be added S975,.
00J for Notifications and at least 81.
100000 for the beginning of repair
station and naval base at Pearl IIar.
Dor, appropriations for both of which
objects will be available from this fund
under the provisions Of the bill.
First, Schools.
First In Importance among these
items stands the need for aid to the
schools.
For many years Hawaii has imposed
upon her citizens heavier per capita
tax for schools than any State In the
Union.
Since annexation that Territory has
expended over s2,25O 900 for the main.
'cnancc Of schools and for the cree.
ton of school buildings.
The educational problem of Hawaii
Is Of greater magnitude than that OF
any other Territory. Seventy per cent
of the children enrolled In the schools
IRE OF other than Caucasian parcntagc.
In order to make Hawaii thoroughly
American Territory. schools must he
provided for children Of all nationall.
ties. The Territory has already Dor.
rowod large sums for school buildings,
but the limit of safe borrowing has
been reached. Lack Of funds has al.
ready necessitated reduction of 20
per cent. In all teachers salaries, and
In those isolated Islands where tho
cost Of living Is necessarily high, this
reduction Is kcenly felt.
Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The nation expects q higher stand.
ard and more general distribution
Of education In Hawaii than In Porto
Rico, yet we are putting into the Fed
eral Treasury the very funds from
Hawaii that In Porto Rico are given
to that island for its educational and
general expenses.
A fiscal policy that Is sound for Por.
to Rico should be sound also for Ha,
wall. The mere fact that a greater
breadth of political rights has been
given Hawaii does not relieve her
financial strain. Nor does II seem Just
that country which voluntarily gave
over its own sovereignty TO enter tho
Union should be made to labor under
harder financial conditions than ona
acquired by conquest.
Business Pressure.
Financially the business man and
the average citizen Of Hawaii Is uu.
der greater pressure today than no
was In the years preceding annexa.
ton. That fact does not lessen their
loyalty to this country; but It is high
reason why Congress should permit
that detached community to build up
the Territory along sound lines out OF
Their own resources.
A community In which the citizens
are oyertaxed ana with limited school
facilities can never become thor
oushly American territory.
This bill does not set aside this