The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-07

the islands available for its production,
and the only present hindrance to the
rise of a large fiber industry here is
the slowness of capital to grasp the op-
The report deals with the steamship
service and continuing takes up the
matter of the population.
Governor Carriers estimate of pop
ulation of 2O9,O32 an increase of 55O31
over the census of 1900, made on the
basis of school attendance, has already
been locally published through his
courtesy
Taking the figures for 1902 and 1904
the Governor shows that the increase
of registered voters has been about 20 |
per cent. as compared with an in !
crease Of SO per cent in school atten- |
dance
There were 1852 voteds registered in |
1902 and 13449 in 1904 The vote cast !
for Delegate to Congress in 1902 was
1926 and in 1904 it was 1890.
Several pages are taken with an in
teresting section on Fisheries" es-
pecially referring to the ownership by
private individuals of exclusive fish
ing rights in the sea waters adjoining
the islands. There is much historical
information here The settled status
of the question under Federal deci-
sions on such vested rights is men,
toned and the Governor says three
now alone remains the consideration
of ways and means of their condemna-
ton and acquisition by the Territory"
A full list of the fishery cases is APP
pended.
Under this head, quoting the Organic
Act on the subject, the Governor makes
remarks in part as follows
CAS- yet the people have not found
representatives determined to complete
their work within the time allowed for
the regular session. Thus far no leg
ihlature has past appropriation bills
during the regular session, and thus
each automatically forced an extra ses-
! sion. The cost of the Legislature dur
ing the past three terms was 1901 $94,-
654 "a; 19O3 $S4,611.2 "a; 1905, S62,57SO6.
| The Governor gives full information
on permanent settlements fire claims,
Chinese fund, Hawaiian coinage, Pos
! tai Savings Bank depositors, study of
| leprosy, finances taxable property,
| bonded debt and Territorial bonds.
There is a comparative statement of
! taxes collected for each fiscal year
since annexation, In 10000 the amount
was Slips, 1926 81. In 1905-06 it was ST.
! 5S7, 300, 49, This is more than doubling
in the FIVE years after the first.
Governor Carter concludes his per-
sonal report with the following recon-
mendations of needed legislation;
THE passage by Congress of the So
called funding bill IS of greater i'm
portance than all other things COM
bined. A breakwater at HilO 70 rthe
protection of it's commerce, a hydro
geological survey of the life-giving
waters of these islands, and many
other matters need attention, but it is
| useless to flood Congress with a lot of
minor measures when one of so great
Importance is before it.
'If American control of Hawaii is to
be benignant and intelligent the prin-
ciple must be admitted that noncOn-
tiguou areas, separated by 1000 miles
from the mainland, must have different
treatment from those political subdivi-
sions which are separated from their
llSlSIiDOlS Ollly W al mas mary me
Not only geographically is the differ
ence great, but Hawaii is the point OF
contact where the Orient and the Oc-
cident meet, and our institutions and
citizens should be of the highest and
best type. And until we can secure q
recognition of the principle that differ.
ent conditions require different treat.
, ment, is useless to expect that the
small far cry from Hawaii will be
heard in the clamor at Washington Of
nearer and larger subdivisions of the
Union.
''At present, Hawaii's resources are
; unnecessarily and unduly taxed, ant
the problems that our citizens here
are struggling with deserve more en-
couragement and assistance from
= Uncle SAM"