The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-14
COMMITTEE REPORT.

Receipt is acknowledged by you
| committee, to whom was referred
| circular letter from Hon. Charles r
Davis Of Minnesota, referring to a bill
| introduced by that gentleman at tn,
| second session of the Fifty-ninth Con
gress together with his statement
| printed in the Congressional Record
under date of Saturday, March 2. 1907
and enclosed Herewith.
| Agreeable to your request to give
| the enclosed subject matter consider
alton and report, we respectfully sub,
nit the following:
The subject to which Mr.. Davis ad.
dressed himself and for which his bill
is to provide an annual appropriation
was Technical Education in Agricul.
ture, Mechanic Arts and Home Eco.
nomics'
His letter dated ST. Peter, Mimi
August 20, 1907, reads as follows:
Dear Sir: / am sending you a
statement I made In Congress concern
ing H. r. 24757. including a copy OF
that bill.
" Under this bill. your city would
receive one-tenth as many dollars as
High School classes in mechanic arts
and home economics.
In the interest Of wide considera-
ton of this bill, have the honor to
request that your committee canvass
the matter in relation to your young
men and young women and the posi-
bic influence such education might
have on manufacturing or other local
industries and in relation to the prac-
teal education of the youth of the
entire country
AT shall be obliged, II you will offer
any suggestions concerning the form
Of the bill which may arise. If this
seems 10 you a wise measure, please
find ways of indicating that fact to
Congress and 10 your State Legisla-
ture.
81 shall be pleased to hear from
you. Sincerely yours.
'.'(signed) c. r. DAVIS
Your committee have no sugges-
tions regarding the form Of the bill
other than that there should be a pro-
viso to the effect that in any State
or Territory which has less than ten
counties, at least one agricultural
school shall be entitled to receive the
benefits Of the act We. therefore,
recommend that the attention of Mr..
Davis be called to the need Of pro-
viso OF this nature.
THE object Of this bill appears to
your committee TO be peculiarly adap-
ted TO the needs of this Territory. The
main object is to promote instruction
IN agricultural. mechanical arts and
home economics IN High Schools.
THE bill is framed on the motto OF
the bills already enacted under which
Colleges Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts and Agricultural Experiment Sta
tons are assisted by Federal appro-
priations and which have proved to be
of very great benefit to the several
States and Territories
Under the proposed bill the annual
appropriation for each State and Terri
tory would be ten cents per capita Of
It's population. which would make Ha-
walls share $4,000 and upwards.
I'VE recommend that the bill and
accompa nying speech Of Mr.. Davis be
offered to the local press for publtca-
ton and that the Chamber Of Com
nerce pass a resolution endorsing the
bill herein referred to. requesting the
Delegate from Hawaii to support the
Dill.
Respectfully submitted,
"B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
"E I. SPALDING,
GEO. H. ROBERTSON.
Committee on Legislature and Pub
lie improvements