Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-14
Governor and Judges
Should, Says Chamber,
Have Increase In Paw

The trustees OF the Chamber of
Commerce held a meeting yesterday
afternoon at which considerable bus
iness was transacted. The main bus
mess was the presentation of the re-
port of the committee which recon-
mended that Secretary Wood be sent
to Washington as a special represent
alive to assist In procuring the APP
Lropriation for the Pearl Harbor Inn
provements. This report was adopt
ed on motion by r. Give Davies.
The Committee on Legislature and
Public improvements, to which had
been referred a letter from Congress-
man Davis, also reported. The letter
from Davis read as follows:
'St. Peter, Mimi, Aug. 20, 1907.
Dear Sir:--I am sending you a.
statement I made in Congress con-
corning II. II. c4757, including a copy
of that bill.
"Under this bill. your city would
receive one-tenth as many dollars as
IL has people, to be used to support
High School classes in mechanic arts
and home economies
I'm 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 pos
sible 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.
81 shall be obliged II you will offer
any suggestions concerning the form
Of the bill which may arise. If this
seems to you wise measure, please
find ways of indicating that fact to
Congress and to your State Legisla-
ture.
II shall be pleased to hear from
you. Sincerely yours,
"(Sgd.) G. II. DAVIS"
The committee reported that II
could offer no suggestions regarding
the form of the bill other than that
there should be proviso to the effect
that In any State or Territory which
mas less than ten counties at least
enc agricultural school shall be enti-
tied to receive the benefits of the act.
Under the proposed bill the annual
appropriation for each State and
Territory would be len cents per
capita of It's population, which would
make Hawaii's share $4,000 and up
wards.
In accordance with the recommen-
tation of the committee the following
resolution was passed unanimously:
Whereas. the provisions of II. X.
24575, providing an annual appropri-
alton for the technical education in
agriculture, mechanical arts and
nome economics in" High Schools, is
peculiarly adapted to the needs of the
Territory Of Hawaii. and would prove
Of great benefit; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce heartily en-
dorses the bill introduced by Hon.
Charles X. Davis, of Minnesota. in
the House OF Representatives, known
Is II. X. 24575, entitled A Bill To
Provide An Annual Appropriation
For Industrial Education In Agricul-
|tural High Schools and in City High
schools and For Branch Agricultural
experiment Stations, and Regulating
the Expenditure Thereof; be II fur
Their
Resolved, That a copy of this res
o,ution be forwarded to the President
Of the Senate of the United States
the Speaker OF the House OF Repre-
,entatives, and to the Delegate from
this Territory, and that the Delegate
be requested to support said bill"
The same committee reported in
favor of asking Congress to raise sal
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