The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-08
QUIET DAY IN
LEGISLATURE
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medicine should submit to an examiaa
ton and produce certificate from some
medical college, was on the spot will
a resolution which combined good AM
bad qualities. He wants $4,000 fol
a horseshoe road around Pauoa which
Is questionable and $4,000 for the
purchase Of the Pauoa Springs. Thi.
last has been expected for some time.
In fact it has been intimated that there
is so much tainted money in the neigh.
borhood Of the springs that it wall
require legislative action TO get il out
of the way. The resolution was fled.
Following this came the eommuniea-
ton and resolution by Joseph z. Cooke,
secretary of the Board of immigration,
as follows:
Whereas. The Board or Immigration
has received information OF a ruling OF
the Attorney-General OF the United
| States, based on the amendments 10
the immigration laws Of the United
States which take effect July /. 1907.
that is unfavorable to a continuation OF
the emigration Of Europeans TO Ha-
waii as at present conducted; and
/ Whereas. Under said decision of the
| Attorney-Generai IL will be impossible
after said first day OF July for. this
Board to solicit subscrip tions from pri-
waite interests to carry on immigration.
and an appropriation would have to be
sought from the Legislature for said
purpose. which appropriation. under
! the present financial conditions Of the
| Territorial Government, would have to
be made UP by a special tax, or an in
crease OF property or income taxes. and
Whereas. The Board OF Immigration.
| since December. 1906. has obtained one
! shipment OF Portuguese immigrants.
and has contracted for two others. one
of which is due to arrive at the end
| OF April. and the other in the month
| Of June; and
| Whereas. The expense of the immi-
grafton thus far conducted has been
large. the estimated cost Of the three
shiploads being approximately $500. 600
and
| Whereas. A large number OF Portu-
| guese res. dents of Hawaii have recent
| ly departed for the Pacific Coast
where they are attracted by offers of
/ employment at wages much higher
than can be paid by the plantations.
| and information has been received by
4 the Board that many other Portuguese
! are considering the same action, and a
| large number are expected to depart
| by the next Alameda; and
| Whereas, The primary object and
purpose for which the Board of Immi-
! grafton was created is to secure immi-
/ grants who will become a permanent
laboring population. and to promote the
| settlement of such immigrants.
/ Therefore, Be it Resolved by the
/ Board of immigration:
That il possible the emigration OF
/ the Portuguese and other white labor
/ ers to the Pacific Coast be stopped and
/ to this end that the following measures
/ be adopted.
! 1st.-To urge the plantations that all
! Portuguese and other white laborers
I be offered the privilege OF purchasing
or otherwise acquiring homes and small
areas Of tillable land upon the PLAN
/ tations and such other inducements as
VII prevail upon them to remain in
/ the Territory.
| 2nd.-To urge upon the Government
/ that available and suitable Govern
ment lands be Immediately opened for
1 settlement in small parcels, and that
l the same be offered TO Portuguese and
/ others who will live thereon I'm areas
sufficient to support the settler and
I his family, and upon the best and most
/ reasonable terms that are permiss bic
I Be il Further Resolved, That no ap-
preparation be sought from the present
/ Legislature Of the Territory Of Hawaii
/ for the purpose Of carrying on immi-
/ grafton, and that every effort be made
TO secure the continuance OF immigra-
/ ton on the same terms and by the
/ same method as formerly used.
Be it Further Resolved, That a copy
Of this resolution be transmitted 10 the
! Governor Of the Territory. the Pres
ident Of the Senate and the Speaker
OF the House.
Representative Joseph presented
bill calling for an appropriation for the
county of Maui of fifteen thousand dol
lars for the purpose of having the ses-
sion laws of 1905 and 1907 translated
into Hawaiian. The bill passed first
reading by title.
Under another bin the same gentle
man introduced a bin asking for s2s,-
600 for the relocation Of the road from
Kailua to Nahiku, $4,000 for the re-
location Of the road between Paia and
Honokala, $4,000 for the relocation Of
the road from Kihei TO Junction with
Dwight near Nahiku, $4,000 for a
new road from Hama TO Kipahulu and
$4,000 for a new one from kipahulu
to Kaopu. The bill passed first reading
by title.
Representative Hughes, in response 70
an inquiry by the speaker. stated that
Mr.. Schuyler had arrived and had vi.t-
cd the dam. The committee would pro
.oa7 IN rorlr and get through their