The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-21

New school buildings. kauai l2,Soo
New High School, Honolulu. $4,000
$50, $50
IT is certain that, with a little for
bearance on the part of the public, you
can provide for all necessary expenses
and meet a reasonable demand for I'M
out of the present reVe-
nues, and this without increasing our
present debt. which is 50, $4,000. me
total receipts from all sources Tor tn~
two years will represent $3.50
from every one of our $4,000 people. |
This is a large contribution-more than
most communities submit to-and 1t IS
ample
If YOUR session of the legislative
branch of the government can give an
exhibition of capacity to provide nmltA
70 disbursements within a reasonable
estimate of revenues, there need be no
return to the days of registered war
rants-of temporary borrowing from
those who supply the community with
material or labor.
REQUESTS.
Permit me to repeat the requests
made oil former occasions:
First-That you legalize no eXpendl-
ture beyond the estimated revenue. 1t
is useless to pass appropriations WITH
out supplying the necessary fundS Win
which to carry them out
Secondhand you refer all financial
/ matters to a single committee, so that
Iouestions relating to either revenue or
expenditure can be intelligently con-
sidered and the latter kept within the
former
RESPONSIBILITY.
Tt must be borne in mind that All
revenue of any Government is collected
from it's people, and in a representa-
tive government this can be enlarged
or decreased at the pleasure OF the
peopIe's representatives. You gentle
men are chosen by this community u
oct for them in these matters. You
alone must weigh the Importance Vi
the various demands on the public
purse and conclude whether or not they
warrant an increased burden on the
community. Your work Will not peal
the stamp of public approval II you tax
the few for the benefit of the many, OF
the many for the benefit of the few
and you will prove unworthy OF the
high trust imposed upon you If you
Ilegalize outgo greater than income
EDUCATION
No work is of greater Importance &c
Hawaii than that done by her foul
hundred and thirty or more teachers
in their daily contact with the sixteen
thousand six hundred and ffty-one
pupils found in our public schools.
In the great retrenchment of 1904
made in order to permit the income OF
the Territory to oYertake past expen'
ditures, all other departments were
able to meet the reduction by dlm1n'
fishing the number of their salaried Of
ficials or cutting out particular lines
of work And though the percentage
of reduction was considerably less with
the Department of Education than any
other. yet it was more deeply felt Sol
the reason that no school could pe
abandoned or the number of its teach
ers be reduced Thus the reduction haC
to be accomplished principally in the
item of teachers salaries.
Now that our finances have again
become normal, it will be source OF
satisfaction to all for you to provide
out of the increased revenues:
First-A return to the normal schec
ule of pay for teachers.
, SecOnd-In appreciation of the un'
, complaining manner in which the cu1
was accerted three years ago and th'
, faithful work which has since beer
: universally maintained. the passage Of
| an act establishing a fund for the pen
sioning of teachers deserving of retire
, ment on pay from our Government
schools.
This latter question has been dis
cussed time and again, but no way
: could be found to overcome the man!
difficulties. The danger of having suci
an act repealed, and thereby causins
disappointment, has prevented its seri
Gus consideration.
A recommendation is made that tn
Maertens property at Beretania avenu
and Victoria street be used, with tn
erection of a suitable building as tn
location for a high school.
I PUBLIC WORKS.
Your deliberations should be guided
Q by a common interest for the whole
. Territory. Your duties if properly un
dertaken, do not make you partisan'
o of either County of Territory. Their
!
ditureS from one to the other. But, II
, view of the separate corporate power
and responsibilities, the property 0
one cannot with reason and prophet,
be transferred, without consideration
or compensation, to the other. Thi
8 question of the right to dispose o
property is serious and can no longe
/ be set aside with Indifference.
= If it is your desire to enlarge b.
. amendment the functions, the scope o
, the Counties, and give over to eacl
the court houses and jails, with tn
4 care of prisoners, then in justice t
= each County, let the property in eacl
be appraised and paid for, thus keep
ing faith with our Territorial bond
holders and protecting our credit
d What would be thought of a corpora
ton which on a showing of asset
, foated bonds. and then gradual,
transferred its assets, without consid
Grafton. to a new and distinct cor
poration?
Other public property belonging Il
y the Territory, such as wharves, land
> ings and public buildings, need fund