The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-16
SALARIESOF FEDERAL
OFFICERS IN HAWAII
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does not go very far and that house
hold expenses are large. 1t is an eX
pensive place to live in.
When the organic act was under con-
sideration there appeared to have been
an idea that the salaries were arrang-
ed on an extravaganza scale down there,
and they were reduced with the idea
that the conditions in Hawaii would
adjust themselves in a short time to
the conditions on the mainland, but
that has not been the result. Expenses
have not become less; so that it was a
cut in the income of these gentlemen
J occupying these offices, and at the
same time the necessary expenses did
not become less. On the contrary, in
| some respects the expenses have be-
come greater in Hawaii since anneXa
ton than they were before. There has
been a general rise in the scale of
wages. That has been felt by the house
| keeper as well as by the large employ
err of labor.
The servant question is a very i'm
portant question there. The nature of
the climate requires that there should
be some help in the household The
amount of domestic help must be a
great deal more than you can get along
with on the mainland, because you can
employ a servant to do only one kind
of work. A cook will cook, but he will
cut out the washing. There are other
items on which there is an increase.
The Chairman. Is that a popularity
of the Orient, that they will absolute
ly refuse to do more than one kind of
work?
! Mr. Hatch. Yes, sir. We have not
the large supply of domestic help which
they have as you go farther east, to
China. They are surrounded there by
an abundance of labor, at a cheaper
rate.
In regard to supplies, to which Mr..
Mcclellan referred, and the fact that
a large proportion of the food supplies,
as well as clothing and building mate
rial is brought from the mainland,
notice from report of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor that
| breadstuffs to the amount of 81 900 900
in value were imported into Hawaii
from the mainland during seven
months in 1907. Other items are as
follows: Eggs, $4,000; fish, $4,000;
hay, 1921 900; poultry, $4,000; butter,
$4,000 meat and dairy importatiOns,
1878 600; vegetables, 1874, 900, and lum-
ber S556O00 All of these were for a
seven months period only.
The result is that it costs very much
more to live in Hawaii than on the
mainland, and think that that should
be a factor in considering this problem
The salaries of some officials are small
: al q Of q
p judges of the circuit court. They have
very important duties. They have in
/ charge the entire nisi prius business.
They have jurisdiction of all the chan
Gerry cases and also all the probate
cases.
The Chairman. You have no probate
icourt?
Mr.. Hatch. We have no probate
court; that is, no court solely of pro-
bate jurisdiction. The circuit judges
. throughout the islands perform the
, duties of probate judges.
Mr.. Higgins What is the white po-
pulation of Hawaii?
Mr.. Hatch. | should say that the
white population of Hawaii is 1900,
exclusive of the Portuguese. There
are $4,000 Portuguese,
! MI. Higgins. what part OF IndJ To-
} 900 white population own their own
homes.
, Mr.. Hatch. | could say that a large
proportion of those people own their
own homes.
The Chairman. How many of them,
exclusive of the Portuguese, own their
own homes?
Mr. Hatch. A large proportion. The
white population, including the Portu-
guese, are the class of people who own
their own homes. The Asiatics do not
own their own homes
Mr. Higgins. There are about 10000
Asiatics.
Mr. Hatch Something like that.
The Chairman. When you come to
revise your remarks, you might insert
those figures, so as to give us that
information as fully as you can.
Mr. Hatch. l do not understand
how these circuit court judges can live
on salary of $4,000 a year.
The secretary of the Territory also
is an underpaid official. He gives his
whole time to the duties of his office.
and acts as governor in the absence Of