The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-17

| and consequently has more work than
! such judges on the mainland and
| Whereas the work and responsible
! ity of the chief justice and associate
| justices of the supreme court of this
| Territory and of all the circuit judges
| has greatly Increased since annexation,
! and the business transacted by such
| courts in volume. character, and i'm
portance justifies an increase in the
amount of the salaries received by
said judges: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Honolulu Chamber
of Commerce. That Congress be re-
quested to amend the organic act so
as to provide for the increase of the
annual salaries of the United States
district judge, the chief justice and
| associate judges of the supreme court,
and of all the circuit judges of the
Territory of Hawaii, as follows:
Chief justice supreme court. 81 500 90
Associate justices supreme court
teach) 2. ....-...........--... 1000
Circuit judges Observation-Disclosures. 1000
United States district Judge. 1000
BE it further resolved. That a copy
of this resolution be forwarded to the
l. iCSIdGhl III liAG oNldlN, llhS GptdhGE
of the House of Representa- tives, and
to the Delegate from this Territory.
81 hereby certify that the foregoing
is true and correct copy or a resolu-
ton passed at the regular monthly
meeting of the Honolulu Chamber OF
Commerce. held November 10, 1907.
Attest:
JAS. F. MORGAN. President
[Seal.l
H. p. WOOD. Secretary.
RESOLUTION.
g Resolved by the Bar Association Of
the Hawaiian Islands that:
Whereas the salaries at present
provided for the chief and associate
justices of the supreme court, the
Judge of the United States district
court, and the circuit judges in this
Territory are inadequate; and
Whereas the important duties re-
quired to be performed by said judges
| demand that they receive compensa-
ton commensurate with the amount
and quality of the work they are re-
CURED to perform; and
Whereas within the past few years
there has been a marked increase in
the cost of living. which has been rec
ognized by Congress in the increasing
# the salaries of the Federal judges
on the lrainland:
"Be it resolved, That this associa-
tion strongly recommends an increase
in the salaries of the judges of said
courts as follows:
"Chief justice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $6500
Associate justices of the SUI
preme court (each) ........,-.... 5000
United States district judge. 5000
Circuit judges (each). ............ 1000
Resolved also, That a copy Of this
resolution be transmitted to the Dele
gate of Hawaii to the United States
Congress, the President of. the SEN
ate. Speaker Of the House of Repre-
sentatives. and the Attorney General
of the United states.
1--WE hereby certify that the forego-
ing is a true copy of the original res
olution adopted at regular meeting
of the Hawaiian Bar Association held
Wednesday, November q, 1907. at
O'Clock p. m. at Honolulu, Oahu.
wv. A. KINNEY,
president, Hawaiian Bar Association;
w A. greenwich,
Secretary, Hawaiian Bar Associa-
ton"
STATEMENT OF MR.. F. NJ. HATCH.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the
committee, / want to indorse all that
Mr. Mcclellan has said in detail In re-
gard to this bill. I think l echo the
general sentiment Of the community IN
Hawaii that those salaries are too
small They may seem reasonable to
you from the standpoint Of those liv-
ing on the mainland, but from the
standpoint of Hawaii they are not
reasonable There is no getting away
from the fact that in Hawaii your
money does not go very far, and that
household expenses are large. 1t is an
expensive place to live in.
When the organic act was under
consideration there appeared 10 have
been an idea that the salaries were
arranged on an extravagant 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 in
come of these gentlemen occupying
these offices, and at the same time the
necessary expenses did not become
less. On the contrary, in some respects
the expenses have become greater in
Hawaii since annexation than they
were before. There has been a gen.
eral rise in the scale Of wages. That
has been felt by the housekeeper as
we'll as by the large employer Of labor.
The servant question is a very i'm
portant one 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 not do anything else. You
have TO put out the washing. There
are other items on which there is an
increase