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jority report of the Ways and Means
Committee, sponsored by Senator Fair
child, Moore and Quinn.
Mccarthy Doubtful.
@sThere are some items in this loan
bill that we should pass said Senator
Mccarthy. 81 am strongly in favor
of the 100000 appropriation for the
Kula pipeline. There are other items
in the bill, however, that, while they
may be desirable, we can not afford at
the present time. We are paying
about $500 day on the public debt at
the present time, and nothing that is
going to increase this burden should
be taken up without absolute neces-
sity'
Senator Fairchild said that he wish
ed to go on record as favoring the Kula
pipeline, but not by including it in a
loan bill.
Fairchild said that the Territory had
been saddled with a debt of about
$4.000.000, of which nearly one-half
had been spent on the Island of Oahu,
adding that it had not been always
spent "wisely.' Replying to the
statement that the Governor had stated
that county could not tax itself un-
der the provisions of the Organic Act,
Senator Fairchild said that the bill
offered by the committee majority ear
RED the necessary power. He argued
that it was wrong to bond the Terri
tory as a whole for Improvements in a
single county.
Robinson favored the minority re-
port, only indorsing, however, the ap-
preparations for the Kula pipeline and
the Hilo waterworks. He added that
the Republican party of the County of
Maui was pledged to support an ap-
preparation for the construction of the
Kula pipeline.
Senator Chillingworth said that he
had visited the Kula district last Feb
ruary and had then seen the necessity
of a pipeline. He agreed with the
general principles of public finance
enunciated by Fairchild, but added
that no one would be tempted to loan
money to a county by virtue of law
that might be repealed at the next
session of the Legislature Fairchild
replied that the obligations would not
be repudiated, whether the law was re-
peaied or not, and that everyone would
be amply protected
w. o. Smiths Views.
Senator Smith took the floor and
disagreed with Fairchild s views. He
said that the. time had not yet come
when each county could care for it.
self. He took issue with Fairchild s
statement that the Territory had in
Cured a bonded Indebtedness of 81
100000, a great portion of which had
been spent unwisely. He said that the
plan might work well for Kauai, but
that it would work a grievous wrong
upon the County of Hawaii Senator
Smith said that the view taken by the
Kauai advocates of the plan was es-
sentiallv selfish, which brought re-
ioinder from Senator Fairchild that he
was heavier taxpayer in the counties
Of Oahu and Maui than he was on the
Island of Kauai.
Opposes Bonding.
Senator Moore opposed the idea of
| promiscuous bonding, and declared that
the problem of responsibility should be
| brought home to the counties. He said
| if the present rate was maintained it
would take 0ne-fourth OF the Terri
| tory's revenue to pay the interest on
| the bonded indebtedness, and that it
would soon be necessary to issue bonds
| to pay interest on bonds.
- Let us make an attempt to or
| game county government as it should
| be organized,' concluded Moore.
! When the discussion concluded. Vice
! President Kalama stated that there
were about twenty-five motions before
| the house. The motion to defer the
| loan bin until Tuesday was finally car.
| ried.
| Third Readings.
Senate Bill No. 131. relating to the
| qualification of pharmacists. passed on
| third reading. Senator Chillingworth
! argued in favor of the bill, stating
that the law that prevented man not
graduate from college becoming a
licensed physician was unfair and that
| the provision fer an examination was
sufficient protection to the public
| Senator Knudsen moved that House
Bill No. 1873 be laid on the table be-
| cause it was intended TO provide an
| unnecessary job for somebody. The
bill prohibits the sale of "re-iced -
fish of number of varieties and final