Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-10

cause tnefe Is no authorization oil
law for those provisions. Hereto
fore we have made such appropria-
tion on the theory that the laws Of
the United States are applicable To
the Territories. | think II is agreed
that If the provisions of the stat
utes were interpreted by any court,
there would be no necessity for this
amendment. But instead we have
an Interpretation by the Comptrol.
er of the Treasury. Now. let us
lsee what the Comptroller OF the
Treasury said with referen e to this
matter. He did not have reference
to the measuring OF streams alone
The question that was up before
him for consideration and decision
had to do with the water supply of
the United States also. Any man
who knows anything about the Ter
riiory of Hawaii, who knows any
thing about her agricultural re-
sources. must know that those is.
lands depend altogether upon irri-
CATION for the production of over
$4O,000,000 worth of sugar annual
10 and , vory yoluohie cror n, rico
and o,ber nroducts Thasa mod.
ucts are raised almost entirely by
irrigation. Now. TO say that they
are not interested In the water sup.
pIv of tho islands tbink 20 hoo.
,ino tho oues,io,, Tho oo,,,rai
Ter says that the provision in sec
ton 5 of the act approved April 80,
1900:
Tbo, tho Constitution ond
except "a otbarvise nrov,dad
All tho lnwo NJ tho Irni,sd
sta,a. which aro M, ,o,ou,, In
| annlIcobla shail have ,ba sono
forca ana ewec, In ,ba To,rI
: tory ne alsawbs,a 4, tho mn.
oil states
Io .,so oo,s.
atso decIdsa q, IN, oo,,,ov
IN Tho ,Ith da, ~, ILL., Ion-
an, ho,d On ,tou, 90 ~ -
ntnvIslbn tb,ht :, yoa ,he
,rto,,i,,n -, ca. 49,, -,
moue on,,nnr,at,nno ,or vor,
plis project, Of the Goyernmept
Of the U..itcd States available
ror expendIture In tho Hawai-.
ian Islands. except where pro-
visions for the operation OF
such projects in the islands
have been made.
Now. Mr. Chairman ~ tho head,
OF these departments are not IN he
depended upon IN make eouitob,e
and right divisions of the funds tba,
are appropriated for speciaI purposes.
,b.n ws sho,,, NO, - -,
appropriations AT all. but sbould nm.
nronriate ,or snootaa oh,oo,, 80,
Ii the heads of these Departments are
capable of making n wise ana eco
nomical expenditure of sucb apnro-
ntiations I'm everv ploco In Tho hi,
ed States. then the heads of these
denartnents arc cert,inIy oano,,,a n,
making an equitable division OF these
funds SO far as they apply to the
Hawaiian Islands and Alaska, Terri
tories of the United States.
! Mr.. Crumpacker. VIII the gentle.
man permit a question?
Mr.. Good. Certainly.
Mr. Crumnocker 10 TIM, doo,,,o,
based upon The fact that go,arai n -.
propriations are not carried no Tho
general statutes int uowo,I h,,
that IN order that o,v donan,,,
may extopd opv nor,,on a, ~ 49,,
eral appre orIotion in Tho rarr,,orn =,
Hawaii. there must ha exnro.. o.,
thority- given in tho annronria,,on
bin?
Mr. Good Tint 10 no understand
1t.
: Mr.. Crumpacker Ihovo M, raoa
the opinion but I, tbaf s,a,amont 10
CORE, Il think a 10 a, ohon,Inah,a
decision.
Mr. Mann That 80 M, IN. o,,
ion.
M c
,hat !, 49, Ne' ne susses'
=, n,,. ues'ueu 'h"'
80 p"' ''N"'ai "PpioPiiatioh' no