The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-31

Mr.. Kalanianaole-As Hawaii is a
lpart Of this country, our sugar is pro
dueed within the country.
Mr.. Mann Which Is worth more
than a million and half to Hawaii.
Mr.. Kalanianaole-It Is NOT a favor
to admit our products free any more
than it is the products of Arizona or
Alaska.
Mr.. Goods not Hawaii part Of
the territory Of the United Statesf
Mr.. Mann--But the gentleman
complains because we get a million and
a half dollars a year, as he SAYS. from
the Territory Of Hawaii.
mr.. Kalanianaole-Uh L am not
complaining.
''Mr. Mann--If the gentleman is not
complaining, all right.
Mr.. kalanianaole-I am disprovinp
the statement that the American pe6.
pie are paying for it, and am showing
chat Hawaii pays many times the sum
expended for us annually by the fed
eral government.
'Mr. Macon-Mr. Chairman. in an
swer to what the Delegate from Hawaii
has just said, | will state that in nv
humble judgment no Territory or any
other kind of possession that is attached
to the United States of America has
heretofore OF are now comforting great
er benefits upon the United States than
the United States is comforting upon
them. Therefore, when he insists that
| the Territory of Hawaii is creditor
of the United States. he states some.
thing that l can not accept. / believe
the Territory of Hawaii is a debtor to
the United States at this time. When
1 rose it was for the purpose of find
ing out whether this salary was to be
paid out of the revenues of the Terri
tory of Hawaii or out of the revenues
of the United States, not to discuss the
benefits that have come to either the
United States or Hawaii by reason of
its annexation to the United States.
Mr.. Kalanianaole-It comes out of
the federal treasury.
Il Mr.. Macon-Then I am most Sc
riously opposed to this increase.,p
When told that the Republic of Ha-
waii used to pay its President $4,000
a year, Mr.. Macon ventured the opin-
ion that call in excess of $4,000 was
squandered. -
Stream Gauging.
i In the matter of including the Ter
ritory within the scope of general ap-
i preparations, the sugar interests again
came uppermost in some of the mem
bers' minds. An instance of the way
in which Hawaii was Disseminated
against was cited in the matter of
the appropriation for measuring the
flow of streams for irrigation informa-
u ton Representative Tawney sneered
at the attempt to get some money for
HAWAII for this purpose, stating that
1--WE are asked to recommend the ap-
u preparation of public money for the
benefit of private interests. Z"
81 will state right here that that,
statement is inaccurate and unfound-
Il ed" broke in Kuhio, who explained:
''The gauging of stream flows in
Hawaii is not for the benefit of the
sugar planters; it is to determine the
water supply available for use on un-
sold government lands. The planta-
tions rely wholly on their own investi-
cations of water supply. This stream
gauging was for the benefit of in
dividuals, the diversified industries, and
the remaining government lands,
GIN the Territory of Hawaii today
there is not more vital question than
the water question. There haye been
artesian wells dug in these little is
lands for the last thirty years, and
lOh OOhulI4OHb nave dIlSSu Which,
pei the people to ask, How long will
this water last us7' The seriousness
of the problem is shown by this fact:
Thirty years ago we had artesian wells
that threw up water to a great height
10, 10, or 20 feet. Today you can
not get nearly the same pressure. I'm
der those conditions the Governor of
the Territory asked congress, or the
department, to see that the water be
measured so that we will know as to
the limit of our artesian supply. But
as to the statement made by the gem
tleman, that it is for the benefit of
the planters, even if that were so, it
would be benefiting the main industry
of the Territory, and therefore bene-
filing the Islands as WHOLE"
Tribute to Hawaii.
In connection with this same subject,
that of extending the general appro-
priations of congress to Hawaii, which
e some members appeared to think Ha-
1 wall would unfairly take advantage of,
4 Mr.. Butler paid the following compi-
t ment to the Islands:
: "Atr. Chairman, I think before we
Q vote upon this part of the bill we ought
/ to consider quite well what we are
\ about to do and its effect when done.
!, We ought to remember that these peo-
: pie of Hawaii came to us willingly and
t placed their treasures in our keeping.
, We ought to bear in mind that the peo-
pie of Hawaii; without condition, had
confidence enough in us to hand us all
! their resources. The integrity of our
. Nation was their guaranty; our strength
, was the refuge they sought; our prin-
: ciple of equality among men tempted
! them to join us There is no man in
this house who is more faithful in fol
! lowing the gentleman from Minnesota
than am, but in this instance the
+ gentleman is absolutely wrong; not in
tentionally so, but, nevertheless he IS
6 wrong. If the gentleman opinion shall
prevail in this committee, our conduct
v will be misunderstood. repeat, the
e people of Hawaii had sufficient conf
e denre in this Government to offer to it