Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-07
By G. S. ALBERT

By S. ALBERT
.Tspeciai staszBniIstia corsspondanceT
WASHINGTON, B. G. Oct. d..
Lying at the navy yard here is the
new revenue cutter Miami, which,
with her sister ship, the Unasga, is
1.-The latest addition to the new navy
of the Treasury Department, which
now consists of about thirty.five fine
vessels for cruising service, the
larger portion of which are new. As
the revenue cutters are designed for.
service In war as we'll as in peace.
1.-THE news cutter is here to receive
her armament Of sixtpounder rapids
fire guns, built for her by the me-
tchanics at the Washington naval ord
nance foundry. She probably will be
| IN port here until the early part of
1.-THE next week, and will go from here
to Newport News for some minor
changes in her coal bunker arrange.
Iment before going to Key West, her
Istation
The cruising territory OF the Miami
| lies within the tropical hurricane belt,
and as she will often be called upon
| to go to the assistance OF vessels in
trouble in these great storms. and
win have to brave the violence Of the
gales while on these life and prop.
,erty saving expeditions, she has been
built strongly In order to Withstand
pounding Of heavy seas.
Within the past year many of the
revenue cutter service ships on the
Atlantic coast stations have visited
| the navy yard here to be fitted with
new and modern guns in place OF the
somewhat antiquated armament with
which they are equipped Those
ships that have not come here to be
rearmed will. do SO shortly. It Is the
policy of the Treasury Department
10 have all Its vessels in the best Of
trim for service. The placing of new
armament on them is in keeping with
this policy. The ships on the Pacific
are being fitted with new guns at
Mare Island, Cal.
Encouraging reports received DUR
Ing the last few months by the bn-
reau of iIlsular affairs as to the
growth OF prosperity in tie Philip,
pines have been confirmed by the an.
ternal revenue and OF customs.
The total amount of internal reye-
lnne collected in the year ended June:
80. 1919. was $40. ,084. is. as com
pared with total collection during
the fiscal year 1911 of 1908, 065. so,
an increase of 1888, 018.55, equal to
1913 per cent, of which the sum of
$460. 85150 is due to receipts from
new courees, and the sum of S528, 16II
is due to Increases in the output from
manufactures of taxable articles and
to a general improvement in busi-.
ness conditions throughout the ISL
ands
The total cost of collection was
sos per cent, there having been a.
constant decrease of this admins
tratiye expense since 1908, when. 1t
was 80 per. cent: a decrease due in
!, the past TO the increased amount.
handled by, the various saboffices.
The increase In the number of eli
gars manufactured from less than
160. 000. 900 in 1906 to 2S4, 600. 900 in
1912 is due in part to the increased
consumption sin the islands. and in
part to shipments to the home mar
kets. Prior to 1909, when Philippine.
cigars were first admitted into our
ports free of duty, an average of less,
than half million cigars year were
shipped here. When the duty was re-
moved, the demand on the part OF.
the importers exceeded their plans
for distribution and the shipment for
! the year 1910 reached over eighty.
seven millions. But as. Manila cigars
are practically new to the trade and
their distribution had not been we'll
planned, there followed q reaction
and Imports fell off to some twenty
seven millions the next year.
In the meantime, however, Philip
pine cigars were finding favor as
smokers came to know them and in
1912 the shipments to the United
States reached upward of 10000, 900.
The increase in the. amohnt of the
percentage tax paid by merchants and
manufacturers Indicated an increase
of nearly $4,000, 900 in the internal
trade of the islands exclusive of liquor
and tobacco. .,.-.... -. II
The Philippine collector of customs
reports, an increase of $625, 1854 in
the amount of import duties, largely
due, to the larger amount of rice inn
ported owing to the short crop pro-
dueed in the Islands. The total Gus
toms revenue according to the insult