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

By C. S. ALBERT
Especial Star Bulletin ccrrespondencel
wAsHINGT0N, b. Ct, Oct. %.
Lying at the navy yard here Is the
new revenue cutter Miami. which,,
with her sister ship. the Unaiga, is
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 well as in peace,
the news cutter is here TO, receive
her armament Of six-pounder rapid.
fire guns. built for her by the me,
chanics at the Washington naval ord
nance foundry. She probably will be
| IN port here Until the early part Of
| the next week, and will go from here
to Newport News for some minor
changes In her coal bunker arrange
ment before going to Key West, her
station.
The cruising territory of the Miami
lies within the tropical hurricane belt.
and as she viii often be called upon
TO 60 to the assistance OF vessels in
trouble in these great storms. and
will have to brave the violence of the
| gales while on these life and prop
ierty saving expeditions, she has been
built strongly tn order to Withstand
pounding Of heavy seas s.
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 antiqnated armament with
which they are equipped. Those
ships that have not come here to be
rearmed viii 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 ct
Mare Island, Cal
Encouraging reports received dur
ing the last few months By the bu-
reaH of insular affairs as to the
growth OF prosperity IN the Phillip
pines have been confirmed by the an
lnaI reports Of the collectors Of in
ternaI revenue and OF customs.
The total amount Of internal reEeS
nue. collected III the year ended June
80. 1912, was so, So, 0S4.15. as COM
pared with total collection during
the fiscal year 1911 Of $500, 066.6 So,
an increase Of 1888 ,01s.55, equal to
10.3 per cent, Of which the sum of:
$460, S51 so is due to receipts from
new cources. ana the sum OF S52S, Lei
is due to increases in the output from
manufactures OF taxable articles and
to q general improvement In bust
ness conditions throughout the ISL
ands.
The total cost of collection was
sos per cent. there having been q
constant decrease of this admins
tTatiye expense since 1908. when It.
was 4 8 per cent; a decrease due Ia
the past to the increased amount
handled by the various suboffices.
The inerease IN the number of eli
gars manufactured from less than
l60. 100000 In 1896 to 284, 000, 900 in
1912 is due in part to the increased
consumption In the islands, and in
part to shipments to the home mar
kets. Prior to 1908. when Philippine
cigars were first admitted into our
ports free of duty, an average Of less
than half q million cigars q year were
shipped here. When the duty was re-
moved the demand on the part OF
the supporters 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 well
planned, there followed reaction
and imports fell off to some twenty
seven millions the next year.
In the meantime, however, Philip
pine cigars were finding favor as
Esnokers came to know them and in
1912 the shipments to- the United
States reached upward Of 10000, 900.
The increase In the amount of the
percentage tax paid by merchants and
manufacturers indicated an increase
of nearly 10000, 900 in the internal
trade of the islands exclusive of liquor
and tobacco. = $500. 4. s5...-. =. zs.
The Philippine collector Of customs
reports an increase of $625,6f6.94 in
the amount of import duties, largely
due to the larger amount of rice Inn
ported owing to the short crop pro-
duced in the islands. The total Gus
toms revenue according to the insul.
ar treasury was $S908, 1854. In. ad-
o mn nf X020