Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-02

| hOuIu hOl' give dIlS VI
! resumption of facilities for freight
| transportation between Maui and Hiio
| and vice versa-would not even under
Ktake that one of his vessels should
make periodical calls in the event that
{ forty head of cattle per trip were, Of
/ fered. Your committee consider that
| the attitude of said company in this
rcgard is reprehensible, and grossly
lacking in due regard for the pub,
lie needs and convenience. But, in
| the present state of the law, your
committee can see no way of obliging
said company TO meet the public
needs There are now pending be.
| fore the different houses of this legis-
lature, bills for the establishment of
a commission to regulate public .serv-
ice corporations, and it may be that
such legislation will be passed at this
session as will permit such commits
sion to make effective regulations in
this particular. Your committee are
strongly of the opinion that such leg
islation is essential to the best in
terests of the small producers Of agrf.
cultural products in the territory.
Abolish the Office. j..
BILLS recommended, to meet the
si;nation, as far as it may now lie
:; eft, excepting in tIe ma i.' of the
regulation OF public service corpora
pms. Youc committee herewith sub
hits two bills fer the G. EsIuerair II If
Tie, house, as follows ....
An act = repeal section , Of act
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act 148 of the laws of 1871.
An act to make available for dis
bursement by the special agent IN
charge of the United States agri-
tural experiment station in Hawaii, ire
sum of $35 700, to De used in prolnot-
ing the agricultural interests in the
territory, and facilitating the market.
ing OF the products IF small agricul-
tural holdings. r. ~ III.
by the first of said acts, the office
CT market superintendent, and the laws
providing for his appointment, ETC.,
are abolished. We consiler this course.
desirable, especially in view of the
fact, that, as shown By said su2erin-
tendent's report to the department of.
immigration, etc. it appears that the
expenses of his office have been SO
great that it has cost the territory
about one dollar and five cents 10 SUI
perintendent the marketing Of one
collars, worth of agricultural products.
We regard this expense rs exCrBitant.
and observe, more especially i'll the
statement given by the superintend-
ent, Ga transcript whereof is submit
ter herewith, that the item If auto
mobile hire" appears 10 be- upEernost
in his mind-and has also figured
largely in the expense of conducting
his office. II - -. ~.
"By the second of SAID bills, it is
proposed to place the matte of OPEN
ing, maintaining and facilitating mar
kets and marketing uader the control
of the special agent in charge of the
United States agricultural experiment
station in Hawaii. /.
Commends Federal Station.
During the present biennial period,
the sum of $1,000 has been placed
at the disposal Of said official where
with to assist ii" the establishment,
equipment and maintenance of facili.
ties for the promotion of agricultural
interests along lines as yet not fully
developed in this territory. In confer
ences with said official, your commit
tee has become convinced that excel
lent results have been obtained from
this expenditure, and We strongly ia
vor a material increase in the amount
to be placed at his disposal for said
purpose, during the ensuing biennial
period. The record of his activities
in said direction is most flattering, and
shows excellent results to have grown
from the establishment Of the sub sta
ton at Glenwood, Hawaii. The pro-
gram of that official for the future in
cIudes the establishment of similar
stations at other points on Hawaii,
notably, Laupahoehoe and Waimea, at
Nahiku, on Maui, and Kalaheo on
Kauai, and possibly at other points.
"The second bill, above mentioned,
contemplates an appropriation of $685.
COO, to be made available for dis
bursement by said special agent dur
ing the coming bic nial period, for
the purpose of not only promoting the
production of products as now little
developed in the territory, but also
for facilitating the marketing OF fruits,
vegetables, flowers, poultry, poultry
PRODUCTS, ETC. 1t is further proposed
that said sum shall be paid out OF the
conservation fund provided for by
act SO of the session laws Of 1909 as
amended by act 1913 of the session
laws CT 1911, and shall, in effect, be
a first charge upon said fund-a fea-
ture which your committee earnestly
recommends.
"Your committee considers that the
interests of small producers already
established upon the land, and of
homesteaders in process of such estab-
iishment, call loudly for this moderate
degree of assistance in the initial de-
of their respective interests
and industries.
Wherefore your committee recon-
mends that the bills herewith submit
ted be passed by this house.
Respectfully submitted this 18th
day of March, 1918.
fSigned) "A. F. TAVARES,'
:...# IS. s.. PAXSON, i
GEO. II. MUDDY,
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