Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-03
ECONOMY
NECESSARY
COl|lIl|le
Territorial treasurer Declares
Funds Win Be Short Ab0lt
$400, ,O00 Next August
SAYS TERRIT 0Ri NAY
BE 4R AGAlNST 1T
Appropriations Made by Last
Legislature Win Exceed
income, IS Clam

The reduced price tof sugar and its
direct effect on the government OF the
territory will be one OF the first mat
tiers impressed nton Governor L. f.
Pinkham upon h's arrival In Homo
lulu, IL It has not a'feady been brought
to his attention BY the retiring-goy.
ernor, w. r. FFeaf
Territorial Treak knrer d. Z. Conkling
declared today tit the appropria-
tions made by the last legislature will
exceed the funds Whieh viii be avail
able in the coming biennium by $780,
600 to $400. 900. and made the pessi-
mistic prediction that the territorial
government will be ..up against II
hard" about next August unless the
new chief executive insists upon q
program Of the most rigid economy.
aThe income tan VIM be so mate
ri1ly reduced next year that our cur
rent revenue win not be SUFFICIENT to
meet our running expenses stated
ConkIiEg. "and It will be up to the
new governor TO impress this upon the
minds Of the department heads.
8 '1t all mean that operating cost
Of the territorial machinery must be
cut to the very lowest possible point
consistent with working ability be-
lieye IL viii mean that salaries must
be sla shed all around. from the heads
OF the departments themselves down
to the Office boys The general re-
ductior In salaries should obviate any
necessity FOR reduction in forces,
though the smaller the present sal
aries the less should be. sliced from
them. In other words, believe the
heads Of tse departments themselves
should be quifed to sacrifice q part
of their oR salaries 1.-The man who
Is getting s3I'O 3 month now should
be willing to shave It down 800 d
month but the oIl0w who is getting
only $75 q month should not have
his salary reduced more than $5 or
$40, il at all !.
Business houses and plantations
throughout the territory already have
adopted q policy of retrenchment;
they are looping pff expense Wher-
ever possible II iit Is the proper
thing for them 1t certainly ought to be
just as desirable Cor the government.
And anyhow II 10 not merely 4 qlies-
tion of desifab ableness: it's 8 matter Of
forced economy. Wen have to reduce
q little In the next few months or q
whole lot late next year. q
Frear's recent letter to Treasurer
ConkIing indicated that ePinkhan
has already fairly comprehensive
understanding of the situation, tor the
new executive agreed that &.e pres
ent Is an inauspicions time TO noat
the proposed territorial bond issue 1T
81 SOC, 900.
Whether he will now obtain the.
presidents sanction to this issue re-
mains to be seen, but Treasurer Conk-
ling Is OF the opinion that the authori-
zation for the full amount should be.
obtained now, even though It might
be decided now to sell more than
$100, 600 of the bonds at this time. He
figures that q saving of many thou
sands of dollars to the territory can
be effected by arranging for the en-
tire 81 1,500, 900 as one issue, having
them all printed and approved and
ready for sale whenever It is found
the market is favorable and the addi.
tional money Is absolutely necessary
for further public Improvement work.