Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-15
AGREES WITH FIELD.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bullet.n,
Sir: 1t is certainly too bad that
the whole city could not have heard
what Fl. Gooding Field lad to say
yesterday at the AID Club lunch. Bnt
possibly it would not have made arv
difference in the usual old swing of
things in this city. While Mr.. Field
came out flat-footed in what he lad
to say regarding the wanton extra
vagance. (which is a mighty mild We
of putting it, Of the money wasted
by the CITY government in s1laries,
he said nothing more than what ever
individual taxpayer OF this city has
been saying o. stage whisper for
the last several yearS.
He said further, we are running
our local government on the hit-or-
miss plan, with the misses far out
nuTebring the hits" Not 50, Mr..
Field. WE are rot running our To-
cal government by jagfuI II Won
or ANYBODY else thinks that way, Just
step into. that tax Office you mention
ed yesterday, where sixteen or more
clerks are chatting themselves trying
to do the WORK Of three clerks aHd
after you have waited about fifteen
minutes for one Of those same six
teen clerks to finish his cigarette CT
get through faddling with curtain to
wait on you, Just exercise your great
big enlightened American right by
growing at the delay and you viii
find out Just how much you have to
do with running this local govern
ment. ~. IL H.. -.
The people or this city have been
repeatedly told that the city is clerk
ridden, and it certainly is. When it
comes to fat, patronage jobs there are
lot more "hits" than misses"
The tax Office is not an exception;
the same s-whether-we.
walton you-or-not atmosphere is. as
far as the writer's experience goes,
to be found in most of the city Offices,
The clerks wait on one when they get
good and ready. ~ =
Yet. what are we gong to do about
it? The legislature. gave the power
to the heads of departments to annex
any and all clerks that were needed
While thee Is some sentiment. con.
nected With the band, the expenditure
On the upkeep of it is, far and away
beyond what we can stand. The small
number Of people that attend the con.
certs given in the local parks during
certain evenings of each week clearly
shows that there is little interest be-
ing taken now. Better let the CRYING
need of the city and county DIETER
roads, take the place of sentiment,
and put the $20000' or more where it
will make showing. Honolulu has
arrived at that point where she must
choose between melody and mud. Be-
sides, If we eliminate the band there
mieht be a few more clerks taken
on *.:
Bring the office help" of the city
and county offices down to business
house basis and the bad roads will
soon right themselves on the savings
from salaries that are given away at
present And all this Notwithstanding
the "fuddling' in road work of which
we had an example some time ago
when that strip of. road in front of
the Dillingham; place on Beretania
street was repaired, when the men,
road rollers, ETC., were so long on the
job that they became the subject for
a laugh from those who had occasion
to pass the spot daily.
Mr.. Field has started the ball going
for the second time. and if we, the
people of this city and county, can