The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-30
GOVERNOR IS.
AGAINST AN
] EXTRA TAX
Chief Executive TO Insist Upon
strictest Economy in Admins
tration Affairs During Present
Year and Sees no Necessity for
Calling Special Session Of Leg
islature.

ssThere will be no additional tax for
territorial purposes levied this year.
"This was decided at conference
Of the Governor, attorney general,
auditor ana treasurer this afternoon.
"The Governor will insist on the
strictest economy in tho running Of
the departments, as is customary in all
well-ordered business when the necessity
arises, as Is now the case with the Ter
ritory rs well as individuals.
''Witb the regular session Of the
legislature but twelve months away,
conditions are so shaping that there
will be no need Of apprehension that
the Territory will be financially en-
barrassed or the Taxpayers burdens
increased.
n'The tax rates on real and personal
property will be raised this year over
last wear by operation of the statute
passed by the legislature Of 1911, and
they win be approximately as follows:
"oahu, III; Maui 1.2p; Hawaii,
las; Kauai, ] 20.
"Had IL been necessary to levy the
additional tax for territorial purposes
the rates would have been much
higher"
Governor in Three Hour Session.
This statement was issued yesterday
afternoon by Governor Pinkham, fol
lowing three-hour session or confer
enee between the Chief Executive and
Attorney General WV. Thayer, Aud
itor J. II. Fisher and Treasurer D. l..
Conkling.
The statement is calculated to allay
all fears which may have arisen that
an extra tax, under the provisions Of
the 1911 law, might be levied this year.
Il sets at rest for all time speculation
on the probability of the calling of
a special session Of the legislature.
There win be no session of the law
making body of the Territory until the
house aud senate meet In February of
next year in joint regular session.
The strictest economy in the running
OF the territorial, departments will be
insisted upon and the Governor and
Treasurer Conkling, who have both
studied this phase, which was brought
up at the conference yesterday, will
make this plain to each and every de-
partment head Of the Territory.
That the Territory will weather the
present financial depression is fore
gone conclusion. Business must be con-
Quoted in the mannef employed by any
business concern when the revenues do
not come up to the expenditures; the
pruning knife rs welded judiciously
and the storm is weathered without the
business of the concern being crippled
in its efficiency.
Without the necessary cutting down
of the expenditures of the Territory
there would be a deficit Of at least
100000 by June 80, 1918, the end of
the present biennial period. Without
the pruning an extra tax would be
levied. This viii not now DO necessary.
Plan to Save Half Million.
There Is tied up in the different
special funds at this time the sum of
Sd02,000 which cannot be touched for
any other purpose unless special SEES
SION would do so by new legislation.
The special funds will not be touched,
however, for the dictum has gone forth
that theto will be no special session. .
BY practising the strietest economy
in the different departments and bG-
reaus of the Territory, us outlined at
the conference yesterday, there will be
saved to the government the neat sum
of $506,977.41. The last legislature
passed appropriations totalmg $3,Slp,
1880. On July last tho balance was
$3, 157, 39T.64. To May 10, 1915, the
amount needed in the current fund
comes to $685. O9,le, while the esti.
mated income, now in sight, to this
fund is but $2,1S3, 726.
AT the present time the several spe.