The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-08-28
.BEJTERMENT
or SERVICE
HIS A||N I
Collector Franklin Hopes to So
cure improvements for Homo
lulu Customs Department and
an Advance in Pay for Force,
which He Considers Highly
Efficient.
(From wednesdav Adrertiser. J

(From Wednesday Advertiser.)
Malcolm A. Franklin, collector Of
the port Of Hoholulu, viii leave this
morning ON the Matsonia to attend a
convention Of port collectors that win
be held in New York from September
IA TO September 49, inclusive. The
Secretary Of the Treasury calls a cbn-
vention in New York each year, at
which matters relating TO the tariff and
the employees in the customs service
throughout the country is discussed.
At the conclusion Of this convention
Mr. Franklin win 20 TO Washington
and hold q conference with Secretary
Of the Traasry McAdoo regarding
several matters relative TO the i'm
proyement of the customs service in
Honolulu.
Larger Force Badly Needed.
cit is my Intention said Mr..
Franklin yesterday, tto call upon Mr..
McAdoo personally and set forth the
needs of this port. The present CON
flict in Europe and the opening Of the
Panama Canal, with increased COM
tnerce in the Pacific, has made this
port an Important one. With the
added duties that have come up re-
Gently the present force employed at
this customhouse is far from adequate
and insufficient to ronder efficient SER
vice to the government and the public.
~ shall ask also that the pay of
the employees in the customs service
here be placed on the same basis as u
Is on the mainland. have found by
my own experience that the cost OF
n. 49,. n a. 4 - -. IL.
United States and there is no reason
why the men employed here should not
receive the same rate of wages that
they do elsewhere.
Finds Eficient STAFF.
90 My force is a good and efficient one
IA force that any collector in the
United States would he proud of-and
/ think that the Secretary of the
Treasury will sec the reasonableness of
my request and grant it. In asking
for larger force and better salaries
am merely asking something that has
been held back too long and the grant.
ing of this request, feel, is nothing
more or less than an act of justice "a
a body of men who have worked long
and Faithfully for the government
without being paid on the same basis
as employees in similar positions on tbs
mainland.
Aehen asked II he was going to urg'
the erection of federal building here
and which site be favored, Mr.. Frank
lin stated that, not being sufficientl,
familiar with local conditions and In
asmuch as the authorities in Washing
ton had this matter under considera
ton, he would not either favor or op
pose any Of the sites under cunsidera
tion. He said, however, that he woul'
urge the erection of a federal build
ing, adequate with the growing need
Of this city and would leave the ques
ton of site TO those who arc alread!
in charge of this matter. FL
Brother to Return. .-.| 70
, y Returning to the mainland today will
Mr.. Franklin is his brother, Capt. T. i
Franklin and wife, who have yisite'
six weeks in the Paradise of the Pacific
Captain Franklin has become an on
thusiastic booster in the short tim
that he has been here and promises y
return here each summer, bringing 9th
or Mississippians with him.
q Since his arrival here, Collecto
Franklin has made host of friends il
all walks of life. He, too, has hecpm
an enthusiastic booster for the Island
IS, and is anxious to arrange his affairs o.
the mainland so that no can return 500
TO his new home in the Mid Pacific,
Gin all MY experience ] have neve
met more hospitable and more lovabl
people than you people Of Hawaii,
p said Mr.. Franklin. 81 have mad
many friendships here, number 0
which know will be lasting ones,
81 don't believe finer body o
businessmen exists anywhere than the,
do here at the Crossroads of the Paci
fie. Ny relations with them have give
me much personal pleasure.
OF Interest To Uncle Sam.
Sin outlining my plans for the bet
terment of this office I expect to shoN
!, the authorities that the changes asle
for will not only benefit the busines
X community here but will also give tn
government better and more eflicien
service than il is at present gettin
with its present crippled force
While in Washington Mr. Frankli
will call on, his classmate and lifelon
friend Watt Gregory, the newly al
pointed attorney general of the Unite
States. Mr., Franklin will return +
Honolulu October 20, 2
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