The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-09
A QUESTION FOR BusINEss MEN.

Without desiring to make poor mouth over the situation must
be aeknowedged that these times for Hawaii The
Of the territorial and municipal reduced due
decreased values Of taxable properties The expenditures
being cut among the first 70 feel the pinch being such institutions
mtee Appropriations made for busneske Investments the
part Of the such the participation of the
Territory the Panama Exposition being
der stress Of necessity Already proposed pubcwo which
rants had to be stricken the program
The plantations and the business feel the pinch and this
has witnessed the almost total abandonment Of develop
n' and the carrying Of projects On the plantations only
the work is being carried requirements and renew
the being. will bring Homo
lulu building projects being held because Of the
difficulty of financing the propositions Also for the first
time in the history Of the Territory there problem Of the
employed
Certainty present is not the time when any branch Of the gov
should squander any public funds The present is time
when cent Of should be made just
far It possibly and every dollar made to bring the greatest
possible return to the public in honest work
The foregoing Of the fact that the City and County Of
Honolulu will have during the months following July approx
naey tryve thousand dollars month available for
fund the available
It has been charged and indication points the truth Of the
Of hundred thousand dollars campaign
fund to be expended where win do the most good politically
the reaciQnay of the board The this
eng Of scanty in the dismissal Of City Engineer
On tn score q charge oy such
Fern and persisted despite the Of the chairman
department has been during the past few months
when Whiehouse in sole charge During this period he unload
ed from the municipal parO the relatives Of Mayor and
Supervisor Markham adding this Of nefcieny
he previously refusing pass Illegal claim
against the treasury behalf Of Supervisor Hardesy
This large for the fact that the rolca showed
Markham Hadesy Paeco and Woer voting for Whtehouse
dismissal "a
AS present majority Of the board with the
Mayor have got rid Of the who refused to stand for the qand
Of the taxpayers money and they
at the time when there will be large
and the elections drawing The question for the taxpayers
Honolulu to ask themselves Are five going
be allowed to handle fund Of two hundred
public best suits their political purposes
need for for necessary public work so greatly
The roads of Honolulu should be built by competent
without regard political drags
ton for expert and good roads necessary
eopment Of the community Kauai has the placing
competent engineer charge OF her judging
ms competency solely the results in the roads he has to
for the spent He supposed build up political
machne it that he fill his paros with the
OF the relatives of those political the
workers His business build properly cheap
good work allowed and that work he has whole
island is reaping the benefit
II politics taxpayers city to interest them
selves this question of the dismissal Whehous it is
matter Of business appoximatng fourteen
dollars day for workday Of the six months period
IS to be expended That either do the public great
amount Of good providing considerable mileage good
OF 1t can be expended in such that there will be
III the legitimate influences which business
nifty bring bear upon supervisors brought into play
the majority the board will not have the audacy squander
money IL the other hand the business interests of
the large content sit nothing money
will certainly into the political channels be opened up by
and his hui s-f4
What the going TO doa Dismiss the matter with
hfng OF the shoulders and the politics. like bust
should do when the question of proper
nearly quarter OF million dollars in which they large
sharef
---------+------