The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-06
Hawaii MAY
NOT HAVE A
BUILDING
Governor Pinl<ham Considering
ACCESSIBILITY Of Having Terri
tory Hold ON to 100000 and
Arrangeto Lease Space for Ter
ritory's Exhibit at Panama
Pacific Exposition in 1916.

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There may not be n Hawaii building
at tho San Francisco Panama exposition
next year. That there is danger of Ha-
wall going without building Of its
own at the big exposition the coming
year was brought out yesterday in sew.
eral sections Of official and business
circles Of Honolulu. 49,
The principal contention IS that the
Territory can III afford at this time TO
expend the 100000 appropriation pass
ed by the last Legislature Tor this pur-
pose, in view Of the decision of the
territorial administration to cut and
prune down territorial expenses as
much as possible in order that the run
In the reduced income of the Territory.
81 have not made up my mind in
regard TO the Hawaii building at the
San Francisco exposition, ,, said Gov
ernor Pinkham yesterday in answer to
a query as to what, il anything, was
being done by The administration in
regard TO the Hawaii exhibit.
When asked II there was not posi-
bility that Hawaii would have to fore
go having a building Of its own at the
big show next year, Governor Pinkham,
while MOB admitting the possibility or
discussing it, showed that the, matter
bad already been considered by him,
although to what extent is not known.
To Consult Commissioners.
"Should anything be considered by
me in connection with The building,p
said Governor Pinkham, t'I will un-
doubtedly call the Hawaiian exposition
commissioners into consultation with
me.D
The Hawaiian commissioners who
were appointed by Governor Frear are
ii. p. Wood, chairman; john s. Wise,
John A. Hughes and J. N. s. Williams,
of Honolulu, and Charles +. Wright Of
Hilo, Hawaii. yt = fat
The proposition in nutshell is like
this, - said well known man about
town yesterday "The Territory is up
against it now for funds to conduct its
ponderous government machinery. Now,
take, for instance, the decision of the
administration in regard to The shelter
home for children, where n small APP
preparation of $500 cannot be made
available for such worthy aud very
necessary purpose bceanse the Terri
tory must save money in order to live
within its income. ti4ts
= 81 want TO see Hawaii represented
at San Francisco, but j think the first
call on money expenditure should be
for the destitute of the Territory and
the poor little waits, who are orphans
and are dependable merely on the
whims of irresponsible persons in many
cases, should be first taken care of.
"Just imagine that the $4,000
which would sbe required to put up
respectable exposition building would
build ten such shelter homes as the
lonesome one which the legislature pro-
yided for but which the government
says cannot be put up at this time be-
cause there Is a shortage of funds.
"There Is really no hurry to put up
the building, as. II can be started and
completed within four months time.
But what win tho building be worth TO
Hawaii after the exposition is pau9
Say, some five or six thousand dollars
at the most, loss, everything eonsid-
cred, of something like $4,000. - s
N''IIawaii was foolish when ii neg
leeted to accept the. offer Of the federal
government to provide us with exhibit
tion space in one of its many large
buildings. The Hawaiian exhibit would
attract just as much attention in one of
these buildings as.in aseparate structure
which will cost us what we cannot af-
ford TO spend now-and we cannot af-
ford even now a beggarly $1,000 for a
children 5 shelter home which is so
much needed
Suggests Leasing Space.
81 see one way out of the difficulty
which win not prevent Hawaii from
exhibiting suitably and still save many
thousand dollars which can be put to
far greater use and advantage here at
home, small portion Of the saving
being then available for the shelter
home. .stl aEa.
y Instead Of constructing a building
the, Hawaiian exposition commission
may rent, at aigreat saving to the Ter
ritory, a suitable space in a building or
buildings on the exposition grounds,
which will, after all, come to the same
thing and Hawaii win be thus repre-.
sented. Authority to rent or lease
quarters, without the erection build
ing of Hawaiils own is given the com.
missioners in section one of Act 154
which was passed by the last legisla-
ture and approved by Governor Frear.
Subsection 2 Of section one reads;
ITO cause the erection Of suitable
building or the leasing Of suitable,
space in another building or buildings
TO house such exhibit. \ This il the
way out of the difficulty il. the Terri,
tory must save money and il small
tribes such as the shelter home ami
many other items of refuge, comfort
and welfare for our poor, crippled and
destitute population may be proyid.
ed--whieb y manifestly our. first call.
t"I fully believe that the Governor
and the commission should take the
whole situation mp and give it careful
consideration before the final say Il
had in the exposition matter III We
must save, let us save from the appro.
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