The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-19

olulu, which is a way port, a center
4 distribution and, in the nature OF
Kings, is bound TO remain such, what
yer may be its growth in the futnfe.
In the second place there was disfim.
nation against the. TERRITORIAL wharves.
hippers In bulk, who own their own
Yharyes, would pay nothing, either on
iutgoing or -fncoming freight y n. rs
Jur wharves Like Roads &. "a
IL was on this point that Chairman
yewis dwelt. 1.-THE tendency of this
iii, /" he said in substance, "is to drive
BUSINESS from public TO private wharyes.
eve are an island community. Con
itions with us are not those ON the
mainland. We can't move without
rossing our wharves. On the mainland
shipment may come in by rail and &c
ut by water, or vice versa, or il may
ONE in and never go TOUT again, but
his is n port the business of which il
iainly distributing, transfer, bust
ness. ~ 81 -. +
t'our wharves are more like ON
Dads; they are part of our system OF
communications. They are more like
bublic thoroughfares, used and paid
or by the whole community.
T. Moreover, we are advised by rumorS
II wish to make it plain that there has
zen not threat-that if this bill il
.assed, the private wharf owners viii
Irop the voluntary payments of ster
ents a ton on outgoing shipments
hitch they now make ~ .
Voluntary Payments
These voluntary payments go largely
the support of the Leah Home and
he Palama Settlement. L. A. Thur
ton, also one of the newly elected direc
ors, explained their origin.
When Oriental cholera first came Il
'ihks Islands, he said, it caught the ter
Z itoriaI government practically without
unds, as did the bubonic plague, il
. alter years, &.nE e..
X Warned by the menace of such &
heritage, the business men of the com
unity had pledged themselves to main
ain permanent fund, to be raised by
he voluntary imposition of shipping
'ax. 1t was not a charity thy had un
tertaken, but self protection.
. Then came tuberculosis, "and il
apidly obtained such foothold,' sale
lr. Thurston, "that it grew to be I
lsnace almost equal to that Of thu
lague. "s..
Experience taught us that such in
titutions as the Leah Home and tn,
'alama Settlement could do more effee
i've work in combating tuberculosis
han we could through a committee. O
ur own, and we turned over to then
'ur FUND. Y A.'f1 = -.
Gust Control Our Fund
ifsAlthough r am not speaking nov
o the article before the, consideration
f this body, ! wish 10 emphasize m.
elief that we should on no accoun
/. low. the control of this fund to pas
ut Of our hands. Only the other nigh
was told by one Of the directors o
he Leahi Home that there are now 81,
. Tgent eases at large, endangering tn
lealth of the community, which tn
tome is unable to care for because i
aeks the funds,
owe all know from experience HOY
lificult it has BEEN to interest eithe
he legislature or the supervisors in tn
tome and the settlement. Where woul
hey be without the aid of our funG
thu "heTe ShOulu we DO WITHOUT IN
tightly efficient work of the Leah HON
md the Palama settlement
Motions to commit the chamber t
In expression, of opinion ION how tn
farbor should be improved, whethe
by general taxation or O. property tar
failed, and the bill was referred bac
to the committee on legislation, wit
he Clause GOA disapproved by IN
lnimous vote. 4iFEi -,