The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
SECRETARY lane =.
. FAVORS CUSTOMS
FUND FOR HAWAII
Interior Department Chief Init.
mated To Governor Islands
Should Have Revenues
Mr.. PlNkHAM WILL
SEEK FULFILLMENT
Government Of Philippines Bene-
fits From All import, and In
ternaI Revenue Taxes

Though Governor Pinkham has re.
eeived no permission from the depart
ment OF the interior to leave the scene
Of his multifarious duties, a leave of
absence which 1t is very necessary to
obtain, he is going right ahead with
his plans for the contemplated call on
Secretary Franklin X. Lane and Presi.
dent Wilson. This is indicate by the
departure today of Charles r. Forbes,
superintendent of public works, who,
with the Governor, will present a mass
of data to the interior department
and make requests for some larger
appropriations for the Territory.
just why Superintendent Forbes is
going to the mainland at the present
time was not generally known yester-
day. The Governor does not expect
to sail until early in December and it
is thought unlikely that the superin
tendent alone will present the request
for federal appropriations of 81, 400, 900
for harbor and other improvements.
Customs Receipts Wanted
Despite emphatic denials both from
the Governor and the superintendent
of public works, the talk in the street
continues that when Forbes returns he
will come back as Governor of the Ter
ritory.
1t is, understood now that the effort
! Governor Pinkham intends making to
| obtain for Hawaii n goodly portion of
the customs receipts garnered by the
| federal officers here, is based on an
intimatiOn he received some time ago
| from Secretary Lane, that the latter
| favored assisting the Territory ,fnan
cially in this way.
As already told in The Advertiser
the customs receipts of the Territory
4 amount to approximately 81 100000 an
| nually; IL even half o: the receipts
accrued to the Territory, many financial
problems in relation to public improve
ments would be solved. 1t Is not know
when Secretary Lane is supposed tc
have divulged his opinion on the sub
| ject, but the story is that the Governor
wants to go to Washington to exact
\ from him l. fulfllment of the intima
ton, or promise, or whatever it may
I have been.
Philippines Get Revenues
~ the present time, or in fact etei
since the insurrectos in the Philippine,
were subdued, the government of those
islands has enjoyed the use of all Gus
toms receipts gathered at Manila anG
other ports Of entry Hawai- does not
| get directly any of the customs re
| ceipts collected in the Islands
4 Men who have resided in the Philip
pines say there is difference in tho
governmental situations of the tive
island groups, however Ever since the
instruction the Philippine govern
ment has been practically an indie
pendent unit, financially. 1t gets nj
moneys from the federal government
for public improvements or the pay o.
its government officials. All such OK
penses must be met by the Philippine
government, together with all other in
hebtednoss incurred in the admin. stra
ton Of public affairs. The federal gov
ernment, however, docs maintain thu
army and navy in the insular posses
Sions, but not the Philippines Constabu
larry. This organization is the insula
nOlice force and is maintained by tn,
Philippine government.