The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-22
Under Governors Plan Terrific
rvs Share Would Be More
Than $4,000 Annually
WHEHE MONEY WOULD COME
FROM STILL IS MYSTERY
Financlers Not Familiar Enough
With Scheme To Discuss .
Merits Of Proposition

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y At least 100000 year for pay Of
men Of the National Guard Of Hawaii,
of which sum the Territory could pay
half without increasing ts3ation4-such
is the meaning Of Governor Pinkham q
remark in the course Of his address nj
the dinner given by the officers Of the
national guard ut the Alexander Young
Hotel roof garden Saturday evening.
Where and how this money Is TO be
obtained without Increasing taxation is
o query that found Judgment in the
minds Of number Of well.known bust
ness men Of Honoiulu yesterday, after
they had perused the account Of the
Governors speech As published in The
Advertiser. = saf "s"s - \
1t would mean, say these men, that
the Territory would have TO set aside
sl50,Oo0 TO $l75,0OO annually for pay
Of national guard members; that is,
provided the federal government agrees
to pay half. But the territorial exc,
cutive declared that IL the federal gov
eminent does not see its way clear to
stand half the expense "the Territory
can do more. - -
Guard Must Do Paid
"The GuaFd,v said the Governor,
to insure its permanence and morale
must be paid. If the federal govern.
ment will put these 1--WE thousand men
on a payroll well and good.
of it will pay but one.half, Ha-
wall can, without increasing taxes, pay
the other half. If she must, she can
do more. / cannot here 90 into de.
tails of these proposals but later viii.
present them" ~ '."-, "". " ,
Because this latest money proposal
of the territorial administration runs
heavily into figures The Advertiser YES.
terday sought the opinions Of several
Of the city's prominent fnanciers.
Without exception they declined to en-.
ter into a public discussion of the ques.
, tion until 4 more definite statement Of
the Governor . plans Is Forthcoming,
Yet equally without exception the
men who were interviewed voiced
Payroll wsis.la 10 Heavy y. II
t"I can see, said one, "that the
salary roll would be easily $350,OO0 4
year, figuring that each of the 5000
enlisted men would get FIVE dollars .
month for his service This would NOT
include payment Of officers, for whom
$4,000 year additional likely would
be conservative estimate.
81 don Z know whether there Is any
fund available for the Territory g halt
Of sneh an expenditure, but doubt il.
In that event the only way can see,
viewing the subject offhand and with
out having made q study of it, is to
divert money from some other fund.
What other fund or funds could with.
stand heavy drafts for the purpose ]
do not know.
Possibly the Governor has in mind
the chance that the federal government
will undertake to build military roads
In Oahu, thus saving the local govern
ment that expense, But even in that
event, as understand it, the bulk of
the road money belongs to the county
and could not be touched by the Ter
ritory, for payment Of the national
guard or for any other purpose.
Legislation Necessary !
at isnOt likely pay for the national
guard eaR be arranged for without an
act of legislature" said another man
who, in times past has been closely at.
fliated with territorial affairs. "I
question whether a diversion Of funds
could be made without legislative sane
tion. What source such a sum could
come from, without either increasing
taxes or seriously crippling another de
partmsnt OF public Improvement Is be.
yond me Ut the present time. Ism L
this new idea of the Governor Is just
a little bit ut variance with the policy
of strict economy which he enunciated
quite sOlemnly at the outset of his ad.
ministrationf''
1.-THE Governor. certainly must have
a plan for raising the money that he
regards as feasible commented an
other fnancicr. "There may be q
method of doing it; he evidently con,
siders it practical. should not care
to discuss II until | know more of his
proposal, When he announces its de,
tails we then may weigh its pFactica-
bility and advisability.
However, $50, 900 to 100000 is d
pretty big amount TO divert from some
other territorial channel into the new
one. It will be interesting to learn
what the administration 8 scheme con.
templates. S.