The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-03
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MARKETING BUREAU
CRITICIZED IN SENATE
All Mention Of It Struck Out Of
Appropriation Bill In
the Senate

Complete reorganization of the entire
salary system of the whole Territorial
government win be proposed in the
general appropriation measure now
rounding into shape at the hands Of
the senate ways and means committee.
Senator shingle, chairman Of the com.
mittee, said yesterday that he hoped
but could not promise to report the
bill today. +
As forecast by the chairman's earlier
warnings, there is to be a shake-up in
the territorial marketing division. SO
far as the general appropriation meas.
ure goes, the department will cease to
exist: The bill simply win omit to
make any appropriation for carrying
il on.
1t developed in the course Of the
committee s hearings that the division
has been deferring payment to ship
pers for months, in order to make up o
deficit of $1,000 which is now beint
carried on the personal notes Of J. NJ
Westgate, agronomist in charge of the
United States agricultural expert.
ment station, and A. 7. Longley, sui
perintendent Of the marketing division.
"That 3 no way for the government
to do business, said Senator Shinglc
yesterday, chat s not state of af-
fairs that can be permitted to endure.
At the same time, il is not in the pro
vince of this committee, which is vir-
tually finance committee, to prescribe
the way in which the marketing divis.
ION shall be run. SO we simply shall
strike out all mention Of it from the
appropriation bin. d. U.H =
From the Ground Up s ,
81 understand that a bill shortly
will be introduced in the house reorgan
king the division from the ground up
defining its duties, and giving II def
mite form and scope. This committed
will leave the future of the division tt
that bill.O
As to salaries, the revised and amend
ed bill win seek TO put the pay roll OF
every department where il can be
scanned at a glance. In the depart
ment of public works, for instance, thu
auditors books show that, while Will
bur @. Woodward was acting superin
tendent, during the absence Of Charles
X. Forbes, he had to charge up his
time in fractional amounts against six
teen different appropriations.
%''You can readily see how thai
works oIt'' commented Senat0i
Single. ''In the first place, it i'm
noses a vast amount of unnecessary
labor on the auditing department
Woodward has to get his pay in six
teen different warrants, and tn,
auditors staff has TO carry sixteen diff
ferent salary accounts for one man. ,
"In the second place, what is evet
more important, it .confuses the record
It makes il very difficult for one no
familiar with the technique Of govern
ment business TO find out what SALARY
any one government employe is get
ting or what payroll is chargable Il
any department. @. .,t ,
Some Method in Madness
CT recognize that there Is som,
method in the madness of the presen
systcm The desire is to find out wha
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