Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-21
GOVERNORS OPENING MESSAGE To
l9l7LEGISLATURE TELLSNEEDS


ture which ASSEMBLED today, is as follows:
TERRITORY OF HAWAII,
Executive Chamber
Honolulu February p, 1917.
The Honorable President of the Senate, H. ).
The Honorable SteaRe, of the House and =. -.
Members of the Legislature Of the Territory of Harai
GENTLEMEN:
You assembled in the Ninth Regular Session of the
legislative branch organized government the Territory
The disturbed conditions of the world affect the civil
official population very favoraby their incomes will
continue until reaction conditions takes place.
date no exactly foresee.
The government its officers and employees, instead of
protng are decidedly initiated against opera
restricted with legal relief sight through
your legislation and appropriations
Generaties will be omitted in this message We will follow
the titles of each appropriation the order made for the
period iol59 explaining and adding that which
necessary and pertinent that clear survey of the situation,
financial and otherwise be presented and the public
Although Education is involved in County and City and
County finances and the periods disagree will present the
subject full period (two-year) basis $50 you may know
the aggregate education and educational plant this
Territory.
Salaries
The Executive has given suggestions increase of
salaries He recognizes the justice and necessity of reasonable
increases but he also realizes employees must equiv
alent in services rendered
Some heads of departments have noted the they
consider their the due of their assistants Others leave
their own interests to the initiative of the Legislature
Physical Requirements of the Territory
These will be approached from the viewpoint that the present
time of excessive prosperity and that those who pay
should be willing provide the money required to in
augurae complete improvements press the
n,ntv toward toward
embeishing such lands objects will further the
bon of the communities to be noted not only natures
handwor but for the convennces comforts and enterprises
established and be established by the government by
individual enterprise
THE GOVERNOR.
Military Department
This Department has become of such magnitude and
interviewer with the Federal War Department that requires
deep consideration the part ef the Legislature for phys
cal situation and be compared with any other
place within the confines the United States of America or
its possessions.
1t is improbable that particularly as relates to the
Island of Oahu the establishments of the Army and Navy will
ovehadow private expenditures the annual ougo urpass
in amount the gross value alongside ship of sugar
and pineapple crops Of the Territory.
In this the question of diversity and less restricted
channels of labor business and distribution of money will be
settled tor Oahu In its train will inevitably residents,
seasonal residents and visitors who will spread over the
archipelago
We shall do well if we bear this in mind and meet the
situation in broad wise and liberal spirit free from bombast
cieny and haste that dgns consult the author
that have made possible the Territory of Hawaii to
be and continue be what and that aims at substantial
future yet impressed upon the public mind This subject
broad and involves hundreds of thousands dollars in
money equipment and supplies will be in special
message your honorable bodies under the heading Land
Military aud National Guard and another of vital importance
under the heading Reformation and Roads.
Observation-Disclosures
This Territory its Capital notably, is situated the
road of Pacific the crossroads British antinodes