The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-10
Chamber Favors
Continuing Child
Welfare Efforts
Resolution Passed Urges the
Board of Supervisors to In
crease Appropriation Over
Present Quarterly Budget.

Maui Chamber of Commerce is in
favor of the county keeping up Child
Welfare work even if other county
needs have to wait. A resolution
urging the board of supervisors to
increase the appropriation for such
work over the provision made in the
budget for the first three months of
this year was passed at yesterday
afternoons meeting. The subject was
discussed from several angles and at
considerable length.
Mala Wharf also came in for some
attention and the president was au-
thorized to name a committee to ar
range for formal opening of the
wharf under the auspices of the cham
ber.
Welfare Work Needs
President A. w. Collins occupied
the chair for the first time at yester-
days meeting having been absent
from the meeting which elected him
head of the chamber last month. Two
new members, l.. l.. Roberts and
Fred Wolf were elected and the rou-
tine business was quickly disposed of.
Under new business F. B. Cameron
introduced the resolution on the sub
ject of child welfare appropriations
ana moved it's adoption. He told of
what the board had previously ap-
propriated and the curtailment for
the first three months of this year
to $1250 a month. Last year child
welfare expenditures were S27, $50. 40.
He said the welfare board has sought
to cut down allowances and that if
it kept within the appropriation there
would be only about 1882 for each
dependent child and no opportunity
to aid others.
Question Thoroughly Aired
Senator Harry A. Baldwin second
ed the resolution and said it would
be little short of criminal to let the
work stop. He favored cessation of
other work and mentioned letting
roads go if absolutely necessary.
Cameron had spoken of the planta-
tions taking back there old cases but
Senator Baldwin said even if that
were done there was still need for
the work for other than plantation
cases. In answer to question Cam
eron said if the plantations handled
their own cases the allowance by the
board Of supervisors was insufficient
He said the welfare board might get
along with the cases it now has to
care for on $2100 monthly.
Supervisor D. T. Fleming was call
ed ON to tell the position of the board
He said the tax rate was 3.16 and
the board had done the best it could
in curtailments to keep it there, sec
ond only to the county of Hawaii. He
praised the work of the welfare board
and it's personnel but said there were
the conditions. To stop road work
would throw out of work men who
were dependent on that kind of work
for living, would increase the mum
ber of indigents.
What Maui Does
The point of what other counties
did was raised. Maui for welfare
work, pensions to indigents and 9th
ers and for the hospitals and sani
tarium last year spent $424,250 as is
shown by the county auditors report
published in this issue.
President Collins favored the plan
tations caring for plantation cases
and the child welfare board only fol
other cases. Other speakers were J
J. Walsh, H. B. Penhallow and Rev
j. G. Villiers.
Mala Wharf Opening
Relative to Mala wharf, .Presiden
Collins reported present work was
near completion that an Inter-IslanC
boat was expected to call for equip
ment used in the work today but haC
been storm bound at Hawaii. He be
lieves the InterIsland Company viii
make use of it. In answer to the ques
tion as to what use the Matson line
would make of it, Captain Edward.
having been quoted by Honolulu pa
pers as having said only the Annie
Johnson could use it without dredg
ing work having been done, Mr.. Col
Inns said he believed the Hyade!
would also use it. VIM. Walsh saiC
Captain Edwards said the Hyade'
could use it in the right weather anC
had advocated an addition at its enC
for the larger Matson and othe
steamers.
Passage of the motion for the nam
ing of a committee to arrange an off
cial opening of the wharf followed