The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-05-29

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delight te 80 % tae roads and bridges.
Mr.. A. r Jadd favored the amendment cf flty
cents he thouEht the pfinc DE ci tccIai itNaiIcn
Vas wrong. 10 ihls eouatFy purtleulsry . weald
Dc Different N thcru wrrp muuieipal Covcrnmcuts
for The various towns, or separate isianJ govern,
ucnts. thcrc would cc marr rCasca fafifttsu. The
rcmsrss Of The Minister of Forrlgu Raairs fsiisd 90
convince him. lie wouid vote ior this rrduction IL
the poll FAX % afty cents With view 20 lis total
abolitlon rruc, The natives wetc net poor-ttat
Is, bcggsrs-hni sin they noi fisA No go not
knew oi hardly an iustancc ef Hawaiian nta
started even with The world and came out stesd.
thcrc sro few cxgcptlous, maiuiy members oi Tits
House. Natives CuEht 10 be looked upon and
treated diaercntiy irom mcr oi tao Anglo Saxon
rsce IL has been argued hy the other side 10 Wc
rcincc this tax reduce thc rrvcnuc, and therr Il
nothing 70 take its place. but IN rcpy 20 that satcd
there was NOV monsy spent 10 rSecs. oi sf,ecihc
objects In tbs Aprrcpraiion bli Than would cover
the decrease spoken Of which u saved would mcrr
thaa make mp the sam taken nom The rcvrnuc by
the reduction ct the poll tax-ydc ilc bead " Trans
fsrs," in the Budget The perscual tax oi s. vas
realls hard upon the natives. True, tacy were lm-
prOvidcut In a great measure, hut this onc must
expect, as a man can not DC made pSsdcst uuirss
was only taxed 81 for the benefit Cd Gcgrrnmrnt
Bat be could not cyadt The ottcr taxes o hc wanted
-as the read and school iax-aud la nut this the
same as being paid directly % the Treasury Tor it
I helps the Government 90 mtintaln thc scauo's and
Keep the roads in order. when ID not sustained I'M
/ this way, would have 90 Dc supported by the Gov
/ crnmcut. Tbs tax of e. school ana rdaE tax uss
Just as direct as the poll tax oi a.
I Hon. G. K. Bishop said: 10 is vel known that thc
people Of Hawaii uCi avail themselves fallY OF The
right OF petition, but 50 FAR there have been few II
I any petitions asking The Assembly 90 reduce the
poll tax aud t Is iolly Cor this House TO force this
. reduction of tax upon the people as 10 has never
been asked for Il has been argued thsi this rruc-
uon OF $4,000 Ia the revenue Is a small amount.
but the House should not ioIEct that the taxes are
made NJ from small items, aud 70 We keep cutting
OF here and there, VIC will soon have nutuiru len.
aud this same $4,000 would pay for many small aT-
inns a
and also pay many Of the salaries Of the uisfrict
7 Justices. &c. II seems to me. From the remarks
made, that everything Is in a state Of piiiSis this
l word piittfg takes wide range, and Is something
\ like the CRY OF NAunf have heard 80 oftcn during
l this session. man-who has 80 pay TAX on ~
7 horses Is called 0Auui and rltiil. such iact
/ the United States OF Great Britain wouAd astln.sh
I the people; The idea OF pcor man paying tax Ca
I ffH hQr-Csi stranger hearing thc remarks stc
by Representatives In this House on the tax quca-
tion would be likely 20 conclude that thCy were scr
/ rescntiug population OF oppressed paupcrs Somc
bavc the idea that property Is evrrythuE-taN that
yet no one should pay taxes Tor prutecfioa % hfr
and limb IL is said that some TAX PAYERS Go not
vote As for me, | don't believe that property IA
the thing Of greatest value, that the chief end
Of man IS 20 vote, aud for the poor being over
taxed, can sec by the law that The tax asstssor
Is allowed very wide discretion IN cxempiug ttc
old. poor and infrm. % not believe ln the pro-
prjcty Of throwing upon the Mobiles, aud finally
upon tbc Ming, tlc odium OF opposing sud rrirrt-
ing Bill which must necessarily De vetoed, simply
because the Representatives wuut 10 please ihcif
. constituents aud gain popularity. Those Repre-
seatativss who think that pfercr course std insist
on pushing such Acts through, poorly appreciated
their duties as Representatives, and their rcspousl-
uiiity a. memhers % this Assembly. ] could 90 90
if ! waited 20 and gain popularity. Popularity Is
pleasant, and everybody likes % please Others
but when one has duty 10 perioru. it Is not
always pleasant 10 do what be must do IL faith-
fol TO bis position. some say shat we have balance
IN tue Treasury, and We Won't miss this $4,000 .n
the receipts. Bot we must remember that The bali
ancc j. smaller this year than 20 was two wears ago
aud by reference 90 the Report Of the Minister u
Finance ii would Dc seen that che Whole of tuc rgv-
euue for the past two years bad been expended ard
more too, and Judging by that Report aud thc Res
olutious assirg for expenditures Of money for tho
next two years, We will want an the revenue We
can get 20 carry ont the improvements that are in
contemplation, aud l can't see the sound sense in
reducing revenue this amount for tue sake %
the tiiiiue, as they are called. when wc haze uot
been asked 10 do SO, and ~ DO not believe thst
tagie = tealil any PiiSii
His Ex. the Minister of Finance said, that as the
debate had taken a vide un-c. and the House
were desirous TO come % a vote. be would couale
bis remarks 90 only one or two points He had
moved the iudehnitc consideration of the section
aud had listened pltiently % The debate but had failed
70 hear any Arguments from the supporters of the
Section tELt ought % convince the members %
should be passed His colleague had clrarly set
foriu the fact that this p0lltax had been imposed
iron the commencement Of The Government, that
the people were accustomed 90 IT, that no complaint
Of is oppTrssiveuess had reached the Assembly, and
that the tax was not peculiar 90 these Isl1nds but
was imposed in 1he New Eugllud and other statcs
Of the United States. He had been chlfred 10 nay
poll-tax iu New York, as soon az be came % nee.
The first point be would make was th1t the
strongest argument brought forward in support u
the reduction was comprised in the words eAaas,
5itfa This condition Of the taxpayers had been
fully dWclt upon; but was this a sufficient reasoh
or did the facts correspond With the reason He
thought not Tie people were not 90 ilihHHc, or 30
plkia, that they could not raise dollar per ar
num- The tax was small and 10 ought not 20 be de-
creased, unless 10 could clearly be shown 20 D. on-
pressive. Was u oppressivcg Could any member
show that with the demand that exists ali through
The country for laboreFs when every able bodied nan
could md work u SO minded land the law specially
cTempts from this tax the siek infrfn aud poorl
that any one could be so ili1uue. piiika 10 ba
oppressed by this tax The Assembly had for tl=ce
days debated this reduction of hafa dollar and shat
is the amount Of ail this waste Of time The mrrhrr
from Kohala and the member from Hama IA H..
formed the Housc that 10 their districts there was
10 hardship 10 the faEpsyers 10 raise m0uev % pav
their taxes but 10 Honolulu this hardship does e.
st-so says the member from this town. What does
.uls TAX amount to-not ever The price o. hEaee %
chickens, and We are dispuiug over whether tla
people shall be relieved % The extent one chicken
per annun, Native lasorer' can command 10 this
'nWn one dollar per day-n1t many DAYS ago they
struck for and haif dolars-one daY 10 fherelr
10 work for payment Of this poll tax-Whaf piiisia
indeed i this 80 IN the outer disfricfs-l0 To- Of
Office 100 oranges 80 lbs of rice or three davs WORK
puts the taxpayer ia fuuds 10 these circumsfarces
an this tax be called oppressivss Il has been ssId
q debate that the taxpayer had been impris-
il-4 ApI uou- ytneuL- he ffue MlhlsferI
ware or this fact Hs bad inquired and f0und fhsr
,ne man, an old offender u0}sbie delinquenf
bout meeting bis dues 70 the GoVerumsnf-had ac-
ualiy been scut over on a miifimus n the maris-
rate, although The law ouy pTescibes condemnation
. work ou the public roads uutil the tax i paid
BE very poor abused nan, uho could rot raiss
ny money, remained ia prisoa just one DAY. when
u paid up and was released II is not Eet tligt
are impfisoued. Out of The large num-
eF of warrants issued, only this man chose % try
be result Of refusing 70 pay.
he would advert 70 Only one other point-fh1t
siore we can spend mOuey We must get it. ard a
ne Assembly showed great alacrify iE asking Tor
ppropThiions, they ought also 20 Be cautions nos
o reduce the income Of tie Kingdom Since ffe
eciion had been under de1afe he had been Iookiar
mong the estimated Expenditures 70 see which
oud be dispensed with The revenue ! "a te AZ
finished some $1,000. To that amount fha *
euses als0 must BE- diminished Can h b aka
at Of the Finance Department We collect the Cas.
oms now very chesply--u0 reduction can b. ussfs
lere The Minister'S salary might be reduced when
.treuchmeut shaiI become neeess1rv b. a. -s.dv
meet that In the Attorney Generals Deparfment
o reduction, gaess We decrease the raT 0f TIE con-
aoles and the police; nor 10 The Jadiciary EXCEPT
be District Judges Gene under redrcffors nor IL
le Interior, except We diminish the efHeieucv 81
be Hospiials-or cease 70 support me Board m
eaitb-sinee j. was evident that the members we're
u Niiling % cripple The public work. The onfv
tperss that about equailed the proposed radne-
on vas that oi the legislative Asseubir t9t
spsnsng With TIE services u this body viii hardly
assented 70, on the score of ecouomv. A. 90 sar
- be seen IN the expenses where thls sun eouIf
spared. II would BE- p1osf uurIre arrr Il rre