The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-17
THE LEGISLATURE.
lO4ru DAY.
THURSDAY, Oct. l6.
AFTERNOON SESSION,


OF the Wholesale business bill, rs
amended ny the commerce commit
tee, pass.
Rep. White moved that the sec
ton and the whole bill he indefinite
~ postponed This was only
measure on behalf of Honolulu deal
ers to keep up prices. Two or
three prices were charged for fur
niture. People saved money by
buying through travelling agents.
What was the license these mcr-
chants had TO pay, anyway! 1t was
only SOP. III it was proposed to in.
crease their license to $3.50 you
would see them swarming into the
lobby, to beg Mr.. White not to vote
for the bill, and even to buy up
those reporters, in order to get long
articles in the newspapers. They
we're told that the reciprocity treaty
would reduce prices, but Oh the con-
trary goods were dearer than ever.
Noble Macfarane said that the
bill was not introduced in the inter-
est of any class hut for the benefit
OF the public. 1t was approved on
submission TO committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. The bill
was TO prevent commercial travellers,
who paid no taxes nor contributed
anything to the treasury beyond n
paltrv license fee, from coming here
and competing against our mrr-
chants who paid high rents and
taxes. Ii these drummers were to
be allowed Il continuation of such
privileges, the merchants might as
well close their stores and have all
their business done through foreign
agencies. The talk against The bill
was specious but contained no ar
gument. He referred TO the state
mcnt of the member for HIilo (Na-
wahi) that he had been deceived by
the rest Of the commerce committee.
Rep. Nawah denied that he had
made such statement.
Noble Muller described the pro.
ceedings of the committee, to show
that everything was open.
The Interpreter stated that 4 liter
al Interpretation of the hon. mem.
hers remark in the morning was that
wrong had been done TO him ny
the committee.
Noble Macfarane had held a
higher opinion of the foresight OF
the of the hon. member than that he
should have signed report before
he understood it. Resuming his argyll
ment he asked if they were prepared
to see the wholesale business houses
shut up for the. sake of a few com.
mercial travellers.
| Noble j. M. Horner was afraid
this bill was one of those wher,
there was niger in the fence.
Noble Crabbc said there was M
such thing. There was no niger
about it.
Noble Horner resumed. The bill
was q restriction on liberty. What
the people of the country wanted
was cheap goods. This was 4 tint
when the people must look after the
cents as well as the dollars. Some
of his friends in California made
fortunes from very small amounts
Let everybody have a chance Il
climb. His principal objection Il
the bill was as to the amount requir
ed from the commercial travellers il
order TO have liberty to do business
Noble. Crabbe had introduced tn
bill and could assure the hon. Nobl
that there was no niger in it.
was to prevent the wholesale bust
ness from being swamped by drum
mers. Under present condition
Tom, Dick, and the Devil coul
open out samples in a room, and
without contributing to the geners
prosperity of the community, tn
opposition 10 the merchants who ha
TO pay heavily for all their privilege
and accommodations.
Noble Muller corrected misal
prehensions of opponents of the hi
!. as to its origin and objects.
Noble Isenberg could not agrt
: with the hon. Noble from Hawai-
Besides paying taxes the wholesa
merchants had to maintain eXpeI
sive business establishments.
Noble Horner would be Statistic
+, with the bill if convinced that it W:
only. directed against drummer
He had been annoyed al the visi
of whiskey drummers to his neigl
borhood.
Rep. Brown explained that Il
bill had no reference to the drum
mers of local wholesale houses.
: Noble Horner thought when Il
bill appeared this morning that as
was a merchants bill he would leaN
il alone. But on looking nj it lit
closer he began to think it was of
piece with the opposition to the ST
I Diego steamship bill, having the o.
ject of preventing people from &c
ting their supplies cheaper.
Noble Macfarlane knew that Il
hon. Noble felt sore over the st
Diego matter. The bill would n
prevent competition in the wholesa
business. Anybody complying vii
the same conditions as those in bu
mess could start wholesale stor
These dnmmers for whOlesa
warehouses abroad didn sell goo'
any cheaper than tho houses mai
tanning warehouses In this oountr