The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-08-02
ABOUT PERSONAL TAXES.
HALF AN HOUR WITH THE TAX
COLLECTOR.
The General Apathy Of Corporations
Contrasted With the lnter-lsland
Steamship Company.

There is a pretty constant stream OF
persons wishing to pay personal prop
erty taxes still pouring in to the Iax
Collectors office where they are re
ceived with open arms by Tax Col
lector Shaw, Deputy Weldon and
assistants. SO great has been the rush
for the past week that the present
clerical force of the office has been un-
able to keep the books posted up and
indexed, and it will be some days be.
fore complete statement can be rem
dered. Owing to the crowds in attend
ance many persons have gone away,
preferring to pay the extra ten per cent.
rather than stand in line for half an
hour or more; these and others will be
given a chance to pay up this week,
after which all unpaid personal taxes
will be placed in the hands of con-
stables for collection. There are still
a number who have not paid from last
year, and payment will be enforced
from these also. In fact, taxes will be
collected this year without fear or favor,
and it is the intention to make every
able-bodied man who has been in the
country the requisite time pay personal
taxes as the law provides.
Replying to question of the STAR
reporter, Deputy Collector Weldon
stated that people were paying personal
taxes and sending in returns of per.
sonal and other taxes regardless Of pol,
itics, and that the threat made some
time ago that the royalsts would not
pay taxes to the Provisional Govern.
ment, was not being carried out by such
prominent men of that party as Claus
Spreckels, w. G. Irwin, c. B. Wilson,
]. o. Carter, G. w. Macfarlane, F. w.
Macfarlane, ]. A. Cummins and others
who have already paid personal taxes
and made the proper returns of their
other property.
Mr.. Weldon also complained of
the general apathy shown by corpora
tons in the matter of sending in lists
of their employees for the use of the
Tax Collectors Office, and especially
mentioning the Road Boards, only one
of which on this island has sent in any
list at all, the exception being Homo
lulu which has sent in partial list
only. Considering that the money for
road purposes comes solely from per-
sona taxes, it would seem that the
Road Boards should interest them.
selves in seeing that their employees
pay road taxes. OF the employees of
the Honolulu road district Mr.. Wee
don has collected from forty four, only
four of whom paid voluntarily. If
proper lists had been supplied he could
have collected from every employee on
payday. In marked contrast to the
action of other corporations and road
boards is that of the Inter Island
Steamship Company, which sent in
list of 2o4 employees at one time, with
check for 5000. II has stree sent
in subsequent list of III more, for all
of whom the company becomes respon,
slble for the payment of the taxes.
The company receipts to the Collector
for 100 or two 200 receipts at time
and fills them out with the names of
the employees and passes them over as
SO much cash on pay day.
With regard to the personal property
taxes collected from students between
the ages Of seventeen and twenty at Ka-
mehameha and other schools, Mr..
Weldon said they only paid $3-$2
for road tax and 81 for poll tax-no
school taxes being collectable.