Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-14
P. c. JONES /!
The minister OF
Finance Writes an
Injudic.ous Letter

The management Of tie
Hawaiian Grsmways Company
must have been extremely amused
by reading letter from p c.
Jones, which appeared in the
last number IF the Star. Mr.
Jones, who is we'll known here
as a strong supporter of the Y.
NJ c. A, IS the president OF
Brewer a Co, as twice resigned
minister Of finance, and as
general wlnd-hag is worried.
He is deeply worried indeed. be-
cause. according to bis ideas the
Hawaiian Tramways Company
doesn't pay enough taxes and be-
cause. the Stockholders of it
live IN Eng ,nd or somewhere
else Mr.. Jones has the sym
pathy of the community. because
he has always been shining
example of patriotism and un-
selfshuess Mr. Jones doesn't
want to run cable car or pro-
mote Company in opposition
10 the present English Company.
Mr.. Jones is not open for any job
of that KIDD. His Amer can
patriotism NAV make him boil
over occasionally, so he feels
compelled to tell his admiring
fellow citizens above his ancestors
on Bunker Hill; bit lie is not
carried away sufficiently to
oppose the Tramways Company
simply because, it is British.
Oh no. Mr. Jones only thinks of
the Hawaiian Treasury, and he
makes his Startling" disclosures
from a purely patriotic feeling
We might say that IT is peculiar
that Mr. Jones hash { made these
disclosures IN former DAYS.
Somebody might think it remark
able that Jones when he was a
minister of finance both under the
rotten" monarchy aud under the
immaculate p. G. kept his mouth
shut and locked up in the secret
but roomy- chamber of his
bosom the facts which now stare
us in the face. Perhaps Mr..
Jones. at that time was not pre-
pared to show his patriotism.
Perhaps be WAS moved to silence
by a fe, ling of "Tiredness"
gained from Boston deecons.
Whatever il was. be never said
boob! but now he comes cot in
virtuous indignation. and the
Star and claims that tue Tramways
don't pay taxes enough. He
tells us that the company is IN
corporated for 1925 900. and that
the taxes paid only amounted to
S643 Go for the year 1898 Then
he shudders and We are shocked
beyond description. But while !
be shudders, and We are shocked !
let US look into some of the other
corporations who. do business and |
pay taxes in these islands
A while ago Mr. j Emmeluth |
asked the government to furnish
him with certain information in
regard to the taxation of corpor.
ations as compared with their
Incorporated capitals and the
dividends declared. Mr. Emme-
luth was refused because the
government dad not consider il
expedient to furnish him with
the desired information at pre-
sent. To please Mr.. Jones and
ease his virtuous soul, we WILL
undertake the task Of informing
the public. and we shall give
some statistics in regard to Ha-
waiian corporations that will put
Mr.. jones little experiment in
tie shade. and altogether eclipse
his startling" facts relating to
he Hawaiian Tratnways Com
oany. Let il be remembered
hat we are IN no way attempting
o defend or explain anything in (
with that highly use
al enterprise We simply pro-
'ose 20 show up the little scheme
4 Mr.. Jones. and the way it is
Ione" by him and his friends. Z
We ask our readers to a
uspend judgement in the matter 1
aised by Mr. T. Q. Jones. and 5
ball endeavor to farnish them A
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