The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-20

this may be used for Illuminating
purposes and thereby endanger every
building, or more, every city on these
islands.
Even If marked "Fuel Oil" not to
be Used with a wick, IL would not pre-
vent many Japanese or Chinese TO use
this oil with q wick. IL may be bot
tied and sold go TO innocent parties,
who may become the sufferers there
by. The cheapest stuff always sells
more readily amongst certain class.
1t will be utterly impossible for the
police TO watch every hut where sucn
oil might be used, and ev-n If thy
should catch a culprit after the house
is burned down, Ills punishment VIII
not salty the losers by the fire.
Such an excuse for this law, that
another dangerous fuel a. gasoline IL
allowed, cannot induce US TO favor the
introduction of dangerous fuels. In
regard to gasoline, we can state that
the Board of underwriters will in
crease the fire insurance premium on
all buildings where IT Is used. 1t may
be inferred from this that the fire
insurance premium will also be
raised whenever kerosene oils are
allowed to be imported.
On motion Of Senator Waterhouse
the report was adopted.
The same committe reported on the
Alcohol bill as follows:
This bill is more complicated than
it appears on the face of it, and 1t is no
wonder that every Legislature for
years had to grapple with it.
There are several interests to be
considered:
First-The interest az the liquor
dealers who pay a high license aud
Ahnra.fnra Cd
ton against any illegitimate business.
Sec ynd-The druggists and doctors,
who are anxious to furnish medicine
as cheap as possible.
Tnird-The community, which
wishes cheap me iicine, and at the
same time protection against illicit
sales of intoxicating drugs.
Fourth-The Government, which
wants revenues and simultaneously
wishes to promote the welfare OF all
Hawaiian subjects.
With all these points In view
your committee has come to
the conclusion to recommend to fix
the duty on alcohol, subject to all linn
itations and conditions of this Act, at
So so per gallon instead of 81 per
gallon Section 3 j.
At this rate the druggists Can mix
their own medicines at a reasonable
cost although at present they import
all medicines mixed with alcohol at a
duty of 10 per cent ad valOrem only.
This low duty on drugs and medicines
is no revenue to the Government and
a duty of $3.50 on a gallon of alcohol
will be more remuneTative. At Ies-
ent only about ten gallons of alcohol
are imported annually aud the duty
at the rate of $3.50 gallon, $75-is
mere trif1e.
We would also recommend to amend
Section by inserting the words "tO
one party within one week" after the
word "saIe" lite 8.
As it reads now any one party can
go every five or fourteen minutes TO
any or every drugstore and purchase
half pint of alcohol and even IL his
name should be registered, there is no
law to prevent him from doing so and
TO punish him for it.
In Section line we recon mend to
insert one gallon instead Of five gal
Ions, so as to restore the original bill
which was quite satisfactory to all
parties concerned, except one.
The report was tabled to be consid
cred with the bill.
Act making supplementary appro-
priations passed third reading.
The Senate adjourned at 1925
O'Clock until Monday morning at 10
O'Clock.