The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-31

THIRTY-FOURTH DAY.

the Executive Council, and the
matter is under considera.
ton; but the Government has moi
as yet been able to determine on q
site that would be in safer locality,
and at the same time within a
reasonable distance for the con.
venience of these storing powder. u
Mr.. McCandless moved to refer
to a committee. Seconded by Mr..
Waterhouse. Referred to n =
Committee.
Senate Bill IL was taken
Mr.. Brown offered an anne.
to section 10 making it to
that each taxation distric,
Island be entitled to an ava
Passed.
Section IS, auction licenses,
for Honolulu and $25 for { 3 :
side, provoked discussion. \
Schmidt wanted the Honolulu Ii
cense to extend over Oahu. Mr..
Brown amended to include all prop
erty under the license. Mr.. Schmidt
withdrew his proposition, and Mr..
Browns amendment passed.
Section &c, persons who may
hold licenses, and 27, requiring a
record of all receipts and sales,
passed The object Of the latter
provision was to make it possible
to trace stolen goods. Section 20,
providing a bond Of $1,000 for Ho-
nolulu and $500 for the outside,
was taken up. Section 80, max
ing the bond enforceable by the
Minister of Interior, passed. Sec
ton 81, providing that the auc-
tioneer pay his own expenses and
charge commissions not to exceed
S per cent; 80, giving the auc-
tioneer power to sue to enforce
auction contracts, both passed.
Section IS, making the banking
license $3.50, passed.
When the barber license matter
came up, Mr.. Brown took the floor.
The bill placed the license at SIS.
BARRIERS were in favor Of a high
license. Some had suggested $50
per chair. 1t was a protective
measure. To place a license on a
shop would not do. The Japs and
Chinese would, under that system,
soon have fifty BARRIERS in one shop.
Half of the Chinese shops were
opium joints and the Japanese shops
were worse. There were already 60
japanese BARRIERS in Honolulu who
were shaving for S cents and cut
ting hair for a dime. 1t was de-
sired to cut these down. Mr..
Brown offered an amendment, plac-
ing the license per chair at $50, and
il passed.
Section 3S, making the fee for
billiards and bowling alleys S25,
passed. Boats were taxed SO, if
with four or more oars, and "a each
for boats of les; than four oars.
Licenses for butchers or beef
dealers, it was proposed to raise
from $40 to $40. Mr.. Warehouse
thought this would freeze out
small dealers. Mr.. Damon said
the cost was only 9 cents day
and could not freeze very far. Mr..
Brown said the company Mr..
Warehouse was aiming at
paid the licenses of all the little
shops in the country. Mr.. Water
house said it was mono
poly, all institution that
was grinding the poor.
Mr.. McCandless disagreed with Mr..
Warehouse. This was revenue
measure, and it might be hard on
various businesses. Considerable
discussion followed.
Toward the close, Mr.. Brown
said it had been charged that a meat
company had monopoly on the
business. He wanted to state, and
it could not be denied, that beef to
the poor people had been cheaper in
the past ten years than ever before.
Mr.. Warehouse said a grazer was
not able to do anything unless he
was in the trust" If in the
ring" good prizes could be realized
for cattle, but if not the grazer was
simply frozen out.
Messrs. Hooking, McCandless
and others spoke on the matter.
Mr. Warehouse moved to refer
to the Judiciary Committee. Mr.
Brown said that would be of no
Use, as his mind, as chairman OF
that committee, was already
made up.
Referred to Miscellaneous Com
mittee. 54, pork butchers, went to
the same committee.
Section IS. annual fees for COM
mercial travellers, went back to the
Judiciary Committee. Section So,
fixing license of physician,
surgeon or dentist at $50 passed
also sections 81, definitions, and IS,
penalties, passed.
Hunting licenses, extending over
all the islands, at a fee Of vs. per
annum, was proposed. Mr.. Hook
ing objected, No such request had
come from the other Islands. Mr..
Rice said the law would work a
hardship on Kauai. There it was
desirable to kill off wild cattle,
goats, mongoose, etc. Mr.. Baldwin
said hunting was different on the
Islands. On Oahu bird hunting was
past-time. On the other islands
it was a business and a necessity.
Item passed for Oahu alone.
At this point Mr.. McCandless
proposed to insert an item for
horse-shoeing licenses, making it
$50 in Honolulu and IS for the
outside.
Mr.. Warehouse; Another dig
at the poor mechanic. Gentlemen,
this thing must stop"
Mr.. McCandless: "This item is
similar to that Of the BARRIERS. The
blacksmiths have themselves petit
toned for the license. Its object
is to drive out a certain class, and
is distinctively a protection meas
ure to the mechanics"