The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-04-09
TAXES AND LICENSE.
DEBATES ~ THE SENATE ON NEW
ACT ITEMS.
Pon TAX Cannot be Worked out Life
Insurance-Chines BARRIERS
House.
FORTIETH DAY.


Senator Waterhouse read the fol
lowing petition: I'VE, the mem
bers of the Christian Endeavoi
Society of Central Union church
r hearing that the question of the
policy to be pursued by this Gov.
eminent toward the liquor dealer.
Of this country is about to be pre-.
scented to the Legislature, wish tc
put ourselves OH record as totally
and forever opposed to the license
Of the sale of Intoxicating liquors in
this or in any land. And we re-
spectfully urge upon Our law
makers such enactments as shall
tend toward the restriction and
ultimate extinction of the saloon
power, one Of the greatest social
evils of our time. MARIA b.
FORBES, Secretary.
Mr.. McCandless, for the Special
Committee on poll tax item of
recommendation of Senator Hook
ing. that poll tax may be worked
out on the roads at the rate of so
cents per day, recommended that
such should not be passed.
Mr.. Lyman, for the Committee
on petition for a fire station on the
Plains, reported as follows: I'VE
find in the report of the Minister of
Interior on pages 80 and 80, is an
estimate, recommending this same
measure, at a cost of about ia, 500
by Mr.. Hunt, Chief of the Homo
lulu Fire Department. There are
also several lots of land now owned
by the Government, in central
locations, suitable for the purpose,
as the large school lot on the corner
of Beretania and Piikoi streets, one
corner of which might be used for
fire engine building; or corner
of the new baseball grounds on
Piikoi street; or the old baseball
ground, which is bounded by four
streets; or some other suitable loca-
ton.
Your committee consider that
same items in the estimate referred
to above, are rather high, and
could be done for less and answer
the purpose; and we recommend
that the petition be granted, and
that the sum of $40, 900 be appro.
priated for the purpose.
Tabled to be considered with
special Appropriation Bill to come
in later.
The secretary read petition from
"a Chinese BARRIERS asking that they
be exempted from the license of $50
on their shops. They claimed that
their trade was strictly Chinese, and
that they did not come in contact
with American and European bar
bers.
Sections 3 and 6, of the Tax Bill,
poll and road taxes, were taken up
on resolution of Senator Warehouse
in order that the age at which a
person shall become liable to per-
sonal taxes might be raised from II
to 20 years.
Mr.. Brown opposed the motion to
raise the minimum limit.
Mr.. McCandless did not think it
just to place poll tax on man be-
fore he reached the voting age.
Mr.. Damon hoped the change
would not be made. The object
should be to increase the revenues
instead Of reducing them.
Mr.. Waterhouse said it was i'm
position to require school boys and
other boys from II to 20 years of
age to pay poll taxes. Many young
men in Kamehameha School were
within these years.
Mr.. Baldwin favored the motion.
Young men I8 years of age COM
manded as good wages as older
men.
Mr.. Warehouse amended to re-
fer the sections to the Finance Com
mittee. Carried.
Report of the committee on Sec
ton S, disposition of school tax,
was adopted.
Mr.. Hooking wanted to know
why the committee opposed the
amendment. The only objection
he had heard was that man work
ing out his personal taxes would
not do good work.
Mr.. Warehouse favored Mr..
Hockings proposal. Good men
were imprisoned for taxes and sub
mitted to the disgrace Of working
with convicts.
I Mr.. Brown said natives would
not work on the roads. A number
were sent to Jail for non. payment
Of taxes, but this was because they
would not work. Natives would
take a calabash of poi out on the
road and the work would be sitting
down.
Mr.. Baldwin agreed with Mr.
Brown.
On call of ayes and nays the
amendment was lost.
Section I6, basis of value for tax
t alton, with the Committees repor'
t thereon, published Wednesday
came up.
Mr.. Damon was opposed to the
paragraph relating to assessment
on corporation profits as it stood
, The principle itself was the begin
ming Of the income tax. Toda,
!, was the turning point or the taxa
RI ton system in this country. TIL
bill required that net profits b
reached. This was very hard to do
In the States it was not in
frequent for officers to so apportioI
their salaries as to leave little or n
profits to the stockholders.
Messrs. Brown and Baldwin op
e posed the amendment Of Mr.. Dam
: on to fix the basis upon facts ad