The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-06
LICENSE MEASURE.
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| =. SZ0,UVO LOT the purpose OF widen
ing and improving the present mauka
belt road from the top Of the KaIani-
poo road 10 PahOehOe to Aleka in said
district and extending the said nauka
belt road from said Aleka 10 the
boundary between this district and the
District Of Kau in said Island of Ha-
wall.
Referred TO the Committee on Pub
lie Lands.
Rep. Achi presented the following
resolution:
Resolved. That it is the sense of
this House when a Government ply
stefan is absent from his district over
one month, another be appointed in
his place for the length Of time he is
| to be absent"
This resolution was referred TO the
Joint Committee on Rules.
Rep. Achi stated that he had re-
| eeived letters from the District of
Kau telling of the hardships suffered
by some of the poor people on account
of the lack of a Government physician
there. 1ne present physician had been
! granted a leave of absence for two
months. Another man had gone up to
| take his place, but had not been ap-
| pointed by the Government. He was
| employed by the plantations and would
| do no outside work
| Rep. Robertson introduced the fol-
| lowing resolution:
| Resolved, That no bill be allowed
to be introduced into this House after
| the 18th day of April except by
| Cabinet Minister or by a Committee
of this House relating to some matter
| having been duly referred to the
same"
Rep. Robertson stated that it was
customary when this stage of the SEES
sion was reached to take steps toward
bringing matters in hand to a close
The matter should receive the careful
attention of the members. He there
fore moved to make the resolution the
special order of the day for Wednes-
day. Carried
House Bill 40, relating to the limita-
tions of time within which actions
may be ordered to recover possession
of land, read second time and passed.
Third reading set for Wednesday.
Rep. Pogue reported as follows for
the Finance Committee on House Bill
AZ, relating to the duty on spirituous
liquors, still wines and other bever-
ages made from materials other than
grape juice and amending Section 1
of Act 70 of the Session Laws Of 1896
relating thereto; also, Petition No. Al
from japanese sake dealers, asking for
a reduction of the duty on that article
especially:
prior to July, 1897 there was a
large amount of sake imported into
the Republic, a large proportion of
which was consumed by the native
Hawaiians on whom the effect was one |
to be depIored. That owing to the pas |
sage of the act which this bill pro- !
poses to amend, and which went into !
effect July LIST, 1897 the importation |
of sake has gradually diminished, until |
for the first three months Of 1898, the |
amount imported was only 1888 gal |
Ions. That, in consequence the con- |
sumption by the native Hawaiians has
almost entirely stopped since the tax
ing effect of the act Of 1896. From |
which your committee deduct the con- |
clusion that the high duty imposed |
by the said act has placed this kind OF
liquor at such high price that the
native Hawaiians have either used !
less beverages of this nature, or
have sought some other beverage, |
which does not have the deplOrable |
committee believe that the sake used !!
in Japan is a much milder and announcer
article than that commonly retalled !
here. whether the substance or sub
stances in sake which cause this de- |
nIorahIe effect on those drinking this
Iiouor is added before or after Impor-
tation we are unable to determine.
your committee believe that 1t IS
imnossible to import the sake used IN
JaDan. into this country, unless the
same be fortified with more or less
alcohol or other fortifying spirit or
substance. Again on inquiry, your !
committee have cause to believe that
the amount of sake used among the !
Japanese labOrers here does not nearly /
amount to the quantity named in the
petition. that a large number of the
better class of 1abOrers do not use
sake, but very little if any, and that /
consequently the present law creates
no hardships over them.
again, the present bill by imposing |
a special duty on sake, would discrim- |
mate either for or against the same, /
which your committee do not consider !
wise to do at this time. We do there /
fore recommend that the bill and pc
tition be laid on the table"
Report laid on the table to be con- /
sidered with the bill
First and second readings Of House /
Bill Al, relating to the erection of
steam laundries in the city of Homo /
lulu.
Rep. Wilder as chairman of the .
Commerce Committee, explained the
reason fer bringing in the substitute
bill. The committee had looked care /
fully into the matter and had found .
that the Government had been to a /
great expense in the erection of wash
houses in Iwilei. This was done as |
sanitary measure. Although all the
rooms were occupied by Cinnamon the
cost of building the wash-houses had
not been realized as yet by the Gov
eminent from rent. Erecting steam
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