The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-11
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s.np W. Iayne, Mr.. Speaker, thfs bin has
s.vtor vI cIhtoms at Honolulu, a. - 81
we OF N,uo year. While the mn a.,
~ s tne House regulated the ,,atf.r
ands AMI o uu.,es Tor the Hawaiian isI-
-, ahu created customs District 4.
dld not provide for any colla.,or -, -
s In,S ~ honoiulu That was AN oIni.-
Cons,r.. want To say that in ss tast
House providing for the eoils..,ao 10, W,
customs IN the Hawaiian Isl.nS,-
,t,,ns.. s,oliection districts, and sro pro-
~ s", us lOr TINS very officer, a sollector
or customs at Honolulu, at a s,-,arv ~
tsV". ~ was the unanimous vo,es -,
IL IT,, co'ninittee at that time. and OF she
tiIusc, az wei. but the bill was no. act
81 upon by the Senate I undarafan.i a,
,nc treasury Department that thew are
ANXIOUS that this legislation DO had nov,
~ s ,ney want To send officials there
20 provide for the collection of IN. ems
tSns, 70 reach there by the 18th of yppe
= mistake not, the Hawaiian bin foes
INTO operation on the 1st OF July.
MT. Knox FOrty-fivc days from The
date OF its passage
Mr.. Payne. N viii be n.ce--ary for
w., ,. officials 20 reach there bx tho 18th OF
order to collect the customs. ."
Mr.. Knox. u goes into effee, earlier
man an th be, Gentleman stated.
low me 20 ask him a question?
Mr.. Payne. Certainly.
PAYNE FAVORED UNITED STATES
DUTIES.
Mr.. Ridkely IL ~ proposed 10 mt n
tax upon commerce between the Hava ii-
an Islands and the United States The
same as We imposed a short time ago in
the case OF Porto Rico?
AR. Payne. Not by this bill. will
say. however. that the House and sem
ate did impose In the Hawaiian bill n
Wy upon articles coming from the Ha-
va oh trl.
ported into the Hawaiian Islands from
foreign countries prior to the passage of
the bill. While the gentleman from Kan
sas tMr. Ridgely) may regard this as a
violation OF the Constitution, yet both
/ sides OF the House fractured the Consti
tuition with respect to the Hawaiian bill.
Mr. Rdgeiy. Can the gentleman in
form us as TO whether his committee
would favor n tax upon the commerce
between this country and the Hawaiian
Mr.. Payne. can not speak FOR the
committee. SO far as I am concerned.
! am In favor OF the provision that was
put In the Hawaiian bill. to put the full
tariff duties of the United States uDon
all articles the products OF foreign coun-
tries which were imported into Hawaii
previous To the passage or the bill and
afterwards imported int the United
states.
Mr.. RldEely. How about goods that
are produced there and goods that are
II
/ Mr.. Payne. on. sufficient to say that
voted for the Hawaiian bill. which does
not impose "a duty upon those articles,
the Hawaiian people not having had any
hurricane or any other destructive ca
lamity, and having sufficient resources
within themselves to provide for the gov
| ernment OF tho islands otherwise than by
imposing duties upon articles OF trafnC
between this country and the Hawaiian
| Islands. There IN no necessity for H.
! and of course I did not suggest any. bu,
| I voted for the bill which provides for
duties upon the articles which have
stated.
Mr.. McRae. Mr.. speaz-r--
The Speaker. The question is
/ Mr.. Payne. Mr.. Speaker. the gentle
man from Arkansas desires TO make a
statement.
4 Mr.. McRae. I hope the gentleman viii
modify the bill and limit the number OF
officers To be employed. I do not think
that he should give to an executive ON
Ger the right to appoint as many as M
may deem necessary. without any maxi
mum limitation.
Mr.. Payne. I think that IN tho provi
sion OF the general law.
| Mr.. McRae. I think not
Mr. Payne. n is the same provision
that was In the bill two years ago.
BILL WAS WRONG.
Mr.. McRae. Then the bin was wront
two years ago. There ought not to n
any law allowing TO an executive do
partment the right to nx the number ci