The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-12
HILO'S SAGE OF THE COFFEE
SHOP ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

There's a good many people yapping
about the income tax without knowing
whether the thing is going through or
not said the Early Riser.
81 suppose you are digging at me-" said
the Kicker II object to it on general
principles. Why should we have to tell
the government that our income is so
much and our expenses overrun our in
| come? 1t seems to me like giving out a
! lot of information that Is of a strictly
| private nature You can't tell who is go
! ing TO get hold Of it and it appears to
me as though a fellow was injuring his
credit Up here in the assessors office
report and someone was standing near
! that the assessor covered ii up SO the
other fellow couldn't see it. But in other
| offices they may not be SO particular,
and the result will be that this private
wireless information will be like the dust
! in Honolulu-all over town"
| The trouble is that men who have
| been posing as incomers will be shown
up being on the other side said the
Cheerful Liar. The fellow whose return
! shows that he must pay a dollar and a
quarter income tax after all exemptions
! IS the one who can wear his hat on the
side Of his head and smoke cigars"
| And have people running after him
wanting to borrow money at easy rates"
said the Early Riser "Mebbe that's the
reason why so many of US kick against
making the return. Another reason
| Is because It seems to be decidedly I'M
American. In my opinion it Is like try
ing to gag the press-it's bluff that the
1 Supreme Court won't stand for. You will
find, / think, that when the three wise
men get their heads together that they
Will say nit to the proposition. We all
know that a higher rate of taxes is nee.
essary to run the government, and 1t was
h within the power of the Legislature to fix
1t in way that there would have been
less kicking than with an odious income
tax. People who live in the back coun-
try, the homesteaders, are crying fol
roads; new ones In some instances, anC
in some instances improvements to ole
ones. We of Hilo see where streets neeC
Improving and know that 1t cannot b.
done without money. / do not believe
then, that many of US would have kicked
II the tax on property had been raised
to two per cent. There would have beer
no question as to the constitutionalit,
of the act, and things would have gon
along swimmingly. AS 1t is we seem t
: be up against It, for the reason tina
the income tax law will probably b.
Kicked out and the tax levy remains a
: it was before, The condition I speak OF
J.. regarding roads, does not exist on thi
, island alone. There's Honolulu. wher
!. provisions have been made for some hi
improvements, which, owing to lack o
money, and no provisions for getting II
the work must stop. Every island in tn
group is in the same condition; a con
: dition that could have been avoided b
= the passage of loan bill and the chang
in the tax levy. l wouldn't be surprise
to hear that special session of the Leg
islature would be called for. the purpos
:. of handling these two matters"
t And for the purpose of providin
money for the Legislature. and possibly
2 employment for Colonel Mazuma' sal
, the Kicker. Excuse me! We have ha
t about all We want OF this Legislator
, without adding another session. If yo
S have watched things you've noticed tina
: the sessions lasted about as long as tn
e appropriations for expenses held out
D there was no attempt made TO revers
the order and have the appropriate ton