The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-12

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Injunction be gotten out before the re-
turns are sent In. although he suggest
ed It would be wise not to defer mat
tiers until the 200 per cent penalty could
be added.
c. w. Macfariane said he agreed in
toto with Henry Waterhouse. II move"
said he. that II is the sense of this
meeting that we test the constitution
ality of the Income Tax law" Second
ed by Mr. Muhlendorf.
Mr. Carter said he had looked into
the matter of the income tax and per-
sonally he thought 1t was fair way to
help the Government out of financial
muddle. The law as now passed by the
Legislature was thought by those who
had charge of 1t to be constitutional. He
was I'm favor OF tax of Y OF 1 per
cent when the matter was being dis
cussed In the Legislature. In that case
the merchants would not have been hit
hard but every one would have contrib
utcd a small amount to defray the
Governments expenses. That, howev-
err, did not meet with approval. The
ordinary income of the Government was
s., 200 900 a year. The Legislature was
to frame an Appropriation bill to meet
that, but they had got off their trolleys
and the appropriations would be near
err 100000 than s2,200,O00. He said
that If the Government officials would
use their best judgment in the expend-
iture of the amounts placed to their
separate departments and give up many
contemplated improvements they would
come along all right.
Mr.. Macfarlane's motion then carried
without a dissenting vote.
President Allen stated he had receiv-
ed letter from w. C. Weldon, who Is
now East. Mr. weedon's plan was to
go to Buffalo to lecture on the Islands
and exhibit stereopticon pictures Of the
Island scenes He had Joined Gorham
d. Gilman, formerly Hawaiian Consul
at Boston. and together they had made
up 500 stereopticon slides of Island
views The writer stated that Mr.. Gill
man was an excellent lecturer and he
would be willing to go to Buffalo and
other large places il his expenses of
travelling between Boston and Buffalo
were paid. Mr.. Weldon suggested that
his own expenses between Buffalo and
Cleveland be paid, and nothing would
be asked for their services.
Henry Waterhouse said 1t would be
Commerce to recognize what Mr.. Gill
man has already done and is willing
to do to advertise Hawaii. He thought
that $3.50 would cover the expenses en-
tirely. The main idea was to secure
the moral support of the Chamber Of
Commerce. while the members and
others interested could chip in. Many
other members concurred in Mr.. Wa
terhouse's views. President Allen said
that Mr.. Weldon could be depended
upon to advertise the country's best
interests.
Mr. Lowrey suggested raising the
money by an assessment instead of
passing around n subscription list. This
was carried. Mr.. Lowrey then moved
to make the monthly dues S. instead
of ST. This was lowered to SO and pass
ed. the amount to be collected quar-
terly.
A report from Messrs. Wight and
Lowrey upon the Diamond Head signal
station was read in which the commit
tee stated they had waited on the SUI
of Public Works to have
Diamond Head Charley" reinstated as
Waterman. They also stated that
fagpole would soon be erected there,
the Chamber of Commerce to supply
the code book and flags. This will
amount to about $50
communication from Mr. Hemphill
of the South Carolina Exposition Com
pany, asking that the Chamber OF
Commerce name Hawaiian Day" at
the fair. was considered and the Sec
rotary instructed to reply that nothing
has been decided upon yet as to wheth-
err Hawaii will be represented at the
Exposition. Mr.. Bishop suggested that
1t was within the province of the Gov
ernor to name the Hawaiian Day" If
one Is to be had.
The question OF finding new quarters
was brought up. AS the old Stock Ex-
change rooms, in which the Chamber
met yesterday, are slightly too warm,
It was thought best to seek rooms else
where. Some suggested were too near
the street, the noise from which would
interfere with the meetings. Rooms
may be made available in the new Nc
1ntyre block. The Stock Exchange
rooms in the Stangenwald block are
not now available to the Chamber OF
Commerce. A committee consisting of
the president Mr.. Bishop and Mr. Car
ter was appointed to look up a new To-
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