The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-18
BUSHELS
OF BOOKS
Tax Appeal Court
Hears Income
Cases.
CFrom Thursdays dailyo

rncnts fixed by Collector Pratt, last
night. Altogether there are less 'thah
forty appeals now. half n dozen cases
having been compromised within the
past few days
The merchants dlssa Usfled with the
assessors figures are almost exclusive
ly Asiatics. there being but three
American business firms among the
appellants. The appeal on the part OF
the Asiatics is really from n 20 per cent
increase made by the assessor. because
he and his deputies were refused ac-
cess to the books, and they are by this
means compelled to produce their ac-
counts in court In fact, the japanese
merchants came into the assessors Of
flee last evening with bushel baskets
containing books Of accounts and sales,
and they were compelled to leave them
with the assessor as evidence, to be
examined at his leisure.
But one case was fully heard, that Of
s. Osaki, who was represented by his
manager, Fujisaawa The principal
reason, probably, for so few appeals,
il the fact that it would open the
affairs of the firm appealing 10 bust
ness competitors. This was brought
out last night when $. Osaki objected
strcnuously to the publication OF the
evidence before the court In the news
papers, though everyone of his business
competitors WERE SloupNh "io"'i' ~
witness stand, with open mouths and
distcndei ears, taking in every detail
of Osaki's business affairs.
At an early stage of the hearing S.
NJ Ballou, who, with II. a, Bigelow,
was representing Osaki. requested the
court to make a ruling that the detaliS
of business before the court be kept
setret, and that the reporter present
be requested not to publish the eVi-
dcnce relative to the cost and selling
price of stock. the percentage of proht,
etc. Chairman Bolte stated that he
would make no ruling upon the que5-
ton, and referred to G. NJ. Robertson,
attorney for the assessor, who stated
that though it was the policy OF the
tax office to keep the private AFFAIRS
of citizens secret, Yet when n case WAS
brought into court, the proceeding be-
came public, and he saw no way by
which the public could be excluded.
Mr. Ballou replied that II was within
the power of any court to declare its
proceedings private. Mr.. Bolte then
requested the reporter present not to
publish such evidence as was present
ed at last nights session, which was
readily agreed to. y request that only
the totals be published, was objected
to by the witness, though his attor-
ueys We're not averse to this. Fu1isa-
ava cmphatically objected to the pub
/ licatiOn Of any OF the statements made
relative to the business of Osaki. Right
! behind him We're half Il dozen Japs
| or other lrnls uiihhihS ~ c''is
tan, now ana then one oi th''H .oNer
making u scratCh III d i,ute', IN 80,
n mnineht previous " 'his So.
called attention to the fact that there
! were many men present whose cases
| could not be reached and told them
. 'heS ihsh' eaNt' Not pn ~,
! 'heS were '"i'an '. me- ~ NJ psai,i
s"ine iit' W BUSINESS 80 10 49,, ~,
anu th'S were "ni"', ne .,, -
| l"t nIu''vn as ~ W 80 s,nnassfuI
/ Wi''r i'a" '',a ,',.,ii, a., ts ~ -
Mr' WINSTON suEses'eu INA, ~, ~ we 40
/ porterS were |" pe 'N.,"u 'me 49,
/ hroceealnB shouiu De seerst, as n.a ~,
Nlse ,'.e Wy Pet2na .i ~ t,' 1900 ;',,
Jtytcu !" Witt "ut",n Wv, ..,, ~ -,
| VINO" Wen '"I,p'',,'is " cu, W 90
L.o'i' '"vn'' i n,, ~ ., 60,
ahat '"e l.''..I. va s,'',OS ' lii aan;dn
un,i '%ux' mn',' .ne 'pu., VIZ i',ht ,ro
Mha' snl" We uo,'' ihso,., us ,,1 1,,
Jai'H were h"I STOW III anSoi us ,ha
information tney desired "po", w.. we
testimony oi the WITNESSES; us " w,
prices pa'u lul SoUuS nnu ''S p.. ''"'
81 prohtS We're larry suspvu uoM".
Last H'Sl' Sess'"ti VI WY ''M 49,
was '"t h'st olIr i'' va. ,, -
income TAX aPpe"is' ~ ilee.h's -,
! me three hSlilocIs VI '"t Noui' ".'u
MONDAY JuoSe ,lT"N IcS'S'ieu q" a.,
chairman anu = hoi'e was t'ectcu ~
ms place, ihlS was ''.aut neeess" ", , ;
, as the III" REQUIRES 'he pres'n.e VI VIZ
/ chairman anu Nre o''',, , 49,,
constitute Quorum me i.t,,ess Va
JUDGE NllCoN nlohes ms .ssu'al ~
tendance matter VI uoup.' anu %''
was uhaplr TO pe present 'as. nnS',
Inc session oesali at v''IN' Gnu
every appelIaHt was pl'sel' ~ pc,
snn' OF repTesenlen ny az a..ut''v a.,
lhe Japs who weIe eNp'','''s SUN ~
''reS'lhS ucN''"p'''"''' "''S P''>
in numbers
The folioWihS Is ls' OF those van
ing Appeals; IL: iiamaha' lhlashhi, D.
Nato, NJ. haWahhro. Murahaiii, MA
loschigs, X oda, Shlnamoto, Saysgu-
sa, Takukuwa, ram tiu lihS, see WA
Ton Pong sing Yen TonS wing wal
II. Hawaii, j. kataSlhara' ishoshiiiIa'
IN, Ia