The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-15

had interested himself in the license
matter because he believed that the
Chinese and Japanese small shops
were simply branches of wholesale
houses, which imported goods, sold
them in this way and all the profit went
abroad. Mr. Macfarlane said he
thought all the goods in the japanese
stores were paid for, as he thought
there was no credit obtainable for them
He said he knew there was much illicit
trade through such houses.
Again Mr.. Chillingworth said that
there must be revenue and asked what
was suggested Mr.. Macfarlane said
then it came to a question of which
was the lesser evil, for all TO pay a tax
or for the japanese TO escape. The COM
petition was so close now that the
drummers were at a great disadvan-
tage. Mr.. Andrade was told by Mr.
Macfarlane that the man who sold $500
600 worth of goods was a dealer in dry
goods. Chillingworth said that the
saloons objected that if there is no Ii
cense many shops took Federal license
and would sell liquor illicitly
NJ. a. Gonsalves said that the best
plan perhaps would be TO cut down the
license so that the storekeepers could
pay it, and sell liquor legally instead of
illicitly. He said that a low license
would mean that the small grocer would
be able to take a license, not to sell by
glass but by bottle or package, and this
would make a source of revenue
Mr.. Macfarlane said in answer to
Senator Isenberg, that if there must be
a license il should be a fiat rate and
not sales rate.
Mr.. Smith said he would like the
legislators to consider carefully the sug-
gestion that the competition of main
land drummers made the license tax
a burden. AS to the placing of a fiat
tax to reach the japanese he said
reaching them over the heads of legiti-
mate merchants, he thought it would
mean that the merchants were made
agents of the police department
E. A. McInerny said that the COM
petition of agents was being felt heavi-
ly, the jobbing trade in shoes for in
stance being killed by this sort of COM
petition. The agents spent no money
but took cash out of the country. w.
W Hall said that he found the same in
his line of trade and that the money
taken out of the country was a serious
loss Mr.. Wakefield said that the prin-
cipal competition was from the agents
and commission men who could do busi-
a tax on legitimate small trade would
work a hardship as the dealers had a
hard year.
l.. Z. Pinkham said that he repre-
sented the Builders and Traders Fx-
change and would propose three meas
ures- Building and sanitary reguIa
tons and a labor bill. The caucus did
not have time to read all bills but Mr..
read the labor bill. This
measure provides that all la borers en-
ployed on public work of the Territory
Or any political subdivision shall be
citizens or eligible to become citizens
except in emergency when the chief ex
ecutlve authority may permit the en-
pIoyment OF non-citiZens for a short
time Eight hours shall constitute a
nays work and there is a. penalty
clause, which provides fine and i'm
prisonment for infraction of law. The
caucus decided that it could not take
such bills and suggested that thew
should be given to some Representa-
ave to introduce. Senator Isenberg
that all such things should be