The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-03
WILL TEST
THE LAW
Merchants Take Action
Against Making
Exhibits.

in testing the law which requires cor.
porations to submit exhibits of theil
business to the Treasurer Of the Ter
ritory. The members were unanimous
in the belief that 1t is wrong to expect
purely mercantile corporations, whose
stock is not dealt with for speculative
purposes to submit statements of their
business affairs, which at any time car
be examined by rival simply by call
ing upon the Treasurer and asking tc
see the reports.
President Smith stated that the as
ISOLATION believed in upholding the law
If it were a just one, but that he be-
this law Is that corporations must
make such detailed exhibits of their
operations that the public may call at
the government offices and secure &C.
icurate statements Of their condition and
workings. In the case Of sugar plan
| tations, or other large Industries in
which the stocks of corporations are
generally handled by the public, the
law was benefit, but for small mer-
! camille corporations it worked hard
ship and an injustice. A travelling
salesman from San Francisco or a
rival business concern here might go
to the Treasury department and Sc
cure, from such exhibits, information
greatly to the detriment of a corpora
ton which complied with the requires
ment
Mr.. Smith stated that the firm he
represented. against which the Treas
urer is to bring his suit to compel the
filing of exhibits, was opposed to the
making of the returns. The firm had
always refused to file the exhibit and
had been told by their attorneys that
the law provided no punishment for
their failure to file 1t. He felt that the
matter was one for the Merchants AS
ISOLATION to handle, as it affected a
great proportion of the local mercan-
tile firms
Messrs. McInerny, Foster, Waldron,
Rothwell, Berndt, Lutted, Cation, An
gus, Bellina. Kerr. Harris. Soper and
ture. although some of the merchants
stated that in the past their firms had
made the exhibits to the Treasury De-
partment.
A report was received showing that
it cost the joint committee of the Mer-
chants Association and the Chamber
of Commerce $3.50 to entertain the
Filipinos who recently passed through
Honolulu.
The committee which is investigating
the question Of steamship fares for
tourists reported that 1t would require
more time. President Smith stated
Governor Carter's cooperation had
been asked in the matter. At the pres
ent time it is impossible for persons
wishing to leave Hawaii to secure ac-
commodation on steamers carrying the
American flag. They are not allowed
to travel on vessels under foreign flags.
The Secretary of the Treasury has dis
erection, under the navigation laws, to
permit passengers to travel under for
eign flags between two American ports
in a case of this kind and Governor
Carter was asked to see Mr. Shaw
while in Washington concerning this
matter.
An application for membership made
by Richard H. Trent will be acted up
on by the board of directors.
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conditions under which the expert
ment has been tried at Ismaila are in
fact, exceptionally favorable. Success
can only be insured by careful at
tention to a number of petty details.
Even If it were possible, it would,
conceive, generally be Objectionable to
attempt to enforce this attention by
legislative measures, which would al
most certainly involve minute and,
probably, vexatious interference on the
part of officials with the household ar
rangements of each family and In
dividual. In most cases. therefore.
everything will depend on the effective
and voluntary cooperation of the
householders themselves. The position
and influence of the Suez Canal Com
pany at Ismailla greatly facilitated
the work of securing this cooperation,
for the whole population practically
consists of those who, In n greater or
less degree. are connected with the
company, Elsewhere, the requisite a
mount or corporation may De more
dliilcult to obtain,
There Is, however, one point IN cons
neotion with this branch of the sub,
ieot which II worthy ~ note, Expert
authorities are agreed In holding that
mosquitoes do not range far from the
place where they are bred II would,
therefore, nppear possible for few
neighhors ~ cooperate together, ana
free their special locality from this IN
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which ! reside IN order 90 enoupragp
pihrr residents IN fglpi 81 follow lhn
example M WN nrlHhhnfs ani myself
mas monitor MAJ ! am Informed
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