The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-04-21

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House voted In favor of the question.
and the bill was then declared TO have
passed its second reading.
The House then took up Senate Din
No. 10, repeating certain sections OF
the revised statutes relating TO the dis
tilling OF liquors.
HOUSE BILL. 20l.
Harris moved TO take up bill 20l for
third reading. The bill. relating to
special appropriations for departmental
use. was read. Coelho amended by In
serting $500 to pay for jurors In the
Maui Circuit Court. The bill as amend
ed passed third reading, the total
amount calling for $4,000.
LICENSE BILL.
The House went into session as a
committee of the whole to consider
Senate bill As. relating to licenses.
Smith asked leave to amend the bill
by inserting a clause explaining what
poisonous drugs are. The amendment
went in as section 54A.
Under merchandise" Harris moved
TO strike out section so which related
to n sliding scale for license fees from
$50 to $500. He explained that every
merchant had to pay one per cent on
his stock of goods, and two per cent
on his net profits. Now he is called
upon TO pay a license to sell his goods.
Whenever a country wants to raise
money they hit the merchandise
easy" said Harris.
Take the lawyer who does 100000
YOU get out of him. He pays $50
month for an Office in the Stangen-
valid or Judd building. and what do
you get out of him? On the income
/ tax, that's all. But he doesn't keep
books, and the government is up
! against 1t. But the merchant is hit
every time. It's double taxation"
Kaniho thought it was very funny
! proposition for Mr.. Harris to ask for
the elimination of the section, espe-
| cially as he was a merchant. This
caused laugh, but not so much a one
as that which Harris put to Kaniho
asking If the latter did not vote last
session to eliminate ministers from
paying taxes.
Yes" replied Kaniho, but l still
pay taxes"
| Harris said then he was willing not
to vote. but Chairman Sheldon ruled
that Mr.. Harris represented many con-
stituents and had right to vote. ka-
niho insisted, however, that Harris had
no right to vote. Harris, to still the
troubled waters said he would not vote
and would be glad to leave the matter
to the good judgment of the majority.
| Harris's motion was lost Then an
amendment was offered that busi-
ness having less than $1,000 annual
sales, be taxed at $3.50. Mr.. Harris
said the collector would run up against
Chinese and japanese stores where nc
books were kept and every one would
assert that he did less than $1,000 worth
of business. 1t was proposition which
gave solar plexus blow to the white
business man. He thought the S2E
minimum should be maintained. Un-
der this merchandise license provision
the government estimated 1t would de-
rive $l26,000 in revenue. Harris
thought every merchant should be re
quired to keep books in the Englisl
language.
Kaniho wanted to know how a Chi
naman. who didn't know English
could keep books in English? Th'
same with Hawaiian merchants who
did not know English. The amendment
and section We're passed
Long did not favor the section which
required an applicant to put his ap
plication for a license to the sheriff
He wanted to know whether the sheriff
ha h.. rio tn
cense. If so, he was opposed to th'
section. Waterhouse called attention
to another section requiring the sheriff
to issue license upon any application
The section relating to the license fe
for public shows, etc, called for dis
cussion. The request to have an an
nual license reduced to $50 from S.
night was fought.
Andrade thought S. a night wa
cheap enough. Quinn said that the :
night proposition was keeping goo'
shows away.
Harris said the Orpheum was III
against il. Smith said one show re
Gently played to 5000 and 5000 houses
Harris said If the $5 a night PROPOSE
ton was maintained a certain compa
|
Long told of the experiences of Man
ager Cohen of the Orpheum. He wa
taxpayer. He had immense expenses
He had to pay sS5 a month for tn
play house whether he had a shoy
here or not. 1t was eXorbitant t
charge man i'm the business legitim
ately. For person, lecturer or othe
public entertainer, let him pay S.
performance.
Andrade did not believe in reducin
: the show tax. He said there had bee
? no complaint-eXcept from Mr.. Cohei
l The Chinese and Jap theaters and I'll
| Opera House had made no complain
. Several members assured Andrade thu
I Cohen had complained. Andrade II
i sisted that by sticking all theatric
= managers the country would continl
e to derive about s40O quarter from ei
e tertainment sources. Andrade move
: to pass the section as it appeared
r the bill
Aylett wanted the following scale
/ for performance; 800 a month; 81
for three months; $1,000 year.
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