The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-19

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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
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 a 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 s
easy said Harris.
Take the lawyer who does S10000
a years business. Qaughter>, what do
month for an office in the Stangen-
valid or Judd building, and what do
you get out of him? On the income
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books. and the government is up
against it. But the merchant is hit
every time. It's double taxation
Kaniho thought it was a very funny
proposition for Mr.. Harris to ask for
the elimination of the section. espe-
cially as he was a merchant. This
caused a laugh but not so much a one
as that which Harris put to Kaniho
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session to eliminate ministers from
paying taxes.
Yes" replied Kaniho. but I 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 a 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 a bust
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 no
assert that he did less than $1,000 worth
of business. 1t was proposition which
gave a solar plexus blow to the white
business man. He thought the $25
minimum should be maintained. IN
the government estimated it would de-
rive $4,000 in revenue Harris
thought every merchant should be re-
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language.
Kaniho wanted to know how a Chi
naman. who didn't know English
could keep books in English? The
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 APP
plication for a license to the sheriff.
He wanted to know whether the sheriff
had the right to refuse to issue a Ii,
cense. If so, he was opposed to the
section. Waterhouse called attention
to another section requiring the sheriff
to issue a license upon any application. ,
The section relating to the license fee
for public elbows, etc, called for dis
cuS@'on. IT, request to have an an
nual license reduced to $50 from So
night was fought.
Andrade thought S. a night was
cheap enough. Quinn said that the So
4 night proposition was keeping good
shows away
Harris said the Orpheum was up
against it. Smith said one show re-
Gently played to 5000 and $500 houses.
Harris said if the So night PROPOSE
ton was maintained certain compa-
ny on the coast would not come here.
Long told of the experiences of Man.
lger Cohen of the Orpheum. He was
l taxpayer. He had immense expenses.
He had to pay SS5 a month for the
play house whether he had show
here or not. 1t was eXorbitant to
;harge man in the business legftim-