The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-07
SMALL FARM
EXEMPTION
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and streets. Applications are made by
/ residents and half of the time moth
ing can be done for che reason that
/ the matter may come under the con-
troll of the Territory. In any event the
| consent of the Superintendent of Pub
lie Works must be had before any new
| road. etc, is built. By the passage OF
the bill relating to the matter TINS
section of the law is eliminated.
MOST PECULIAR MEASURE.
| Senate bill No. rs, mentioned in this
column yesterday, has its pecuharities
rather more than any other so far IN
troduced in the Senate. One Of them
| is that the persons who are about en-
barking in business in the Territory
| for the first time must file an estimate
of the amount of bushes they expect
/ to do the first twelve months Expect
| is a word that must bring a rather
speculative answer, for expectations IN
business in this country are not always
realized. The merchants throughout
the Territory, but more particularly in
Honolulu, object to the bill for the rea-
son that it is adding to the taxation.
and thereby the expense Of doing bust
| ness here. They object to any added
expenses of Government because they
think the expense is already too large
and because with the increase in ex-
penses comes the increase in taxes to
meet them.
This bill operates hardship upon
the local merchant and puts his COM
petitor in an advantageous position.
On the S. S. Alaskan the other day one
man, representing a foreign corpora
ton in this city, had invoices amount
ing to s550s. Those goods We're sold to
arrive. He took the orders for them
just as any of the merchants here take
theirs and has the goods billed to the
purchaser direct. That same man sells
more shoes than any dealer in the city,
more than either Hackfeld & Co. or
Davies & Co.. and yet he does not
have to contribute a single dollar, aside
from his personal and poll tax, If ha
pays that, toward the support Of the
Government. The law referred to will
not reach him and the Interstate COM
,,,a,-., Low, y,rofaofS hin, q caipSt all de-
mands Of the Territory in which he
does business. The passage Of this
bill may induce some Of the local deal
ers to reconstruct their method Of do
ing business. There is no law that
will prevent their doing just as the
gentleman referred to is doing. But
ways to the business interests OF the
country. The people here feel that
they have taxes enough. one way or
another, and balk at additional ex-
pense. If there is subscription pass
ed around for funds for public purposes
the merchants are the ones to dig The
country merchant knows little of the
amount of money collected here in
year for promotion and other public
purposes.
There was a rather humorous move
made in the Senate yesterday rexstive
to the confirmation of the election in
spectoTs. For some reason Senator
Dowsett wanted reconsideration of the
vote taken Tuesday on the confirma-
ton of all of the appointments in this
class. This carried and he promptly
moved that none of the inspectors be
confirmed. In support of this he ex-
planned that the appointments are all
recess ones and the Governor would
not feel hurt if they were turned down.
Senator Smith opposed the motion
and said the whole thing was a farce.
IF the appointments are not to be
confirmed" he asked, why should the
Senate be called upon to take any ac-
tion?"
Senator Mccarthy said 1t would be
well to adopt the motion for the rea-
son that, as the Senator had explained
that it was made because some of the
inspectors had moved, others wouf0
move and a few had died, it would be
well to leave the hands Of the Gov
ernor free to use them as he pleased.
Under the law appointments will
have to be made for the next election
or the next four years, as the case may
be, and there may be some difficulty
met in getting the right men and then
securing consent of the Senate to their
appointment.
The oddly of the affair was in the
fact that the members who under the
natural law would be opposed to the
measure, if they suspected 1t was an
administration measure, supported Sem
ator DowSett.
House bill No. Is, relating to coro-
ners' inquests, passed first reading and
went to the Judiciary committee
House bill No. 35, raising the exemp-
ton in the income tax laws to $500
went to the Ways and Means commit
tee.
House bill No. so, relating to butch
ers licenses, passed first reading.
Senator Hewitt introduced the fol-
lowing in relation to copartnerships:
Resolved that the Treasurer be re-
quested to inform the Senate what
steps, if any, have been taken to en-
force P0mnliaYnp with $50