The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-08

Honolulu, object to the bill for the rea-
son that II 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 n 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 s55OS Those goods were sold to
arrive. He took the orders for them
lust 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 e. Co., and yet he does not
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from his personal and poll tax, IL ha
| pays that, toward the support of the
Government. The law referred to Will
not reach him and the Interstate COM
merce law protects him against 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 10
ing business. There Is no law that
will prevent their doing just as the
gentleman referred to is doing. But
| then 1t would be damaging in other
| 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 q
year for promotion and other public
purposes.
There was a rather humorous move
made in the Senate yesterday relative
to the confirmation of the election in
spectors. 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 II would be
well to adopt the motion for the rea-
son that, as the Senator had explained
that 1t was made because some of the
inspectors had moved, others wouid
move and few had died, 1t 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 it 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. 80, raising the exemp-
ton in the income tax laws to $500
went to the Ways and Means commit
tee.
House bill No. 60, 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 compliance with Chapter 1872, |
Revised Laws of Hawaii, relating to |
Registration OF Copartnerships.
If no action has been taken, the rea-
sons therefor.
Referred to the Treasurer.
Afternoon Session.
There was little doing in the Senate
during the short time 1t remained in
session after the lunch hour. Senator
Dowsett as we'll as the other chairmen
of committees wanted time for work.
The clerk read a communication from
Delegate Kalanianaole thanking the
Senators for promptly acting upon his
request to Appropriate funds for the en-
tertainment of visiting Congressman
during June. The communication was
placed on file.
Senator Kalama from the Miscella-
neous committee reported on the sal |
mon and butchers bills recommending
that they pass. These are both House
bills and the adoption of the report
carried with 1t the passage on third
reading.
The Senate adjourned to meet at ten
o'clock this morning.
THE HOUSE.
AT 8 O'Clock yesterday morning the