The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-07

in criminal eases, either in court OF
before a grand jury, shall be entitled
to one dollar for each day actually
in attendance and twenty cents a mile
fee one way.
PASSED THIRD READING.
Senate Bill No. 18, relating to ap
peals from the court of land registra-
tion, prescribing form for appellant
taking cases to Supreme or Circuit
courts.
Senate Bill No. 35. This bill pro-
vides that a new street, highway, road
or bridge may be constructed without
the consent of the Superintendent of
Public Works.
Senate Bill No. 40, relating to cruel
ty to children and prescribing the pun
ishmene upon conviction of the charge.
House Bill 35, providing that cleo
tion proclamations shall be published
in the counties as well as in Honolulu.
INDUSTRIAL EXEMPTION BILL.
The bill providing for the exemption
of lands from taxation, under certain
conditions, had narrow escape from
death on second reading in the Senate
yesterday. Senator Hewitt, who will
be looked upon hereafter as the friend
of the small farmer, is the father of
thn hill fba+ y,ro4aa4S 4bn ry,crrar nf
sfsal fiber, pineappies, starch and ka-
sawa, and not only saves him from
taxes on his lands but on everything
used In the manufacture of articles
from those products. The Ways and
Means committee turned down the bill
on Tuesday, reporting adversely, but
the Senator from the district where
lava flows as freely as water on oe-
casions asked that consideration of
the bill be postponed.
The time expired yesterday and Sen
ator Dowsett from the committee made
statement that made the bill totter
on the way to the second reading. He
said the idea that an industry, as pros
porous as pineapple cultivation is here,
needed Government support is pre-
posterous. One gentleman engaged in
it had cleared twenty-seven thousand
dollars and the outlook was so good
that there was no difficulty met in in
cooperating and interesting foreign cap
ital in a eannery. Certain parties to
be benefited by this law had gone SO
far under the present exemption as to
insist that they were not to pay in
come taxes.
Senator Hewitt said the reference
seemed to be all in the direction of
companies on Oahu and no consldera
ton is given to the same industries
on the other islands. He knew of
acres and acres of land on Hawaii,
planted TO sisal, that showed no sign
of crop large enough to pay dividends
or meet expenses There are companies
on Hawaii struggling in an effort TO |
10 something toward making pineap- |
pies an industry that would be worth |
but it is still struggle
aud he believed the promoters OF such
should nave encouragement.
Senator Smith spoke in the same
way and the bill was saved IN spite
IF the talk Senator Dowsett gave
against it. 1t viii be brought up today
from the Lands committee to which it
vas referred, for third reading.
1t is said that one of the objections
% the bill was on account of the
act that the Hawaiian Sisal Company
nee paid dividend that happens to
ave been a policy measure. The first
hipment of sisal from this company
vas made on the China to Yokohama
What is TO be passed, or rejected,
S the liquor bill of the Republican
,artv was introduced by Senator Lane
,esterday. What the merits of it are
we're not disclosed and will not be
.nown until the bill is returned by the |
,rinting committee. There is to bel
clashing of sabers over the two meas
res already introduced and the best
nay win In the end.
In the past the complaint has always
cen that the counties have not had
roper show in the matter of roads
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