The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-16

lhI Dts anu Ant hNASpg h
y structed 10 send a copy Of this
. resolution to the President Of .
. the Territorial Senate
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The above resolution, presented by
A. w. T. Bottomley Of the Legislative
committee, was unanimously adopted
yesterday afternoon at n special meet
ing Of the Chamber of Commerce. Its
introduction and adoption followed
very lucid and emphatic protests
against the passage of Senate Bill 1879,
made by Mr.. Bottomlcy and +, +.
Paxton of Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd.
President Morgan of the Chamber of
Commerce, in calling the meeting to
order, stated that the meeting was to
consider matters relating to taxation
and now being discussed in the Legis-
lature. There were five taxation bills
before that body. The president
stated that he had consultation with
| j. p. Cooke, chairman of the legisla'
/ tive committee of the chamber, and
he had stated that the attention of
the chamber should be called to S. b.
| 1879, which increased taxation on prop
erty by one-quarter of ! per cent, the
revenues to be used by the counties
in permanent Improvements. He add
ed that Illness of Mr.. Cooke prevented
his attendance at the meeting. Mr..
| Cooke believed that the chamber
should exRcss its opinion on this i'm
portant subject
Mr.. Bottomley stated that he and
Mr.. Cooke had interviewed Senator
| Fairchild, who endorsed S. d. 1879,
which proposed the one-guarter of l
per cent to be levied by the counties
solely for construction of schoolhouses,
public buildings extending water.
works, etc. Senator Fairchild stated
that each county ought to bear the
expense of its own improvements
rather than have it come through the
medium of the Territorial loan bill.
Mr. Cooke had pointed out to Senator
Fairchild that if the 3 per cent. taxa,
tion measure was passed it was under
stood that no further taxes should be
levied. Mr.. Cooke told Senator Fair
child that he was going to see whether
the Chamber of Commerce would not
disapprove of S. b. 1879. Mr.. Bottom
ley stated that Senator Fairehild wal
agreeable however, to the plan of TEE
ritorial appropriations for improve
ments as outlined in S. B. 1879, if TIL,
counties would guarantee the expen
ditures. He stated also that the Kul;
pipeline for Maui was endorsed in III
b. 207, but the items therein for Ho
uolulu wharves ($l00,000), Judiciar,
building ($75,0O0) and Armory $40,
000) were thrown out.
Paxton's Straight Talk.
L. T.. Paxton of Alexander & Bald
win made n vigorous protest agains
the proposed addition to the taxation
burdens as contained in s. B. 1S9.
81 am sorry that j. p. Cooke is no
present today" he said, "to speak 70
the firm of Alexander g. Baldwin, VIII,
have large interests on the Island o
Maui, but for the firm / would sa,
that we are emphatically opposed T.
this taxation bill on the ground tina
the taxation rate. is already high
While the rate itself is not high a
compared to some on the mainland, we
1t is high for here.
"Another reason is that the suga
| liluNSlIN. W nltl 10 lHt Huust Iudl 4
laying the golden eggs in these Is
lands, is being taxed now all it cal
stand. We have the regular 2 pc
cent. income tax, the property tax, an
the special , per cent. income tax wit
the exemption of $4,000, and Others
With all these successive tax levie
on the sugar industry, and considerin
the many hazards in the business, an
the small, average profit itself, it
all the sugar industry can stand.
cit also establishes bad prcceden
If this bill goes through it will affor
step for further taxation measur,
by the next Legislature.
"THE COUNTIES ARE NO
READY AND NOT SUFFICIENTLY
! ORGANIZED OR EDUCATED UP 7
THE POINT WHERE THEY COUL
BE SAFELY ENTRUSTED WIT
THE HANDLING OF PUBL
, FUNDS, for further taxation mea
ures. Our firm alone, on Maui, repr
sents $l2l 900 for taxation, and Bre,
err & Co. and Hackfeld & Co., no doub
represent threefourths of the taxab
interests there. They are the prop
: people to Judge of what should
| taNeu lhere, OF now taAeui the pe
> Judges of the physical condition of Il
) lands.
/. President Morgan said that he d
> not think the act would pass, aecor
ing TO the sentiment expressed
many people with whom he had talk
on the subject, yet he thought r,
olution opposing the bin would
proper. Mr.. Bottomley thereupon
? troduced the above resolution.