The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-09

out OF hole, and urged everyone pres
ent to work among those NOT repre.
scented at the meeting with view To
convincing them that this was ones,
ton of general Importance 70 ali in
the community. 1t would be regret
table II the measure should be killed
on second reading because not under.
stood rightly.
He regarded it as significant that
nearly every man who opposed strong.
| " the raising of the general taxes
should be as one now to impose this
extra tax upon themselves For years
the non-planting interests had hammer
ed at the planters to do this very
thing, and it would be deplorahle now.
at this juncture, if the Legislature
should adjourn without something be-
F, ing done.
Salvation of Hawaiians.
The speaker said he could not blame
the Hawaiians for standing aloof. be-
cause TO them it meant the loss of the
! majority of the vote, but he regarded
| it himself as the salvation of the IA
| waiian people, the action which wonld
set the standard of wages at the white
| standard and not the Oriental stand.
ard. The act did not mean lower
| wages, but higher wages in Hawaii, a
scale higher than at any time FOR
twenty years.
The plan of the Federal government
had long been plain, and the Hawaiian
plantations must. learn to get along
without Oriental labor or go under.
Government by Commission.
eff We do not do it for ourselves,
others will do it for us, and not only
this, but everything else,'' said the
speaker. who limited strongly at gov
eminent by commission, the, wishes of
the United States regarding Hawaii,
the utilization of the Islands for stra-
tegie purposes being such that the
Legislature of Hawaii, the planters and
the people could not be considered in
the least.
Mr.. Kinney concluded with a strong
argument to show that European inn
migration would ultimately prove as
great blessing to the Hawaiian PEG.
pie as annexation had proven.
He thought the scheme under dis
cussion the most feasible and equi-
table solution of the immigration ques-
ton. g We have the advantage of the
selection of the immigrants and the
planters pay for it. What better could
be had9'' he asked.
Representative Castro asked If he
thought it fair to tax income bearing
corporations for the benefit of eorpor-
atoms now running at loss, Mr.. Kin
ney stating that the question was a
broad one and one in which to solve
those able to pay best should pay,
while these very ones haze come for
ward and made the very offer.
"They have made it; let us accept
it quick. ssa 20 II
Achi Foresees Danger.
w c. Achi, representing the Hawai-
ians, stated that he had little income
to pay taxes on, bat believed honestly
that the bill established a bad prece-
dent. He saw that those who had to
pay the extra tax were willing, but
he foresaw the time when the Legis-
lature would ask the plantations 8 10
pay other things, possibly the educa
ton bill for the Territory atsaes
a From the standpoint of a poor
man, a Hawaiian, ! say this law is
wrong he declared, stating that it
meant no more rich men would come
in, leaving the country in the hands
of twelve men.
He opposed income taxation on prin-
ciple as offering premium on dishon-
esty in tax returns. He wanted, he
said, to have Hawaii the center of
the money market of the Pacific from
San Francisco to Hongkong, but, this
bill would keep moneyed men out. He
wanted to see more banks and more
trust companies. The more rich men
who come, the better for the Hawai-
ians, and, he said, this bill looked like
scheme on the part of the rich men
of Honolulu to keep all other rich men
out.
He favored a general increase in
property taxes up to one and half
per cent. which would add a million
and a half to the revenues of the Ter
rit0ry.
''Pass Mr.. Cohen s law aud You will
get all the money you want, he said;
s'and then there viii be no objection
to appropriating money for immigra.
ton
Conservation Necessary.
On the question of conservation,
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