Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-15
SIXTEEN MEETINGS
HELD LAST YEAR
Mosquito Campaign Was Not Touch.
ed Upon Yesterday - Green
Trading Stamp and "Tanemo-
shi" We're Discussed, But No
Action Taken.

After the minutes Of the previous
meeting had been read and approx
ed, the president read his annual re-
port. The following named gentle
men comprised the different standing
committees during the past year:
Public Affairs-George w. Smith,
chairman; Norman watkins, X. II.
Trent.
Publicity and Promotion-C. c.
Won Hamm, chairman; Henry Pnu-
ger, +. 7. p. Waterhouse.
Trade and Finance-E. II. Paris,
chairman; Robert Lange, w. T.
Lucas.
A special committee composed OF
George w. Smith, c. c. Won Hamm
and 4. II. Paris was appointed to
take up with the members OF the
Legislature that rearranging of law
which would be upon more equable
basis than the present license fees
applying to the different branches OF
the merchandise business, II being
considered that the brokers and COM
mission men were not paying their
pro rata according to the amount OF
business they transacted. A compro-
missed bill was finally drawn, leaving
the retail license at s25 and the Nat
sale dealers and merchandise brokers
and commission men. This bill fail
ed to get the signature Of the Gov
ernor, and In the meantime the Gov
ernor appointed stamp and license
commission, the gentlemen compos-
ing such commission being william
l.. Stanley, r. II. Trent and G. F..
Bush. ! trust the incoming direc-
tors will see fit to have special
committee appointed to advise with
the license commission and endeavor
to remodel the present law so that
more equable basis of license fees
can be arranged to cover the differ
ent branches of business.
In speaking of the system OF pro-
miscuous solicitations for money
which have now become SO numer-
Gus in Honolulu, Mr.. Waldron stated
that:
while the majority of the sub
scription lists almost daily presented
to the merchants are for good and
worthy causes. the system has be-
come very much abused, SO that In
the end, extraordinary cases of ne
cessity and great public benefits will
flor for hnt
age merchant can not stand the pres
ent continuous and unfair drain. As
an example of the abuse of the sys-
TEN, | have only to mention the Pc
tition now going the rounds asking
for $4,000 to allow of two unfortu-
mates to leave the Islands. There is
little doubt but that the fund will
be raised. and 1t is a question of how
long II will be before we substitute
the name Of the 'Beggars' Paradise
In place OF the Paradise of the Pa
cific.'"
The Merchants Association have
donated 500 to the observatory COM
mittee towards building a temporary
observatory on Kaimuki ridge. In
answer to letter from ]. p. Cooke,
chairman of the anti-tuberculosis
committee, Walter F. Dillingham; was
appointed to represent the Mer-
chants Association on this special
committee.
owing to the resignation of Lewis
& Co., who have gone out of BUSH
ness. the membership OF the Mer-
chants Association today totals six
ty-eight.
A letter. received from Y. Taxa
kuwa, secretary Of the japanese Mer-
chants Association of Honolulu.
formed one of the chief topics of dis
cussion at the Merchants Association
meeting yesterday. This letter is
| given as follows:
I'VE beg to notify you that at the
annual meeting of our association,
held at the Office of our association
on the 18th CT December. 1903, the
Following were elected to serve next
ensuing year: w. Motoshige, presI-
dent; Y. Takekuwa, secretary: ID.
fonekura, auditor; NJ. Kawahara
yice-president; s. Kojima, treasurer
The directorate is as follows: s. Oza-
ki' M, Tokieda. S. Sumida, T. odo,
Y. Ishii. 7. Nagao."
Fred l.. Waldron then stated that
the japanese Merchants Association
were cooperating with the Mer-
chants Association of Honolulu with
view to stamping out the green
trading stamp nuisance and "tane-
moshi' His remarks on this sub
Jest ars as follows:
"on certain matters, your directors
nave been pleased to cooperate with
the officers of the japanese Mer-
chants Association, who have been
most courteous in their debate of
such matters as the plantation labor
ers' strike, and also as to the dis
couraging of Japanese custom
known as 'tanemoshi,' which is really