Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
HAVE
SPIRIT OF '76
Taxation Without Represent
tation" BY Shippers Will
Not Be Tolerated.

Members of the Merchants Asso-
citation debated for more than an hour
yesterday afternoon whether to issue
an ultimatum to the Shippers Wharf
committee that unless the committee
allowed representation from the mer-
chants without any strings attached
the merchants would refuse to pay
the shippers tax, "proviso" from
the Shippers was the cause. In the
end, having got rid of some pretty
warm language, the members decided
to issue an utimatum, but not in such
extreme language as first proposed.
A motion was carried instructing
the secretary TO send letter to the
Shippers committee requesting rep
resentation of three members ON the
committee, without any provlso what
soever If this is not agreed to, the
merchants will meet again and ac-
cording to the view expressed yes
terday will then take action on re-
fuslng to pay the tax.
Report Made.
+. l.. Waldron, Col. J. II. Soper and
f. w. Macfarlane, the committee
named several weeks ago by the mer-
chants to confer with the shippers
Wharf committee, made its report.
The report consisted of four letters.
The first Is letter from the Mer-
chants which is the report. 1t is In
part ms follows:
A meeting of the two committees
was arranged, at which meeting the
different ideas Of governing the fund
were freely expressed Your commit
| tee stated the dissatisfaction caused
| by the inability of contributors to re-
ceive any thing but evasiye answers
to the many requests made for infor-
nation, ut the same time laying parti-
cular stress on the fact that the mem-
! bers Of the merchants association
were almost unanimous In their wish
to continue the payment of the vol
mtary tax, providing the shippers
wharf committee was organized In a
manner which would allow what we
considered fair representation from
the contributors ~
The "provisO" was then mentioned,
and Mr.. Waldron continues:
your committee used every rea-
sonable effort to persuade the ship
pers' wharf committee TO modify their
| demands and II Is with regret that
we have to report n failure to bring
the matter to what we consider sat-
isfactory conclusion
Shippers "Proviso." ....
The second letter Is from T. ii. Pc
trie as secretary of the wharf COM
mittee, and is the one that has rails
ed all the trouble and started the hot
words yesterday. II is as follows:
Honolulu. Hawaii, May 3, 1911.
Mr.. Fred l.. Waldron, Chairman Spe-
cial Committee, Merchants Asso-
citation, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-Referring to the matter
of the continuance of the so-called
shippers wharf tax, which your COM
mittee has had under consideration
with this committee, | would state
that, after giving this matter careful
consideration, the shippers wharf
committee Is prepared to extend an
invitation to the Merchants Associa-
tion Of Honolulu to appoint three off,
cial representatives OF that organiza-
ton to be admitted to membership Ia
ton, however, that the Merchants
Association of Honolulu, In general
meeting assembled, will unanimously
adopt resolutions looking TO the effect
of recommending the continuance by
its members of the wharfage tax as at
present being levied for period ex-
tending at least until the converting OF
the next territorial Legislature in
1913, II being understood that the pro-
ceeds shall continue to be devote
mainly to the increasing of the pres
ent emergency fund for the purpose OF
protecting the shipping and CONNER
cial interests of this port.
This committee has thought that
possibly nothing of any further mate.
rial value can he accomplished by a
further joint meeting with your com
mittee for discussion pending the re-
ceipt of an expression of your views
ms 10 The foregoing. | should be
pleased 10 hear from YOU II the above
meets with your approval. Very truly
yours,
Y, II, PETRlE,
Secretary, shippers Wharf COMMITTEES