Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-22
TAX RESOLUTION
IS FAR REACHING
FairChild's Measure Would
Establish Joint Board
On Problem.

A systematic plan for the investiga-
ton of all possible sources of Terri
torial revenue is contained in resolu-
ton that was presented to the Senate
yesterday by Senator Fairchild of Ka-
| uai and passed by the upper House.
The resolution embodies the reach
| ing principle that before the tax rate
| is increased a joint committee COM
posed of members of the House of Rep
resentatives and the Territorial Senate
| shall go to the bottom of every pos
| sible source of Territorial revenue
The full terms of the resolution read
as follows:
Whereas, With each session of the
Legislature there is an ever increasing
demand, out of proportion to the in
crease in revenue, for appropriations
for greater advance in the practical
and more efficient education of our
youth, for the relief and prevention of
sickness, poverty and disease among
the inhabitants of the Territory, for
constructing much : needed school
houses, hospitals for the SICK asylums
for the unfortunate, and providing in
creased comfort and relief to the af-
fiicted on Molokai. and for systematic
and effective campaign against tuber
culosis and mosquitoes, etc, ETC.; and
Whereas. The present bonded debt
of the Territory Is already so large that
during the present biennial period of
the total appropriation of $2,S2S,031, the
sum of 1892, 500, or nearly IL per cent,
was required for interest alone, and
the sum of ISL. 2O3l6 for sinking fund
charges; and
Whereas, The tax on real and per-
sonal property is already high. due to
the extreme valuations placed on such
property, which, when coupled with an
income tax of 4 per cent, makes the
burden of taxation such that those
upon whom it chiefly falls seriously OBJ
iect to any increase at this time; and
Whereas, 1t Is necessary in the in
terest of health. and education to de-
wise adequate ways and means to meet
the pressing needs of the Territory now
confronting the Legislature, as outlin-
ed in the Governors message and bud
get, and the bills and resolutions in
troduced by members of this Legisla
ture; and
Whereas, Large sums have been
spent and are being spent to bring into
the Territory settlers who will become
citizens, and such worthy object can
not be permitted to result in disap
pointment on account of failure to
adequately provide for the health and
practical education of such ifnmi
grants; now, therefore. be 1t
Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of this
Legislature that, before any increase In
taxation is considered, every available
source of revenue possessed by the
Territory or any subdivision thereof,
be carefully scrutinized with a view
to determining whether or not 1t is
yielding the highest amount of revenue
possible, in order that our youth may
be educated along such practical lines
that they may become useful citizens.
and that our afflicted on Molokai and
in the hospitals and asylums, may be
given every comfort and means of re-
gaining their health; and that the
health of those now well may be safe
guarded and that substantial financial
provision may be- made for reclama-
tion and for the tuberculosis and mos
quito campaigns in order not only tol
eradicate these great plaques, but also
to protect this Territory against the
threatened danger of even worse enc
mics to health; and be It further
Resolved, That a joint committee of
five be appointed from each house to
examine into all sources of revenue
possessed by the government In order
to ascertain and recommend what may
be done to carry out the spirit and in
tent of this resolution, before taking
any steps to increase taxation, said
committee to report not later than the
18th of March. 1911"