Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
INSURGENTS CAPTURE .SEENOF
NNEDIRECI0RS AT HECTl0N0F
LOCAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

ISI anu TIC utoOuI nave eA-
ceeded any past year by a large
amount. The gross income for the
association during the year was $3.50,
while che disbursements were S.
zS4.04. OF the income derived. $1,000
vas received from the shippers wharf
committee and $2970 from monthly
,lues. One of the principal expendi-
lures was $1,000 to the promotion
committee. The cash balance on
hand to date, reported Mr.. Johnson,
is S1S2S1S. A report from the com.
was presented by John Soper. its
chairman. This set forth the work
done by the association along these
lines during the past year, and, in
closing, Mr.. Soper said that at the
first meeting Of the directors, Janu.
airy %, 1918, an appropriation of $1,000
was made. for the benefit of the Ha.
waii Promotion Committee
Perhaps the most interesting. re-
port presented at the meeting was
that res.l by T. M. Church, chairman
of the committee on public affairs.
The report follows:
"Inasmuch as the territorial legisla-
ture was. in session during 1913 your
committee, as per custom, met with
committee of like number from both
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
on January II, 1918, and organized
so-called Joint Legislative Committee.
Said committee held "a meetings.
There were ISL bills introduced into
the senate and 315 into the house of
representatives, or a total of 466. Of
these bills all but eight house bills
and one senate bill were printed.
The committee So arranged that it re-
ceived all the printed bills. All bills
so received were taken up at the,
meetings of the committee, SO bills be-
ing opposed, of which L failed of
passage and IL were enacted into law.
Your committee approved Of the pas
sage of 80 bills of which "a we're en-
acted into law and six failed /.
"The legislative session of 1913 was
a notable one on account of a large
number of measures which would eff
feet important and sweeping changes
in the local statute law. Among these
proposed measures we're public util4
ity bills, workmeI's compensation
bills, bill to provide. for. a 5-centI
tonnage tax on all merchandise pass
ing over government wharyes, a bilfi
to. require foreign Insurance compa-4
MES to invest in Hawaiian or other
local bonds, bill amending the fran
Chises of a number Of public utility
companies and "a bill to transfer the
Honolulu sewer and water works to
the city and county, We are also
pleased to report the introduction and
passage of a bulk sales law and a
frontage tax law, both of which had
the earnest support of your commit
tee. -
'In regard to the amendments to
the franchise of the Honolulu Rapid
Transit and Land Company will say
that no action was taken upon same
by the joint committee, but we trust
we will be pardoned for quoting in
part from report of Mr.. J. W. Wal
dpen, chairman of the Joint Legisla-
tive Committee, as follows:
Mention should be made of the
excellent work done by the commit
tee from the Merchants Association
in this respect, which resulted in Sc
curing an agreement between the
company and the governor with re-
gard to the proposed amendments and
in the passage of an amendatory bill
which seems to meet general approx
al, to protect the company and to Sc
cure for the public much in the way
of further regulation and improve
ment of service
"Since the legislature adjourned
your committee ON two occasions has
to the board of directors,
who acted favorably upon same, two
resolutions addressed to the presi-
dent, vice-president of the United
States, speaker of the house of rep
and to the delegate of
Congress, recommending and urging
the approval of the franchise as
by the legislature"