The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-27
SPECIAL REVENUE
PASSES AND rice
! BILL IS TABLED
Land Resolution RESTRICTED,
But Meets Opposition
Fish Legislation 4.
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RAILROAD EXEMPTION I
HAS FIGHT BEFORE IT
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HID Line Says Metzser, Is
Bound To Make Good In ID
a Year Or SO

Senator Rice = three per cent income
tax proposition, s. B. II, was tabled in
the senate yesterday, as Rice meant that
il should be, so long as the Territory e.
need in the way of extra revenue was
provided for by some other measure.
Senate bill 1873 Is the bill that survives,
providing for FAX o: one per cent on
corporations and on all incomes over
$4,000. Senate bill n had been put
of until IL was ascertained what would
be the fate OF, senate billrl5 Yester.
day there came official word from the
house that the latter bill had passed
third reading Now Il is ready for the
governor 8 signature and the special
one per cent tax is safe. a
smacks OF Trickery ~.
House bin 26s, Representative Nor
man watkins measure, relating to-
roads to public lands opened as home.
steads, and senate concurrent resolution
2, were considered together yesterday.
The resolution, introduced by Senator
Baker, memorializes Congress to amend
certain portions of section 20 Of the
Organic Act, giving the land commits
sioner broad discretionary power in.
stead Of making his duties mandatory.
in regard to the issuance of public
lands. This resolution was tabled on
Saturday, but yesterday was brought up.
for reconsideration on motion Of Sem
ator Baker. The house bill 26S, and
the resolution have to do with home
stealing, though their points of similar.
ity are only general. NJ.
Senator Metzger pointed out that the
house bill sought to provide for the,
construction of roads to public lands,
but since there was no appropriation,
and no fund was available and the lands
could not be opened until the roads were
built, it put a tabu on the opening Of,
the lands. The idea smacked too much
of trickery to suit the senator from
Hawaii. It practically killed homestead,
ing.
The matter will be further considered
today, or rather, it was deferred until
today. 81
Pish Bin = Puzzle
House bills % and 40 were taken
up together in committee of the whole,
with Senator Robinson in the chair
The former repeats the law applying
to amaama (mullet) and was introduced
by Goodness. The latter is by the
same author and applies to the close
season for Hawaii popular fish. The
idea was to weld the measures. Chilling
worth told of his Identification with
the fisheries and therefore declared
himself neutral, though he gave a lot
of valuable information on the habits
of the fish, insomuch that Metzger re,
ferred to him as the learned piseatorial
senator.
The idea Of prohibiting the sale of
mullet from the ponds, said Chilling
worth, was absurd, for the fish did
not breed in the ponds; never had, and
never wonld. Metzger thought folks
should certainly be allowed to do what
they liked with fish from their own
londs. Writ declared it was on the
same line as raising orchids in a hot
house. A man developing flowers
through his own industry in a hot house,
while there was nothing doing on the
outside, was assuredly entitled to reap
the benefits. Rice thought 1t would
be as well to repeal the law, since, if
pond Hiullet was excepted, sea mullet
would be sold under the pretense that it
was pond mullet, and who was there to
tell the differencei
1t got to be half past 5 O'Clock and
hunger called. The committee rose to
report progress and ask leave to sit
again. But two days remain, ,-
Hawaii Entitled To Railroad Tax
The committee on ways and means
reported, recommending the passage
on second reading of-hOuse bill B45, re-
lating to the exemption of railroads
from taxation. 1t applies to new rail:
roads, more particularly to the new
section of the Hilo railroad. Rice
stated that the bill affected the big
island more than any other, seekin to
exempt the new section of the Hilo
railroad from taxation for FIVE years.
Metzgor hoped the bill would not
become law, for the reason that he be
leved the county of Hawaii was en-
titled to the taxes from this enter
prise. The Hilo railroad was in din,
Guilty, to be sure, but it was about to
be reorganized. Even now the rail
road was earning 100000 a year
above its operating expenses, Some
people had lost in the line, to be sure
lie himself had lost, DIT he was will
ing to stand his loss and thought 9th
ers should do the same. He did not
think it should appear that the legis
lsture was voting money to the Dill
ingham interests, There was an arg
ument in the lobby to the effect that
remission of taxes was necessary II
proper reorganization of the railroad
but this was not true. In year or sc
the road ought to be paying hand
some dividends.
The report of the committee wal
adopted and the bill passed second
rcadin 1t comes up for third read
ing today. =
RiCn Has Some influence
Ways and means committee recon
menled the passage of house bill 342
providing for a warehouse at Hanalei
Kauai, and the report was adopted
THssing the bill on second reading
Metzger remarked that Kanai wal
crol 'ns out Of the general fund il