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THE HAWAIIAN ST ATI, MONDAY, DECEMBER. 19, 1910.
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DANIEL LOGAN EDITOR
MONDAY 7T7 DECEMBER 19, 1910
PROTECTION OR
Discussing the yield of the corporation tax, the Christian Science
Monitor considers it in the light of a solution of the customs tariff ques
tion. Its idea seems to be that direct taxation of this kind would do
away with the need of high duties for revenue to run the government.
If a change of policy like that is to come about now, three things will
first have to be presumed. First, that the supreme court will sustain the
corporation tax law. Second, that the Democrats as a party will adopt
a revenue tariff policy. Third, that the Democrats will have the power
to carry out such a policy when they agree on it.
The article referred to concludes with a statement that "the Repub
licans are now about to hand over to the Democrats not only the op
portunity of scaling down the tariff schedules very considerably, but
the means which will enable them to do so." By the means is meant
the internal revenue receipts. These are shown to be $289,957,220 for
the past fiscal year, an increase of $43,744,500.94 over the previous
year. Of the total the corporation tax is credited with $20,9 d9, 83. 74.
Up to the date of the statistics quoted, the total of the corporation tax
collected was $26,872,270.
It is submitted that, "if through the employment of means that will
not be liarmful to home interests the internal revenue may be largely
increased and if, on the other hand, unnecessary expenditures may be
discontinued and recognized extravagances abolished, one of the strong
est arguments in favor of high duties the necessity of raising by this
means the greater part of the revenue necessary to the operation of the
government will cease to be effective." The Monitor adds an asser
tion that does not appear to he non-partisan when it says : "Heretofore,
as internal revenues have promised to share the greater part of the,
burden, they have cither been reduced or expenditures have been in
creased so as to justify high duties."
No doubt abundance of revenue is a temptation to extravagance, but
it is preposterous to charge Congress with employing extravagance as
the means to the end of high duties. In theory it is often presumed that
the people are deceived by tariff taxation because they do no,t realize
that it is taxation, and the argument is presented upon that theory that
direct taxes are conducive to economy in government because the peo
ple would not stand for waste of money coming straight from their
pocket. Yet internal revenue taxes are only direct in appearance.
Those who pay them are reimbursed by people tliat do-not know they
are the actual bearers of the burden unless they inform themselves or are
instructed in the whole economy of the matter. A casual study of the
internal taxes on what are called luxuries, for instance, will be enough
to put an intelligent inquirer-on the right track. And in this connection
such taxes may be argued a positive injury to the commonwealth, when
those luxuries that are by many regarded a detriment to society are
through taxation made a mainstay of public expenditures. It is mort
gaging the government to deleterious indulgence.
At all events, the various species of direct taxation levied under the
name of internal revenue sumptuary duties, stamp taxes and corpora
tion taxes have not been popular at any time in the United States.
On the contrary a customs tariff for revenue with incidental protection
to home industries, or, taking it the other way, for protection with re
venue incidental, has become so well established that it, will be hard to
uproot. If the Democrats will not stand now for the square issue of
free trade against protection, there is no tariff question other than that
which is involved in the present Republican policy namely, amend
ment of the tariff where it may need it upon scientific investigation.
It is extremely doubtful if the Democrats will make the issue just
mentioned, which is one really of protection or free trade and direct
taxation. A large proportion of democrats have been as eager as re
publican standpatters to have protection to the limit for the particular
industries of their respective sections. But if the democrats make the
extreme issue, the people at large will have something to say about the
form that Federal taxation should take. It is for them to decide whe
ther a tax on imports is not a more fair and equable burden, besides af
fording protection to home industries, than any direct 'tax such as that
on corporation incomes. It will be up to the states to consider whether
they shall surrender local sources of revenue to be assessed for Federal
purposes. How this phase of the question comes home may be seen in
Hawaii, although as a Territory it is without vote in Congress to help
itself Here a local tax on corporations was levied without opposition
for very important domestic purposes before the Federal income tax
was heard of. Had the Federal tax come first, it is not likely this local
resource would have been utilized. Some other mode of direct taxation
would have been necessary for the purposes in question. As it is, the
resource is diminished for the future by the deducti6n of the Federal
tax from the amount of assessable income. Will the states not be apt
to opposethis internal revenue exaction as taking froiivthem a resource
of state revenue?
SAVOY THEATER
HAS FINE PROGRAM.
The Savoy management has an es
pecially attractive program to offer
its patrons tonight, tomorrow and
Wednesday nights, with the Wilson
sisters as one or tne principal attrac
tions. The Wilson Sisters returned to
the Savoy on Saturday night where
they were received, as usual, with
marked favor and the applause
throughout the house was general.
The dances of the Wilson Sisters
aVe unusually attractive. Tho steps
are odd and their perfect time is ro
markablp." They have a long list of
dances, whch have not yet been seen
by the theater-going public.
George Stanley, the Ballad singer,
will have a number of new songs, this
week, and many will be accompanied
by pictures thrown on the screen.
Stanley is possessed of a splendid,
clear, resonant voice.
Dot Raymond will continue her
peculiar line of baby-drawl songs, and
will also appear in the comedy sketch
of the Malan-Magrath Comedy cora-
any.
DIRECT TAXATION.
The latter present a funny Bketcn
entitled "The New .fudge,'' and as Ma
grath appears as a darky, there Is cer
tain to be all kinds of funny pilikla.
His darky stunts are great. He is
supported in this sketch by Will Ma
Ian, Nellie Howard and Dot Raymond.
The films this week are excellent and
up to the standard, of, last week.
The Savoy's patrons have always an
unobstructed view of the stage, no
lines of patrons entering or leaving
blocking out the view, while every
stage whisper is heard all over the
house. There is no change of prices
at the Savoy. They always remain the
same.
VEHEMENT DISCOURSE.
"I suppose your husband fe,els calm
er now that the political campaign
1b over and done with?"
"I'm afraid not,'! said-, the worried
looking woman. "'Ho uses the same
language in discussing the furnace
that he employed in his stump speech
es." HOLIDAY BOOKS. '
Thero never has been in Honolulu
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher
I have my views pf rigljt and wrongs and they are strict, and
straight; no man can my apprcWal gain, unless' he goes my gait. He
must admit that I'm the fount of virtue and of truth ;
THE I am a bcacdn for the old, a signpost for the youth ;
REFORMER he must "admit that when I speak all little dogs should
hush ; when I sayv"Halt," he'll straightway stop ; when
I say "Go" he'll rush. And if he should dispute my word, or in
obeisance fail, the proper place for him to be is in the county jail.
Some spineless creatures say to me that suasion is the goods to touch
the hard.and sinful hearts in human neighborhoods; they say that men
are mostly good, and open to appeals but I believe in hanging men,
and breaking them on wheels. Alas, a soft, decadent age has benished
block and rack; we cannot boil offenders now, or drown them in a
sack! We cannot use the iron boot, or Hog them on impale, but we
can surely fashion laws to send them all to jail I
copyright, 1910, wy Creo. Mattftcw AQa.. WALT MASON,
such a large and carefully selected plied for was dry, he understood that
stock of popular fiction and books
for children as are being shown at
A. B. Arleigh & Co. Ltd., Hotel near
Fort street. This is the placo to go
for these books and for handsomely
bound gift books.
INVESTIGATING
A meeting of tho Land Doard was
held this morning in the throne room
at the Capitol Building for the pur
pose of examining witnesses who had
signed petitions for the opening of
land at Keakea and Walhouha. Mr
Carter presided, and there were pre
sent Messrs. Kinney, Trent, Dwight,
Brown and Marston Campbell.
The chairman administered the
cath to each witness.
Charles Wilcox was the first wit
ness ''examined He isald that he
wrote a letter covering twenty-five (
applications for homesteads in the
lower or beach section at Keakea.
He was examined by Mr. Carter and
eaid that most of the applicants went
Lto him personally in regard to the ap
plications. He thought that people
still wanted the land that they had
appliad for about thirty acres each.
Most of the land was lowlylng. it could
be cultivated; in fact some of, It was
being cultivated by natives. The land
applied for was covered with nlgaroba
trees. Ho had been told that the
trees would grow just as fast as they
were cut down. He did not think that
It was true that the applicants only
wanted the land for the sake of the
firewood. The natives had informed
him that if land were cleared of al
garob.i trees for firewood, in five
years just as much wood could again
be procured. He thought that the ap
plicants would endeavor to get their
patents.
Mr. Wood would ot want any of
the land, but his wife might. Ho
could not say what she would do with
It, but on adjoining lots the natives
were raising chickens and pigs. Some
of them were selling wood and alga
roba beans. In regard to the land
above the wooded lots,- that was' not
sought after, for It rained there about
onco a year, when some grass ap
peared, .but all the rest of the yeai
it was dry and bare. The soil was
no goodf but there was good laud
close by. He might use the dry land
for pasture Ho did not know of any
natural connection that would make
ic unfair to separate the two classes
of land.
To Marston Campbell, witness stat
er that he thought that tho applicants
Intended to take up the lands, and
that there would be objections to
clauses compelling them to live on
dhe land, and to maintain a certain
number of trees. He did not seek
signatures to the petition for die
opening of tho land. The petitioners
called on him in regard to the mat
ter. At this stage witness was warned
that once a man Had signed a petition
asking for land to be opened, hb was
precluded from ever signing another
petition for the same purpose. The
Board thought that Mr. Wilcox should
give advice accordingly. Then a long
discussion ensued on the question of
whjether the twejnty-five men who
signed the petition had precedence
ever all others in the choice of land.
Marston Campbell said that the At-
1 1? General had advised him that
they viould not havo precedence,
Mr. Kinney contended that such
was not the case, and was sure that
the Supremo Court would support
him.
Addressing Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Kinney
said that tho Board was glad to lmow
that the men who had signed , tho
petitions meant business, and the
Board would give them the riglil-ot-way
every tirno if tho men meant,
hoifestly, to live up to thoir agree
ments. There would bo no let out or
forgiveness for tho man who wfruld
not live on his land.
A. Correa said that ho was one of
the petitioners. His reasons for 'try
ing to get more land was' that ho,had
t Jargo family Jjoventeen children
wero alive, Although tho landjap-
APPLICAT1S
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the water pipes near the land could
be tapped ror the benefit of the land.
Witness paid $130 in taxes for his
land. The nssesscd value was a little
over $13,000. Witness gave informa
tion concerning the other petitioners.
Patrick Cockett and A. F. Tavares
also gave evidence.
At the conclusion of the' meeting,
Mr. Carter moved that the Kanalo
lands bo offered for twenty-ono years
at fifteen cents an acre in one block
of ten thousand acres. There was no
seconder' to the motion.
Mr. Trent moved that the land be
divided up into thousand acre blocks
and offered ci fifteen cents an acre
for fifteen years.
After argument it was resolved un
animously to offer the land in thous
and acre tracts, subject to survey, at
fifteen cents an acre, with a lease of
twenty-one years, with no provision in
the lease regarding the fencing.
The lands, Marston Campbell said,
would be advertised tomorrow, anl
a map 6f them would be available
thirty days before the sale.
PEOPLE FOB
E
Six vaudeville artists arrived this
morning on the Manchuria to open
the remodelled Empire theater tomor-ro-v
night, at which time the altera
tions will have been completed.
Among tho new people are the glad
stone Sisters, whose acts are said to
be of exceptional interest and highly
entertaining. There is a sleight-of-hand
performer whose mystifying acts
are equal to anything ever shown
here, and he has a large number of
features which have never been seen
in Honolulu.
The iheater will be ready tomorrow,
although there is much work to be
done, to transform the Interior into
one of the most' attractive in the city.
The stage is enlarged and will be
equal to any dramatic production
which Manager Scully may wish to
present. The walls have been tinted
and the seating arrangements have
been changed. Only opera chalrs,-are
rsed In this house.
The gallery section has a large
number of additional seats which were
put in after tho moving picture cabi
net vas removed and placed further
back pver the ticket office. A new
machine is to bo installed so that the
pictures will be projected on the
screen as nearly perfect as possible.
At a meeting held on Saturday the
Republican territorial executive com
mittee expressed itself in favor of
having proposed amendments to the
Organic Act passed upon by the local
legislature before they are submitted
to Coiferess.
Pyrography Outfits make splendid
Christmas presents. The Honolulu
Photo Supply Co., Fort' below Hotel
street, nhvlng a large stock of wood
and leather materials Tor burning. All
Prices.
TO
UNFURNISHED,
Aiea, 3 B. R ?E0.00
Kalmuki 7th, C B. R 45.00
Ittun. IV Rd. 4 B. R 25. 6o
Lowers Rd. 3 B. R 30.00
Kam. IV Rd. 4 B. R 25.00
Waipio, 3 B. R 12.00
Kam. IV Rd. 2 B. R 15.00
Klnau Street, 3 B. R 30.00
Beretania Street, 3 B R. , 30.00
Waialao Road, 2 B. R... 32.50
School Street, 3 B R. ... 40.00
Beretania & Aiapal Sts..
4, B. ' R. ; . . . . ....-.. '37 . 50
Kinau Street, 4 B. R. . . . 32.00
Klnau Street, 0 B. R. . . . 40.00
Cartwright Road, 2 B. R. 18.00
Trent Trust Co.,
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With seven thousand tons of gener
al cargo, 573 bogs of mall, and 571
passengers on board, tho Pacific Mail
steamer Manchuria, Captain A. Dixon
in command, arrived in port early
this' morning, having taken five days
and twenty hours to mnko tho trip
ncroijs the Pacific. The weather dur
ing tho trip was all that could be de
sired, bright clear days, smooth seas,
and warm weather. Of the passengers
on board 135 wore for Honolulu, and
this number included a host of well
known residents of the islands who
are returning from visits to various
parts of tho States. Among those
who camo, back today are the fol
lowing: Miss B. Campbell, Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Castle, Miss B. Castle, Miss
Grace Cooke, Mrs. Theo. H. Davle3,
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Dillingham, Miss
A. M. Dunman, Mr. H. H. Gaylord,
Princess Kawnnanakoa, C. J. Lehman,
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Macfnrlane. Mr.
and Mrs. H. R, Macfarlane Mrs. H. S.
R. Robinson, A. F. Robinson, S. Ro
binson, S. A. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Schaefer, Captain P. H. Sheri
dan and J. W. Waldron.
Among the passengers passing
through are Ambassador T. J. O'Brien,
who together with his Trifo and maid
are returning to Yokohama, after ha
ving been on a visit to Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Winans and Mr.
P. Winans nre booked through to
Hongkong.
Tho Manchuria on her last trip
T
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The Supremo Court this morning
rendered its decision in the appeal in
the case of the trustees of th Kame
hameha School y. the Attorney Gen
eral,,, appealed from the decsion of
Judge Robinson, who stated that tho
will of the late Bernice Pauahl Bish
op meant that children could only be
educated at Kamehameha School, and
that the Trustees had no power to
send them elsewhere. This opinion
was confirmed by the decision given
this morning. Previously there wero
Instances of children having been sent
to schools on the mainland. The por
tion of the will regarding this matter
reads: "to devote a portion of each
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to tho States had twenty-three Chi
nese stowaways on board and these
wore captured making a dash for
land as has been already reported.
The Manchuria was searched very
closely while she was in San Fran
cisco and an investigation was made
but the result of th0 investigation
has not .been announced. Nothing Is
"known ns to which of tho ship's of
ficers, it any, were concerned in tho
smuggling of the Chinese, but it ic
believed that tho men were got on
board and stowed away ""without the
knowledge pf any of them.
The passengers include 369 Asiatics,
of whom 279 are Chinese, 75 are Ja
panesfe and 15 East Indians. They arc
being returned to their respective
countries.
On board aro 7000 tons of cargo, of
which 1400 tons aro for Honolulu. Tho
Honolulu cargo consists of the follow
ing: ui
Rope, 50 pkgs.; green fruits, 1395
pkgs.; pianos, 4 pkgs.; ammunition, 5
pkgs.;. campagne, 20' pkgs.; automo
biles, 8 pkgs; vegetables, 970' pkgs;
paper, 164 pkgs; soda nitrate, 555!)
pkgs; oats, 150 pkgs; whiskey, 15!i
..pkgs; express, lgp pkgs; .hay, 700
pkgs; barley, 3250 pkgs; merchan-
fllflP 1 Qft1 nfrfTa- Mtrta 41 fnt.nnon no
pkgs; shoes, 51 pkgs; parcels, 2 ukgsj
and treasure, 1 pkg.
Tho Manchuria -will sail at 5:30 this
afternoon for the Orient.
year's Income to the support and edu
cation of orphans nnd others in Indi
gent circumstances."
LEAVE ON LURLINE
The following passengers will leave
on the Lurllno for San Francisco at
six o'clock tomorrow afternoon: Mr.
Samuel Heller, Mr. F. O. Dolson, Mr.
and Mrs. F. Ruhlender, Mr. E. B. Fas
sett, Mr. John Turner, Judge R. P
Quarles, Dr. A. Bracken, Mr. H. P.
Newman, Mr. R. Deerlng, Mr. an.I
Mrs. W. A. Johnston, Mr. O. A. Berry,
Mr. and Mrs. John Werry, Col. .1. W.
Benet, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Sutherland,
Dr. and Mrs A. F. Hoff, Mr. and Mrs.
I. S. Voorhees, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
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