The Daily bulletin. [volume], December 31, 1889, Supplement, Image 5

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IHUOHSISTSHOe OF
THE DAY.
Eiiltrlu KtrM.utix: t'lider tile
bovo heading reference was inado
n your issue of 'Jlld instant to cor
am matter purliiienl as among tlie
ants of omission on the part of all
parties now before tlie electorate
with their "platforms" anil t lie
charge was inailu that these declar
ations of principle have thus far lo
udly ignored all intention or desire
to regulate, renovate, ameliorate or
leform our present antiquated sys
tem, so far as the same touches
or rather does not. touch upon the
unequal taxatlou under which the
poor here stiuggle, pnablinr the
lich to become richer at their ex
pense; aud the question of exemp
tions, under certain circumstances,
from execution, to which subject no
one here ever seems to have given a
thought, though so important a part
of every other modern system of
laws. Takiug the exemption ques
tion alone, its entire omission by the
Mechanics' Union certainly lays that
body open to the charge put forth
trom time to time by the Hilu-.tix
editorially, that this organization
has lost its possible position as a
public benefactor by ignoring
measures intimately connected with
heir own politico-economical wel
are. The same accusation of course
holds against both the Knlaiaina and
the. Government "platforms," but
with this difference in favor of the
latter: that being not in theory,
tint in fact the representatives of
capital as contradistinguished from
labor, they would naturally shrink
from being the first to promulgate a
principle which favored labor at the
expense of capital; and, further,
having wisely (from a party stand
point, and under existing conditions)
withheld their "platform" till the
others were.put forth, and there be
ing no reference in the others to the
reformation of laws hearing une
qually upon labor, it was fair to as
sume, as a political' argument, that
labor, as represented by the Me
chanics' Union, would be satisfied
with such crumbs as their "plat
form" in terms demanded; and
when the extent of such benefit as
these crumbs afford is measured by
the most favorable results to be hop
ed for from Chinese exclusion, it
is ilitticnlt to see where the Mechan
ics' platform is likely to better its
promoters, in face of the fact that
Japanese coolies are pouring in at a
rato which sets the history of Chi
neHO immigration in the dim and
distant background. So let the
blame rest where it falls ; and leU ua
see what paity wiil first come to the
tront with a platform designed to
further the well-being of labor, the
"bone and sinew" of this as of
every nation for we can safely
trust capital to take care of itself.
As has been claimed, such a po
licy should embrace a radical revi
sion of the tax system. Jn spite of
the sophistries often used in at
tempting to prove that we arc a
lightly taxed people, the very oppo
site is the fact. The argument that
our lands are only taxed 1 per cent,
on a lower valuation than the prop
erty would bring under the hammer
is tthnply a cumulative proof that
taxation is uufairly distributed, and
that the large land owners do not pay
tlioir share. The (act that certain
plantation managers have as a matter
of record, filled with the Assessor's
sworn statements (in some cases ac
cepted) giving the values of their
plantations as less than the amounts
actually divided among the share
holders of said plantations as a sin
gle year's dividend, is a much se
verer illustiation ot the grasping
dishonesty of capital which litre en
ables the rich to throw their share
of the burden on the poor. And to
add to the necessity for actual, as
opposed to professed, reform, we
see Ministers who shout fiom the
housetops the refrain, "These hands
are clean," actually Hying in the
face of a plain constitutional pro
vision by appointing the near rela
tives of extensive plantation owners
t" to sit on their own plantation tax
jjppeal boards. Yet, stranger still,
POLITICAL
tlo voice 1? heard fronl the tnrehaulc,
demanding tux reform' To :ay
nothing cf the principle Involved,
the utilitarian doctrine of self-Interest
stands boldly against current
practices. A population of some
80,000, the men of whom arc for the
most part serfs or plantation labor
ers a possible step above serfdom,
whoso government for years past
has collected and expended public
moneys averaging over two millions
annually, or a yearly average of
over twenty-llvo dollars to every
man, woman aud child, cannot be
said to lie lightly taxed, even when
all get lair play, by payment accord
ing to their wealth, i'ut, as every
body knows, the burden of taxation
is derived from a petty and annoy
ing systtm of licensing and personal
taxes, the former of which sifts it
self down to the small consumer in
every case, while the latter levies as
much against the man straining
every nerve and muscle to keep food
before his family as it does against
the planter who pockets $;)G.",000
per annum in sugar dividends!
Individual facts might be inde
finitely multiplied to show lion far
this unjust system has progressed,
toward getting tlie throat, of labor
completely in the unrelenting grip
of capital. Let one. or two sullice.
The practice ot making haste to get
rid of all taxable personal property
just preceding the 1st of July each
year, to escape taxation, is a fami
liar custom here. It is a very com
mon thing for the practice to be
carried to the extent of frau
dulent transfers. It has been
sworn to in the Supreme Court by
one of the heaviest sugar factors in
the country that it was the "cus
tom" of the sugar agents to place
large sums "to their credit" in the
hands of their San Francisco agents
just before July. The gold, however,
which represented these same "ere
diU" would still be lying in bank
in Honolulu! Tlie transfer would
be simply a draft, followed by an
entry or two on a set of books here,
and the same in San Francisco.
After July 1st, the transfer would
probably be made back again or
as circumstances dictated. But the
poor laborer or bailor cannot by
"transferring" his carcase three
miles beyond low water mark es
cape his five dollars personal tax as
the sugar nabobs do the tax upon
their gold (still lying in tlie Hono
lulu banks), and their cargoes of
sugar which they cut adrift from the
wharf at (say) 11 :."( o'clock, on the
night of June 30th, and put in a
sworn statement of all their propeity
on July 1st, taking care to leave the
said cargo unincntinncil! As lias
been intimated these and similar
practices are. so common as to pass
unchallenged. Hut does this fact
in any degree lessen the necessity
for reform? On the contrary it
makes tax reform the more impera
tive. And ycl the nearness of the
elections may not seem to suggest an
exhaustive discussion of the tax in
justice's a matter for definite settle
ment in this campaign particularly
as it is a matter so radically affect
ing the whole national revenue, and
especially as no political party has
thought lit to give tangible shape to
a demand for the remedy of existing
abuses. Nothing however seems
more certain than this: that who
ever in future political campaigns,
shad bring to their side the support
of those who on principle favor
right as against might the justice,
of equal laws for the toiler as against
the injustice of legalized robbery by
the grasping sugar lords and usurers
this party must adopt as its shib
boleth as a nine qua non of their
political profession of faith an
equitable redistribution of tlie pre
sent unequal tax upon labor.
As regaids tlie matter of exemp
tions, these embrace a factor of
political economy which will bear
more rapid action than Uie reform
of llie tax system, although ceilain
branches of exemptions are closely
allied thereto. In truth, they form
a subject on which decisive action
at any time might and should he
profitably taken, in the light of ex
perience in Hawaii, a- 'orupared
with thai of roiinlries whcteln liber
al exemptions exist in favor of the
poor, as a part of Hit) established
law. To olfur a few facts in support
of this allegation will, with the
Tlri.i.i.Tis's permission, be consider
ed an early duty of
IiVaTAMir.i:.
VOYADE OF THE PFLUCER.
The German iron bark J. C. I'll ti
gcr, llilO tons register, Captain II.
Kruse, arrived Saturday, 1 1!)
days from Hrenien with 1200 Ions
general merchandise. Tlie Plluger
is consigned to Messrs. H. llaekfeld
& Co., and has been docked at the
l'ucilic Mail Steamship Compauy'i.
wharf. She was hore in Novembei
1888, and sailed hence for San Fian
eisco December 2. The following is
the ship's log: Sailed from Ilremen
August 1. Kxperienced splendid
weather to latitude .")0 deg. H. ; cross
ed the Equator in longitude 18 deg.
, on the I2d day out. and arrived
off the Meridian of Cape Horn JiO
days later. She was '!" days cross
ing from .)0 deg. S. to .10 deir. S.,
dnriug which time continuous boist
erous weather was experienced.
From "i0 deg. S., in the Pacific to
port, very excellent weather set in.
Crossed the Equator on December
l.'dh, in longitude J2S deg. V
Sighted Maui Friday afternoon, Dec.
27th, and made Oahu early next
morning.
BAD TASTE.
Em rot: Bu.i.irnx: The Advertiser
must have strange notions of what is
proper, when it shows sympathy as
in the following paragraph worst of
all, for a lady rescued from the hard
ships of shipwreck: "Captain Berry
ami wife, both of whom experienced
the pleasure (?) of a shipwreck on
the lately lost James A. King, at,
Kahiilni, Maui, arrived in town here
yesterday by the steamer hikelike."
The word pleasure used in con
nection with our recent narrow es
cape with our lives is simply insult
ing. Whatever J may have had of
it in my life, pleasure iii the last idea
associated with perilous shipwreck.
U. II. Br.unv.
M'loMaia&iilffl!
The A I Ntcnmsliii
"Yaniashiro Mara"
YOUNG, Commander,
Will he due lipre on or al.n it
January 8th, 1890,
Anil will leave tor the above
povts on or about
.Inniiiiry l',, 1 800.
&&" For freight or pansage having
superior cabin uiul steerage ucrommo.
dalinus apply to
W. G. IRWIN & Co.,
4W Ul AgcnlK.
LOVEJOY & CO.,
1. ii iiu n ii SI.. Honolulu.
Offer for ale at unusuall) low prices, a
lull iisHiiiiiH.'iiitiiul bobt brand-, ni
Ales, Wines, Beers, Spirits, &c.
j-fiyilavhig been appointed by Mesi-.
I.iiehiiinii & Jaeolil of San 'I'rauuKco
their boh) Agents for Hawaiian Islands,
wo are enabled to otter their justly
Celebrated Wine to our fi lends and the
public at very low rate., i.ll I in
8top That Cough !
XT" ANY people neglect what they call
XIX. u Dimple cold which, if tint
checked in lime, may lead to limu
trouble. Dr. LOZIEH'S COUCH SYRUP
will not only slop Urn coutih, bin heal
the Iiiiijs. Try It. Kor sale at
frcUiu HOIXlSTKHitCO.
Valuable
at uoxioiv.
in the Business
The attention of Capitalists, Trustee nnil Ileal tt-tate Investors, is e.illed to
one of the motl impoitaut wiles of Ileal Kslate, for business
Mnel.s ever held in Honolulu ; the piopetty beiug
Minuted in the heait of the citv
and biiuuilcil bv
Nuuanu, Hotel and Bethel Streets,
The timlci.Mjrneil has received instructions to nfler for s.ile by
miction, , it his SalcsHKim, ijiieeu street,
On Saturday, Jan. I 8, I 890,
AT I J O'CLOCK OON.
The whole of lh.it VALl'MILK CITY PROPERTY, known u, the
'"BOOTH ESTATE,"
(Kxcepling only the corner lot on Nuuanu and Hotel streelH, owned bv
Mi. James. Olds)
Containing' in all 16,000 Square Feet.
0
This is the nio.sl compact aifd deniable piece of ptopeitv in Honolulu,
and being situated in the beatt of the letail business iimu'lcr o," the city,
between the two main arteiies of trallie, (Km I and Niruiwili streets), lvmliii"
to and lioin the whaive.s and haibor, it will hae a value for all time, and
therefore holds out unusual inducements to capitalist, as a lcinuneialive
and pQjiiiaiicnt investment.
The main frontages of this ptopeitv aie 10 feet on Nuuanu sticet, YJ
feet on Motel Mteel and 12,"i feel on llelhel sliect, which thtee street
have been leeenlly widened by llie Government to -10 feet each, and liuely
nine.iiliuvii.-ed and graded throughout, rendering them the tinc-t thoiough
laics in the city. A new sticet of 12 feet width, which inns through the
center of the propeity Tioni Nuuanu to llethcl Miccti, lias been donated bv
the owner of the block, and this will give additional Mieet froutugti of
Hi.) feet, on one nide of the new slieet and !1 feet on the other, to all llie
lots to be sold, leaving no lot without a aluable stieet frontage and to koiiiu
ol them very desirable aud aluable stteet eoinet.v.
Another advantage of ihii line piopeity as an investment, i ill- excel
lent nanitary conditions, and being on the highest pail of the citv, makai of
Hotel .street, it will have excellent di.iinage for buildings elected theieou,
and being of .sullieieiil elevation, pennits the eons'tiiietioii of deep celhiis,
on account of being beyond the leach of tide water.
Tlie block has been sub-divided into building lots,, numbering I tn 12
as can be seen on a large new survey map, now on view at my H.ilesioom.
The title to the property is perfect. Teinis of sale ate one (hiid cufIi,
one tbiid one year and one thiiil two yearc, with inteie.st at (i per cent per
annum.
An examination of this pioperly is solicited, and is confidently leeom
iiiended as a permanently remunerative investment.
gySF" For fullei patticulais aud information appl l
JAS.
'111!) td
K. It. Hi:mi;v, President A Manager. .Ioiin Kna, Vice-President.
lioiiriiKV Iluow.s, Secretin i &. Trea-utei. Ci.t'ii, Ilnow.s, Auditor.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO.,
(riirriio.)
Opiii. Mpi'cclii'iV Hank, : Fort Street, Honolulu.
IMT01STKKS and DKAhKRS IN
Hardware, -:-Crockery, ::-Glassware,
Chandelier,., Kleeloliern, I,aiupn & Lamp Kixtuies,
l'.iintH, Oils A Yaiiiiahes, haul Oil, Cylinder Oil,
l'owder, Shot A dps, .Machine-loaded Cartridges, Chamberlain'.- Patent ;
HOUSE -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS,
Silver riated W'.ne, Table ,t rocket Cutlery,
1'lows, riatileis Steel Hoch, and other Agricultural Iniplcinenlx.
HANDI.K.S OK ALL KINDS,
PLANTATION SUPPLIES Of EVERY DESCRIPTION !
Hart' Patent ''Duplex" Die Stock for Pipe & Holt Ciiltiue.,
.Manila A. Sial Hope, Rubber Hose,
Wiic Hound Rubber Hose, Spincler-grip;
Kpriiiklcin .V Sprinkler Stands,
AGJUJNT'ff FOK
l!nion .Metallic Cartridge f.'o,,
ll.ulinmi'is Steel Wire Vvncv Steel Wire M.il,
"New Process" Rope,
Win. G, Knhcr'H Wiooyht Steel Itangcs:, Ncal'u Cjniac.0 Pnlnls,
Gate City Stone Kilter,
"New Process" Twist Drills',
nov-2ik8! llail'ri Patent "Duplex" Dio Slopk.s,
al Estate
Center of Honolulu !
F. MORGAN,
AlTllllXlIKR.
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