Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 266, 21 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Wk desire to recomruend to our wiee ruler« that whenever thy uext t:me are seized with a Iegiaiating fit, tbey rnake an amendrnent t<> the tax law. The ameudment whieh we believe would be of advantage to the country relates to the taxee whieh are now demanded and collected fr<»ra tourmla, who haj)j>en to be visiting the country on or about the Iwt of July. When we rememl)er that the Reform Party, aud sinceits departure from our polilieal world the P. G., have be«n the warmeet and rno«t enthusia8t;c charnpiotiBof all measure« whieli could n.duce touriets to ej>end their money on Inter-l8land Steamera, and Vo!cano Houaea, with whi9key at lhree dollar3 a bottle lhrown in, and Photographs, and Guava Jelly, it ia rather a 8urprise to us that no stej>8 have yet heen laken by them •inee they eame into power to do »way with the objectionable {>assport system, or at least amer.d the law s*> that tourist9 are not robbed of taxes whieh they neither in ju8tice or equity should pay to this gnvornuii)itt. People as a rule all over the world never like to pay taxes but when a man who is forttd l<> be a taxpayer in his own country v>eits a foreign country for a trip ol enjoym«nt or recreation, and freely blcws in his money to obtain eueh enjoymentor recr<-ation •nd then in additiou i» forced to heeome a taxpayer, he then krcks, aud we think he ha» g<>od reaeon to kiek and to advisa hie frieuds nt home t<> avoid journeying in a land where “taxation without repres«ntation” apj>ear8 (to him) to be the ruling principie. Theee reraarke were ineprred througb meetmg Mr. Max Kauffman from Henm laet Wednesday previous to hie departure by the Australia. The gentleman mentioned hae sj>«nt two or three monllia in the couutry. He ha« ▼isited the VoIcano and H&leakala, and every other j>oint of intereet. He hai eutertained Honoluiu eoeiety people in a style fitting to hie we&Uh, and hae altogether expend«d money htre to the tuneof 13,000 or 14,000. It wa» his intention to return here and spend another thre« nonths and do some literary work, •nd he.had planned to rearde mo«t ly at lialaakala, presumably at Oiinda. Well. when Mr. Kauffman eomea into the Cuetom Houae for his {>ermit to Ieave our bo«pitable •hores —a meaeure in itaelf extr«roely annoying to any travell«r outsideof Ruesia —where people exp«ct •ueh reetrictione—h« was told thal fce eould not get a permit withoul ▼i9rtiugthetax-officv,andtherebeing initiated ae a Hawaiian taxpayer, fcy donating $5 to Mr. Damon’s re-aerre-fund, or to Mr. Dole’e wonderfiil so!diers. Bom« ful!y developed, first-c!a*e. assort«d Berliner oatba werethe resultof the requ«et, fcut ae the Custom Houae people were immovabia aod probably did not nndentand th« elaaaie remarka

Iof tbe furious German,and he fullr realized that he eoulel nol Ieave without a permit, be bad to go to the tai-office and tbere heeome th« aforeeaid Hawaiian taxpayer — without representation. Mr. Kauffi man hss left us. but in the future he will restrict himselftobeingaG«rman taxpayer. and be will never, no, nevermore vi»it Hawaii or •jjend another cent here. If that is encouraging tourists to eome to H&waii w«ll and good. Iet ut know it, but give u» in the fulure a rest on all the twaddle of the reform parly, aud a etill gr«ater r««t en Punehhowl roads and VoIcanoroads and the other alleged inducemenU for stranger» to visit ihie Paradise of laxesand passpcrteinthe Pacific.