The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-04-04
ia Ms EllIor Of he Pacifc ConmercinI 1890:

To ne Editor Of TIE Pacific Commercial Adrertiser:
SR Through the medium Of your influential
journal I desire to lay n few thoughts before the pub
lie, on a subject which I think it will be confessed is
one of great psblic fmpOrtance-of Importance to the
safety, the mOfals, and the general well-being Of this
community. refer to the Illicit beer making bus
hess in this city, which Of late-after the lapse Of a
considerable interval Of time-aPpears to be again
revived.
Recently I have seen as well as heard Of a consid-
cradle increase in drunkenness among the natives.
and was at first of the opinion that the liquor saloons
were some Of them dipping deeply into the traffic
again, or that the Chinese procurers Of gin had be-
come unusually active; but on inquiry among the
natives l learned that il was beer Ihat was caus-
ing this increased drunkenness. was told that near
the Honolulu Iron Works, on Maunakea street, and
in that neighbOrhOod, there are a great many sly
breveries, carried on by natives and foreigners,
where a species Of Intoxicating substances is sold
dirt cheap-that will make drunk come very quickly
and eheetually. There is q hint Of " otolehao Z" too
in the matter. The keepers Of these g beer gardens s"
1 learn, have their runners, who keep n look out for
whoever may be for the time in funds, in order to
pilot them 10 the beer seller. There has been no lit
tie annoyance experienced by the master Of the Gov
eminent baud, as I am informed by himself, on ac-
count Of drunkenness among his musicians. caused
by this beer traffic. the runners cOolly going TO the
barracks and enticing the boys away to their dens.
Now then. the question comes up, If these doings
are 80 well known, how Is IL that the police, from the
Marshal 20 the subOrdinates, don't appear TO know
AlyNuluk uuNuE = . AAN III Nv AA ~ u
and probably more than I DO; but they Jon't stop it
I learn that the Deputy Marshal, on several occasions,
has made n raid on the beer depots, ana poured out
whole casks full Of the stuff. and 9 talked > to those
concerned, who Of course have promised not to make
any more, and in a very short time thereafter the
brewery Of "hell-broth would be III fall blast
again. and no doubt making up for lost time. II is
asserted among the natives, (and II IS reasonably
that the ordinary policeman viii not on' not inform
on these infractiG1s Of law, but that he III 60 out Of
his way not to see them Now, 1 hold that the duty
Of . policeman is to Zealously uphold the safety, the
morals, and the general w~ell-being Of the community,
and that therefore he should be n moral, conscientious
man himself No drunkard, or leEd person, has any
business on the police, and if there are any such
men who viii wink at this vile beer business or any
other infraetiOn Of the law,-the sooner they are dis
charged the better. Surely our large force of Homo
lulu police, native and foreign, Is or ought to be
sufficient TO al once and thoroughly cleanse the town
Of this demorAlizing and ruinous beer business. If
this is not done the Marshal and his deputies should
be held strictly accountable.
Yours, &c, NJ.