Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-14

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NptL nov ON FROHTRfrIO>.
Ths Hsiss yistr.
EntroK S,rrkpkN PRrss-Siy have
read with much pleasure Mt knney's article
on .' Prohibition IN The saturday Press. lie
pot, IL well when he e,S, =" We have made
PENAL eoie. and hllej j, with long catalogue
1t pains and penalties in our real Co preserve
law and order and proven, misery aud crime,
zen years f1r thu, and twenty year, ior that, and
so un. etc. A book lull OF It,. and getting 1
bigger every ytaf and then We sit down and
read. that hfy 20 ,cvctil hye PET cent Of an
the crimes. that We have filled a book iull Of 1
PAIN, and penaliie, go prevent are produced
Do, ,hi, oor agency or lquur and then dob o
man hnan, who ih.nk, 10, sale ,houd DC
prohibited.
In reading NJ Kinney, article, / Thought
,ha, your reader, would be interested .n a
letter from the Hon. Neal Dow, printed ia
New York paper Of May 10th, for its facts,
and lake the liberty Of sending !, 90 you iut
publication, a,, It ton long, such extract, o.,
,ou may think proper to make. II the record,
II the press he true, many crimes. not except
Jog murder. ate ehaWcahle to the liquor laws
ut raihet law makers of the last legislature,
ani this, IN the face 81 the Largest petition
sgain,, Il that ever went before Hawaiian
legislature and the unanimous vote Of the
assemble, planter, Of the kingdom.
Yours truly.
;. y. CASTLE.
One OF the creates, troubles that working
Temperance men and women have to encounter
10 these latter days, Is the hippancy Of many
r,nsl respectable people who altemp, 10 talk
about temperance, and to give advice as to the
management, OF the Temperance cause, while
they know vey little OF nothing about it.
am sure there Is no other subject on which
such people would venture to commit them.
selves in public, without first knowing some.
thing about ii. The question of prohibition Is
faI too large and important to he put aside
with a sneer. The actual outlay Of the Amer
.cAn people annually in strong drink is $500,
40. 600 and MORE aS the New York rnbune
,hows, and the indirect loss and waste Is
500, 600 600, making as the Tribune says,
an annual loss OF more than half our national
debt; more than the cost Of all our govern
ments, national. state, and municipal, includ-
log army and navy, with the river and harbor
and pension steals. "A question Of that size
no, To be put aside with a sheer, the
Tribune says.
The unanimiiy OF temperance workers the
world over in favor VI prohibition. and the
character and standing Of great many OF
hem in this country, in the Dominion OF
canada, in the United Kingdom, and in the
English.Speaking world, eniitle the movement
tu be treated with seriousness and knowledge.
some people think themselves fully qualified
to speak with authority on this matter, for no
other reason than that they know the differ
eace between fiery liquors and mild beer.
quote one Of the most prominent Of them who
aid that. \ recen, writer says Of prohibition;
'' II succeeds where the people do no, wish To
drink: where they do wish TO drink, they do
H. II succeeds, We are told, in Maine, and
Name Il i uIal stale. But in Portland j, is
sasd there i, a saluon TO each iSS persons, and
IN Bangor saloon To 10 persons. How do
We know il' They pay license TO the United
states Treasury, no matter whether Neal Dow
aud the ciiy officials San find them OF not.
And II they pay the license. they sell the
liquor. In the state II Maine there are 76S
,uch licenses paid.
To all lhi, | answer a. thai hard drinker,
are generally IN favor Of prohibition. They
know thar Tor Themselves there il no salvation
unless temptation shall be put away That i
my experience With them. and it is not small.
AZ grea, meeting in Manchester. England |
heard Rev. Mr.. Jones, Liverpool clergyman,
sIy that he knew Oue street in that city where
every house had at least one drunkard, and he
e,uid obtain from them Unanimous vote Tor
prohibition. At he first popular ballot on thi,
subject tina, | ever attended, saw a wretched
irlnkard whom Knew we'll. put in vote for
prohibition, saying At The moment in my hear
ing, I've had rum enough.
l2l Maine is not a rural state. Its rigoroi,
climate and harsh soil forbid that. Il has ]
great lumber trade, q great fishing industry
ami extensive manufacturing interests, and
hrlore the Maine law, there vas no stale in
The Union where more liquors we're consumed
in proportion 10 the population. There was
NJ state that would he less likely To adopt pro.
hibition. We consumed in strong drink the
entire value OF all our property Of every Kind
IN every period Of less than twenty years. A.
the people OF the Union now do in every period
at less than thirty year,,
90 There Is no - saloon in Portland M,
one IN all the state. There are people here
ho sell liquors on the sly and on a very small
sesle, but there i no saloon. The whole stock
in irade will he half-pint bottle. OF perhaps a
pant bottle. in each coal pocket, ~ half dozen
hai half-pin, bottles hidden in the ashpit, in
the cooking stove, ot possibly a gallon Jug
hidden rp the chimney, or hall a dozen bottles
hi,iden in a we'll, or small quantities hidden in
great many other ingenious ways The LIQUOR
traffic IN this stale i not more than one-iwen.
Itch OF it. louner volume Every dissiller,
and brewery has been suppressed there Is no,
oae remaining.
"a There Is no license" paid to the United
States treasury. The writer says 1--WE know
a. lie is mistaken he Is so badly informed
"a this whole matter that he supposcs the
tniieDi States cosrrnmen, license grog. shops.