The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-11-21
81 aWaIlliall O9azette.
wEpNEspAY, NovEMBER y. lssa.
Iioense or "REMINISCENCES Pays .

Money moves and controls. The whisky
Question Is one Of money not appetite Every
saloon is set ~ - make money. Every
wholesale dealer chooses that business simply
| 10 make money easily and on a large scale.
Disblleries aud breweries are IN operation for
| that reason only. The friends Of license pni
/ in the same money plea. The state license
law rests on the argument Of income. NUM-
ripal licenses are granted for the sake Of the
| few hundreds or thousands that will flow into
the treasury. Does this greed for money look
further, aud count up the police business? the
arrests? the trials ? the costs the fines
Seventy-hve per cent. due TO whisky, These
are sure, regular and large incomes, which
employ many persons. Do the questions OF
buildings, rents, transportation and em-
ployment, cone into the account Sill money
is the object No man does this business to
crafty appetite. Money moves and controls
every one in it, from distiller 70 bartender
from the grandest saloon TO the lowest dive.
Does II pay anywhere along the linet The
bartender seldom LAYS ~ a dollar. Saloon
keepers die early and in deos. OF nifty Yer
mont rumsellers reported 40 years ago by a
merchant who knew them all, a had become
bankrupt; one hsd excluded rum from his
store aud had pitsf cred two were then IN
the rum business Within ten years one Of
these also became bankrupt These were
DAYS Of pure rum. gin, brandy and whisky.
but the business did not pay. Wholesalers
and distillcrs shared in the wreck OF the COM
mon trades, and they do now. There are pit
falls along the whole line of the whisky trade,
and a man mus; invest in something else to
save anything Ten sall and lose their money
where one stands and secures bis fortune.
Men Of other occupations find that licensed
whisky does not pay, and they prohibit 1t.
The 0. 5. y. Co, found no profit in it and
cleared their decks Of it. The o. R. & y. Co.
do the same. Railroad managers fnd loss in
stead Of gain from it, and prohibit it on their
lines Of construction; on their cars and IN
their shops.
Where life and property are at stake IN any
and all kinds Of business, the men in charge
are forbidden It's use. The scope OF this ex-
ercise Of the right Of prohibition by private
persons and corporations in order to protect
life and property, and ensure prosperity is ex-
tending. When skilled labor is wanted it Is
common tor employers 10 refuse to employ
liquor drinkers in shops or manufactures, OF
even stores. They cannot afford TO CRAFTY
mans appetite for whisky or beer or any
alcoholic liquors. and do not hesitate 10 pro-
hibit his indulgence at their cost. Large in
dustries in Oregon and Washington are con-
Quoted en- this principle They will fail will
licensed whisky among employees 1t is be-
coming d known fact tina: whisky destroys
property on land aud sea, and makes no mon-
ey. Il is found to be business which wrecks
men and their enterprises. Portland had Al
artisan FIVE years ago the peer OF any man il
his line Of business, but saloons have wrecked
him, compelling his wife to toll for food anC
clothing for herself and children. 4 first.
class mechanic sinks under the power O.
licensed whisky and leaves his family &
starye, because his employer does not enforc,
prohibition upon him. Another mechanic
rises to higher degrees Of respect and pros
perjty because bis employer prohibits his US.
Of intoxicating liquors. These cases, which
are common amongst Us represent the two fact:
license and pruhibition-in contrast. They
are plain and simple illustrations Of the sub
ject now under public notice and discussion
On every trial, license wastes and destroys
but prohibition wins and pays. The money
argument is on the side Of prohibition N
assured prosperity is found in partnership
with licensed dramshops. Testimony come!
from the men Of true business tact and power
that they cannot employ men or trust then
enterprise in the hands Of men who tTequeu
those places day or night The great money
motive, slowly but surely is swinging over t,
the line Of strict sobriety. The drama Of Iii,
in the past has been drenched more or less il
drunkenness, but in the greater struggles auC
keoucr contests Of the future, the men Of per
feet scbriety and well-poised nerve are TO vii
the victories.
Society, which is the organic person or cor
poration, will learn to do, and will be CON-
PEELED to do, what the private individual an'
corporation now DO. The latter prohibits be
cause it pays. The former will prohibit, be-
cause it will pay. Society will say to ii
members, we cannot afford the cost of You
appetites for intoxicating beverages. We pro
hibit their indulgence on grounds Of economy
and public economy and public necessity. II
this final contest society must win q com
plete victory over alcohol, as it did over slay
cry, OF be itself wrecked and dissolved So,
ciety cannot exist long while its life blood i
poisoned, and its members are destroyed. 1T
profit is bound up in lf-protection.-Rey G
H. Atkinson in Oreg0HiaH