The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-02-14
THE LIQUOR PROBLBM-I

citizens sE-es thSr the Laws ought.
- far 81 possible 90 do swsy with
The evils attendant upon the sale Cf
intoxicating liquors, since the evils
srs no5 eoufne6 70 thces who buy. but
extent our into all branches Of society.
Sni atsect many who sre NOT IN any
WY responsible Tor the existence q
tho<s evils IL / uoc only tboSe who
Srp sometimes termed --cOId water
ersnks who advocate this principIs-
No,is-zts drinkers sud even drunk
Sris themselves fsvor the same thing
Nsv. even liquor dealers Sgree 70 the
sane ccurse- A dealer, In letter %
rhs B-g-5H, uo5 great while S-u,
u=f these words -- SSe-IEfes must
hs usis l-v people who are used 20
sr-uuE liquors III the Interests u the
lz-Eer aut weaker portion o- our COM
ulUui-v- Nothing great 1---- lg zcyl-ll-
pIisled EitLc-- q >Ec-L-lee- and every
IG-rl1- VIII UC- only show By wQ-l>
h-r uv l5=l- El> real good VIII" A.
q the shove mentioned dealers
scheme q legislation, I >lzll SPEAK
further Sc 8 La--- lG-5 for Ii Is ul- &.
new scheme ue- an ltl& entertained
hv one individual aLllz- But the
vU-i> quoted involve tie only p-lu-
eIulz f7r which am CouCeIiIuZ. He
VS. night fu SSyIu- that every pa
Cri1- Viii uCt only show BY wuCli> but
BY deeds his real good VIII More
Ihsu one lilUl- -i54l5- of Honolulu
have gone uI- of the business within
s few years ON sccouuC Of the evil
which The ErsLle was l9IuE- mus
thew hsve shown their willingness 10
make s. sacrifice In the interest OF
the Large- aul weaker portion Of our
community Others would follow
their example r they saw the uIsC-er
fri The sane LI-It- 4 EupGLv number
u Moderate drinkers Of these Islands
favor the Prohibition 1t the sale NJ
EaC1E % J. used 81 s. beverage. thus
exureSSil- their willingness % sacFL-
Zee their own ue->Cusl preferences - In
the interest ol she larger suc weaker
portion u1 the community. Again,
u-lzrs ucull follow their example II
they saw rhe maC-5r in the same light
Al weL---l5a lLDE. patriotic Iu1sl-L-
gem uleE a-r5e --l1- the stronger must
Uzke >lue sacrifice IN the Interests OF
the weaker members Of >ocLe-y--LGC
The EQC1- UrSrEc must Ce restricted
even st the expense Of Innocent citizens
VINO never abuse their privileges Cur
present system Of high license h&>. II
) dsZrse- jUS- this effect by missing the
price u liquors But al VTell-uleanIug-
patriotic. Intelligent men do not agree
- 20 the means which ought % De
USED 70 sbSce the evil u this traffic.
Until recently those vino have set
themselves % WORK s reform IN this
matter have been Cole-2blv well agrEed
thar q strict license system ! the best
means q dealing with the evil Lately.
however. prohibition has come To the
front In AuzrlCa- II : elziUed for
Ehe license system that IL furnishes the
>-aC5 with S lr-e revenue and sc the
SsUe --E5 a-1-es the evils Of the
tl-u1r -rsl5 IL successfully IL any
other system There = @ U--T -E-
cas- 5u -av.- "a -le Er-G -ZlEle I'D sd
flE s. this -.lL-rE : concerned I'm
der tile present LlW tl- -ra-l- brings IN
s revenue Qt agg-- three hundred
uh0USlud dollars s. year % the Hawaii
an Trszlsl-v- Besides this sum there
/ s consider Il revenue realized from
fines for drunkenness in the various
Police and District Courts But IL !
an erroE 20 S-ppDse tLzr this i all clear
gain a revenue Of two hundred zu1
fifty thousand dollars for duties repre-
Ssurs N expenditure Of more than 3
million dollars for liquors on the part
OfeonSuuers- And this last represents
iessri0rsCiou IN houses and other i'm
prUveue1Is Oh many small holdings.
and s eou>e,- ueur >hrIukAEE In the value
OF rszI estate II also represents degen-
erscy IL the quality and dImIngtI0u
in tie quantity q labor This leads
70 heaEy expense IN introducing for
sign lSbor into the country or 70 : de-
creaSe II values Of great Industrial en-
tsrprises- or % both Ii also represents
3 de,srea-Ss IN the receipts u the
butchers and ZruceFs. and el9thiers. Ii
EzS stated By The GAZETTE about The
tine the aureudueur Of ISS5 went into
effect rhzt some dealers whose trade
vas largely with native H2Ezii2ns
felt the falling on very severely. And
= cannot be doubted that the dealers
generally would feel the change very
pergepzIbIv were AL the money nov
spent for liquors saved OF used for what
We commonly call the ueceSszries &C
life Experience elsewhere has shown
that the OCCURRENCE noted by the GA
IETTE vas but the natural result u s
eouSilera1Ee extension q the LI4u0r
trade The depression u other bust
ueSSeS gI agcCIur u the IIqu0r trade
then must BE- taken into account In
esrimztilc ci-e LOSES and gains atteu-i-
ant UuCl rhis traffic Besides this
the eNt-a police force AM the extra
eNI- -e q courts caused directly OF
Otherwise By d-uu@zuue>- must D.
charged ID on lLe loss and gain
a-c1G-r- And there l. yet another
e17l-iu-e1.v which Il 1ehC-es u Co
tax into a1-1EE1- At FI-t-e .-r- a few
years a-1a drunken riot practically
uaEEEuT1=-i county 1epf=-iatIGaS
committed llou property which the
county 7ls 1.s-ll u protest. such a
thing has never occurred here AMI Ii
+ uo- lIzsIg lL1l any al-ra-z u equal
extent viii gf-1EE Bur II l. 1y u0
means certain that s1--e-Lilz II the
sane nature Elav u5- ~ lone EiZhr IN
reaeefuE Hlalulu TIT laueEeE III l.