The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-29
NEMO'S COMPLIMENTS TO OMEN.
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that the liberal States that | have
quoted have rapidly advanced in
prosperity commercially, financially,
and morally during the thirty years
from 1850 to 1880. | will ask Omen
what has hindered like parallel case
from 1880 to 1890. Omen says;
"Kansas, under prohibition, increas-
ed her population 43 percent, or 20
percent more than Missouri, and her
assessed valuation 26.06 percent, or
Gel more than Missouri. South
Dakota increased her population 235
percent, or PIP percent more than
Missouri and assessed valuation
240.95 percent, or 221.50 percent
more than its liquor neighbor Mis-
souri," He again says, 'Now,
Memo, statistics for 1880 won't an.
swer statistics for $780," etc. But
how is this, Omen? Bradstreet's
Report says for 1886: "The number
of failures, per 10000 population,
in the prohibition State of Kansas,
was 30 percent greater than in the
antl-prohibition State of Missouri. "
Also read the following, Omen,
quoted from the South West, April
Is, 1891: ."The business men of
Yankton, South Dakota, have delared
the prohibitory liquor law failure,
inasmuch as there is as much liquor
sold now as before the law became
operative and drunkenness is much
more frequent. There is no revenue
received from the sale of liquors, and
taxes have been increased TO meet
the deficiency caused thereby. Thou
sands of dollars are sent to other
States every month to purchase
liquor. 1t is now proposed to retain
portion Of this money in Yankton
by re-opening the two large breweries
that have been idle since May, 1889,
and also to tax the liquor dealers.
Public sentiment is strongly in favor
of this course, viewing the situation
from a business standpoint" Also
read the following, Omen, and see
how it compares with your crazy
statistics. Quoted from Boston
Transcripts:
cit prohibition would destroy at
once business involving millions
annually. 1t would throw out of en-
ployment at least $4,000 men. 1t
would close every first-class hotel In
the State in year. 1t would drive
out of this State millions of capital
engaged in other business than the
liquor business. 1t would keep out
of this market hundreds of traders
and buyers, who would not come to
trade where such laws are enforced.
Rhode Island is having a sorry ex-
perience of constitutional prohibi-
ton, and what are the results? Her
merchants complain that their bust
ness has sadly suffered, her police
and constables assert the law cannot
be enforced, her cities and towns say
their treasures have felt heavily the
withdrawal of the license fees, and
her clergymen declare that drunken
ness was never as prevalent in the
State as at the present time"
Also read the following from the
South West: "The incubus of pro-
hibition having been removed from
Nebraska, the bright sun of pros
perity begins to shine on the metro
polls of that State. Building and
real estate interests are awakiDg
from the lethargy that has bound
them for the past two years. The
whole State begins to feel the effects
of coming boom. 1t is particularly
Omaha that readily responds TO the
quickened pulse OF business activity.
Two immense breweries will be
erected in that city as rapidly as the
work can be done. One of them will
surpass in size anything at present
in operation in that section. The
incorporators of the concern include
among their number some of the
most prominent Germans in the city.
AS will be seen from another column,
the company will be known as the
Omaha Brewing Association and will
have capital stock of $1,000, 600.
1t is proposed to locate the new
establishment as near the center of
the city as possible. The second
brewery will be built by Frederick
Krug, who has already prepared
plans for considerable increase of
the capacity of his present plant. A
suitable location has been secured,
and work will be commenced at the
earliest opportunity" Now, then,
Omen, | am satisfied there is not a
business man on the islands mol a
man who reads and is posted in
worldly affairs who will have the
least faith in your boasted statistics
simply because they are totally
devoid of the consistency of reason