The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
One of the Ways to Overcome the
Evils Of Intemperanee.

Mr. EDITOR Among all the evils that
curse mankind at the p esent day, none
is more widespread or more destructive
than the evils Of iitemperauce. Every
country in Christendom is sUiF-iiBg I'M
told mi-eYies from thu demora.izing and
disturbing fleets OF the use OF alcoholic
drinks How to prevent or restrict the
evil has been one of the prominent social
problems of this whole century. Many
attempts have been maize, but no method
has been sufficiently successful TO enlist
public sentiment OF sufficient force to
urge its general adoption.
The method OF direct at ack has been
hitherto the most common; and, to
many jealous opponents OF the liquor
traffic, the only form of opposition that
they would favor. But more and
more il is evi .ent that in dealing with
human wills, the method OF indlrec-
ton is most likely to b. successful.
Rouse the spirit OF opposition In child
or a man ny any attempt 10 rec MS
choice in a given dire ctiJn, and, though
you may rouS-, You cannot fnsh, The
independent power OF viii While mn
are what they are, and know no sWeeter.
dearer plea sure than having their own
way, ihongh it be way of sin AID folly
aid death, they will insist upon going
their own gait.
We may l.ar1 a lesson from the at
tempis made u crush The secession
movement during the war period OF
United States constitutional history
i 61-l&65. The cry vas Ta's ed ~ once
by the newspaper men, On 10 RIcn-
mondr' Il was popular cry and 1t
was the real OF jectIve p int. the over
throw oil ttIe Secession GSurpatIon at
its head center Bat fts5 the Union
armies started cut ike a holiday ptoces-
sion, only 20 b. rnntet at Ia Run,
a. the festive crowd tina they Were
ought to have been. Putting down a
reDellion is 10 holiday revel V. lt was
not ii Grant, iih iron will and reso-
lutte purpose, took hold OF the work and
brought the Intelligent methods OF an in
dividual, indomi;atle will to bear upon
the solution OF the problem, that the
conflict vas brought to c,ose. Rich
mond was still his OF j-criye point bur
his method WAS that OF indrection.
The battle of VickSbufg, away IF In the
Southwest, was the turning point oil the
war OF secss-i. n Tn { led to a further
indirect movement, SheTman's famous
march to the sea, and the Southern Con-
federacy was cut IN TIVE. SO Richmond
at last fell But even on Grants
march to Richmond, his strategy was
not erect attack, bur, every time,
flank movement. Troops were uassed
in front, but the march 10 victo vas on
the flank every time, and so Lee and his
troops were circumvehted and Richmond
was won.
Let Us follow the same method in cir
M -
perance. n movement that has in il
this elament OF PROBABLE success is tire
Norwegian movement. The essential
featurS Is taking the probism out OF
politics, and stopping the liquor traffic OF
those accessories that beWlltier and mis-
lead even intelligent men. Tue business
Is turned over TO pub ic corporation
a company of intellig- Mt men OF public
spirit and s1rewd ability. They I'M
the definite idea of minimizing
the evils of intempersnce, while
accomplishing this object through the
infatuation OF its victims, determined to
have liquor at any cost. This Company
control the entire liquor trait C, have
their own agents for the sale, sell only
the purest btainahle article a a reason
able profit Tn business Is always open
to official inspection. Whatever profits
are made ar devoted first to Keeping
down and crushing out all illegal traffic
and afterwards to objects of public
utility. The business Is not allowed to
surround itself with the meretriciouS at
fractions OF pictures and glass and light
and artistic fxtur~s LIZ deals out the
liquid poison in regulation doses SO that
if a man chooses to make a brute or
fool or criminal Of himself, he does it
under such restrictions as TO do himself
and the commuui V the least possible
harm. Why will not the pub ic spirit, d.
intelligent men of business in these
islands orga"ize a liquor traffic company
and put this whole matter under possible
legal and statutory control?
TEMPERANCE.