The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-18

The following letter has been
submitted to the legislative COM
mission to investigate the liquor
traffic, as embodying the sugges-
tions of the Young Mems Christian
Association and the Women's
Christian Temperance Union:
DEAR SIR In accordance with the
suggestion Of your letter, u meeting
was called of members of both the Y.
NJ. G.. A and w. G.. T. u. to consider
the subject of the Liquor traffic In
the Hawaiian Islands and make
recommendations regarding the same.
A joint committee was appointed from
this meeting comprising members of
Doth associations, and they herewith
present the views adopted in the hope
that they may be incorporated in the
bill for which your commission calls.
We believe that If these suggestions
are put into the form of lay that
the liquor traffic W. uld be placedupOn
a basis which would materially re-
duce its evils and at the same time
return most of the large profits into
the hands of the Government to De
applied FOR special purposes
We would suggest and recommend
as follows:
l. That instead of the present sys
tenn of granting licenses, a charter be
granted to a single company, which
snail, with proper limitations, control
the importation and sale of all spirit
uous liquors in the Hawaiian Re
public.
2. That said charter shall not be
granted for period exceeding twenty
five years.
8. That the company to which the
charter may be granted shalt have
capital stock of $500, 900. Of which at
least so per cent. (sixty per cent
shall have been subscribed by men
financially responsible, and that at
least twenty-five per cent. of the
aforesaid subscription shall have beeu
actually paid in.
4. That said company shall keep
record showing the true and actual
ownership of all it's stocks, which
record shall be open to public iuspec-
ton.
That the number of places where
the sale of spirituOus liquors shall be
authorized shall not exceed two in
Honolulu, two on Hawaii and two on
Maui. This, however, shall not pre-
vent the establishment of other such
places in any district, where three
shall so decide by vote. Any such
place of sale, already established. in
any district, may be closed at any
time by vote of three-fourths of the
electors of said district. Upon the
closing of any place of sale in any dis
trict by vote of three fourths of the
electors of said district. Upon the
closing of any place of sale in any dis
trict by three-fourths vote of the
electors of said district, the company
shall be paid from the reserve fund an
amount equal TO the actual loss sus-
tanned in the disposal of the place,
fittings an liquors.
6. That after the payment of all
legitimate expenses in the general
conduct of the business (the amount
of which expenses not to be deter
mined by the company alOne), divl-
dend, not to exceed 6 per cent. per
annum, may be paid upon the actual
capital paid IN. If there be further
pr fits an amount shall be IaId aside
for reserve or siUking fund, which
shall not exceed the amount of the
actual paid-up capital at any time.
This reserve or sinking fund may he
used to reimburse the company for
actual loss in any of the following
contingencies
(A) In case of the surrendering OF
charter by the company with the con-
sent of the Government.
[B) In case of the anDulling OF the
charter by the Government on &C |
count of the violation of its conditions
by the company.
To- In case of the closing of any |
place of sale in any district by three
fourths vote of the electors OF said dis
trIct