Washington sentinel., 1900-04-28

thSISIHJ WnltSJ DlaCk anu OIOWn,
civilized and uncivilized, native
and foreign. It establishes, in
plain words, prohibition over all.
The bill provides
That no person shall, in Tuteila,
| Hawaii, or Ia any of the Islands which
| have come under our rule from Spain,
sell, except for medicinal purposes on
the prescription of regularly practicing
physician, any Intoxicating liquor
Unlike the treaty Of 1892, how
ever, so fU Ulsomely referred to by
the advocates Of this measure, Mr..
Gillet's bill makes no distinction
between natives and others. 1t
assumes that all alike are in need
Of its provisions; that all alike are
demoralized by the use of intoxi-
Gants. To the American IN Porto
Rico, Hawaii or the Philippines it
is forbidden to sell any intoxicat-
ing liquor as we'll as TO the polyg-
amous subject of the Sultan Of
Sulu, unless his thirst is OF the 90
gallon capacity or he can get
physicians certificate thath needs
itior medicinal purposes, whatever
the use he may apply it to alter he
gets il, as in Maine. At one swoop
the sale of liquors-distille6 and
feTmented-.is forbidden in Porto
Rico, Hawaii, Tuteila, the Philip.
pines, the Ladrones, Guam, and
all otheNi islands which have come
under our rule from Spain; to Ia,-
600, 900 Of people is brought at one
stroke Of the pen the benehcent
blessing Of American prohibition,
with its speakeasy, bootleg and
blind pig attachments. A nice
prospe ctl
While Cuba is not mentioned
in the bill. and was not mentioned
at the hearing, there is small doubt
that its provisions would be appli-
cable there too, as the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Crafts reads "or
in any OF the islands which have
come under our rule from Spain"
If Cuba is not under the rule f
the United States il is because the
military authorities in control over
there have been vested by the
President with power beyond the
control Of Congress. The relation
ship, at all events, is sufficiently
close to answer every requirement
Of the prohibitionists and to call
for constant watching from brew
ers and others interested. Trade
With the islands has not reached
yet the proportions their popula-
tions should justify. The exports
OF malt and spirituous liquors from
the United States to Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands
increased from St4,8 8oI in 1893 to
S1,4so,979 in the year 1899, Of
which amount S924, $50 was sent to
Cuba. These figures are from the
Bureau Of Statistics, Treasury De.
partment, and while they do not
show large they do show an in
creasing trade.
1t may not be exactly in accord
with the wishes OF DR.. Crafts and
his friends that so much publicity
should be given to the fact that this
measure, if passed, would iasten
absolute prohibition on our island
possessions-that it would forbid
the sale Of glass OF beer to any
one, native or foreigner, civilized
or uncivilized, in the places named.
Ii was no doubt their wish that it
should appear to be only a phllan-
thropic effort in behalf Of the be-
nighted savage. From beginning
to end Of the hearing the "poor
native" was harped upon and the
treaty of SOs for The protection of
the heather in Africa was referred
to. Not word was said calcu-
lated to draw attention to its effects
upon other than the native races,
and it came very near succeeding.
1t may upset the nicely laid
plans OF DR.. Crafts to deprive our
people oi fast increasing market
for an article of American manu-
facture that is admitted to be
wholesome and particularly suited
to warm climates. We have no
doubt it will. It is certainly in
tended to. We have been success
tul on previous occasion in punc-
turing a pet scheme Of our prohi-
bition friends--the canteen meas
ure and it will be more than graft
fying to the WASHINGTON SENTINEL
to know that it has added to its
many defeats of the attempt to
fasten prohibition upon the people
ol the United States through the
alcoholic Commission bill, this
latest one to foist it upon our col.
onial possessions.
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