The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-23
THE D|SPENSARY
BILL CONSIDERED
Continued from Page IL

| mas ndu d great uSdi OI experience in
the liquor trade in various places
Il saw the Maine Prohibition law in
Vermont he said, "and it was an aJso-
lutte farce. / never saw such good
class of men in the liquor traffic, or more
orderly places. If any man shoLld so
far forget himself'-we'l say forget
himself'-to go into the blind ~, bust
ness he would make heaps more money
than he can this way"
George Hawkins of the Anchor does not
think that it would be a good thing for
the place, and he does not think ;haI :.
could be enforced. How could :h.y
close us out without ccmpensating us
for our licenses? This bill says that all
places must be closed in July but We
have. a license running until Novem3. r.
What are they going to do about Tat?
"If they'd left it to the people on a
popular vote we would have no kick, hit
to try to rush il through the l-AEIsta-
ture like this isn't right. There never
was better liquor sold anywhere han
you can get here, and l never saw bel
ter places"
CITIZENS GENERALLY.
! w. O. Smith approves of the working
! of the South Carolina dispensary bill,
from which this is modelled, but has not
studied the pending bill sufficiently 20
have formed an opinion.
"I have not read it thoroughly, he
said yesterday. Il am familiar with the
South Carolina bill, but 1 understand this
bill has been modified from that, SO 20
to cover opium and what not. AS I'M
derstand it, it allows anybody to distil
anything, only he must sell it to the Gov
eminent. 1 am acquainted with the
working of the South Carolina dispensa-
ry bill, and am very much in favor of
VIM. w. Hall of E. o. Hall and Sons,
who has lived in Honolulu many years,
& l,o fha nSltrn ifNlE
it is good thing" he said, "a very good
thing l have not studied it carefully
yet, but think tits a step in the right di-
rection at least. If this bill is passed it
will do away with the saloons. l am
iopposed TO saloons and the entire liquor
! traffic.
| IF the Government sells liquor, and it
! Is not drank on the premises, it will do
away with the social side of the saloon,
which is it's worst allurement. But If it
goes through, the people of Honolulu
/ viii have to provide something to take
the place of the saloons. They must
have attractive rooms where temperance
drinks and coffee can be had, and where
we can go to read and spend an hour So
Gladly. They must have all the attract
iveness of Saloons
! VIM. Cooke, Jr.. of the Bank of Ha-
wall expressed a fear that it would en-
courage "swipes joints" and the Illicit
sale of okolehao by the natives.
George w. Smith of Benson, Smith and
Company expressed himself as follows
II am in favor of high license and a
restriction of the number of saloons,
am opposed to the Dispensary bill as Of
fered. l believe that it will be found In
conflict with many of the laws of the
United States and that it will be the
cause of trouble and confusion if passed
There will not be money enough in the
Territory to supply police force large
enough to prevent Illicit manufacture
and sale Of liquors if this bill becomes
a law Parts of the law are in conflict
with the rights of the individual"
Thos. Hebron of the Hebron Drug
Company was not ready to express any
opinion on the bill. not having studied
it.
Judge Hartwen had not looked into the
matter. and refused to commit himself e
any view.
Mr.. Waity of Bishops Bank had hat
time merely to glance at the bill n:
printed in full in the Advertiser, and haC
. formed no settled opinion.
S. E. Damon of Bishops Bank though
!; the bill piece of nonsense" ut doe:
does not get at the root of the evil. Thu
trouble is that these fellows are selling
bad stuff. If there were a Government
law providing that everything sole
should be up to a certain standard, mos
of the damage would be done ava!
with" -re -
D. H. Davis of the Honolulu Mea
Company said: II think the bal will pass
If it does, it will break up the saloons
but 1 think it will greatly increase illici
! liquor selling. Every little house aloas
the road to Waikiki and out Pail wa,
would sell liquor. and every Chinese sod
water joint in town would have booze.
And If the natives could go into tn,
Dispensary and get liquor cheaper jus
by signing their names, they would buy
more of it than they do. 1t doesn't makt
any difference to them whether they sigr
their names or not.
IT think there would be some way. Il
get around the provision about drinking
1T on the premises. There would bt
places next door where you could take
it and drink it, so that the social side
of drinking would still remain