The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31

| Please note that all of the foregoing re-
port takes into account only those cases
of drunkenness that have actually re-
qufred the attention of the conrts. There
have undoubtedly been many more thou
sands of cases that have not been before
the courts.
Under the head of Liquor Selling and
Distilling' the same official report says:
There were 623 cases with 375 convic-
tons for liquor selling and liquor distil-
ling in 1867; 461 cases with 25S convic-
tions in 1883, and POS cases with 116 con-
victions in 1907 The conditions in this
line apparently decreasing. We are
glad to note it. 1t would unfortunate,
indeed, if, with the official record for
increased importations, increased num-
Der of licensed saloons. increased number
of specially taxed dealers, and increased
drunkenness, there were not decreased
Illicit selling and distilling.
Now, we turn to the second part of our
suDJect-"From Business Point of
View" We do not desire, in this depart
ment, to be unduly dogmatic and severe.
We ought not to beg the whole question
at the start by solidly asserting that the
liquor business as such, is nothing but
a bird of prey" or vulture, on a COM
munity, despoiler of all other lines of
said other lines of business should be
friends of temperance. Such a PROPOSE
ton should, in all fair play, first bear ex-
animation Is 1t true?
er anything of physical injury? To this
We have before us the evidence of many
physicians in the affirmative. In testi-
mony before the House of Lords Investi-
eating Committee, July, 1877, it was
brought out that Taking it as whole
there is great injury done to health by
the habitual use of wines in their va
r1ous kinds. and alcohol in its various
Shapes, even in so called moderate uuan-
titles Drinking leads to degenera-
n
Diseased liver, disordered conditions of
blood, diseased kidneys, diseased n.,rv-
Gus system, govt, diseased hearts," all
hapie 10 come to people possessing good
health. who drink temporarily, yet ha-
pltually- Volumes of medical testimony
could he quoted in substantiation of this
So we are forced to the conclusion that
1t is but good business for a man to bring
a sound. undiseased physical condition
TO apply to the execution of his daily oc-
cupatton and affairs And what he
should do for himself, he can rightfully
expect of his employe
Seconds there resulting to the con-
sumner anything of mental disturbance?
Here. again, medical evidence comes in
To the question whether the belief is cor
rect that many hold that intellectual
work cannot be half so well done without
Wine or alcoholic the answer was Nc"
To the further question, Would you saw
that moderately temperate person
might be benefited by the slight use of
VINE or alcohol?' the answer was. at
should hold the opposite as regards the
intellect All alcohol, and all things of
an alcoholic nature. injure the nerve its
sues pro tempore, if not altogether. You
may quicken the operations but you do
not improve them" This evidence is
also from the Investigations conducted
oy the House of Lords in England
ABOUT ~ years ago, Mr.. S. N Castle
men employer of the writer of this paper.
OBJECTED to his engaging in outside en-
terprlses or speculations, simply on the |
business ground that the firm were enti- |
eled to his best and individual attention. |
so, today, in regard to the drinking that |
clerks may do, employers are entitled to |
the best that is in his employee If. in |
my degree, mental disturbance comes |
through drinking, the employer has a |
light to object. The interests of his
business may demand IT.
Third-Does Drinking Undermine Char
lcter? We have all seen cases where it
ioes. But character has solid CONNER
'ial value. The story has been told of
he Standard Oil Company once desiring
| man for certain position of trust,
where solid reliability of character would
'e required more than great abilities
they were ready to pay a large salary
or the right nlan-as high as $4,000 per
ear 1t was said-and their man was fl
lally found in a drug store. So charac-
er has decided commercial value and
my habit or traffic that undermfnes
haracter must impair business value.
Fourth-DoeS the Liquor Business Dis
urb the Peace of the Homer
Recently, a Honolulu lady discovered a
aloon bill to the amount of SIS in the
ocket of her husband Her mind went |
O the household needs that had not been
Implied. Self-denials were availing moth
lg against the invasion of the saloon
1to her home. The dry goods man and
ROGER had been kept out of the money
hat might have gone into their till. but