The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-01
SOBEREST Land In AMERICA

while the pper correspondngy depressed for
Of the fishing hame around the there saloon and
only in St Johns and few cenes is the liquor traffic OF any
magnitude.
country, but yield that distinction Newfoundland
comparative recently issued shows that the Cana
dams drink eight times as much of strong beverages as the
lander' do and is doubtful any province anywhere
has record sobre approaching that OF this island The table
referred to shows the annual consumption head OF population
Spirit Wines, Beers.
gals gals gals
Newfoundland .......,...,.,........o.2 o.3 o22
Neoundlan total consumption per head is therefore 40 Of
gallon against Canadas total of gallons Al
lowing seventy five drinks gallon of spirits the New
oundander takes drink only twenty times in the year.
in eight days while twenty drinks gallon OF beer he stakes
his thirst with SCHOONER every three months In Canada
the per capita consumption three times in spirits three
times and almost sixteen times great beers
In Newfoundland should be explained wines drunk by
y limited class the wetodo, say one-eghth of the popua
ton and beers but sparng used outside ST. Johns the
larger center The sherman drink and last of
total import OF $4,000 gallons OF liquors. and vines
ed to 45O gallons This however, represented drop
gallons OF compared with $780, Enough have grown
from 100000 to 100000 people.
Johns with residents its
aon as the main seaport OF the island the least sober
But still compares favoraby with other class
elsewhere Its saloons, which number hftwo, open from
a. m to 10 m weekdays but closed tight hours
and on Sundays. 1t is practically impossible obtain
the city during these periods Police collision with the saloon
keepers unknown here When o'clock strikes saloon
closes, and men leaving five minutes own
er summoned before the magistrate and heavily fined
ond oene involves Imprisonment for six months third entails
the CanCeng of the license No "pubcan as owner is
to nstl the requisite caution against further ofense
peculiar fact about the public houses here is that of
them conducted by widows who having no other means of
support have taken to this calling to livelihood Ano
institution here is the barmada England St Johns is
the only place in America where she Aourishes implies
dcredt tor girl to be behind the bar the conducting of
saloon by any way demeaning. Girls prefer bar
tending to domestic service and daily paper which recently
Elected barnad character muced in heavy damages
by jury, which verdict the Judge warmly commended
Almost every hamlet round the coasne what is termed
local option This is modified sort OF prohibition which in
ables the majority of residents any section forbid
liquors therein bv holding poll and registering their votes in
accordance with the of the local option If the major
ty for the enforcement Of the the sale of ntOXi
Giants at once becomes illegal and the ppe has to import his
private stock OF liquors from St Johns This local option has
given the practice Of illicit selling, hebeenng it is
called in Ireland; and many locaopon districts boosted
shebeens though their rather from
the frequency with which they raded and their owners fined
In the suburbs OF ST. Johns undeected for long time
owing to the proprietor having powerful spyga and carefully
scanning the roads Sundays for police detectives sight Of
whom he would have everything suspicious hid The police
had to hearse disguise detective driver and
funeral thereby ullng the shebeeners suspicious and making
capture that completely repaid them for the previous defeats The
existence OF ebeens has been now made virtually impossible by
amendment OF the which prohibits any liquor dealer
St Johns from selling than bottle OF spirits time to
man convicted OF shebeenng any ocaopton district
The convCng magistrate notifies this fact the cOnabuary
the offender being thus "agged efecualy the topper
Local option spreading rapidly through the outports
the fishing villages called that within years there will
not be locality IN the island outside OF St. Johns where
saloon will exist Three elections held last spring for local
option and the polls At St Mary ESQ YES and no;
SamOne 10Y to LeWpOr "A to In the last case it is
sumed that the solitary negative the keeper of the village
saloon The record island with regard temperance
OF which its people very proud Within thirty its drink
bill has hrunk amazingly In 1870 with population Of I47ooo
its annual consumption $4,000 gallons OF spirits and vines
practically gallon per head and $1,000 gallons beers
than One-thrd of gallon head Last its people
consumed about onerd of that whole quantity per head
every wear of the last decade has shown steady decline in the
volume of nOXcantS consumed Lastly and the eloquent
Of the liquors consumed by the Newoundanders is but cents
n diem m
the head is $Z.z2 yearlY. or I-8 cents daly