The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-30
AGAINST THE SALOONS


INE I great UNNI NI good INI the cause
although they were laying themselves
open goo the charges of huiuL uruhIhi-
uonisfs." Speaking from the danger
Gus standpoint of racial characters
tics. said Mr. Richards "aud from pyr-
sUu8I observation only ] think that
there seems Co be less danger from
dring to the Chinese than amy other mae
ton"
This view was endorsed boo the oral
report of DR. khai Tai III. whose speech
was interpreted by Ching Nik Lau Dr.
ii commenced boy reference Co the
large number present and uis regret
that DE was unable To- speak the LAM
guage and gave the following statis-
tics:
There are four wholesale liquor deal
ers among the Chinese who are found
To- have been losing money owing Co the
fact that the race seldom drinks exc
cept ON celebration days. Samshu is
not so strong as whiskey but there are
various liquors imported much heavier
i'm alcohol Pal Lu. for example. has go
per cent of alcohol and Sam Ching, inn
ported from Northern China 60 per cent
The liquor consumed i'm Northern China
is generally stronger than i'm the South
ern portion of the empire, owing pos
sibly TO climatic differences. There are
very few cases of Chinese drunkenness
ever brought into the courts.
Opium is the worst habit of the Chi
nese and the worst thing ever intro
duced i'm China. / hope the foreigners
will help to prohibit the importation Of
opium.
"I hope that the missionaries will go
to Western China where the opium ha-
bit is the more prevalent i'm the pro-
vinces of Sing Ching, Pei Chow electra.
opium, I think, should come first and
liquor second for the efforts of the mis-
siOnaries i'm China. We are Christians
and try to follow the teachings of Jesus
Christ and do what we can to help i'm
these matters
Rev A. " Soares stated that he
could not give the number of Portu-
guese saloon keepers because so many
unlicensed places sold and had sold
liquors for a long time.
Wine and whiskey and gin seem to
be the liquors mostly used among the
Portuguese. The people cover up the
drunkenness and quarrels so that only
small proportion of the actual troubles
go into the courts. only when there is
some ungOVernable difference do, the
neighbors send for the police. a very
large per cent of the Portuguese use
some form of intoXicants.' The speak
er expressed the hope that the known
saloons might be closed and a greater
effort be put forth to search out the
Illicit sellers and punish them.
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thirteen years he had been back and
forth everywhere among the Hawaiians
and had close opportunity to observe
the effects of the use of iutOXicants and
had noticed with sorrow the remark
able increase Of the drink habit
There is no reason for the saloon IN
the Hawaiian Islands, such as is fire.
quently urged in behalf of saloons in
countries of colder climate. A place
of shelter, a resort for the sake of COM
fort, is not a necessity i'm this land Of
beauty, and quiet pleasant evenings.
The Hawaiians have been trained to
drink until they are drunk. The manu-
facture of sWiDes in the homes of the
Hawaians has had this purpose I'm
mind, drinking until drunk and then
lying down to sleep. This desire is
carried by the Hawaiian into the saloon
and as a rule he drinks until stupetied.
no matter what may be the nature Of
the liquors sold, the Hawaiian drinks
almost to loss of consciousness.
The increase of even beer saloons
unquestionably leads to increased APP
portunities for the Hawaiian TO culu-
waite and satisfy this national prOpen-
sity of drinking to drunkenness. The
Hawaiian can be reached by the right
use of influence but these must be
without any false note The response
DiIity of those who understand the re-
suits of the use of Intoxicating liquors
ie great The HaWaiians have i'm the
past shown themselves very ready to
cooperate with efforts checking the
sale and use of liquors. They need the
wise help and guidance of men who are
willing TO legislate for all classes of in
habitants without prejudice
Rev. w. H. Rice superintendent of
/ the Anti-SaloOn League stated that,
/ according to its constitution, the Lea
/ que was not a political organization
nor was it affiliated with any party, but
| it's members have perfect freedom 20
cast ballots for any members of any
/ party who could best help eradicate the
| evils OF the use of intoxicating liquors
| He paid a tribute to the readiness of
! the territorial officials to furnish any
desired information, especially granting
! access to statistics down to this very
! day showing the increase of the num-
] bers of liquor saloons i'm the Territory
OF Hawaii twenty three in 1896 to one
| hundred and forty two at this date
/ This of course does not include the light
/ wine and beer licenses
/ Lorrin A Andrews spoke earnest
/ ly on practical lines of work, mention
ing the fact that the League had al
/ ready secured convictions such as thai
| of an Illicit dealer. and had defeated
several applications for license, by cir
culating petitions in several districts
and thus making known the wishes OF
the majority of the residents,
Plans were suggested for the more
| successful prosecution Of Illicit and
light wine and beer saloons which have
! been selling other liquors not permit
| ted in their licenses.
At the close of the session a sponta-
| ueOus movement was made toward ask
! ing for an expression of opinion on the
question. "Shall we ask the Treasurer
of the Territory to refuse to issue any
more licenses on the ground that, ever
from the standpoint of the saloon, sufti,
Gent licenses have been issued" a mo-
/ ton to this effect was carried unani-
| mnusly about seventy-five persons
| rising.
Owing to the session being carried
| past twelve o'clock. a number of the
! workers had been compelled to retire
| or the vote would have been much
/ larger The fun program of the days
/ work is scheduled as follows:
Business Mems meeting, p, M: As
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