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

pect us who are the wage-earners of the
world ana hold the money bags, who
cast all the ballots and occupy all the
legislative seats and make all the laws
don.t expect us to risk our popularity by
antagonizinz so powerful an influence as
the liquor traffic. We turn that over to
you and no questions asked Go ahead
brave women, go aheadr'
Ihe attitude of our brothers upon this
subject reminds one much of the illustra-
ton used by Rev. DR.. Scudder the other
evening upon another point man was
brought before the police MAGISTRATE for
some misdemeanor
What is your name ?"asked the Judge.
James Smith, your honor"
James Smith, what Is your occupa-
/ tion?"
! MY occupation, your honor, Oh. NV
wife-she takes in washingr'
IL Is, then, with the greatest pleasure
that the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Hawaii welcomes to our midst
and our help the Anti-Saloon League:
like ourselves a branch of great ma
tional organization which it is hored will
soon be represented in all saloon-cursed
lands; an organization which appeals to
the Christian conscience of the world
But an organization unlike ours in that
1t is backed by men of political influence:
In that those who stand for its principles
may not only work and pray but vote
to carry our those principles. And hay-
ing voted to put in positions of influence
those who favor our reform, may stand
behind them in their might and see that
righteous laws are passed, and being
passed are enforced.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union welcomes the Anti-Saloon League
as powerful and much-needed ally, and
says with all its heart:
God bless you. brothers! Go ahead,
go ahead"
MIR. KOMURO SPEAKS.
Mr.. Richards introduced Mr.. K. Ko-
muro, who presented the facts of the
alarming extent to which intemper-
ance has made it's inroads amongst the
so 900 Japanese residents in the Hawaii
an Islands. His facts and figures con-
cerning the great importation of sake
from Japan were a revelation to the
audience. Mr.. Komuro said that the
greatest evil amongst the Japanese
here was that of intemperance. He |
gave the following figures of the i'm |
portations of sake for six months from |
July Is, 1901, to January Is, 1902. There
were 1860 barrels; each barrel con-
tains eight gallons, and in all there |
were 221,2SS gallons, which, at $3.50 per
barrel represented a total of S235 Is. 80 !
expended for the liquor. The duty
which the dealers paid in TO the Gus
tom House for the same was 800, ga.
Besides this there was imported 1884
bottles, containing 1884 gallons, which
cost s2473.50. with duty added of $3.50
per dozen of bottles. This was what
was spent in six months for sake,
total of sS29,109 and the figures were
those representing what the Japanese
dealers had done in this branch of the
LIQUOR business. There were other deal
ers here, foreign firms, which also did
a big business. Mr.. Komuro did not
know what amounts they had expend-
ed. but he knew they were selling large
quantities of the liquor. There were
so 600 japanese here and according to
the amounts spent, each Japanese must
spend 81 per month for sake, but the
truth was that they were probably
spending much more. as the high prof
its of the dealers would indicate this.
The liquor is expensive There was an
average of one death day among the
Japanese population in Honolulu due to
drink alone. The curse of drink was
strong among the Japanese ana
brought untold misery. Some of the
men tried to pay for their drinking
bills by gambling day after day. Some
OF them beat their wives and children
without any excuse. Often he had
seen both father and mother in beast
ly state of intoxication, the children Il
q burden upon the community. Sun
day. he said, should be given up to rest,
quiet and the worship % God, but the
drunkard spends the day in drinking.
fighting. and disturbing others. The
Japanese are destroying their physical
and spiritual power. Those who drink
sake were sapping their moral
strength. Some people aver that sake
is not strong enough to harm any one. /;
but the speaker was emphatic in his
statement that sake was more than
twice as strong in alcoholic stimulant
as beer. containing from IA to 20 per
cent of alcohol. while beer contained
from six TO eight per cent. Those who
use sake remain drunk for a longer
period of time and it keeps men from
their work. |
Mr. Komuro stated that the Eva
plantation management had put stop
to the drinking of sake on their prem
ses, for the reason that when |the Ia