The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-28
NATURES TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.

Few people have conception of the remarkable progress of
temperance within the last few years. 1t surprising that
the Of the improvement this direction has been ap
to many people In fact there why
it would become known The very which the re-
suits have been brought about have been such blind
its progress Nevertheless the world been getting so
far as the Of ptuou liquors concerned and the present
conditions hold, the Improvement will continue
Much good has of been accomplished by temperance
agitation This method ofdeang with the drink question per-
hap necessary in details of the work. but doubtful
agitation has produced the present results
What has produced them have been mans instinct of self in
tees and the application of his hard The drink
ing by any the individual who becomes help
lessy intoxicated There is an entirely different type type
which rapidly disappearing however This type the who
does get drunk but who drinks steadily day day 1t
this sort OF nemperance that undemnes and makes
wealngs OF its members 1t is reform along these lines that
has been making such remarkable progress that has
not been apparent to many people but which has been as sure
and certain the law Of gravaton This unconscious
perance reform has been due primarily realizing that the
change OF conditions such made imperative for him
to change his method Of life.
Man unconscously adapatve The Beers and
the Fpnos kicked the prcks fashion, they
slowly accepting the inevitable Mankind always does 1t
has been with the drinking few ago business of
all kinds conducted very different lines
that govern today There times The
drinking man had chance He might indulge his appetite and
not fall behind his rvas Now conditions have undergone re-
markabe change The pace the march of progress quick
ened 1t gait for the staggering feet of the drink
ing man. he can't keep I'D with the procession What has been
the RESULT Simply that the who wanted ahead in this
world cut and they have gone ahead Those who could
cut OUT have gradually fallen behind they have gotten
into the ruck, they have been danced.
In line of work this apparent than the newspaper
business. The writer remember how twelve years ago
certain California city eight OF newspapemen
hard drinkers What the condition today Out of the entire
crowd Of smart clever alert but drinking then employed
only remain Common told them that they
become temperate else they could keep with the
who appeal their of right wrong
that brought about this change Their told them
that they stop and they stopped
Nor that city solitary example of this fact This change
has been going every city the Mainland Honolulu
furnish striking example of it. The drinking is not
ed He wanted because people consider the of in
temperance crime, few we'll balanced people do He
wanted simply because he do his work well
who controls his appetite What true of walk OF life
OF ALL Honolulu has OF its legal Lights OF
excellent legal aanment fall behind and be danced because
they could remain sober People unconsousy coming
realize that their self interest will permit them be intern
perae That the for this but steady
ton of the abuse of liquor The hopeless drunkard still here
the spreeng caow youth But the wheat being separated
from the ca The steady bOOzer the who thought he
could business when he feeling his liquor has been
eegaed obscurty That the majority Of be-
coming absaners but they becoming
All the agitation that could be crowded into
the space thousand years could bring about such results
This condition is born of mans instinct of sepreservaton
mans hard 1t working in her
way, the evolution of better mankind