Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-13
ROP0StSuQUORlANS


situation and proposing legislation on
the subject. The writer begins by at.
tributing the blame for the many il.
licit dealers in the country districts
largely to the plantations. He states
that 1t has been the custom to coa.
suit plantation managers regarding the
granting Of liquor licenses in their dis.
tricts. At the same time Illicit deal.
ers are thriving there under the eyes
OF these managers who probably feel
that they have better control over an
Illicit seller than they would have over
O licensed dealer. When plantations
have landings they often have &C.
counts for the handling of freight
against the Illicit. dealers when they
therefore ought to be perfectly able 10
point out.
After reviewing the liquor situation
as 1t has been for the past few years
the writer goes on tu suggest the fol.
lowing new laws:
First: That for the purpose Of defin.
ing the classification of licenses, | sug.
sest that the towns of Honolulu, Hilo
and WGiluku Ge deDominated districts
OF the first class, anu tnat the bOun.
diaries OF such districts be within q ra-
dius of three miles from the postotiCe
or police court. All areas outside OF
three miles ~ be known as districts Of
the second class. then recommend
the issuance of the following licenses
for districts of the first class.
Wholesale fee $500. dealers $500. re.
tail $3.50. hotel $500. restaurant $3.50,
saloon $3.50. and for districts of the
second class: Dealers $500, retail $3.50.
hotel $3.50, restaurant 800.
The retail license Is TO provide leg.
itimate method Of selling by the bot.
tie and UP to the lowest quantity sold
by the dealer. This license should only
De allowed to be taken out either by
the holder of saloon license or q deal.
er in districts Of the first class, the
sale of bottle quantities being called
for by many OF the public, who will
not so to saloon, but cannot now
legally purchase in any other place.
This license is the one propose should
be issued in the plantation or second
class districts. and ii should be pro.
yided that no drinking is to be done
ON the licensed premises. This will
obviate the great objection of the plan.
tations, as rule. to the creation OF
Ccntcrs where labor can COuErcgate
and carouse and will at the same time
enable the consumer to obtain legally
whatever he requires Tor his own use.
Hotel and restaurant licenses should
have the privilege Of sale by the drink
or bottle, but for consumption ON tho
licensed premises only.
Dealers and wholesale licenses could
remain as they now are. but the dealer
should have the privilege of taking out
"a retail license II he SO elects.
The wholesale license Is granted to
those who deal in general merchandise,
and is correctly limited to sales in
original packages.
II provision is made for the dealer
or jobber to sell from the bottle up.
under the retail license there can be
no reason that such licenses be grant.
ed to grocers or druggists. The liquor
business should be kept absolutely
apart, as II is then more perfectly sub.
ject TO police supervision. San Fran.
cisco. recognized universally as wide
open" city. is using strong efforts to
get rid OF the liquor license to corner
groceries. which have become a nui.
sance on nearly every street corner.
II large grocers are granted liquor II.
cense. there Is not any reasonable
ground to refuse smaller concerns.
mention this because understand that
strong efforts are and will be made by
u firm of prominent grocers 10 obtain
licenses to sell by the bottle, and be.
lleve this concession. II made, would
cause endless trouble. for the reason
that all would want the same privi-
lege, and as matter of fact II would
b. much better IL the liquor business
were entirely handled as a separate
interest
] believe the above licenses would
cover all requirements, and that both
the Beer" and Light Wine and Beer"
licenses should be repealed. There can
then be no temptation TO break the
law by selling something that is not
covered In the license. | am certain
that while these new provisions cannot
increase the consumption of liquor,
they will simplify the work OF the
police department and render the prop.
er supervision OF the liquor trade less
complicated.
All licenses should he situated on the
Government road, SO as TO be easily
accessible TO the public, as well as the
police.
For Honolulu, suggest that the lin.
its should be extended and placed so
that no saloon license could be issued
IN the resident districts. Ii the new
| limits were made to cover all territory,
say within a radius of a half or three,
quarters of mile from the Police
Station, the police could readily have
this small area under perfect control,
and would not have to so out of this
radius to find any disturbance in or
about saloons. Within such radius il
would be easy for the administration
to make such reservations as it saw
1T, but the crowding of saloons as now
practically all in two or three blocks,
simply creates an undesirable e&AiLi,
tion without apparent advantage.
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