Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-08

Stuntz that the American and foreign
population OF Manila to which THESE sa-
looms furnish LIQUOR and to them almost
exclusively ia not more than lO.Oo1. so thtt
the consumption per capita Is appallinsiy
large with a correspondingly evil influence
on our work for the uplifting of the FIJI
pino people. The latter are nearly all users
Of intoxicants of their own making. out
are seldom intoxicated They drink vino,
a deadly white liquor distilled from the
nipd palm. and tuba, an intoxicant MADE
from fhe juice of the cOcoanut palm.
The Manila Liquor Laws.
1T will forever remain a mystery to the
thoughtful" continued DR.. Stuntz. why
the military authorities did not smut out
all uuuor from the islands ana close all
the drinking places when they mad the
authority to do So and 1t is vastly to the
credit of the civil government that as soon
as it came into power, all saloons were
banished from the principal streets Oh Ma
Mia: also that in framing charter for the
city they included set OF laws on the
liouor question which were superior TO
those prevailing in many of our home
cities Saloons have to pay from SOU 10
500 a year for their licenses. must close
at IL o'clock at night ana remain cloSeu
over Sunday A pane OF glass must DE sci
i'm all doors leading to the streets. from
which a view OF the bar can be had. ana
offenders are promptly and severely pun
ishcd
in Manila has been reduced from over
4 300 ut the time of the American occupa-
ton to l63 on the last day of June. 1903,
yet there has been the introduction OF the
American saloon with all of its attract
iVeuess as a totally new factor in the life
of the city. On June 80. 1903, there were
1J7 licensed places III the city or Manila
In which liquor could be bought and con-
surned on the premises. OF these sixty
one are what we understand in America
by saloons. called here frst-class bars
sixty-three were second-clasS bars, at
which liquors are kept in semi-priVate
way. forty -eight are restaurants and fve
are hotels. Restaurant licenses require
taking of Il bona fide meal with every sale
of liquor. Hotel licenses do not OF the
second-class bars tifty-seven are in dis
orderly houses in Sampaloc. An earnest
effort Is being made to compel the au-
thorities to Danish liquor from these
brothels. There were sixty-one wholesale
liquor licenses in force on the date mem
toned above. Three or four large mer-
camille firms in Manila sell little else than
liquor.
Bishop Brent of the Episcopal Church.
who mas taken Il deep interest in this
question, as he does all that affect the
moral welfare of his fellow citizens, said,
In reply To my question:
Comparatively Free From Crime.
From the statistics / have read about
other cities | should say that Manila Is
comparatively free from crime. disorder
and drunkenness. The results of my per
sonal observations are of no value. but
the official reports and private informa-
ton convince me that few cities of the
size are so we'll governed or are so free
from saloons and vicious classes. The
Fillpinos are very orderly people. and
while they drink considerable quantities
of their poisonous native liquors you
seldom see one of them intoxicated. For
eigners, especially Americans, drink al
together too much, both for their health
ana their morals. but that habit is large
iy confined to their households. The re-
ports OF the police authorities and the
criminal courts compare favorably with
those or any city of similar size in the
Moriu. Ihere Is surprisingly small
amount of crime and vice Compared with
chicago. Boston. New York or even
Washington, it is insignificant which is
| Iemarkabie. considering the mixed char
acter or the population. We have no
murders. street robberies or hold ups:
you seldom hear OF a robbery, and any