The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-16
ENDORSE
SHERIFF
W. c. u. Praises the
Sunday Law
Action.

The regular monthly meeting of the
" G T. u. was held yesterday after
noon in the Central Union church
parlors. Fifteen members We're pres
ent. The meeting was called together
bv the President, Mrs Whitney. The
1o3rd psalm was read and a prayer Of
fered
The stand taken by the new High
Sheriff in regard to the saloons and
the dissertation of the Sabbath. was
warmly praised. In discussing the
matter, however, the fear was uttered
that possibly there would be such
reaction that the legislature would
make it a wide open town. This
brought up discussion in regard to
Prohibition and Local Option with the
consensus of opinion in favor of
Local Option. Both Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Whitney were entirely of this opinion
Another thing for thanksgiving was
the advance toward peace as exem-
plified in the recent Peace Convention.
Mrs. stevens said that the temper
ance sentiment was growing vigor-
ously over rs per cent of the towns in
Ohio have taken advantage of local
option and are dry towns" The
liquor element in Chicago is on the
defensive She also spoke Of the new
"lSon-T Treating Society which is max
ing rapid progress.
Mrs. Ryder spoke of the meetings of
THE Loyal Temperance Legion in Ka-
kaako. There are meetings every
week and the children show great in
terest9 She also spoke in praise of the
activity shown by Sheriff Henry in the
Kakaako district and thought it would
result in great benefit to the locality
and the community in general.
Miss whiteman spoke of the num-
bers of children on the streets at night
and asked for suggestions as to what
could be done to prevent it. The old
curfew law was mentioned as a posi-
BILE means.
Mrs. Whitney then urged the mem
bers of the society to subscribe to the
"Union Signal" the official organ of
the w. c. T. u. movement. She then
read communication from Mrs. Hunt
on temperance instruction in the
schools A long discussion ensued and
it was finally decided to subscribe for
twenty copies of the Physical
Journal and to send them to differ
ent principals of schools along with
circular letter from Miss Johnson
urging all the teachers to subscribe
and thus become better able to help
advance the crusade against the use of
liquor and tobacco.
The following is an article being
printed at the request of the differ
ent w. c. t. ~. societies all over the
world.
A FACTOR IN THE INDUSTRIAL
COMPETITION OF NATIONS.
The following matter which has ap-
peared in papers in Belgium. France,
Russia. and England, will be of in
terest to American readers:
European countries are anxiously
asking for the causes of the CONNER
cial supremacy of the United States.
A recent number of the English Re-
view of Reviews says:
Casters Magazine contains an in
teresting series of short articles by
prominent engineers and business men
in the United States upon American
competition.
Most of the writer's agree that the
American workman is the chief agent
in enabling American manufacturers
to take first place in the world. One
of them says:
1T appears that the American
workmen are much better timekeepers
and far less given to dissipation than
those in Great Britain. One of the
best firms of British shipbuilders,
which has had no trouble with it's men
for years, recently stated that there is
twenty per cent, due largely to drunk
enness If anything approaching these
figures is true generally, there can be
no surprise that (English) firms open
to competition from well managed
American works should have a hard
time"
According to writer in the London
Standard, "The harvest of universal
education is not far distant from the
seed time in America, where the@ha bit
of applying knowledge as soon as ac-
quired is national characteristic
Twenty years ago. business interests
in the United States paid no atten-
ton to the effect of the beverage use
of alcohol or of tobacco on working
ability. About that time the now uni
versal study of physiology, which in
cludes with. the laws of health those
relating to the nature and effects of
alcoholic drinks and other narcotics.
began to be legal requirement. for all
pupils in the public schools of that
country