Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09

could be supplied. Every discharged sol-
der who had sufficient money opened up a
| saloon: also each of the wholesale
| houses opened up one or more. At the
| same time a small number OF professional
saloon keepers came to the Islands and
| opened up. The city at this time was under
| martial law. and the saloons were con-
| troled by the provost marshal general until
! the civil government took charge.
Liquor Traffic Regulations
| Act No. 80 of the Philippine commits
| sion was promulgated by general orders
No. "a. z. NJ c.. December Is. 1900 This
| act regulates the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors in the city of Manila and has been
in force since that date with practically
| no changes. 1t provides for tifteen classes
| of licenses, as follows: First-cass bar.
| second-class bar. tirst-class restaurant
| liquor, second-class restaurant liquor,
| trst-class hotel liquor. second-clasS hotel
| liquor. theater liquor, trst-claSs whole
sale liquor second-class wholesale liquor,
| third-class Wholesale liquor, grocery
| liquor, distillers, druggists liquor. brew
| erS ana native Wine 1t provides that
first-class bars may remain open from q
am. until II pm. evefy day except sun
| Gay, ana that no person may sell. give
away or otherwise dispose of liquors out
side OF those hours. IL also prohibits the
| sale of Intoxicating liquors to intoxicated
| persons. Hotel licenses provide that
! liquors may he served to guests in their
| rooms or about the premises. theater H.
| censes provide that guests may be served
| IN their seats or on the premises. and the
| restaurant liquor license is the same, as
| the hotel liquor license. None of the Ii
| CenSeS, with the exception OF the native
| wine licenses, permit the sale or other
| Wise dlsposinS of vino, auis.tdo or tuba.
| native liquors. The act also provides that
| no music, gambling device slot machine
phonograph. billiard or pool table shall
| be allowed in bar rooms. Brewers licenses
| provide for the distilling of liquors and
| the sale of the same in quantities not less
ola NJ. 4.
| 10 the Wholesale liquor licenses. The act
| strictly prohibits the sale or DISPOSAL of
amy OF the native wines to soldiers OF the
| United states army Prices OF these Ii
| cenSes vary from 800 pesos to 200 pesos
per year.
The number of licenses issued for the
several years is as follows: Nineteen hun
ured and one and 1902 -First-class whole
SAFE, 10: frst-clasS bar. ia; secoud-class
wholesale. ); thiTd-clasS Wholesale =; ma
i've WINE 20 Nineteen hundred and three
| -fnSt-class bar licenses. f2j: second class
oar licenses, TO; native wine. 1916: totll
| licenses issued in 1902 Of all classes. l. 49,;
III l9". lbs. The increase is mostly ac-
counted Tor IN restaurant. grocery, native
wine ana hotel licenses.
| There are - licensed clubs in Manila
where liquors are Sold to members There
are at present about Leo places of all de-
sGIIptlonS whore liquors sold; this IN
cIuueS l"2 places that are saloons solely
In the early days s4loonkeepers were
largely discharged soldiers and Spanish and
Filipino residents: there were especially
large number of Spaniards engaged in This
business. These have gradualIy tbipnad
out. Hntil at present the saloons are nearly
all IN the hands of Americans
Present Conditions.
The time wher fortune could be made
IN a rev days has passed and the traffic
mas settled down until 1t is on business
OASIS American liquors are sold almost
entirely and are all imported by several
large wholesale houses The ma iority OF
M me t biIhklng class up 10 the present time
mas been soldiers. Naturally this has been
| que 10 the fact that niue-tenths of the
american population in the islands were
SoluierS- AT present. however. the civilians
are increasing In numbers. until now the
business IS about equally divided b.twenn
civilians and soldiers
| drunkenness is not common and tbe ar
! rests made by the police department. during
| me past six months have not averaged over
| three or Tour per day, a very low percent
age considering the fact that there are no
aihusenents In Manila and that the poorer
| class OF Americans here has no pl5ca in
| Which TO gather. no diversion and only a
limited amount of society. This is an alb
ir'.rii at c3huIiion. ana naturally tends to
increase the liquor traffic.
FROM all statistics obtainable the
amount OF drunkenness in Manila is much
les less than In other cities of the same size
! IN the United States This also aDplies 10
! crime and disorder. the number OF arrests
per DAY being considerably below the aver
age IN large cities in the United States
The natives drink very little and drunk
enness among them is exceptiouaI Tba
! drinking class is composed largely of old
! people who have formed the habit of in
uulSins III VINO. and while practically all
| drink vino or tuba to "A certain extent If
| Is seldom carried to excess. They practi-
! chliy drink no other liquors Of any descrip-
ton. Not more than five or six arrests ara
made month among the natives for
drunkenness
The Filipino Fairly Good Citizen.
What sort of citizen does the Filipino
make" asked
Il would say that he is ordinarily N
fairly good citizen" replied MIR. Luthi
The ordinary Filipino does not take an
active interest in politics or the government
or the city as rule. and is content to be
left alone. His greatest vice is gambling
ana this cannot be broken UP entirely An
average or about 30 arrests Is made IL
month Tor gambling. and every effort is
being put forth to suppress IL. The natives
are natural gamblers. and will risk any
thing in order to be able to Join A game.
Inc lower class is also specially inclined to
petty thieving. Those the principaI
crimes among them. Murders occur at the
rate of about fifteen per year and are
nearly always due to two causes-from
overindulgence in vino and from jealousy
the effects Of vino being to craze the mind
Americans who indulge in vino develop the
same symptoms, and in nearly every case
desire to commit some serious crime after
having INDUCED in this liquor.
The lower class of soldiers are inclined
to indulge in vino on account of its cheap
ness. they not having enough money with
which to buy other liquors One of the
worst msfortunes that has befallen the
soldier In these islands was the removal OF
the canteen: the price of liquor in the sa-
looms in Manila has always been high, and
the soldier, with his small wages canrSs
afford to drink even moderately. buying
from the saloons. The consequence il that
when he is short OF money he Is very apt
to buy quart of vino. which can be pur-
chased for the price of one glass of beer.
and indulge TO excess. This condition OF
affairs would not exist the canteeu
allowed, where the men could congregate
and buy pure liquors in limited quantities
at reasonable price, whether they have
the money not
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