The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-11-28
ANTIISllOOk l
MOVEMENT

Rev @. d. Edwards delivered a
strong temperance sermon in tho
Christian church yesterday morning
concluding with am appeal for support
to the Anti saloon League Tho result
was that the congregation pledged the
sum OF si77eo TO tne funds of the
League
Incidentally the preacher referred
with commentator 20 the Advertisers
anti gambling crusade. Upon his main
topic Mr. Edwards spoke as follows
st takes three parties TO constitute the
liquor trafiic-one TO drink one 90 selL
and one 90 permit the selling We all
know that woe rests on the man who
drinks Woe Sc pronounced on him who
"giveth his neighbor drink and equal
" on him who "buildeth town with
blood and establisheth @ city b.
iniQuity" OF this last We DO not hear
as much as we should The man who
rejoices in the opportunity OF selling
the privilege 10 deal out intoxicants 10
his fellows In order that HIS taxes may
be lowered IS scarcely q step removed
from the policeman who ignores gam
bling houses because he IS paid TO ig-
more them. Each winl1s al the evil and
gives his consent, because It means
money TO him.
From the standpoint OF the public
the saloon business is bad business. It
thrives on the deprivations Of others,
and often Of the innocent and helpless
II brings neither 10 the drinker. his
family. nor to society any blessing NOT
much better acquired IN some other
way. On the contrary. its portion for
each and all is woe, woe, woe. II de-
prives the family Of shelter and food
II deprives the children OF education
and increased comforts. II rObg the
home Of happiness. blights lives and
brushes hearts and hopes. i rObs the
drinker and therefore society Of pro-
ductive capacity. il prevents income and
diverts what Is earned from legitimeat
channels Of trade 80 that the grocer.
clothier and all classes sell Jess than
would otherwise be possible. II pro-
vides the community with tumbied0Wn
shacks instead Of erecting good dwell
ings. It corrupts politics and govern
ment, and # consumes as much in the
the criminals due 70 81 as is realized
from license fees. II has no blessing
TO offer II is abundant in It's power
to curse.
Where shall conscience be found in
such business2 Certainly not IA the
saloon-keeper. Nor do ] decry men a.
men in this We are all dual creatures
When a man stands at the threshold Of
the saloon business considering whether
he shall enter II he is in his crisis. II
he enters he must yield 70 something
less than his best self and that By de-
liberate choice. He in yielding is gov
erned by such motive fthe nature Of
the business being what It is) and sur
rounds himself by such influences that
you can not look for a conselence-led
man any more In his case whore the
interests Of the business are involved.
Nor can you expect effective conscience
In chaotic public sentiment. You must
look for II in laws restraining the bust
ness. IN officers sworn 70 enforce the
laws, in those having boys who may
be swept into the whirlpool, and "a
patriots and Christian men and women
who love their country's welfare more
than money. and who wish a part 5n
redeeming the world from evil
The laws Of our Territory are per
haps not the best, but there Is some
good in them. The applicant FOR 2
saloon license must write his appllca-
ton, describe premises where be pro-
poses 70 sell. etc. II he states one
thing wrong ne IL a perjurer liable ~
twenty years hard work He must
not be q gambler, drunkard. or one
who has previously violated THE liquor
laws. He can not locate where = ma
jority Of the voters Of a precinct pro
test, and he must have a written con
sent Of a majority Of the prOperty-hOld-
ers from $50 feet to 1000 feet from where
he proposes TO locate. He dare not sell
to man who has been twice con
yicted for being drunk. nor 20 anyone
after protest by near relative de-
pendent on the one concerning whom
protest is made.
The trouble Is partly due 20 the fact
that the laws are not always enforced.
Sometimes officers are bound By cam
paign promises or are corrupt. Some
times they are not sufficiently backed
Cor driven by public sentiment The
average man fears being injured IN hls
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note bis. Even the high idealed and
couIs geous lack knowledge Of the laws
weakness and what laws 20 secure
They also lack efficient Organization
many times.
For the remedy FOR our Ills one need
not look 10 the individual, nor APP
parenty 20 present OhicialdOm. Il
must come from a force Of organized
good. Such ] find possible IN the Anti
Saloon League, who may try our pres
eDt laws, and IL insufficient make the
effort necessary 20 secure better ones
Al least who may work the present
ones for all they are worth
This league wants money. They have
employed o man and propose going %
work They have asked the Methodist
and Christian churches 20 take sub
scrlptions this morning Tor that Dpr-
pose. Both pastors have agreed % 90
So What VIII you glye2
Miss Fuchs, who has been "a guest N
Mr. and Mrs C. r. auckland Tor the