The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-10


To Hon. a. j. Campbell, Treasure
Territory of Hawaii
Dear Sir: l. The Kau Wine Co.
Ltd, begs to submit herewith copy o
| its letter dated January 5, 1905, to the
= Governor of the Territory, the purpose
of said letter being to show that
4 | whereas the punishment of offences
| against the liquor laws of the Terri
4 tory lies with the police alone, and
that the Governor as chief administra-
tive officer is interested therein, the
discretion of granting Dealers Lii
censes" lies solely with the Treasurer
o. the Territory and the Governor pos
sesses no part of this discretion.
2. the Kau Wine Co, Ltd, respect
fully asks of the Treasurer of the Ter
ritory a reconsideration of its applica-
lien for Dealers License at Honu-
apo, Hawaii, for the following reasons:
II (a) After an investigation on the
ground by an officer of the government
Sheriff Andrews of Hawaii, the grant
ing Of the license asked for by the Kau
Wine Co., Ltd, was approved and
recommended by Sheriff Andrews.
! OBJ The two plantations in the Dis
trict prefer a Dealers over a Retail
| er's license; and a Dealers License"
to no license at all.
(c) A Dealer : License was granted
| OF about December 9, 1904 to NJ V
Holmes a Honokaa, Hawaii: a Deal
| er's License was granted on about De-
| cember %. 1904, to P. a. Diaz at Wal
pahu, Eva.
I'D The people of the district for
which the Kau Wine Co, Ltd, has
Il ade its application for q Dealers
| License are DESTROYS of having such
| application .anted
(e) These people show by their let
| ters that the conditions at Kau are
I OF as set forth in Sheriff Andr cwts's
reports to the Treasurer. That as &
matter of fact the district has been
in better order since the granting of
the Dealers License for the District |
than at any time heretofore. Thai the !
Kau Wine & Liquor Co. have con-
Quoted their business in an orderly /
manner and with a view to law and
order in the District That drunken
ne=s has decreased and Ioafng has al /
ost disappeared. That a licensed |
seller Of liquor is much more prefera-
hle from the standpoint of control of
labor than no license at all.
1t is submitted that the idea that
Illicit 4lling can be controlled or pre-
vented in SO extensive a District as
Kau. or in any outlying District, by
I: refusal of any and all license is
falacious and logically incorrect. as
it is bound to produce a mischievous
effect among the plantation laborers.
These people have the same legal
right to purchase liquor as any other
re sidents or citizens of the Territory,
and to refuse to them a convenient and
authorized place where such demand
II ay be lawfully supplied can only
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available means in any other riace
that it may be offered for sale Where
tn ere is q dollar to be made there are
always to be found those who are VIII
ing to take chances and make it, hon
estly, if they can. otherwise dishor
estly.
The theory that goods can be for {
warded from a central point say I
particular wharf or landing, and @
Watched until it reaches the consumer &
an intention on the part of t
Re authorities to establish a system t
II espionage, that for several reasons f
$ not practicable. {
1.-Such a system is certain to ir- W
itate those who have NJ intention Of b
rong-doing, and if carried out effec $,
lively, cannot fail to produce trouble II
nd perhaps strikes among laboring el
{ epic, who are known To be both sen So
tive and tenacious of their rights. il
I'm order to carry this out effec- 81
vely a large force of spies and in 81
5rmers will be necessary, whose very ca
resence when known. never fails to CO
Ncite opposition and defiance in any TT
II
The greater the difficulty placed in da
lie way of lawful trade the more GER wi
in will be the demand, and conse- tn
20 fstri1 h
flutes such as swipes okolehaO, etc, un
i'll be supplied, As the result of Ial
1sing up the only licensed distribut- ale
g point in kau, there We're upwards sa
80 packages of sake and liquors l.
ipped per steamship 'Mauna Loa" SCI
her last trip to outside parties: nj
liIe the Kau Wine Co, Ltd, were ca1
evented from shipping single case tc
the present trip of the steamer, tuI
ing to the fact becoming known sw
at no supplies can be legally obtain of
it is probable that twice or thrice EN-
: above quantity Will be forwarded. is
We submit that most Of these goods Of
Il reach the consumer by and 7
.oush the same hands as heretofore, er
4 now, practically eli through Illicit agr
lnnels.
low can it be argued that the With
lwing Of 4 license can possibly re
I in the stopping or even diminish
of illicit selling in g particular sec
n or district? H
: not the exact opposite result to enn
anticipated and that b3- adopting cree
h a course practically all such sales lea.
such district Will be Illicit. with the incl
ne If not greater difficulty for the tina
ice to convict offenders? The Of hou
So is committed by the man selling SCI
lilly no matter where he gets his shol
Tor from.
he Kau Wine Co, Ltd. encloses
ewith comics of letters written by
pie in Kau the originals of which na
e enclosed in letter dated Decem- I at
so. 1904. By C. c. Hewitt, Esq. to no
Governor: and also original let