The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-19
HIGH LICENSE
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preferred high license with the exemp-
ton of Asiatics.
Major Camara said his views were on
che lines already suggested. Gin re-
gard to the cafe business, he said
'Iswas the pioneer in the proposition
| under the new law for the reason that
the Union Grill had been granted a
license. The Grill had been selling
liquor for years anyhow. So, the law
allowing us TO sell liquor with meals,
| went to work and fitted up place at
considerable expense, probably as good
as the Grill itself / don t think the
law should be changed in this respect.
| don't want to lose any more money,
but / am in favor of high license.
Raise the license fee back to $1,000 as
it was before.
ity wants more now that prices are
eggnog for fifteen cents that costs
thirty cents to make. -
Fred Kiley believed in the thousand
dollar license. 8" As to the cafe fea-
ture,' he said, II went into that to
save myself on account of the competi
ton we re having
Harry Juen favored high license. .It
makes no difference whether / remain
in the business or not, - said he, 81
am also in favor of law to be passed
by the next legislature if possible to
the effect that none but citizens may
obtain licenses. | believe that the
liquor men who are interested in this
matter should make the effort to pledge
candidates for the next legislature to
revise the law in accordance with the
views of the retail men. This small
license fee has simply prostituted the
business.
81 will show you what it has done:
1t has been the means of opening up
saloons where liquors are adulterated,
and it has caused others to hire cap
pers to bring in trade, and has caused
the introduction in saloons of what was
formally not allowed-music. In fact,
the business is demoralized.
EThere is no doubt that the high
license puts it in the hands of better
element. There are people in the bust !
ness now who have no more regard for |
decency in their places than yellow |
dog
''Now as to prices: A Chinaman
about opposite my place has saloon.
He has no sign out. You might stand |
within fifty feet of the place and not
know about the place. He has a
license, though, and he sells a glass of
wine for five cents, a good deal larger
glass than we could possibly sell for
ten cents. He has no additional rent
to pay because he has a store there al
ready and by the same reasoning he
has no more lights to pay for, and he
mas no fancy help to pay wages to. 1t
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With these people,
Mr. Dee at this time arose to say
hat he knew that licenses obtained by
applicants were resold to other people
o whom possibly the Treasurer would
lot issue license. He thought this a
natter to be investigated.
Mr. Wolters moved that a commit
ee be appointed to revise the old law
md amend it in a suitable manner for
presentation to the legislature. He
aid that the earlier this work was
aiken up the better. He said he fully
believed that if the liquor men had
,een in the field earlier at the last SEES
ion of the legislature, their bill might
ave gone through.
Some ocular remarks were made con-
erning Pastor Edwards of the Chris
ian church, who had, in a recent ad
ress at Kawaiahao church, said the
aloonkeepers We're as bad as thieves,
obbers and gamblers. Mr.. Dee said
hat Mr.. Edwards claimed to be from {
Iissouri "'Well,' said the doughty I
AIRY, "if l had the money | would ]
make him show me that he was from /
Missouri and compel him to contradict
,hat he said. ! think that Pastor Ed +
Yards used the strongest language of {
ny man of his cloth l have ever heard, II
nd | have listened to many fiery pro-
ibitionists 1 hold that the liquor
usiness is as honorable as the drug
BUSINESS.
Col. Mccarthy will appoint the spe- I
ial committee in a few days.
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DR.. Hauxhurst. surgeon of the Hong |