The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-19

| ly suggest that but a single license
/ be granted to any such applicant as
may comply with the legal require
| ments and be otherwise acceptable to
the board.
4. That licenses be granted as fol-
lows:
c. W. Spitz, wailua River to Haena.
]. K. Gandall, wailua River to Half
way bridge.
j. I. Silva, Halfway bridge to and
including Hanapepe.
Kauai Wine & Liquor CO. and s.
Ozaki. Hanapepe to Mana.
1t being understood that these appli-
cants comply with the law in every
particular and be otherwise acceptable
TO your board.
5. That these licensees be required
TO confine their operations to their re-
spective districts and be Furthermore
required to refrain from soliciting
trade by means Of runners or agents.
And your petitioners will ever pray
THE third section was put in be-
cause it was generally understood that
one man was the principal in three or
four of the licenses applied for and 1t
was believed that il was not wise to
give any one man such a controlling
interest as this would bring about.
Objection was made because IL was
proposed to give c. w. Spite the dis
trict from Wailua River north in
stead of at Nawiliwili, where he has
an establishment. But he has an es-
tabiishment also north of the Wailua
River. The proposal that the licensees
ho infa in
their respective districts was consid-
cred by the board not practical.
This petition was very numerousfy
signed. and by people who signed it
not because they were asked to, but
because it represented their views. I
did not seek mere numbers of petit
tons. did seek to make the petition
mean something and represent some
thing. Some would not sign 1t be-
cause it went too far; others because
it did no. go far enough. To meet the
views of the former class I prepared
the following, which eliminates the Sc
lection from among the applicants by
name:
" To the Honorable Board OF License
Commissioners for the County of
Kauai. Hawaii.
"'We. the undersigned residents and
property holders of the County of Ka-
uai. respectfully urge upon your board
the following considerations:
81. We believe it to be for the best
interests of the county that no retail
or saloon licenses be granted for the
county.
"'2. We believe it is also for the
best interests of the county to restrict
the number of licenses granted, on the
ground that few licenses win mean less
liquor consumed.
"S. Accordingly we would respect
fully suggest that but a single license
be granted TO any such applicant as
may comply with the legal require
ments and be otherwise acceptable to
the board.
"a. That these licensees be required
to confine their operations to- their re-
spective districts and be furthermore
required to refrain from soliciting
trade by means of runners or agents.
"'And your petitioners will ever
pray
This petition likewise received a
good many signatures. though not as
many as the other"
THE hoLOA MATTEL
There were other petitions presented
in support generally of applications
for licenses. ]. K. Farley and Rev.
Hans Isenberg were at this meeting of
the board directing their efforts par
ticularly against the issuance of IL
cense at Koloa, but generally anxious
that something should be done to check
the conditions existing in the island,
which Mr.. Farley had so wildly shown
by his figures as to increased con-
sumption. and which Rev. Hans Isen-
berg strikingly pointed out in the in
cidents he was able to give of the de-
bauchery and restitution wrought by
the traffic among people among whom
restitution need not exist.
Albert Wilcox was there. He IA
vored the retail license over the whole
sale. because under it. at least accord
ing to the opinion of the. Attorney
General. liquor could be delivered only
on the licensed premises. This, he con-
tended. would make soliciting imprac-
ticable and keep liquor from being sold |
iuicitly in the camps. People would |
have to seek liquor instead of liquor
seeking them"
TWO SETS OF PICTURES.
One set of speakers pictured the evils |
that would result from the retail IL |
cense with its bar and it's tempta- |
tions and opportunities for lingering |
and becoming besotted. Another set |
pointed out the possibilities Of the bot
tie habit engendered by the wholesale |
license. Instead of going to a bar and /
taking the one drink their appetite |
called for, the characters in this pie
ture were forced to buy whole bot /
tie, more than they really wanted, and. |
because they had it, drank it all IL!
their own detriment. Other limners
of the possibilities under the whole
sale license system pictured groups /
pooling their money and buying in
quantity to take away with them, be-
cause they could not buy and drink on
the premises as they wanted. With
this quantity they would repair to the
roadside to drink it to the public scan
dial: or to the home of one of them, |
to the evil of bad example in the
household.
To the proponents of the wholesale
license. drinking in the household was