The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-26

Total .6,l46 l,900 0,l09 All
1t will be noticed that the total ar
rests are only about half as many
under prohibition as they were when
the saloons were open, and that the
arrests for drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct were more than four times
as great during that period as they
have been since liquor selling was
stopped 1t should also be said that
the police are much more vigilant
since the prohibition law was pass
ed than before, and arrest every in
toXicated man nowadays, while form
erly they were accustomed to be very
lenient with the convivial portion of
the population as long as they did
not disturb the peace.
IMPORTATION OF LIQUOR
This shows that prohibition has
been a success so far as the lower
classes of the population, including
the disreputable negro element, is
concerned, and the record of every
city is similar to that of Atlanta. But
it is the almost unanimous testimony
that four times as much liquor is con-
sumed in the homes of the people OF
Atlanta and other cities as was the
case when the saloons were open. A
gentleman who is in a position to
know tells me that not less than $780,
600 a day is being spent by citizens
of Georgia for liquor that is shipped
to them by express from Baltimore,
New York, Chattanooga, Louisville,
Cincinnati and other cities; and that
the citizens of Atlanta alone are
spending 100000 a month in the
same way. Men who never thought
of bringing whisky into their homes,
who only occasionally took a drink
at their clubs or at some hotel bar
who never entered a saloon in their
lives, are now importing whisky and
other liquors by the case and keep it
in decanters on their sideboards for
their own use and to treat their Wis
itors.
SIDEBOARD HABIT GROWING.
The habit is said to be growing. 1t
is the fashion now for everybody to
have whisky in his house and to offer
it to his friends when they call. It
is also becoming a custom for neigh
bors to exchange visits to exchange
drinks, which they never thought Of
doing until the prohibition law was
passed In that way the consump-
ton of liquor among the business and
professional men is very much great
or than it ever was before. This hab-
it is also extending to minors. 1t is
asserted that many young men who
/ never thought of drinking more than
an occasional glass now habitually
keep liquor in their rooms for their
own use and to treat their friends.
Under the license system it was
possible to prohibit the sale of II
quor to minors. But any minor can
send to Chattanooga CT Baltimore for
a case of whiskey, anod it has become
the fashion to do So When he gets
it he feels it his duty to drink it up
This practice, am told is entirely
new, and is rapidly spreading among
the best families in Georgia It can
not be prevented so long as the law
permits liquor to be shipped into the
state from outside dealers. Several
wholesale merchants who formerly
had establishments in Georgia have
moved across the borders and are
doing a larger trade by express thar
they ever did directly.
PENDING BILL INADEQUATE.
The bill that has been framed by
the United States Senate committee
on judiciary to prohibit express com
panies from doing an irregular bust