Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-23
ANTISALOON LEAGUE AND THE LIQUOR
INTERESTS ARE LOCKED IN DEATH STRUGGLE


Brewers association is, I'm fact, an
alliance OF interests which aims to
present an impregnable front to the
army of prohibition. Tocay II is deep
in a campaign of education that GOV.
ers every state in the Union. This
work was inspired by the Inroads
that have been made in the last few
years by the prohibition movement.
To show what progress has been
made toward the prohibition reguia-
ton OF the liquor traffic, It may he
well here to give some OF the state
statistics.
Maine-adopted prohibition in 1876.
repealed the law In 1856, and reen.
acted II In 1858.
New Hampshire-Adopted prohibit
ton in 1885, repealed the law In 1903.
Massachusetts =. Adopted prohib-
ton law In 1852. repealed 1t in1S6S,
end readopted 1t in 1869, This meas
ure was repealed In 1875.
Rhode Island-Adopted prohibition
In 1852, repealed the law in 1868, re.
adopted It in 1886. Three years later
this law was repealed.
Connecticut - Adopted prohibition
law in 1854 and repealed It in 1872.
New York-Adopted prohibition law
In 1855. but the measure was declared
to be unconstitutional by the courts.
Ohio-Adopted prohibition law in
1851, which was annulled by license
tax law few years later.
Indiana Prohibition adopted In
1857. declared unconstitutional by the
courts.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. law enacted
in 1855. repealed In 1875.
lllinois-Prohibition law enacted In
1851, repealed two years later.
Observation-Disclosures law enacted
In 1855. but the measure was vetoed
by the governor.
Iowa-Partial prohibition adopted In
1855. full prohibition In 1884. This
was followed by the mulct law in 1893.
Nebraska Prohibition measure
adopted In 1855, repealed in 1858.
\ Kansas Prohibition amendment
adopted in 1880.
North Observation-Disclosures prohi.
bition adopted in 1890, repealed in
1896.
South Observation-Disclosures provi.
sion for prohibition adopted In 1890.
Georgia - Prohibition amendment
adopted In 1907.
.. Oklahoma-Prohibiti amendment
adopted In 1907.
Alabama - Prohibition measure
adopted In the present year.
; North Carolina = BY popular vote
the state will have prohibition after
next Jan. |.
Local Option Substituted.
In many of the states. where prohi
bition was tried and abandoned local
option laws were substituted. Those
who advocated this form OF law con
tended that prohibition failed in Its
, purpose because OF popular sentiment
} They said that the law could never be
4 enforced where local sentiment was
!. not In accord with 1t. A further argu
ment for the repeal of prohibition
laws was found In the Illicit traffic In
, liquors which, It was found. invariabl!
followed In the wake of the enact
ment.
n In support Of their argument that
the prohibition wave has not made
I such deep inroads on the liquor traffic
;. as leaders of the movement woult
!. have the public believe, the producers
fall back on the statistics OF the De
partment of Commerce and Labor II
Washington.
I According to the last report of thi
government department, the nationa
/. thirst is steadily increasing, as tn
expended figures will show:
y In the year 1897 the United State
). consumed 2S3,71G,S25 more gallons O
h beer than in 1905, 22,679,13l more gal
@ Ions of wine. and 19,214,7S7 more ga
q Ions of whiskey.
d The consumption of wines an
4. liquors per capita for the Unite
States in 1907 was 1888 gallons Will
In 1905 IL was only 20.3S gallons pc
- capita. According then, to the govern
=, ment statistics. there was a per capt.
" increase In the consumption OF wine
% and liquors of 3.15 gallons In tw
" years despite the war of prohibition.
" This report shows, further, that tn
le average consumption of intoxicants
" the United States has doubled sine
a. 1882. Since that time, according
Is the figures, there has been nearly
gallon per capita increase IN the col
n. sumption each year. As an evidenC
" Of this marked increase 1t need onl
,e be said that In 1870 the average col
Ill suIilptiOu VI WlHeo anu iiuuoiS ps
"a. capita was ~ gallons: In 1880 til
L. average person was drinking 100
- gallons: In 1890, 1853 gallons;
y, 1900, 1853 gallons.
le In 1907 the average consumptio
~ per capita In the United States WI
81 81 gallon of wine, 21.23 gallons I
w beer, and 1863 gallons OF whiskey. I'll
ey total consumption of wines and II
ar nors In 1907 was 2,Ol9 69O,9l1 gallon
in against 1,S74,321 1888 gallons In 100
lg an increase of 1885, 1853 ,523 gallons.
state Laws Widely Divergent
at The liquor laws In the States a
ON 80 divergent In character that fl
m. understanding OF them can be hi
be only by grouping them, and giving
, brief the laws az applied to them.
The States which are committ'
~ exclusively to license regulation a
We Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Utah, n
We yada, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washln
We ton.
NO Local option, with the county as h
re largest uait IN tho law. obtains
ms Virginia, South Carolina, Florid
Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas. Ike
lucky. Ohio, West Virginia, Nilsson
n