The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-22
LIQUOR DEALERS
SEEK CHARTER
Former Voluntary Wholesale
Association to. Be
Incorporated.

An application for charter for the
'eWholesale Liquor Dealers Assccia-
ton of Hawaii Incorporated has been
filed in the office of the Treasurer of
the Territory and referred to the At
torney General for examination.
This, on the face, looks as if the
liquor interests have deemed it wise
to put their house in order for meeting
the anti-saloon campaign. From the
sixth clause of the proposed corpora
TONS purposes printed below, it is evil
dent that it intends to take a hand
in the politics of the liquor question
whenever that impinges on the BUSH
ness of it's members.
The charter members of the assccia-
ton are A. Writ, R. J. Buchly, w.
Lishman, C. G.. Bartlett, D. H. Lewis
and r. r. L+ange, who say in their ap-
plication that they represent H. Hack
field & Co., Ltd, w. C. Peacock & Co,
Brewing & Mailing Co., Ltd, Lovejoy
&c Co. and Hoffschlaeger Co, Ltd
They state that they, together with
certain other associates, all residents
of the Territory, whom they represent,
constituting an unincorporated, volun-
tary association known as the Whole
wall, desire to become incorporated I'M
der the name above quoted. They will
have or issue no capital stock and will
be governed by board of nine direc-
tors, with officers as named below, the
temporary beard being:
wv. Lshman7Spresident c. G. Bart
lett, vice president; R. J. Buchly, Sec
rotary; D. H. Lewis, treasurer; r. F.
Lange, A. Writ, st. C. Sayres, J. G.
Serrao CIilo) and C. w. Spitz Gfhue),
The purposes of the Incorporation are
thus stated:
81. To protect the rights, property
and interests of the wholesale liquor
dealers of the Territory of Hawaii in
respect to trade and commerce in liq-
uors (Which term liquors wherever
used herein shall signify spiritucus,
distilled, fermented, vinous, malt, al
coholic or other liquors.;
'2. To protect the rights, property
and interests of the wholesale liquor
dealers aforesaid in the matter of any
and all other or different lawful bust
ness, trade, commerce, undertaking,
subject or thing, pertaining to or con-
nected with the operation of any Ii
cense for the sale of liquors within
said, Territory, whether at wholesale
or at retail, or at wholesale and retail,
or in any other or different way;
80. To protect the said wholesale
liquor dealers against the nonpayment
of debts due them and against delin-
quent or fraudulent debtors, and to
protect the said wholesale liquor deal
ers generally in the collection of their
accounts:
Il. To protect the said wholesale
liquor dealers against the fraud or
oppression of foreign or extra-terri-
torial liquor dealers and to protect the
interests of the said wholesale LIQUOR
dealers in all other or different ways
In the business relations between them
and foreign or extra-territorial liquor
dealers:
IS. To promote the interests of the
wholesale liquor dealers aforesaid in
the matter of trade and commerce in
liquors and in the matter of the BUSH
ness relations and dealings between the
said wholesale Liquor dealers and the
retall dealers of the said Territory on
the one hand and between said local
wholesale liquor dealers and foreign
or extra-territorial liquor dealers on
the other;
.. To devise, recommend and pro-
mote such legislative, municipal and
other measures as to the CORPORATION |
may seem wise and expedient, having
regard to the objects of the corpora
ton:
To encourage the DEVELOPMENT
or trade and commerce in the Territory
Of Hawaii and to assist its members
ana the business enterprises of the
territory Of Hawaii generally in de- |