Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-23

Brewers association is. i'm fact, an
alliance of interests which aims to
present an impregnable front to the
army of prohibition. Tocay It is deep
in campaign of education that COW
ers every state In the Union. This
work was inspired by the Enroads
that have been made In the last few
years by the prohibition movement.
To show what progress has been
made toward the prohibition reg,lia.
ton OF the liquor traffic, It may DE
well here to give some Of the state
statistics:
Maine-adopted prohibition in 1916.
repealed the law In 1856, and reen-
acted II In 1858.
New Hampshire--Adopted prohibi.
ton In 1865; repealed the law in 1893.
Massachusetts -. Adopted prohibit
ton law in 1852, repealed 1t in1S6S,
end readopted It in 1869. This meas
ure was repealed In 1875.
Rhode Handicapped 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 repealed the law in 1868.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this law was repealed.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law in 1854 and repealed 1t In 1872.
New YOrk-Adopted prohibition law
In 1856, 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.
Michigar-Prohibitio law enacted
in 1855, repealed In 1875.
1llinois-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 repealed two years later.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 1898.
Nebraska - Prohibition measure
adopted In 1855, repealed in 1858.
Kansas Prohibition amendment
adopted In 1880.
North Dakota-Constitutional prohi.
bition adopted in 1890, repealed in
1896.
South Dakota-Constitution provi.
sion for prohibition adopted in 1890.
Georgia Prohibition amendment
adopted in 1907.
i Oklahoma-Prohibi amendment
adopted in 1907
y Alabama Prohibition measure
adopted In the present year.
North Carolina - BY popular vote
the state will have prohibition after
4 next Jan. |. 70
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
J They said that the law could never be
| enforced where local sentiment was
not in accord with It, A further arg,i
ment for the repeal of prohibition
laws was found in the Illicit traffic ID
liquors which. 1t was found. invariably
followed in the wake Of the enact
ment.
In support of their argument thi.t
the prohibition wave has not mad,
such deep inroads on. the liquor traffic
as leaders of the movement would
have the public believe, the produceri
fall back on the statistics of the De
partment Of Commerce and Labor IL
D Washington.
I According to the last report of THU
government department, the nationa
!. thirst Is steadily increasing, as thu
expended figures will show,
Y In the year 1907 the United State
= consumed 2s3,7l6,S25 more gallons o
h beer than In 1905, 22679, 1871 more gal
o Hons of wine, and 19,2l4,7S7 more gal
o Ions of ,whiskey.
The consumption Of wines an,
|. liquors per capita for the Unite,
States In 1907 was 23.53 gallons Will
In 1905 II was only 20.3S gallons pc
= capita According then. to the govern
= ment statistics. there was per capit
: increase in the consumption of wine
and liquors OF 3.15 gallons In tw
! years despite the war OF prohibition.
y This report shows, further, that tn
g average consumption of intOXicants Il
y the United States has doubled sine
l. 1882. Since that time. according I
s the figures, there has been nearly
gallon per capita increase In the cor
l. sumption each year. As an evidenc
v of this marked increase It need onl
e be said that In 1870 the average col
II sumption OF wines and liquors pc
.. capita was IL gallons; In 1880 tn
|, average person was drinking 100
!, gallons: in 1890, 1858 gallons; /
1900, 1853 gallons.
. In 1907 the average consumptio
e per capita In the United States wa
" 81 gallon of wine. 21.23 gallons G
" beer, and 1863 gallons Of whiskey. TIL
y total consumption of wines and III
IT uors In 1907 was 2,Ol9 69O,9l1 gallons