The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22
REPRESENTATIVES WILL
COUNT THE COST

ago this matter of saloon control came
to me in the form of question. 1t
seems to be good time to submit
both the question and the answer, as
1t finally came, to the public for con-
The question was, "To what extent
do the liquor interests here depend
upon our best men and women for
their sueeess3'' And the answer is,
tsThe liquor interests depend almost
absolutely upon our best men and wo-
men for their success''
BY our best men ] mean the bust
ness men who have developed the in
dustries of these Islands, and through
their success have made other things
possible; also the best professional
men, the men who have been credit
to their professions; also the best me-
chanies and the best laborers, those
who have shown themselves skllful and
reliable And by the best women |
mean those women who have stood for
the highest social ideals and have made
their homes and the social functions so
delightful. And I repeat, the liquor
interests depend almost absolutely
upon such men and women for their
success. Not directly, but indirectly.
Not as consumers. but as agents and
uDon their influence. HOWE
Patrons of saloons must have money.
Where do they get money! From the
great business enterprises.
Take out of these Islands the men
who have organized and developed the
industries, and from what sources
would the rest of us get our money? l
am a teacher. I am paid from Bishop
Estate funds. This estate was organ
lied and has been managed by some
of our best business men. / do not
hesitate to say that I could not sue
cessfully manage this estate. | might
take small piece of it and produce
enough to subsist upon. But II | pro-
duced more than I could eat and want
to exchange it for other needs, imme-
diatelv I am dependent upon our best
business men-the men who manage the
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the business men for my salary.
Whether I like to be dependent or not
is another matter. The fact remains
that I am. My servant gets his share
of my salary and SO is indirectly de-
pendent upon these same business men,
| The grocery men, the market men, the
| shoe men. the lumber men, each gets
| his share, and so is also indirectly de-
pendent upon these same men. Ii 4
| am foolish enough to 60 to law about
some matter. the lawyer gets his share.
IF I am immoderate enough to get
sick. the physician comes in for share.
/ And these also are dependent. Then,
| each of these has assistants and SER
| wants who swell the army of depend
| ents.
| And what is true of me is true Of
| every one of us who is not producing
something, and is true also OF most
who do produce. And the liquor inter
ests are lust as dependent upon our
/ best business men as the rest OF US
/ are.
/ AS to how and why the liquor inter
ests are dependent upon our best pro
fessional men, our best women and oul
be shown in this way:
There is such thing as a saloor
value nj the moral tone of commu
nitv. And our best mechanics, oul
best laborers, our best professions
men. our best business men and onl
best women create and sustain TIN
moral tone.
Take out these men and women am
this value is gone. Take them out an
how long would the saloons be open
How many new licenses would be AZ
Piled fora The saloon men would clos
their doors and seek for communlt.
with a strong moral tone, because the
depend upon this moral for their sue
cess. They know the value OF respet
table surroundings and insist upon tn
| best.
IF. then, our best men and wome
make the conditions the liquor intel
ests must have; if the liquor interest
are so dependent upon our best me
, and women for their success, while
n party has the right to set the limit
the liquor interests
!, There is no greater compelling fore
among men than public opinion. An
I our best men and women are respons
Bile for whatever public opinion pr
II walls. lust as they are responsible &c
81 the moral tone of this community.
I is possible for them to create sue
I public opinion against the Moore bi
| that their representatives will eoul