Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-20

liquor is drunk in given community
under prohibition than under the H.
cense system, the all-important qucs.
tlon. from the point of view Of ten.
perance reform Is. what class Of PEG.
pie are thus affected? Who are the
men that either cannot got anything to
drink or cannot get az much as they
would under license. Now. everybody
who Is not living In land Of dreams.
knows perfectly well that the very
men In every community who most
need reforming are the ones that are
least Inconvenience by the prohibit.
tory law. They are the first ones to
learn the location of every speak
easy" In the place. But, II prohibition
cannot reform, this class, may II not
at least keep temptation out Of the
way Of the young? Now. the truth is
that all this talk about protecting our
boys" Is sheer twaddle. The protec.
ton Is myth. Prohibition really
creates The most dangerous kind Of
temptation--that which Is hidden. hut
known. Every young man that is at
all liable TO be led astray under the
license system, Is far more liable to
go astray under system that cncour.
ages secret drinking. Who wouldn't
rather have his son go into an open
saloon and get n glass Of beer than to
have him join his companions IN some
Darkroom resoiry II there Is any
class Of young men In the community
that need the protection Of the law.
they are certainly not the ones that
frequent the w. c. T. U, prayer meet.
Ing when the town is dry" While
the good women are praying and
thanking the Lord for the great bless
ing OF prohibition, these young fel-
lows are probably projecting" them.
selves In the club" room ut the far
end Of some alley.
4. Prohibition creates widespread
and habitual law-breaking. Consider
the number OF crimes that are com.
mitted every hour of the day In n
dry" state. And consider the bad
moral effect OF this habit of law.break.
ing on the civic life. II creates the
| spirit of lawlessness. II tends ia
weaken and break down that respect
for the principle of law and order
which Is so essential to good citizen
ship. The following story shows how
even good men are unconsclously Of
fected by this baneful influence: Some
years ago a clergyman went to n Ger
tain summer resort IN New Hampshire
to spend his vacation On arriving IN
the town, he went To the leading hotel
While waiting In the Office for the sup
per bell. he happened to, open a door
and found. In the next room, a well
appointed bar. The proprietor was IL
this room, and the clergyman, point
ing to the bar, said, why. Mr.. -
how is this?" "How's what?" answer
ed the proprietor. why. you have q
bar here, and YOU are evidently opcr
for business" The hotel man looked
puzzled and said: "Of course have
a bar, Couldn't you get what yor
wanted?" "oh, ! didn't wish any
thing" answered the minister, but
wondered how you could run an oper
bar in prohibition town" The &c
NAL host felt relieved when he found
that his guest was not complaining
about the service. well. we'll" III
said. 81 didn't understand what yor
meant. Why. that's easy. I'll tell yor
how We work II up here You see.
was high sheriff of this county las
term. and, while | dislike to blow III,
own horn. want 10 tell you that
did what very few men In this count,
would have done, Every three months
raided my own bar and had mysel
fined" As he finished this sentence
there was look Of genuine pride II
the ex.sheriff's face. He seemed 10 b.
blissfully unconscious that there wa
anything wrong about violating III,
law. This story was told to the writ
ter by the Rev. Il. A. Wassoon, o
Newark. N. j., who was himself tn
clergyman that had this conversation
with the hotel man.
Here Is another story which show
the effect of prohibition MS n breele
, of rank hypocrisy. About four year
ago. shortly after certain town o
, Long Island went dry" hotel keel
: er In this town received letter froI
a wholesale whisky concern In Ken
: lucky, reading something like this
: 'Will you kindly send MS the name
g of any persons In your town who. yo
= think, might be likely to purchase W,
d goods. We have very fine brand {
Q whisky manning the brandt that v
G should like TO Introduce in your tow
s We shall be glad to extend to ,yo
oil the usual courtesy OF ten percent. cor
Il mission on all sales that we may mai
through the list you send u.s." We
Q the hotel man thought he would hay
d little fun. and 10 he made list I
IS about thirty.fiye OF the most rab
q prohibtionists In the place, and sci
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