The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-13
LAW AND LICENSE
SOME FUNDAMENTALS

By John G. Woouey.

, Tor his automobile. Not only Tor MS
own sake. but also for the fatheTland-
the Kaiser must ride safely It Is the
land Of Beer and personal liberty. \
Icertifad machinist. Of unblemlshed
| character. applies. He seems an ideal
man for the place. But the royal
agent takes no chances Do you use
alcoholic liquors" he says The man
confesses 10 an occasional glass OF beer.
The agent shakes his head. The man
makes haste to say: = was never
drunk in NV life The agent answers,
Yes. hut many men are drunk. who
dom I think they are The man says
angriIy: DO YOU deny that [ am a
good chauffeur3'i The agent says. "Not
a. all But one must be superlatIve
chauffeur 10 drive the Kaiser : car. No
beer drinker IS superlative, for safety.
Luther Burbank. in his revised and
specialized third day Of creation re
auires an assistant IN the making OF
new fruits and flowers, nuts, thornIess
cactus. and rich forage for the desert.
Here comes a Young doctor Of philoso-
phv. earnest. brilliant, skilful. trained.
But he smells Of beer. Send him away.
His very finest sense Of touch. sight
land Judgment is more or less dulled.
This work IS for the finest and matted
brains are never the finest.
The other day the Catholic Order Of
Forester~. with quarter Of q million
membership. voted 10 exclude all liquor
dealers. on the ground that they are
extra hazardous lives. That makes the
sixtv-ffth benefit fraternity to take
such action. There was no spitework
in IT, There was no vague sentiment
abou- it, It was cold business deg
laration that that occupation IS on the
deathward side of life insurance.
Sir Frederick Treves. the foremost
physician IN England, was with the
British Army on the march to the relief
Of Ladvsmth It was forced march.
Terrific consequences hung upon the IS
sue Only large remnant arrived;
and only a large remnant Of these were
fit to fight. To the rear. the line Of
march was thick with stragglers and
failures. And Sir Frederick reported
that the determining element in the
trial Of endurance was the grog. The
drinkers fell ont. or were dead beat.
The abstainers arrived and were fit
The liquor traffic is against the safety
Of the soldier The argument Of army
officers in favor of selling beer and
light wines in the army canteen. is as
sound as the two unsound assumptions on
which il IS predicated-that men WILL
drink. and that the State governments
viii give aid and comfort to saloons
outside the camps. It IS the tipping
officers that WILL drink. The men only
adopt the official morale and follow the
official example. With ahstaining off
GERS. and State governments cooperat-
ing with the federal law. we should
not be long in mastering and maintain
ing a sober army. The liquor traffic is
against "the honor of a soldier.''
The testimony Of arctic and ant
arctic exploration is unanimous. that no
drinker is fit for that glorious adventur-
ing, where success turns on hairbreadth
margins Of vitality
When Doctor Lorenz was entertained
at a banquet in New York, he turned
down the wine glasses and said: 81
am a surgeon. I put my hands upon
the lives of men, women and children.
[ must keep my nerves at their best.
or be untrue 70 those that trust me in
tranScPndent business -