Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-23

appeared in the local morning pape
and Is published as the work o
Charles Edison owen. who prepared 1
! for the National Magazine.
Two important points of momen
to Hawaii appear in that article.
I First this man admits that the in
crease of industry In the Stat,
brought a great number OF newcom
ers to work in the lumber, pulp and
paper mills centering about Bangor
Maine. These people demanded liz.
J uor, and this resulted in the Ban.
gor plan" as he calls It. and which
everyone recognizes is no enforce
ment at all.
Next he makes reference to the
Increasing tourist business OF the
State; the transient population -four
hundred thousand strong" coming
from license mmunities-"would II
be strange II their mingling with the
people OF Maine should break down
the prohibition sentiment"
, Then he goes on to make the bald
statement which everyone who has
lived in Maine any length of time
knows to be false and therefore fool
ish: The largest and best summer
hotels catering to the best class OF
people from all sections have little
temptation to violate the provisions
of the prohibitory law"
Bert NJ. Fernald, the present Gov.
ernor OF Maine, is associated with
what are known as the Kicker inter-
ests that control the famous Poland
Springs hotels. 1t would be interest
ing for Mr.. Fernald to make an afi-
davit as to whether the guests OF
the Poland Springs hotels have to run
very far to quench their thirst with
liquid more Intoxicating than Poland
Spring water.
The defender OF the Maine prohibit
tion law admits that in Bangor there
is practically no enforcement. The
same is true of Watervllle, where
Colby University Is located. The
same condition exists in Lewiston, a
manufacturing center; in Rockland.
a seaport town; in Portland, the city
from which Mrs. l.. M. N. Stevens
balls: in Biddeford, another manu-
featuring town; and so on down the
list OF cities. and including the small
towns as well. The only defense
that can possibly be put up in behalf
OF these other cities and towns as
against Bangor is that the barrooms
may be raided little more frequent
ly and thus turn In more revenue
to the public treasury, or, in the
hotels. the liquor may be served in
a special room. instead of over bar
in the basement.
The fact as brought out by this
man Owen Is that employees OF the
growing industries require liquor,
and the Prohibition people OF the
Prohibition State OF Maine recognize
this SO fully that they don't enforce
the law. They regulate the traffic.
In other words, by simply swapping
their fingers at the mass Of prohibit
tory law on the statute books.
That is the sort OF prohibition that
Woolley and those who pay him
would have saddled upon Hawaii.
AS for the tourist resorts. 1t has
yet to be reported that the large
tourist centers Of the State Of Maine
bave ever suffered a serious dry time
since the summer tourists and win
ter sportsmen began to move In that
direction.
Prohibition may be, SO far observ-
ed by some of the hotels that liquor
Is not served at the table on special
order from private stock" but
Charles Edison owen making a tour
OF the large hostelries of the State
of Maine would have great difficulty
In finding hotels with mot drop
In the house." while he would find
a long list with either bar In the
basement or back room to which
he would be directed by the hotel
clerk or the bellboy.
Owen writes. 1--WE are assured that
The summer residents of Bar Har-
Dor are in entire accord with the
local officers in the strict enforce
nent OF the prohibitory law" "As-
'ured" is good; "strict enforcement"
IS funny.
What he means is that there may
not be so many open hotel bars in /
Bar Harbor as there are in Bangor.
After telling OF the varieties OF
Prohibition enforcement. this man