The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-16
Liquor Commission Has a
New Rule to Keep
Tabs With.
NO NEW LICENSES
Japanese Saloon Keepers
May Suffer in the
Shake-Up.
tFrom Thursday Advertiser.)

(From Thursdays Advertiser.)
A death blow was struck at blind
digging in Honolulu county yesterday
afternoon by the liquor commission I
when it passed regulation which has
been under consideration for some
time, ordering all wholesale liquor
dealers to keep a record of all sales, |
whether cash or credit. While this is
a modification of what was originally
intended, it is considered one of the
most stringent regulations that has
vet been formulated and will give the
commission handle to its campaign
against Illicit liquor selling that it
has sadly missed heretofore.
This regulation states that all whole
salers will hereafter be compelled to
keep record of every sale made by
them, whether cash or credit and that
all their books and records to which
the men of the United States revenue
services have access shall also be open
to the inspectors of the board.
With this the commission will be
able beyond doubt to place its fingers
at once on the men who have been
running blind pigs and compel greater
watchfulness on the part of the whole
salers in selling to the illicit end of
the trade.
wholesalers Helpful.
The wholesalers, according to state
ments by members of the board yes
terday afternoon, have been very
"deeent" in aiding the fight which is
being waged against the shops, but
long experience on the part of the
"speak easy" men has taught them
how to outwit the wholesalers success
fully.
The blind pig proprietor who wishes
to stock up, goes first to one whole
saler where he buys his gallon of wine
and in three or four days, or when
ever he needs more, he goes to the
next. Thus, by the time he gets
elapsed to take suspicion from him
and he gets the liquor Under the pres
emit plan, the inspector will be able
to 90 through the books of each com
any and make a note. of those who
appear too often thereon without rea.
son.
While this will not aid in bringing
the offender to justice, it will serve
equally well, for the word will go out
that so-and-so appears to be doing a
blind pig business and as conse-
quence so.and-so gets no more liquor
from the wholesale houses of Homo.
lulu, his only source of supply.
License in Jeopardy.
Yesterday was one of the most i'm
portant meetings held by the board
for some time as it is the first held
for the purpose of clearing up the
coming years work in granting and
renewing licenses. Twenty licenses
were renewed yesterday with little
discussion and the board has not yet
got down to those where doubt is at
tached.
The most important business taken
up yesterday was the Investigation
into Lovejoy & Co. IS accounts and
alleged disobedience of the boards
regulations regarding compound Hq-
uors issued a year ago.
The liquor inspector, William P.
Fennell, asserts that the books of
Lovejoy & Co. show a discrepancy Of
about two casks, or one hundred and
four gallons, of liquor between the in
ventory of what compound liquor it
had on hand when the order was pro-
mulgated and the amount that was
shipped out of the country afterwards.
David II. Lewis Of LOvejoy & Co.
appeared before the board and stated
that the discrepancy arose from
the fact that when they heard of the
order large quantity was given away
to their customers with every purchase
in order to get rid Of It in any other
way except by dumping it, as they were
uncertain whether they would be per
mitted to send it back to San Fran
cisco OF not.
He said that Fennell's statement
which made the amount so large was
wrong and challenged it, Offering to
take the entire commission down and
let them see the books Fennell answer
ed that his data had been taken from
the books and given him by the book
keeper. Lewis said that the bOokkeeper
was wrong.
II Fennell's statement proves 10 be
correct IL is probable that Loveioy =
license will stand great chance of be.
ing revoked as the board policy runs
in adamaut channels.
Japanese May suRer.
Another dose Of trouble that may be
handed out by the board Is directed
az the Japanese. The only Japanese
license coming under discussion yeateT.
day was MuTakami's application for
the renewal Of the tea ho1se license for
She AdEuma premises on School street
2, hhsba spoke Tor she applicant and
mentioned the improvement that sofe
being made