Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-16
George W. Patty Speaks On 10.
cal Politics and Saloon
Influence

The annual meeting of the woman's
Christian Temperance, Union was held
at 2:30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
at the home of the president, Mrs. j.
NJ. Whitney, on .Punahou street.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union was organized in 1884 by Mrs.
| Mary Clement LeaVitt, who was then
making a tour of the world. Mrs. J
I'M. Whitney was made president then
and has held the chair since that time.
Yesterdays meeting was opened by
Mrs. Whitney, who read from the
fourteenth chapter of John, including
| the first tWenty-seven verses. Her
subject was ''The Peace Of God"
The regular meetings OF the w. C..
T. U. are held once every year. Other
!, meetings may be called when sane
TONED by the president and the three
other high officials. - !.
| AS the correct report of the past
Injecting had been lost, little or no
mention was made of it. Miss Flor
ence Yarrow. secretary of the organi-
zation, beingo on the mainland, Miss
Martha Hitchcock substituted In her
place yesterday. -.
Mrs. L. B. Coan read the treasurer's
report At the conclusion Of the read
ing the membership fees and annual
donations were COLLECTED. ..<.. ....-4"
| Miss Pindar, superintendent of the
Flower Mission, then read her report
Flowers are taken to the Children's
Hospital, the hospital at Fort Shafter,
the .Leahi Home and to the Maternity
Home. Unless. otherwise. requested,
| the flowers are made into little bou-
DUETS and are given to each patient.
!. No report was read from the Loyal
Temperance League as the superin-
tendent, Mrs. Rider, was not present
at the meeting. -. 4
Miss Gertrude lWhfteman, who gives
temperance instruction in the public
schools, was present and gave a short
talk. Another. interesting feature of
the afternoon was the, talk by Ensign
Manheart Of the Salvation Army. She
told of the progress the Army is max
ing in Honolulu. >....: r.5e.s- :. 4
Mrs. e. B.. Waterhouse was APP
pointed the representative of the w.
G. T. U. to the Associated Charities.
It was voted during the afternoon
that the four highest officers of the
wv. C. T. u. be allowed to make any
large appropriations without calling
a meeting of the association. tx y
Officers Elected. az =. %, :,
Mrs. Gulick, who had been appoint
ed nominating committee, nominated
the following officers, who we're duly
elected: President, Mrs. J. NJ Whit
ney; VicGpresidents: Mrs. Doremns
Scudder, Mrs. j. w. WSdman, and
Mrs. w. C, weldon; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. e. w. Jordan; record
ing secretary, Miss Florence b. Var
row; treasurer, Mrs. L. B. Coan; SUI
perintendepts: Loyal Temperance Lee
gion Mrs. P. w. Rider, Temperance
instruction Miss Gertrude Whiteman,
Flower mission Miss S, Pindar and
Mrs. Charles H. Atherton.s - : =. 4
The address of the afternoon was
made by Mr.. George Patty, secretary
of the Anti-Saloon League. He said
in part: a.. ~: f,<;.t -
What do. figures show in regard to
Honolulu? According to the Pacific
Wine and Spirits Review of San Fran
cisco, the value kof liquors shipped
to Honolulu, in dS1l, was $529,955.0 90. |
This small Territory paid Ito San
Francisco alone more than half a
million dollars. The liquor shipped
to Honolulu was twice as much as
was shipped to- any other country or
port from San Francisco except New
York. According to the Honolulu
Custom House report there was imTI
ported from foreign countries $780,
$500 worth of liquor in 1911. :. The |
value of beer manufactured in Homo
lulu was $100;050, according to the In,
ternational Review. Value of forth |
fled. wines manufactured in the Ter
Eitory was, according to the Inter. ;
national Review $43,593.0o, and l am
informed on good authority that about I
one-half, of the wine manufactured in
the Territory is sold before it is for /
titled, as there is no revenue tax ON
sweet wines. /
= Spirits manufactured in the Terri
tory on which revenue tax is, paid
amounts to $116,422.O0. This does i
not include the rum distHlery at
Ffilo, which, am informed, cmanufacf
lures about Is gallons Of rum 'day,i
and was, at the time got these, fig /
ures, intending to double their plant.
SO look at this; =: .r.~. 81. ~ !
Intoxicating liquors from s.. !: e.. -
F., 1911 ......... ...-.-..$ 529,955 |
Intoxicating liquors from l.
foreign countries ........s 235, 686
Manufactured in Territory. 260,o65
Total ...........:.....:. .$1,O25, 70S ,
AS these are wholesale |
prices, in order to approx !