Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-14
Finding WAYS
TOCHECK ABUSE
OF 'DAGO RED

\: meeting Ul t." hoard 81 Il.
Gnnr LICENSE commissioners n"h -
he senate. Ch1mbtr Yesterday AFTER
noon and AZ which large, number OF
the saloon men Of the city were
present. thp first steps were taken
TO remcmcdy the abuse OF ''dagO rec
consumption on basis that would
tc satisfactory TO both the retail
c'S and the Wholesalers
The meeting was presided owed by
Willard r., Brown, chairman OF the
LOard. and the first matter OF bust
ness was the reading of d petition
signed by number Of the retail
dealers protesting against the rcgula-
& ton recently passed by the board
=, hereby the price OF 81 80 should be
placed one gallon Of cheap wine sold
" tie retailers, and $l.O0 per gallon
on the same quality OF wine sold by
| the Wholesalers. This matter was
/ partially threshed out by the members
/ Of the board, and Attorney Lorrin
Andrews, who appeared for the retail
dealers. Andrews stated that he
thought that if the man who is in the
habit OF using dago red in his home,
and who is used to going to the saloon
and buying it. and taking it. home
himself, can get it delivered at his
home for an additional fifty cents,
that he would still continue to use
just as much if not more.
The board then presented the plan
of having the wholesalers sell the
wine in not less than five gallon GUAM
! titles, charging for the same five
dollars, or one dollar per gallon, and
that the retailers be confined to bot
! tie trade only. The retailers came
back at this by saying that in a case
like this, a man would buy five gal
Ions and if he had that much IN his
home at one time there would be
tendency for him to consume more Of
the liquor. However, Mr.. Andrews
stated that this plan would be- salts
factory to his clients. Several of
the prohibitionists and others present
addressed the board on this matter,
and Johnny Martin was of the opinion
that the dago red sales should be
minimiZed as much as possible. Dick
Sullivan, J. p. Medeiros and A. J.
Writ were among the others who
spoke. The matter was dropped at
this point and will be taken up further
by the board in the near future.
The next matter to come up before
the board was the charge against the
Sunrise saloon, owned by Y. Kimura,
which is claimed to have sold liquor
to man in an intoxicated condition.
Several affidavits were filed setting
forth that the man in question was
not intoxicated, but Kimura was found
guilty and his license was suspended
from December Is until January l,
and he was ordered to discharge his
bartenders, whom, it appears, were
the cause of the trouble.
Gus Cordes, proprietor of the River
Rhine saloon, was given permission
by the board to transfer his license
to J. Quintal S. F. ChillingwOrth,
who appeared for Cordes, stated that
the former proprietor was in state
of health where he could no longer
carry on his business. Quintal has
been in the employ of the Honolulu
Iron Works for the past fifteen years
and has good reputation. The board
granted permission for Tne transfer
The board also gave permission to
J. G. Correa, d partner in the firm of
Rosa & Co., to transfer his interest
in the business to Manuel Calhau.
who was formerly in the liquor bust
ness