The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-04
SH|NPO HINTS
At HIDDEN
POWER
Primo Beer and Sake Breweries
Figure in Article on Wholesale
Liquor Licenses, Appearing in
japanese Daily. Liquor Com
mission Refuses to Reconsider
Rejected Applications.

Following extended discussion upon
the advisability of rcOpcning the hear.
ings on the applications of 7. Usui and
Company and $. lchiyama for whole
sale liquor licenses, the liquor license
commission, at special meeting YES
tcrday, declined to reopen the cases
and the denial of the licenses asked
for will stand.
The commission met at noon in the
office of the supervisors to take up
several matters to be acted upon Mt
once. That of the japanese applicants
was one of the important questions and
A. X. Ozawa was present in the inter
csts of the applicants. He made a
strong argument as based upon the in.
dividuality of the applicants and the
location for the proposed stores, but
after q rather long session behind
closed doors the commission decided to
stand bv its decision not to grant fur
thcr wholesale liquor licenses in the
business section Of the city.
The application of Clifford Kimball
for n becrgarden license ut Leilehua
was laid over until the next meeting,
which will take place at half past three
clock next Monday.
Charles Lambert proprietor of the
Anchor Saloon was cited to appear be-
fore the commission next Monday to
explain how one of his barkeepers,
Henry Travers, happened to sell liquor
TO drunken man on the night of Octo.
Der %.
One of the features of the meeting
was Il lengthy address by Attorney
Ozawa on behalf of the disappointed
Japanese applicants in which he read
a translation from the Hawaii Shinpo
intiuatiug that the "'liquor world " is
moved by inside influences not ALWAYS
q apparent at the surface. Such state
monts as that the influence of the Ho.
q nolulu Brewing Company is stronger
than supposed and similar remarks
made the translation, which follows, in
teresting.
@ "secret Connivanccs' Alleged.
at is said that the reason why the
wholesale licenses were denied to Usui
4 Co., Ltd, and S. Ichiyama is because
there are a sufficient number of whole
sale houses in Honolulu said the
Shinpo, "but when we look into the
inner side of the matter, we will be
convinced that there are lots of secret
connivanccs about this matter
without knowing such inner tao
Tics, it is useless to work hard to try
to get licenses from the open. And
to make these questions matter of
newspaper comment is very poor
policy to adopt.
Therefore the petitioners for the
licenses should know these crcum-
stances beforehand and should act ac-
cordingy.
''The reason that Koiima & Com
pany Ltd, could not get its license is
because X. Ono began knocking Ko-
lima to Commissioner Castle.
"And still another big cause is that
koiima was not familiar with the
customs and manners of the white PEG.
pie, and that he provoked Certain
person s i'll feeling upon a trivial mat
ter, this person being very influential in
political and financial matters among
the Americans.
"a petty officer who has much to dc
about liquor license matters, got his pre-
'FNhl PpHillbh hlOHEu INV VI
this prominent person whom we refer
red to above.
"This gave a pretext to the board
of license commissioners to refuse the
license and that body looked upon the
action of $. Kojima as an insult.
of Mr.. Koiima had materially di-
minished his shares IN the corporation
before the board took action, there
might not have been any trouble, since
Koiima & COMPANY, Ltd, was already
Il corporation.
But the shareholder list seemed Ia
show that the corporation was nothing
but an excuse, AMI inc board of liquor
commissioners declared it was not 6
bona fide corporation.
"a new corporation under the name
of Y. Usui q Company, Ltd, was ther
incorporated.
"lf this new cOmpsny will not sever
its connection with $ Kojima & Com
pany, Ltd, it isyuo wonder that thu
board of license commissioners will
doubt and think that the new company
~ merely 2 substitute of Kojima 8
Company.
$50 long as suCa doubt exists, it I,
plain that Usui should bear all the evi
effects which belonged to kojima il
the past.
chairman Castle Of the board Of
commissioning had his eyes on Thu
roin: aud snid, m cffrc', that Usui s
Company, Ltd, took Oser the stock Of
= Kniina q Co, La auu applied fo
the liceufe.
Press camDaiga lll'Advised.
&c the applicants 90 not wipe on
all the disadNnnilges ~ above men
toned, they could not hope 60 Doe abl'
20 change the attitude ~ ihe bonr b.
mrhns Of press campaign.
"Tho foot that kgliml earpol ihl
dlsplcnruro Of this prominent person
wac ono of the rauses hat led "a ihl
downfall Of his company,
Sake Brewsries Mentioned
Another thing That We must o,
fan lo consider 10 ihai tnre h ON
great Influential factor la Honolulu, IA
il'r shape of Primo ItrL
4 D.