Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-13

en- distilleries and two !eweries. To
day, with no brewerie4nd no distil-
leries and no legalizedquor selling,
Maine is one Of the MT prosperous
states. The tourists VI go TO Maine
leave in the state eacSear $20, 000,-
00G-desirable visitors Iho seem not
to object to the saloons towns and
barless hotels.
In Kansas and Georais
Last year was a harFear for Kan
sas. Heat and droht destroyed
about two-thirds of the I'm crop, caus-
ing an immense financl loss; yet the
governor of the statdeclares that
Kansas needs no pity, r the state is
well prepared for such situation. hay.
ing more than $200.00D0 on deposit
in state and national INKS. Kansas
people decided 80 vel ago that it
was better to depositnoney in the
bank than to deposit in the tills
Of the liquor makers aiIiquor sellers.
Congressman Webb North Caro-
lima says that about years ago he
looked out ON a sect aof his state
and saw 3S governIt distilleries,
and saloons were scored through
out the length and BIRTH of the dis
trict, There were ontwo or three
factories. giving empldent to two or
three hundred peopli There were
few churches and feychool houses.
Two years ago abouI0 years after
the people had adopt eltate-Wide pro-
hibition, he found iniis same sec.
ton magnificent churSs, fine school
houses and. instead the SO distil.
leries there were 43 ole largest cot
ton factories of the tied States.
II prohibition is gofor the states
have referred to amor other pro-
hibition states I mighlention, it Ger.
tainly will be good fdew York and
for all states and Fl the United
States. =" r. E.
A remarkable proof the advanc.
ing sentiment in favof prohibition
was given last Febru by the pas.
sage of the bill Turning interstate
protection to prohibititerritory. and
this bill was passed BY overwhelm-
ing majority and oylthe veto of
President Taft,
Ally of White Slavery.
The close connectibetween the
liquor traffic and the We slave traf.
fic is causin gan arrest thought re-
garding the evil of ttiquor traffic
in the hearts of many b heretofore
have taken little interen the liquor
question. Dean Sumnehairman of
the Chicago vice common, declares
that the saloon is threatest sup
porter that exists of thcial evil and
the house of prostitute Jane Id
dams declares that ing drink is
the indispensable vehiof the bust
ness ,transacter by thhite slave
traders" and says thwithout it's
use this trade could ! long con-
tinue.
Our belief that matte cont;tution-
al prohibition will be law of our
land within a decade Used on such
facts as have abov{ated. Nine
! sovereign states-contng one-siXth
of the population Of tlbur try-now
have statewide prohib' of the man.
ufacture and sale Of Educating H.
Quors. Upward of 81, 900 people
/ of other states live in lities which
| have outlawed liquor hg. and sew
! en-tenths of the terridof the coun
try is free from the nsed saloon
Historical Parallel.
Not very long agoi lottery sys.
tenn seemed securelntrenched in
our lar'l. 1t was tg; it had to
go. Not very longe African sIa-
very existed in our ON Many said
it never could be rooted; but it,
was wrong and it ITO go; and the
entire nation rejoithat it did go,
and the South is,re prosperous
than it could be wslavery. Even
so, some glad day New York and
! ether states in WI tc'!ay is en-
trenched the qiQuSystem rejoice
that it mas been athed.
| Science, philantF, reform, re.
ligion and the bust world are tes-
tifying against thPlor traffic I'M
the light OF all THE can see pro-
! hibition sentiment hing up all the
way from Mount X in the East TO
Mount Shasta in tFest, from the