The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-03
THE ADvERfBRRyl sEMlWEEKLY |
Prohibition, Prohibiting


when he finds that he has been wrong, With the
Times he opposed vigorously the cause of rrohibi-
ton in the State of Washington. My paper fought
its damndest against prohibition" he says. WE
believed that in seaport city of 100000 and upwards
prohibition would be destructive: il would bring ruin
and disaster We believed that under our system Of
licensing we had the liquor traffic about as well con
trolled as it could be and we wanted to let it aone
and so we fought as hard as we could fight"
Prohibition has been in force in Seattle since Janu-
airy and already the benefit which has come 70 the
city has convinced Major Bethen that he was wrong
Now he says Il am sorry that we did not have pro-
hbition long ago" In an interview given few days
ago. the Times editor after recounting the moral eff
feet of prohibition his city, with arrestes for
crime cut down from the monthly average of 1900
to 400 last MONTH the first month of the condi
TONS says , lEtsat.. .a@ .r..,.--@ Z
-, "And on top of that great moral result we have
these economic facts In the first three weeks of Jan
uary the savings deposits in the banks of Seattle in
creased fifteen per cent. There was not a grocery
store in Seattle that did not show an increase of
business in January greater than ever known in any
month before in all the history of the city, except in
holiday time In all the large grocery stores the in
crease was immense In addition to this every dry
goods store in Seattle except one, and that one
have no figures FROM had wonderful increase in
business. Each store reported the largest business
ever done in one month, except in holiday time.
81 wished to know in what class of goods the
sales increased greatly, and SO sent to all the
grocery and dry goods stores TO- find that out, And
Ito me it is pitiful thing and II makes me sorry
that we did not have Prohibition long agothat the
increase in sales in all the dry goods stores was in
wearing apparel of women and children and in the
grocery stores the increase made up chiefly Of
fruits and fancy groceries. This proves that it is
the women and children who suffer most from the
Hq,fof business, and it is the women and children
who benefit greatest from prohibition. Money that
went formerly the bar for whisky is being
spent for clothing for the women and children and
in better food for the household. - -. ~ .
at is just like this: When you close the saloons
money that formerly spent there remains in the
family of the wage Garner, and his wife and children
buy shoes and clothing and better food with it. Yes,
sir have found in Seattle that It is better to buy
shoes than booze. The families of wage earners in
Seattle going to have more food and clothes and
everything else than they had before" g.....s 4
And is the probitionlaw enforced?" he asked
Absolutely, Prohibition does prohibit" @'f ~
"And how about the empty saloons and the land
lords who own them?"
Many Of them have already been made over and
are occupied by other businesses. will venture the
prophecy that in one year from today you won't be
able to find place in Seattle where there
loon They will all be occupied by other businesses.
And prohibition has not lowered rents. | know OF
big dry goods store that has already had its rent
raised since prohibition went into effect -. et
Oregon also went dry January |. California is
the only wet State left on tie Pacific Coast and it
will go dry January /. 1918 And those three States.
will remain dry to the end of time. None of them
would have saloons again. Those who were
honestly opposed, as was, to prohibition in Wash
ington and Oregon, have been converted to it, as
have been by the actual evidence that prohibition
fine thing from business standpoint. No city and
community too, can afford to have saloons. They
are too expensive, morally and economically. In a
Eery few years there will not be licensed saloon in
he who nd NJ will he fine
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The mysterious aeropane WHICH has been keep
ng Duluth up nights appears to be IL. the same
lass those arrests which we're going ito as
Itonsh Honolulu"
Mister Ford of Detroit may blow his money in
to get the boys out OF the trenches, but he evil
ently doesn't intend to have his leg pulled in any
effort to pose as the Republican white hope.
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Now that another child has been killed in a
>caplane bombardment of the southeast coast will
England call off her Kitcheners army or will it
be necessary to kill another child to teach her?
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Berlin says there is no why the merry
submarine warfare should not go on according to-
program Un-le Sam has said it mustn't but as
Berlin has remarked, that is no reason. 4
As we understand 1t, the courts need hive thou-
sand dollars. and to get it for them we should
have special session of the legislature that will
cost about twenty thousand dollars for a start
cr and heaven only know what in addition.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to pass the hat?
y y 4
The Army Preparedness Bill of the house conn.,
mttcc on military affairs will be completed today
and presented to the house, probably, before the
end Of the week 1t provides for minimum
peace strength in the regular army of 10000 an
increase over the present maximum authorized