Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-27
Education Against Drink

II
Eight hundred million dollars was
spent in the United States during the
year 1915 to maintain institutions for
detectives and dependents. Only
S750. 000, 900 was devoted to free public
schooIs.-Bulletin, Chicago School Of
Sanitary Instruction.
Restrict Liquor Traffic
David Lloyd George, the new Eng
lish premier, is advocating some rad
ieal reforms. Chief among these Is
further restrictions, ii not total pro-
hibition. Of the liquor traffic. He has
long Oeen In favor of this course as
means of increasing national effici-
ency Now that the food question
has reached an acute stage he sees in
prohibition a means OF conserving
food supplies. The whole resources
Of the spirit trade will be put under
state control early in the year, &C.
cording to the new plan, and the &C.
cumuIated stocks diverted to other
purposes. The manufacture of whis-
key and gin will be prohibited. it is
thought
Wisconsin Too!
Reports continue to come to the
American Issue of states where a ref
erendum statewide prohibition vote
is contemplated. This time 1t is Wis
consin, a state that is generally con-
sidered one Of the strongholds of the
liquor traffic. There is but one totally
dry county in the state, although there
are several counties with but a few
wet spots, and temperance sentiment
throughout the state is growing rapid
ly. A program for a dry federation
meeting has been prepared, which
meeting will be held in Madison
sometime in January, shortly after
the Legislative session begins. The
state is now being organized for the
campaign. $50. ..
Brewery Takes Count .."@ r..
Another, old-established brewery has
taken the count and announced that.
1t would suspend business after jan.
uary /. It is located In the heart Of
the brewery belt of the nation-St.
Louis. The manager gives as the
prime reason for the closing of the
brewery the progress of prohibition.
The brewery was founded more than
q half century ago, The manager says
that 1t has made but little money in
the last two years, and adds: "Prohi-
bitten is inevitable and will come in
six or eight years"
Ice Cream Now j
Fremont, Neb., Is to have a new ice
cream factory within two months. The
incorporators claim that during Ne
.braska's dry reign the demand for ice
cream will be twice that at the pres
ent time. They say investigation
in Colorado has proved to them that
the demand for ice cream there has
doubled since Colorado went dry.
"Moonshlne' Higher ~ =
"Moonsbiners" Of the Piedmont in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and the
Carolinas are not so slow. They have
taken advantage of the high-cost-of-
living arguments put forth by the city
manufacturers, and, as q result, moon
shine liquor that used to sen for IS
cents gallon now commends S4a gal
lon. -.ss.ss@. ac1...z. :.
Dry Element Controls ~ -.
Kentucky dry forces scored a
sweeping victory In Democratic pre-
.cinct mass conventions held through.
out Kentucky on December 2, Il Is
reported, carrying 85 per cent of the
states 100 counties. This means
in effect, that for the next four years
the dry element of the party will be
in control. -- =
5ryanis Views
At a banquet given In honor OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. j, Bryan recently at the
White House, Mr.. Bryan said, among
other things: 81 have saved for the
last the reform which will involve the
fiercest contest, and which will, when
accomplished, bring the largest bene-s
fit namely. abolition of the saloon.
The Democratic party having won
without the aid of the wet cities and
having received the support Of nearly.
all the Prohibition states and the
states where women vote, is released
from any obligation to the liquor
traffic. 1t Is free to take the moral
issue, and / have no doubt 1t will live
up to Its opportunities and obliga-.
tions. $500 - 7 -. So 1
The argument that national prohi-
bition Is an assault upon the rights
VI IhS oldteS ud6 ulti0 weight IN the
states which have already adopted
prohibition, and its weight in the ma.
ton will, therefore, diminish as the
number of prohibition states In
creases. The fight against the saloon
is q fight for the home and for hu.i
lnanity. The Democratic party, there
fore, cannot hesitate to choose the
home against the greatest enemy that
has arisen to menace it, - >
Nevada 10 in Line -
Petitions are being circulated
throughout Nevada asking the legislal
tnre in February to enact by initiative
a prohibition law. II the legislators
do not pass the law an appeal win be
made by popular vote IN November,
1918. The dry workers intend to make
Nevada as dry as Oregon, as they are
preparing bill to prohibit the manu-
facture, sale, gift or keeping for sale
of all alcoholic liquors, mixtures or
Of preparations. ~...
Enforees Prohibiti6n i
A press despatch bearing a Quay
mas, Mex, date line, says that the
sale Of liquor was prohibited in a ter
ritory 1000 miles long and 200 miles