The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-09
Booze and The Ha,uaiia,1s


XTITAL. statistics for the month OF October, just
tale that is told month after month in the Islands,
the gradual Disappearance of the native Hawai-
ians In October there were an even hundred
deaths recorded in the city Of Honolulu Of which
twenty-five were Of Hawaiians and twenty-five Of
part Hawaiians or total of fortyseven out of the
hundred of those OF Hawaiian and partHawaiian
blood T. ,ST
This Is enormously out of proportion to the
numbers of Hawaans in this city as compared
with the total population. The latest estimate Of
the population of Honolulu, that of the chamber
Of commerce, is 5000 OF these, the pure Hawai-
ians number 1900, or approximately one-eighth
The deaths one-quarter, twice the general
ratio The part-Hawaans number 7l00, or APP
Iproximately eleven percent. The deaths number
twenty-one percent f.. p H., s'..s,.. y f.
That is, during October two Hawaans or part
Hawaans died in proportion to their total NUM-
bers to every one of the rest Of the community
The Hawaiian death rate was twice what it
should be, :iE'! ..l ......s ~:
OF the hundred who died thirty-six did so as
the result of tuberculosis, and of these thrty-six
il the general average held, at least thirty were
Hawaiians. " ...' ~ "
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portonate death rate among the Hawaiians and
part Hawaiians is due directly to the use of in
toxicants. tuberculosis among the Hawaiians is
the result to very large extent, of the use of
intoxicants. The Hawaiians a rule drink to
excess, women as we'll as They use cheap
and fiery liquors Their earnings. rarely more
than those of laborer go too frequently for booze
instead of food. As result, the constitution Of
many of the men is undermined, while the children
are frequently underied or improperly fed, leaving
them easy victims to the white plague. 55@
The Advertiser hopes that the congressman here
will have the opportunity of consulting health of
hcials, police and circuit judges, social workers
and others who have knowledge of the drink sit
uaton here as it affects the Hawaiian race. Con-
gress has been repeatedly approached during the
past few years in effort to secure federal pro-
hibtion for the Islands. Further attempts will be
made and it will be well if those senators and rep
reseutatives now here can acquaint themselves at
frst-hand with the facts all know them and
as many are willing to recognize them. =.
Something is killing the people here of Hawai-
ian blood That it is the use of intoxicants may
be denied. Poverty, improper feeding, improper
housing, lack of knowledge of sanitation and per-
sonal hygiene and such may be advanced. I'm
doubtedly every one of these things will be adj
vanced to explain the month by month and year
by year excess of deaths over births among those
Ct pure Hawaiian blood and the disproportionate
number of deaths of those Of part Hawaiian blood
But The Advertiser submits that the poverty, lack
of knowledge and all the rest OF the reasons regu-
lary advanced spring from the use of alcoholic
beverages I'll =. ...s.. T.. Z.
At any rate, the matter justifes some of the at
tenton of our visitors who win be called upon
soon to offer some solution OF the drink question
in Hawaii, Ia. #tH LAE f. .EE.5I