Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-21

enormous advantage under prohibition
to that city was recognized by all. Com
menting upon this situation, the San
Francisco Chronicle, In its issue Of
May s.. 1906, said:
San francisco, for the past fort
night, has, been absolutely free from
disorder and virtually free from
crimes OF violence. There have been
no street brawls. No drunken bruts
has beaten his wife. No gamblers
have murdered each other In low res
orts. Except for some dealings with
sneak thieves, the occupation of the
police courts II gone. Il Is q most
impressive object lesson of the value
to society of the restriction OF the
liquor traffic. We are promised con
tfnuance OF this peaceful condition for
considerable time to come, save only
as drunken men may drift over from
Oakland. where tie authorities have
been so reckless as to allow saloons
TO open This absolute demonstration
that the saloons are responsible for
all crimes OF violence makes IL i'm
perative that whenever they shall be
allowed to reopen In this city, their
license fees be fixed at rate which
will support the police department.
There must be increased taxation.
The public generally will protest
against being taxed for the control or
suppression Of those forms Of crime
for which the saloons are now proved
to be solely responsible The public
win look to the board OF supervisors
to place the cost Of dealing with
crimes Of violence on the occupation
which is responsible for all OF it,
e5enesolent pistlIIers"
A friend Of our cause sends us q
full page display advertisement taken
from the Lexington (Ky.) Herald and
signed by the well known Frankfort
disfillfng firm, e. Fl. Taylor, ". &
Sons. The crux OF this elaborate
tumble OF crooked arithmetic and
Hmping logic Is the headline. as FOL.
lows: .'Distillers the principal under.
writer" If the governments finan-
ces
il viii be noticed that this egcfistic
and Eumttious proclamation makes
no mention Of the fact that the brew
eTs and also the ne-makers are pro-
fesseily in the same business Of .un-
derwriting the governments finances.
II taken seriously, both OF the latter
sets Of patriots and underwriters Of
the governments finances are sufli-
cient in numbers and resources TO
stage a lively little .scrBmmage With
the d!stillery bunch Of underwriters.
However, this trinity. in disunity. Of
underwriters" is accustomed tu take
the barbarie yawp OF each individual
Big Tniun of the group at its true, and
for effect only, value. The literature
Of the wine men and the brewers fair
" Eliminates with wrath against the
distiIlers. who are regarded as the re-
preach, the intoierable burden Of per-
sonal liberty The country would
stand for wineries and bcer-gardens-
so this class OF underwriters tells Us
hut the poison Of the distiIleries =
the limit: the saloon that deals out
whiskey is bmpossibIe. and the peopIe
have decided Il must go. Now. when
these several sets Of patriots and pub
lie benefactors have decided which 81
them It Is that UNDERWRITERS the gov
ernment's finsncesT Il may be well for
them TO enliehten Us as to which Of
them takes care Of the prisoners. the
fantefA The insane. ste.. rralted ~
the traffic American Issue, March II.