Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
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another friend OF mine that there was
running a hotel now that the DRINKS
with their attendant vices were put
out. =.-
Tourist Business Increases
Another hotel which threatened TO
close up II il could not sell liquor,
is now drawing plans for doubling its
size which would make II include a
whole city block. In fact, the tourist
business OF Denver Is tremendously
increased since the city went dry,
and Il know of some men who have
moved to our town from wet states
because they wanted the advantages
which Colorado now offers in raising
their families. 4
"As a matter of fact, every line
tof business seems to have been
helped.
MANY saloon keepers and liquor
men who have gone into other bust
ness are throwing up their hats for it.
Taxes Now Reduced
"Denver's taxes have been constant
Iy increasing in line with other cities
for a number of years, but got
1 my tax bills a day or two before l
left for Honolulu, and the tax rate Is
/ considerably reduced. In fact, we
are carrying over large cash bal
ance, while under the old regime we
had deficit H.. <... 49,. +.
] Zone of my friends who has
large drygoods store tells me that his
business Immediately increased when
the saloons were shut up, and that
his sales of babies snoes increased
over fifty per cent within ninety days
Real Estate Helped ~. -.
THE, effect on real estate has been
remarkable, too, because not only
were the places where liquor was
sold quickly rented t. legitimate bus.
ness, thereby Increasing the value of
the surrounding property, but our
real estate dealers report a general
/ Improvement.
Il visited our city Jail shortly be.
/ fore left and was surprised to find
such large portion of the jail closed
up and empty. The chief of police
/ told me that there were not half as
many people there as formerly and
that in spite of the fact that they
were making very rigid arrest of
every man who showed signs of in
toxication, while formerly they were
compelled to let those who could get
home by themselves go free.
Poverty Is Reduced ~. -:
Il have two friends who look after
| the poor and unfortunate men of our
town. One of them gives meal tick
cts to those who cannot afford a
place to sleep, and two years ago in
a single month he gave out some
thing like six hundred free tickets
for BEDS But in the same month last
year, supplying all applicants who
needed Il, She only konna- something
over one hundred needy ones. When
asked the other friend of mine why
he did not ask medcr money like he
used to, toShelp INDECENT families, he
said that with theA coming OF dry
Denver that kind of poverty was
almost unknown. j. -
City and Town Finances Improved
The firm of which. am member
deals in bonds of municipalities and
counties all over the state of Colo
RADIO. One of the serious questions
was as to where the-revenues would
come from to pay interest on bonds
and other Indebtedness. One town
came to us two years ago and asked
| If we would not allow them to de-
fault on their securities because they
did not have the money to pay inter
est-and this was coal-mining town,
| too. In less than six months after
the state went dry not only was their
interest paid In full, but they brought
| In five thousand dollars which they
had saved and asked us If we would
not try to buy in some improvement
bonds not yet due with the surplus
money. -.
Effect on Politics .:.... LII
| The truth is that the elimination
of the liquor interest and its inter
est in politics tends to bring in so
much cleaner type of government that
public affairs are managed in more
business-l like way.
Il know of two large department
stores in Denver that sold a great
deal of liquor One was drygoods
department store and the other
general merchandise store. Both of
these stores report a very much in
creased business without their liquor
departments. #1= =: a
I'm fact, we are so satisfied in
Colorado with our experiment that
few months ago when the liquor in
terests tried to get the right to sell
only beer, the suggestion was over
lwhelmingly turned down by larger
majority than the original vote.
Good Investment for Hawaii -.
IF you people on the Islands knew
what good business investment it
was to have dry territory, how
much better the quality of labor
how much more money went into
regular channels-how business con-
ditions we're improved, and what a
suIendid effect II had nm the entire