Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-05
newspapers OF
HAWAII CARRYING
LIQUOR ADS HIT
Star-BuIIetin is Exempt From
Regulation as it Carries No
Liquor Advertising

All Honolulu newspapers and publ.
cations which carry liquor advertising
OF any sort are affected by the new
postal prohibition act passed by the
LAST congress, which became operative
July l. This law bars liquor ads In
any form from entering into all states
and territories where prohibition is
effective and means that no newspa-
per. MAGAZINE, circular or other publ
cation that carries booze advertising
will be permitted to pass through the
mails for circulation in such dry"
areas
The StarBulletin is not affected by
the law as it does not accept liquor
advertising Of any sort and COnse-
QuentIy never carries booze ads 9th
er Honolulu papers which accept such
advertising are TOW barred from all
dry" states unless such ads are frs
cut out, of each copy before being
placed il the mails.
Every copy of the Star-Bulletin
printed can safely be sent for circula-
ton in any part OF the United States,
dry or wet" without fear OF censor
ship or not being delivered.
Exactly IS states now completely
dry will from now ON see no maya
zines, newspapers or publications OF
any kind which carry booze advertise
ments unless those advertisements
are cut out.
Five more states will be dry during
the following year, having voted to
exclude liquor from it's territories in
the future Parts of six other states
which have voted for prohibition by
! districts or towns come within the
scope Of this law also.
] In a communication received by the
Star-Bulletin from Postmaster General
of the United States A. S. Burleson,
the law as now in effect Is set forth
| as follows:
That no letter, postal card, circular.
newspaper. pamphlet. or publication OF
any kind containing any advertise
ments of spirltuous, vinous, matted,
fermented or other intoxicating liquors
OF any kind, or containing an order or
orders for said liquors, or any Of them,
shall be deposited in or carried by the
mails of the United States, OF be de-
! livered by any postmaster or letter
/ carrier, when addressed to any person,
! firm corporation, or association, or
other addressee, at any place or point
in any state or territory of the United
States at which 1t is by the law iE
force in the state or territory at that
time unlawful to advertise or solicit
orders for such liquors, or any Of them
respectively"
A fine of not more than $1,000 and
Imprisonment for not more than six
months Is the penalty for the first Of
| tense. Subsequent offenses will BE-
punished by Imprisonment OF not more
than one year. Z.
The Dill states further that who.
ever shall order, purchase, or cause In
toxicating liquors to be transported IN
interstate commerce, except for seten
tific, sacramental, medicinal and me-
ehanical purposes shall be punished as
aforesaid" @.a 3D.
Those states from which liquor ad.
vertising is absolutely barred are Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Mississippi,
Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, South Dakota. viz
ginia, Washington, West Virginia and
Idaho. The states where prohibition
has not yet gone into effect, although
the law has been passed, are Iowa,
Michigan, New Hampshire and Utah.
States which are partially dry are
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,
Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas.