The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-03-19
LIQUOR COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NO
LICENSES ISSUED AFTER JULY FIRST
Act Of Local Commission Shuts Out the Contemplated Rush
To This Island of Liquor Dealers from Honolulu
Widespread Rejoicing Over Glorious News
Notice is hereby given that the Kauai
Liquor Commission will not renew liquor
licenses after July st. 1918.
By order Of the Commission.
VIM. HYDE RICE,
Chairman.

Since the day when the first mis-
sionary landed on Kauai to. tell hea-
then race that the day star had dawn.
ed in the east, and that the Son of
Man had come to bring peace on
earth, good will to men, no greater
message has been brought to this is
land than is published in this issue.
Aside from the gospel message none
have been fraught with such potential
possibilities of benefit to rich and
poor, as is the news so broadly and
so boldly proclaimed to the world
that henceforth, and probably forever,
beginning with the fateful First Of
July, the cup that inebrites shall be
banished from Kauai
This is but in keeping with the
sentiment voiced by the President OF
the United States, favored by the
great majority of the congressman
and welcomed by all who are willing
to sacrifice personal appetite for the
| benefit of the world at large.
Whiskeyless days are almost here.
Wineless days, beerless days, and alb.
| solutely liquorless days are upon us.
And the island rejoices that it is so.
A few, no doubt will miss their toddy,
| but they will be better off without it.
The jails will be depopulated, there
will be less incentive to crime, and we
can all look each other in the face
with better grace.
Kauai has never had any retail
saloons, but at the present writing
there are seven wholesale estab-
lishments. Some will argue, no doubt,
that the seven thousand dollars which
these places have paid per annum for
licenses will be sadly missed, but
those who have noted the change
from license to no license in other
states, know that there will be a saw
ing to the community commensurate
herewith The expenses of the coun,
ty, they declare, will beyond ques-
tion be reduced that much and prob.
ably more. The enforced sobriety
will increase industry, enlarge the
product of the soil, and give an in.
creased value to labor far in advance
of that which prevailed among those
who INDUCED inordinately.
Wives will rejoice, mothers will
shed tears of gladness and Joy, and
and men will come home sober and
clothed in their right minds. They
will be enabled to go forth to battle
with the world with renewed vigor
and greater courage. They will have
clearer brains and healthier bodies.
There is sweeping over the country
wave of enthusiasm in favor OF
making the entire country dry, and
measures looking to that end will al
most beyond a doubt be taken with
in the next few months by congress.
The island OF Oahu has already
been made dry, as our readers know
by order of the President.
The latter order will become effect
i've on the 10th OF April. This would
have naturally resulted in the trans
fer of interests among the Oahu liq
uor men of that island to Kauai, Ha
waii and Maui. This was foreseen
here, and the local commission held
meeting to discuss the matter
Recognizing the sentiment which pre-
walls almost universally in favor OF
absolute prohibition, the Commission
decided to settle the matter right, and
once for all, by giving notice that aft
er the first of July, no further licen
ses would be issued for the sale OF liz
or on Kauai And it goes without
/ saving that the people as a whole