The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-01-03
Extract from q Report


Made at c mee'jn9 ofha cii,|rs of Bd"ggr, IN
the Cay Huh, Nor, H. 1891 on the operation
Of Sd 91iay gs-,, --v, II -.
We shall not undertake 80 show that The la'g is
not a future IL il can remove suull part of
the existing evil, /; vii. ,uficirnl, rlnlc.te IT.
self Ii by mean, oiiJ there only fifty druuk.ri-,
and thirty ruined families and tweuty coml.,t
ments for assault or cases of violence IN the streets
where here was "a hundred beiuIc, IL WI. accom-
plsh quite a. nurh Is the average Of criminal
laws If public burden, caused by yiutemperaucc
should be diminished in the ratio of ouc.half and
not quite as mGoh Gquur can he -lnuIglsd in ~
was imported previously, and % i.lr II pordan of
dealers stop the -als Tor want uI power TO collect
their debts 1t will be mAgHihacut "cXperimeW'
for the State of M4ae,
The i1c aoes actually aud perfectly accomplish
tiSo M.iHgs 1t. It pats the temptation to drink
out ut men, Way; So that # one will have liquor,
he must take some trouble to tnd it, instead If
having IT urged ard thrust upon lin q. Dy
making all liquor debts null and void, II saves
the family of The druukud lrrm the nee .ssty "f
pcnury aud ruin. The remnants Of the family
property, the wlia'- ~ widows wages, or he
childreus scInty earnings, cannot he seized ~ they
could once, TO feed the source ol theIr misery.
These two things the law does at once and per
fectlv accomplish
We do notatiempt to meet here the objections
which have becu made To the law in point ui prn.
ciple. The common sense Of 1t Is very plain. II
the State is bound to undertake to max COED the
mischief the liquor traffic has caused 70 it mus,
guarantee the supper, olfim'Gesn toe aimsh'gsc
and tue defence ui the community from crime, u
is certainly competent to dsfae he tyTas Tie
State in this connection i represented by all
those classes Of men who are capable oi self sup
port. The honest temperate and industrious,
must bear the burden- ot the rest. II winch is
moderate e,,lma'e) three quarters OF the pau.
peiism which they must pry for, and halt the crime
they aJc likely to suffer hy, results from the llq.
uor traiicithcy have q right 20 defend Themselves
in any way ihcy eau, In Wisconsin dealers IN
liquors Us a cinss, are made liable for the whole
burden Our way in Maine we thn, Is q better
way. 1t prevent, the mischief from being done,
and then nobody has to pay for it,
The Maine Temperance Law ul ls5l, Is IAN act
for the suppression Of drinking house,ani tipping
shops" II provides that intoxicating liquors Gan.
not be lawfully sold, except 10y certain salaricd
agents. for me dicul and mechanical puroses on
ly." II makes the viulatcr ol IL liable 10 search.
fine aud imprisonment Without mincing the
matter, it aims to break up the ruuous traffic,
that breeds the poverty aud vice which prey upon
the StUtc II s,izcs and dc,trovs the article uuiaw.
fully held II cumpcls the authorities, ON ~uita
ble representation, tn search shops or buildings
for this purpose |, make mil auI void t,I debts
or contracts catered into for the unlawful purchase
Of intoxicating liquors And lM-it does, with '!r
view, fest ot ds'ruji0g M DhNtysJr' and NOR
ais, aud secondly, Of dy,pjs}oy tif 5TIana y
the Siatc
How far have these two object, been rly'c,cl