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

showing difference ~ favor Of hi- quarter ol
as compared with the one previous, and Of i
as compared with the corresponding one last
year.
?. Commitments 10 he Ciy Wctch-hone
QuarendingJ uneS0, 6l. lGl; CosttoCny,S S2js so
Sept 80. '5l 81 10 73
Diff. in favor this Dr. Cases. 1903, Cust lS3 o.
8 NlrnbQr of places Whcre HYeVr IS sold
Last spriny, loo; at present, some So showing
a elimination OF near % per cent, while thequan
,ity sold i. estimated to be reduced about 70 per
cent. Most OF those are Irish deeiltHghOiScS Of
the lowest class (which ceuuot be searched with
out express proof Of saie) 4 City Agent has
been recently appointed aud the five licensed
dealers are notified to stop the sale ON or before
the lst Of January next.
q. AmoO.nt Of fines paid to City Treasury
$40.
8. Qqanjitv ofhqror seized and condemned,
about 4 900 gallons ;aiid still larger amountre.
shipped TO Boston.
TIE state Of tie streets and city according to the
City Marshais statements, Is improved 10 per
cent as compareh With the preSion, quarter.
A part Of the statistics show merely the crscio7,
ey uf the law; tot We call more particular attcn.
lion to those facts which show the act7ai dscre7se
Of crime, and the poTfi,e gain 81 tPnLii1 motats.
in Du,wrr to the second question l. E. ne e. H.
cern. lhe public burden Of PsupLrsm, We have
the most ample and satisfactory statements. m
Oyer,cer Of he Poor saws, "lhe application for
aid for the lat three months have not been hoJ
so numerous as the three preceding months. This
attribute to the enforcement q the late Liquor
Law. ltis, in nv opinion gradually butsulrly
diminishing our pauper expenses, uuj hope lho
/ day has already dawnad upon uS, when tins fruit.
flI source Of paupcIi-m misery ana crime viii be
entirely bauI-hrd from our midst,
! We quote the following statement from one of
our city papers -
we understand ,ha. the extra help during hay.
Ing at the CITY Farm i. al hired. II has hereto
| FIRE been performed by persons committed to The
House Of Correction for drunkenness Of whom
tLere has never before been Il dohricucy me
/ House Of Correction IS nor cDDty The city can
afford t, hire many ding. donc, when the dmiq
Iupon ;be wealth and Industry resulting from lie
use Of ardent sp,ril.. i, stopped"
Wel,ys aI.n die assurance Of those competent
in ind. lbAt ,Ls opsr,l,ou of the law will be 60
aid some four or five hundred dollars Ia the a.
! mn,,ut If ih. roll take, Of thi, city. In other
/ worJ. by taking tcp.n,rtion TO drink out Of mems
woy il c,.as,,a ooi, OF some hundreds Of nc, 8
! i,ea, in Mace Of am eaum number uf degraded
ou.l Lurjru.ou,e paupc,s. or Of men who iyr cha.
rt,'. ..ke were shared the tax Even ii tits a
m1uut i. greatly over.stated. still the law thnt
pror,i.,. 10 restore 3 hundred or even one to the
~ 1--we. of manhood. and tucg44l citizenship.
/ Il. CERTAINLY yery far from proving "a failure.
Ip aJdttun 1, these general Statements we are
enabled to present the following statistics:
/ O3t.}oyr ,yps,,sS Of tie Yduysr Establish
usnt Quarter ending
.Junc30.5lliq -urA $40 90; 50(jOsup.E596 lG
Son, 40 ia " ql5Us. 10 s." 400 43
! Shown. fl reduction fmnre tnan 50 per ceu-
in tiis en1rtner, for lhe las. quarter. sgaiust 90
nor cont last ,rar
Erd,,is,s Of Aims house res.ls,nE from in
temperance, IA 1851.
! Quarter snIing june 80, :i6l 80.
sept. 80, ~.
Showing reduction IA this one I,en OF lo5.5l,
or niae'ySsrcn PER cful
3. cost Of "Pp,rt Of Common Dr"Arrds III
the House O.! Correction for FenuU,cot County
. 1901.
Qlur,cr ending Jane 80, sl4I 81.
Sept 30, ~ g.
Showing reduction Of S!ViIi or - I-2 per
I cent
I And We have lhe Alarsh"l' testimony 10 lhe
effect that considerable improvement Is IN anit,s
IN the coalition OF uie incorporate classes, IRON
the obstacles IN the va! Of their obtaining liquor;
and that tie comforts olmauy families have been
greatly Augmented.
! These facts, MS we conceive, iu'iy prove tha''
considering the cmtariaNsnents whlvh must tt'
set law OF tins naturc, especially at the outset,
thc Act 81 Ieoi' ir 'Ne suppression ol o''"N'uS
house. aud tipping ,hop,, hr proved sascssyst
nd that the passage "nd enforcement o' S''" act
is a subj G. OF cpuyr1tuiaon Tor every friend Of
publ, economy and morals.
We do not dcuy that there has been hardship ln
the execution oi the law N particular cases. 10