The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-11-20

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PKnVENrtyE oF uKuNkFNNkss.
BY NV. T y. PAREtR
The ouly thorough test this plan has
ever had Was IL Great Britain aud
Ireland. In The year 1926 the hfst
license law was passed giving suthori-
ty 10 two justices Of the peace TO pre- |
vent the common selling Of ale lnl
1852 law was enacted requiring ali
psrsons TO have license before selling
ale; the preamble declaring that NJ
tolerable hurts aud troubles to tbe
Commonwealth daily grow aud increa'e
through such abuses aud disorders as
are bad aud used 10 common ale houses
In 1858 law war passed prohio'upe
the sale of wine without license
Amendments we're made IRON time TO
time until 1880. when law WAS pass
ed repeating the tax on beer. aud the
license TO sell was no longer required
The occasion Of the passage OF this law
vas a. follows: The public houses
where ardent spirits were sold were
i seen 10 be schools OF Intemperance
!. Il was thought that the beerhouse
would rival aud outrivsl the pubic
D house. diminish the sale Of spirits ana
!, break up the monopoly A great EFFORT
J. as made to restrict the permission TO
cell beer, TO consumption oil the
q premises. bot The attempt failed, aud
i on the 10th Of October, 1880. the law
went into operation. In 1860 law
IS was enacted to facilitate the sale and
u consumption OF light foreign wines IN
y conlectioners shops and eating-houses'
10 There was no interference with the
free sale OF beer until 1869. and even
then the change was very slight. In
1871 a general license was passed
): The free sale OF beer and ale had been
o allowed for forty years, with the
es avowed purpose Of reducing the amount
'n Of intemperance, which was supposed
go TO result from the sale OF ardent spirits
This gives US fair opportunity to test
OF the effect OF the free use of the lighter
L beverages. Let US look at the facts
ot | have not complete statistics for thu
r. earlier years OF free beer and ale, bu
n have them covering the years w&er
de the use OF wine and beer was encour
'at aged by law. namely from 1858 to 1867
in and When, as consequence, Their
OF should have been the least amount Q
ke drunkenness
Tor In the year 1858 the expenditure 70
in liquors was $i55, 249, 555. In the yea
ties 1861 il had increased to $i74,7l9, 535
he an increase Of $40 AGO $50, notwith
at standing that the tax on beer and win
its had been repealed. The amount
ity liquors drank 10 1859 was, Of all kinds
ine III, TSO. 49l gallons. In 1869 it wa
ga. $50, $40 GALLONS. an increase IN te
is years Of 1877. 1913. o79 gallons, The AT
his preheusioDs for drunkenness were,
the 1863 94,T45; 1864. lo0,O67; ls6
ght 1885, $40; 1866, lO4 1868; 1867, 100
ost, 351 1853, Ill .465; 1869. Pablo
the slight decrease for Two years. but
not increase in the seven years Of q So
ant These facts tell their own story.
'ne. the years 1884 to 1889, 7O,9l3,54
'pie gallons of British spirits paid dut},
is an average Of IL IT'S. 1924 gallons ann
the ally, while in 1871 23,O9O,371 galiol
ter paid duty. indicating an increase
'wn almost 200 per cent. 10 the consuin
ton u ardent spifits, with Tree be
and wine Ut the same time The tot
number Of indctable offenses comm
ted were, iron 1884 TO 1899. six yea
20 800, or 4 1913 aud fraction annuI
- nv. In The year 1871 the convictio
- were 23.9I9-au increase OF 500
~ cent, more than double the increase
=. population. and the crimes commit
III were 5,I49.
Another fact shows strongly. i
consumption OF ardent spirits Tor 10
was AZ ioilo~r ureat Britain, 80 90
80 377 gslous United states. 90. OBS
-. gallons. Malt liquors; Great Bfita
- g0G .sO4 800 gallOns unircd stat
-, $50 $40 COS esllour. Wine CIR
-, ritain, l7.l44 $50 gallons; Upit
~. States. s.7O2.i1 gallons for Is
-, This ia the equivalent Of l29.4s5,t
- gallons Of whiskey consumed 10 Or
~ Britain, aud d 81. 500 .470 gallons
"a whisEey IL the Uniied States. or 2
. SOS. 1893 gallons more for Great Brit
- aud Ireland than for the United Stat
-. The same population IN this eoun
i. would consome the equivalent Of 9
a., ees .ees galloGs Of wbiskey. almost
actly one hall Of the alcohol cossoa
80. 10 Great Britain and Ireland in prop
.c,d lion TO The population.
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