New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09

by the Excise Board 70 sell spirits TO post IN
each entrance TO and over his par tie Sisn les
minors sold here Having full license the nTi ch1s
dealers would acqucsce. All dealers with mat nluor
licenses of the third class should ne relurfa ~
same way to announce: only malt liquors soiu nclc
or course they would drmut Violation OF TINS clause OF
the law should be established by the absence al any e
Of the sign; that Inspector OF the LNcis' lo1
passing ut any time might by simply referring u ms
book obtain proof OF guilt In the absence OF the NOTICE.
1 wOuld make the violation OF tihs, cnlSI, ~
the sae Of spirits by "a 'thTd class ugn,u,
Il misdemcanOr punishable Tor the nrTt on' I
lv lpturlsnumcut from one 10 three months ana a
fine OF 500; for the second offence ny m
from three 10 six months and me OF TloU or number
of tnc times Of offending. In each case onehi Oh 'no
"Bmt the country ia opposed TO the principle in
"Is in Doesn't the General Government maintain
stilI the tnorty system although the abuses OF lew
wears ago have been corrected II reputable merchans
may bc spcd upon the matter 81 their mPoftatonS
and their dealings with the Internal Revenue bureau
why is not perfectly proper to spy upon tns MS, ne
paLc class Of unlicensed liquor deaersi see Whl te
effect of such n Law would be. Who would turn IN
formers The policeman who now gets ms SURF Nv dtv
free drink ON duty and oas i'm bnrrooms when on du
would prefer to take his pay ia moletles OF 9?V d
The man OF employ mcnt would c0nc!u INA, ~ %
as gvod right anyone 10 make 800 by ehI9IGnE n
law You say there $500 Of these 'thiId GaS2 le
lows daily violating the law rs Il now HllI l, ud
there's tramp whom we are supporting Dy Sou
charity, every one OF thei ana mo , ,
dealer would at once become the prey 0 t have tie
whole horde after him. tramp would ioun-c mo oI ne
o these 300 grOg-shOps, aud. putting uG"n lnC ~
cents hr had begged, borrowed OF StoeI u'h ~ in
pcr FOR whiskey or gin II he got It he WOud IN
ana get his 500 ana ny INC S'h' va .0aii""lt
other unsuspecting dealer. II he got , nien
ont lie would put some other ,l ig!Io w
up to the Job The dealers would become suspicious oi
every man they sold 10 and IN the emu Inoh
wo bnye 10 resort 10 several alternatives tacn
eauplly disastrous. First, they would nave 10 TAXI oui
f r AZ cas icrntc but that they could not do under
tho rule OF the Court OF Appeals without DrI9hns mn
krcpprS and their malt liquor licenses %Ouu DC luoi
huf they aid not keep hotel Second they Woid nay
Ia cnnt1r thcir salcs malt liquors only ana tItoe III
tLcin alone does not pay Third :hcy would have 10 sup
uort the ramus ~ u costly defence against hoimeis
Or lastly they would have tOqut the bu"lt77' "htll
precisely what the first cl-s liquor men, tue PiactCdI
temperance mon and tie newspapers anu ne Thc
pubiic generally want them 10 40. inc
6rlv difficulty il IN passing The bill But such measure
certainly ought receive the support 0i Dr Cloey anu
his society nud every prae cal temperance ad'oct''
OF the newspapers the interests OF noralp ana tie
ccucy and even OF our public officials
Won men ion the officials rather ltslt1tnClN.'
That is where the rub come, in. The pubhc Olhcl1lS
would be the main obstacle 10 such rrlOrm because
the law, il riando pays them, ana
would not If changed / tel you any reform
in this direction has 10 encounter organized
cnrrnutiou their bcate TAX" their jithes
from liquor occasional Tree drinks orrsrahts
al their dtst- Iud their closets at home wei ' some
captains all levy contributions on every Ihld ciNH
house in tntlI precincts. Inspectors, not All, 90
upou those i'm their cnrc districts aud tnry even dctal
detectives to coHcct thc mpo7i-. clerks ana urI7
close the Excise Board. Others the interest o Ponce
Court officials others high mp, too, as The DHtrc Al
torncy's Office. i've with without the COnuFauce OF
EXCISE laws. All yUu will nave 10 be lawyer, APP
pcariuc tHcIr defence and consequently sharing theI
20 know FULLY 10 what ahtii, loss fA "tlh OF
hac4Ina these men nave subjected themselves by q
ANYTHING about what you learn professionally. EIt N e
of rotten CuruluOp nom ~" cun-i"ci anon OF
which Usually with increased admiration bJ com
pari-ou Tor tnt-hquOrmru.'