The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-14

| ScCl1On ~ prONlOFS bllaG any
person who shall sell or otherwise
dispose of, for gain, upon any pre-.
text whatever, malt, spiritucus OF
/ vinous liquors, or any intox cat
ing drink" without license shall be
liable to a fine of $500, and SIX
months imprisonment i'll the
county or city Jail.
you dispose Of" little port wine
by giving it to your crying baby to
gain q nights rest you are liable
whereas you may sell Il carload OF
branded peaches without risk.
Section Ills CO opposed of damages
expenses, penalties and judgments,
in prospective.
Section II is a twin brother of the
previous one.
Section l3 is simply explanative
Section IA should be amended to
read, g. All acts and parts of acts,
in accordance with the provisions
OF this act, as well as this act, are
hereby repealed"
| A law similar to this was tried in
England in 1917, 4" for the restraint
of the vile and detestable vice of
drunkenness daily increasing" but
Smollett says :: . The populaee soon
broke through all restraint. Though
no license was obtained and no duty
paid, the liquor continued to be sold
in all corners Of the streets; inform
ers were intimidated by the threats
of the people and the justices of
the peace, either from Incidence or
corruption, neglected to put the law
in execution"
In the year 1743 the act was re-
pealed, and the recorded debates
show that the quantity OF liquor
consumed had increased from 527,-
OOU gallons in the year 1884 to
100000 in the year 1742. Retail
ers were deferred from vending
spirituous liquors by the utmost en-
eouragement that could be given TO
informers The perjuries of in
formers were now 80 fragrant and
common, that the people thought
all informatiOns malicious or at
least thinking themselves oppressed
by the law, they looked upon every
man that promoted its execution as
their enemy; and therefore now be-
gan to declare war against infOIm-
ers, many OF whom they treated
with great cruelty, and some they
murdered IN the streets" Herbert
Spencer. i'll referring to these facts.
says "Here, then, with absence or
tue looked-for benefit, there went
production eff unlO"ktd-for evils,
vast in amount. An indirect
decentralization was aided TO a di-
rect increase of the vice aimed at. .
Joining with the prevalent fal.
lacy that results are prepOrtiOnate
to appliances, the genelaI political
bias has the further effect Of foster
ing an undue faith in political forms
This tendency to ascrlbe everything
to IA visible prOxitnate agency, AIT
10 forget the hidden f,rceo without
which the agency is " Orihless-thl:
tendency which a makes Chic
g 4Zing at steam engine suppose
that all is done by the combination
of parts it sees, not recognizing the
, fact that the engine is powerles!
, without the steam-generatin!
boiler, and the boiler powerles
without the water and the burnin;
fuel, is a tendency which leads citi
: Zens to think that good 6 Jvernmen
J can be had by shaping public ar
rangements in this way or thu
? way.
LET us frame our state machiner,
} rightly, they urge, and all will b
WE'LL"
: The best that Neal Dow can sa,
for Maine with its stringent laws
which have teen in force for twenty
: i've years, is: The liquor traffi
3 still fingers in some of the large
: cities in Maine. where it is con
e lducted upon comparative SINAI
: scale, and with more or less secresy
D.. mostly by the same class OF me
4 who keep gambling houses an
houses Of ill-fame, the lowest pal
! of our foreign population.
d This persistency OF the traffic in TN
cities is due entirely to some defect
a in the LGaC, as it 71OoO stands, whic
# we know perfectly. and which Wi
1 OC SO1ICCbCu ny anu w VIZ bIlC W CT
by and by, probably, NJ J, and the
l. the last vestige of this great ev
will be summarily swept away. w
y shall then be able to demonstrate t
d the world, more Thoroughly than u
n 2aO1O can, how great are the benefits
j. Even Dow must be taken cul
It srG7lo sails.
y" A little more steady, sobt
+ thought, and less enthusiasm, i'll tt
r enactment of laws pertaining to til
y liquor question, would obviate man
Is disagreeable consequences.
a To sum mp briefly then, this la
is open to the objection first, that
: is unnecessarily cumbersome, bot
d in its provisions and its manner {
n expression; second, that it temp
II Fan applicant for a license to pr,
a mise things almost impossible
a perform; third. that it demands
bond, of a character which can
d technically complied with by
II rogue without any trouble, an
7, which is unnecessary in the case {
e an honest man. who always holC
d himself responsible for his actions
d whereas a rogue, either with {
T without roguish sureties, can evaG
all responsibility without n.uch e.
y fort. 1t therefore encourages pc
jury in the application and rasealit
II in the evasion of consequence
q l fourtb IF Y1lo.nz -