The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-07-21
Liquor Law In Holland.

"Make men ODER by 20. of parlia.
ment?' increduously asks u disbelieyer
In the wholesome force of removing
temptation by preventative means.
"Why, certainly" we reply. The
one fact that the liquor traffic IL a sub
ject of frequent legislation hundreds
OF Acts OF Parliament have been passed
in connection thcrewitS-is proof
that in the minds of the majority of
men control is necessary, and, also, Is
elective; that 1t Is not yet etfectual is
seen In the continued agitation of tenn.
perancc reiOrmers. 1t is merely a
matter Of demonstration, in respect TO
the indulgence of Intoxicating liquors,
that IL the temptations to consumption
are removed, the traffic is Immediately
lessened. This Is the story told by the
Maine liquor law and by all the Sun
day closing acts which have been pas.
scd by the British Legislature. From
Holland similar tidiBgs reach us. In-
deed, the evidence In this respect is all
In one direction, and by this time has
ton beis ond liz g rs e 81 e s6n hs
viz, that tho consumption of intoxi.
cants is in exact accordance with the
facilities provided. or opportunities
checked, by the state. From the edi.
tor OF Dutch newspaper, Daeblad
van Zuidh0lland, we have received the
translation OF an article which shows
that the contention OF Sir " Hired
Lawson and the United King dom All.
lance is fully borne out by the exper.
fence Of tho lIollanders. The Minister
of Justice under the king of Holland,
Air. Modderman, is tho Sir " Hired
Lawson of the Dutch country. Mr..
Modderm IN brought forward meas
nre which passed into law on the 1st of
November, 1881. Its main features
are that, after the 1st of May, 1882, it
will no longer be permitted to etail
spurious liquors Of any kind to any
person holding any public appointment,
nor to anyone but those holding licen-
ces under the (restrictive) provisions
of this act. This is, indeed, legislation
which regards the liberty of the subject
tder fISiiahtei% RsGgsafa me coGsa sumption
of intoxicating liquors with such alb
horrence and regard the example which
should be set by public officials of such
Importance that no person holding an
appointment for the public is permitted
to buy liquorl What 10 more, If
man wants to call in at liquor shop or
public house for a dram or q pint, he
must first of all have obtained license
him to do SO. Let there DC
no mistake upon this point. In addi-
ton to the license to sell, there must
also be license to buy! Precisely the
same as when man goes out for q
days shooting, he may be called upon
IN nrndnca hia licanaoD tha
thirsty soul has left his license at home |
he must perforce 60 on his wsy-re.
joieing may be, but certainly thirsty!
During the Brst four months of this |
year the schnapps-loving Hollander
consumed nearly twenty-eight thous-
and gallons less than In the correspond
ing period OF last year. "Lsrge as is |
this diminuiiOn In ITSELF" says the
Dagblad van Zuidholland, "it becomes
much larger II we take into account
sing Of this act the steady tendency
was toward an increase, aud this moi
outstanding the additional excise tax
Of fourpence per gallon, put on In
1877, and which poured an extra
ner." After quoting q number of sta
llstics, our contemporary concludes its
observations in this wise: Therefore,
while All increase of three per cent per
Annum took place IN the ten last years
before the present Act passed into law,
i is very gratifying to note that In the
irst four moRths OF the present year
decrease of ono p0r cent has taken
place. What will be the further effect
Of this law in diminishing the number