Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19
TEMrBRAgCa ssETIagHr IN oE1o.

Governor Foster, i'll his final message to
the Legislature of Ohio, delivered on the
9Th instant, says. under the heading OF
Temperance :"
The receipts from the sale at retail in
Ohio of wine, beer and intoxicating liquors
probably amounts to the enormous sum of
so 600 000 That It entails uUon the gen.
eral public an enormous outlay OF money,
which Is raised by general taxation, no one
pretends to deny, while the annual profits
Of those engaged in the business Is more
than sc, 600, coo, yet, until recently, this
traffic contributed nothing to the burdens
it imposes upon the taxpayers of the State.
And now, because the General Assembly
has. IN obedience 10 the demand OF an
overwhelming public sentiment, under
taken, in a conservative way, TO impose
restraints upon it, and 20 require it to con-
tribute something to the cost it imposes
upon the people, this interest recently,
through its delegates gathered in C0nven-
tion, formally demanded the repeal of the
law. The law passed by the last General
Assembly, entitled 8" Au Act to provide
against the evils resulting from tue traffic
IN intoxicating liquors. is the first, seek
ing to impose restraint upon the liquor
traffic, ever passed In this State that has
been successfully put into practical execu-
ton. Underlts provisions more than 4 500
saloons and places where the traffic has
been carried on have gone out Of existence,
and, if the law is permitted to stand, the
number retiring from the business VII BE-
materially increased.
A revenue of nearly S 900, 900 has been
received from the operation of the law aud
paid into the various county, city and
village treasures Of the State. Under the
" local option feature Of the law num-
Der of villages have, by ordinance, pro-
hibited the traffic within their corporate
limits, but because Of the phraseology re. !
lating to tipping houses, the sale of spir-
ituous liquors cannot be prohibited, unless
cold in tipDliDg houses. TIE law should |
be amended so as To include spirituous |
liquors, the sale of which, as well az wine |
and beer, may be prohibited by ordinance, |
and tle provisions Of local option should |
be extended to townships so that, when by |
village ordinance the traffic is prohibited, |
the people of the townships may prohibit |
also if they choose thus preventing the |
traffic upon the border line of the village. |
The General Assembly may rest assured |
that there is an overwhelming public senti- |
ment opposed to the demands OF the liquor
dealers, and in favor of giving the Scott
law full and fair trial before any serious |
with its provisions is at
tempted.
The fact that 1923, 900 votes were re-
turned for the prohibition of the liquor
traffic is evidence OF the strong feeling of |
our people upon THE subject. Ii this is
done tine law VIII be found in principle the |
best ever passed upon this subject in this
country, With perfect ease, without cost,
without friction, without Lawsuits, it 81.
lently and swiftly put out Of sight more
than 4 800 saloon signs, and poured into |
the treasures Of the State q revenue Of /
nearly two millions Of dollars with which |
70 mitigate the sutfsrings and evils due to
the business