The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-22
THE RESULTS or PROHIBITION II MAINE BI rHE REy
". IS M'LNIrkE. rGEsInENI MAINE srArE rEaIrEE.

| THE RESULTS or FRoHIurTtoS N MAINE, BI rHr REv
VS. N'INIrRE, PRESIDENT MAINE STATE rEaEPER
ANcx ALLIANCE
In the old rum times of Maine a man about
thirtyhve years Of age entered grogshop 10 fetch
home TO his wife and children miserable inebri,
| ate. He appealed 20 this rumsellef net 10 sell
| rum to this man. He replied, Il have license tc
sell rum that is my business. I'll sell it to any
| who has money to pay for ii. l support my fam
| lily by selling rum The man retorted ats youi
trade TO sell rum, is itP' You support YOUR lam.
ily do you, BY destroying other peoples families
/ ami Tor that you have license, have yous With
Gods help, I'll see If We can't change all that
That man was Neal Dow. From that hour the
agitation for prohibition was commenced. In
| 1881 Maine enacted prohibitory liquor law. II
has been on trial in this State long enough test
Its efficiency. The success failure Of the law is
not question Of opinion; it is a matter Of fact.
II Is too late for en 10 speculate this question
Every intelligent man ought to know that prohib-
itiOn Is a grand success III il was a matter Of
| opinion, We could summons ex-Governors, Con
gressmen, ex-Attorney Generals, and judges of
the Supreme Court OF this State. All Of whom
have given their opinion and they all agree that
| that the law has been and is a great success We
do not claim that there Is liquor sold in Maine;
| but- as Ex-Governor Chamberlain saws, The laws
against intoxicating liquors are as we'll executed
and obeyed as the laws against profanity, unchas-
| tity, and murder"
What are the factsl
In 1850 thirteen distilieries in this State manu-
factured one million gallons Of rum. Now there
IS not distiery or brewery in the State. In 1873
there were tve hundred Iaverns all but forty of
these having open bars Now If a hotel proprietor
wants TO sell liquor he must keep il in a private
room, IN an out-of the-vay place. where il can be
found only by diligent inquiry; sometimes in the
second or third story. sometimes in the cellar In
ls5O nearly every grocery store sold Intoxicating
liquor as freely as molasses. Barrels of rum,
whiskev, and brandy were tap in the open store.
Now nothing of the kind can be found in any GRO
cery store in this State. In 1852, with a popula.
tlOn Aalltl there f1ll
icatlng liquors were sold-one grogshop to every
rs Of the population. Now we have about one
liquor dealer to every 500 inhabitants All of these
are secret sellers, excepting town or city agencies
In the old rum time liquors were DISPLAYED in de.
canters and bottles the shelves and in the win.
doEs OF the dealers It Is either carried on the
person Of tue seller. or hid away under the floor
IN hole dug in the cellar, in the walls of the
building in the bed-clothing, in the stable or pig,
sty Of the man in the business or his kind neigh
Dor.
Then the saloons were all open; any one could
buy all be wanted. Now the doors are closed and
a watehman is stationed at the door to give the
signal Of an approaching officer, when the llquor
awaiting sale is poured into tub of dirty water
mixed with kerosiue oil.
1hen the liquors were transported through the
State IN vessels plainly marked and directed 10
living men engaged in the business. Now it is
transported IN boxes marked dry goods" in
hour barrels. tin cans marked spirits Of turpen-
tune, and directed to persons who have been dead
for years, or never lived in the town where they
are directed.
In lsS2 the sales Of liquor amounted TO $1,000
90 annually, or SO for each inhabitanf Now
the enemies Of temperance do not claim thar the
aggregate sales IN the State exceed 81 900 OOO-Iess
than = per nhabitant This but one tenth what
the sales were forty years ago, and but one-eieht
what they are on the averge in the remainder of
the Union. Nelson Dingley, NJ. c.
Ine effect of the law prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale Of intoxicating liquor Is seen in the
sooTletY OF the people of Maine In reports of ac-
tusi arrests IN sixty license cities we find the aver
age number to be twenty seven TO every thousand
population In 1852 there were l,357 arrests for
drunkenness in Cumberland County, with pouu-
latien Of $3.50. This county includes Portland.
the largest city IN the State. In Androscorrin
County, with population of 45,O44 there were
seventy-nye arrests for drunkenness; less than two
per, thousand inhabitants. This county includes
Lewiston, with very heavy foreign population
In Franklin County, with apopulation of IS $50,
there were f'rD arrests for drunkenness In Ok
toru County, with a population of 81 SIS there
were NO arrests for drunkenness The number |
Of arrests for the entire State in 1852 were 1852
OF four to every thousand Of the population
What do the facts showf That prohibition has |
not been failure. If had room / would like 10 |
eIhOTt, but must stop BRtrSsv1,-x. Ne