New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08

II sustained by the supreme Court Of tho state where n
its oonstitutonallty Is bong assailod, VIII, Am co,
accomplish all that can Be done by law % cxtrpsto
intern poranoc. II places tho two Systems. OF hign
tax alton and regulation one hand and q prohibition
on the other, on trial side by side. IL prohibition
hISs 4 viii esuos,e and encourage nosry ali the
remaining cognc, e vote FOR and enforce HrSnRtSn
viii b. TsfoHMs sA mitigate tho 'y yRMG e h' sToSE
David II. Jerome writes follows
Ss ri, se o ySs
prohibition Of the 1sGSS rsa sofshsr ws en-
StSs for osnsns ss law
10 prohibit and the trafle In violation Of law
tax was then H. SsRsd s sSa SS s
Isstrictons in dealing with this question: AFTER
val Of the law for some twelve years the ques1n
OF amending the constitution so as again 10 proVao
for prohibition submitted to the electors OF me
State in the spring of 1887 and was deieat9a .dd
ING to it's sringency and Increased the tax to 5000
II also made statutory provision for local option by
county in tho state may adopt prohibition instead OF
tax license In many of the agricultural cantsy
that It's effects In restraining the liquor trac can not
vet be determined Under these circumstance ] shall
base my answer to your question upon inc eHe''' VI
'A nj Yes The number Of saloons has been largely
order TO engage in this business under the law tho
dealer must have commercial standing snnc s "
guarantee that he will obey the law In the conduct
Of bis business and must have csR,s ssoo taR
charge Consequently the traffic Is now conducted ny
whose standing In community IS a ~ aii Io
Again the police regulations are SO strict that less
tax law has The Of the mrn
believe the execution of the law improves EXpe-
Renee has shown that in the cities and abor cen,s
and regulation or in violation Of law restraint when
prohibition IS attempted The latter brlngs All is~
eT than ths one sought TO bo remeded Questions
one and two cannot no answered until rlrthcr tHai
of our dual system Ncs has been b bSd H. JEROME
DEMOCRATS.
W. Burt expresses the following views:
Michigan in former years tried the prohibition
not prohibit. On the contrary the present law has
proven a success and reduced intemperance 10 u
humber Of saloons in small country towns, whore
farmers boys In the habit OF congregstngr IN
the evening and on SATURDAYS and hoa asss rumbep
FORMED habits OF lntcmperance which followed them
through life. This temptation having boon removed
close We can see decided change through the rural
DISTRICTS as we'll as IN the eies sa Gur enrtnous
liquors. leaving 1t the same as at present Tor soins
malt liquors. we have no doubt IL would % an ,,
iiS saS,naw' Mich. W. BURT.
Leroy W. INDIANS views are
cnt law is 100 harsh in Of its provisions IL IN
effect brands the liquor traffic Infamous, and thus
SSs an ss Aimed DO to the e
as TO bonds is oppressive and the local option icature
Of the law is not satisfactory to any a Sur
tlon Of the temperance people In me man t Ua
liquor laws good enactmens, Dt Woulu w po''ol
If they embodied little less fa1aticSw W. ,unLAM
Marquette, Mich. Leroy W. MlDl'n'i'
PRoHBITIoNIsTs.
Tho following sentiments arc expressed by Myron
II. Walker:
IN Yes to a limited extent compared with no law,
or prohbitoiy law not enforced
1si Either enact a good prohibtory law, and pro
vide proper means OF enforcement, or Increase Donds
to $4,000 forbid liquor dealers from becoming oon1s-
men require the owner Of the property where the
saloon IL situated to be one of the bondrnen give the
board tho right to reject and all bonds at their
OF an CERTAIN percentage 81 the residents Of the
voting precinct where the saloon Is to be situated
or so@e fair OF ali residents
that voting precinct limit the number OF saloons so
as not 10 exceed ono every 500 Of the population,
make the tax on dealers In malt liquors equal to that
upon dealers in spritnous liquors, put under no CIR
cnmstance Increase the amount Of revenue derived
append the following table. which will show the
number of liquor dealers revenue aeriVed etc., ana
n.,,.,. 1873 55 $3.50 t lsss
sss 5000 s .is
increase OF dealers 1ssOo 1856 % el0 Per cent
Increase OF revenue. 1880 to 1886. 1913 $40
Thus an increase of nearly two and half times In
the burden OF taxation imposed upon liquor dealers
has not suced to keen their increase down to that OF
the population since 1880 BeSidns. In TINS cry, az
shown by The United states Government permits, 20
per cent OF liquor dealers pay no state tax In
Detroit the proportion IS yet greater In country places
less But say 10 per cent pay no tax and hence
are not included above the total number OF dealers
in tho state for 1896 would be 3.235. If we compare
1886 with 1875. which Is the most favorable showing
that can be made for the law. we find that the de.
crease I'm number Of saloons is % 21O per cent OF
the increase I'm taxation thereon.
These results I'm spite 81 the fact that since
1878 the restrictive and prohihory features OF The
law have family increased In nnmter and riFor.
Tho year 1875 rho first OF the tax law, which
was then very weak In this city In 1896. rs per
cent OF the bondsmcn Of the saloon-kecpors either
wholesale quor dellars brewers showing that the
law has put the control OF the business into the hands
| of few and thus made them moro powerful for
| ovIl-liouor monopollss. The revenue derived rom
the business has become q weghty argument against
prohibition, and seems to make the saloons almost
| necessity TO taxpayers. MIRON ii. WALKER.
Grand Rapids, Mich