The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-11
THE AUSTRIAN PLAN.
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From the buffalo Commercial.
So much interest is felt iu the laws for
the suppression of inebricty, the prohibi-
ton of the manufacture and sale OF alco-
holic liquors, and for what is called gcn-
feel surr our readers will thank us for Civ
ing them tive benefit of mt,ch Of the infor-
nation we find i'm a letter of remarkable
value. from Vienna tn the Boston Truas-
crspt. The correspondent starts out with
tlse assertion that thcrs. L. not nearly as
much drunkenness i'm A~listria'as there is
i'm America. And why: Simply hss.Alse
the Austrian government takes steps and
practical steps they arc-to regulate the
sale and iss, of liquor and tai punish So
verify all who trs.spslss upon the iudtil-
gcncc of the law. whether in the sale or
consumption. To ls,gin with, the amount
ot alcohol c''ntaiiissi m -pirisuo,'s LIQUORS
il the basis of taxation ia the first in
stance; thus all the distillcrics are under
government inspection. and not only the
Ier cent. OF alcohol - determined, hut the
amount prusiucsd must bs. restricted Ia
certain limits. In Austria proper the
amount of alcoho, thai can bc produced
ls.r auntn i'm whatever fos ms IL may aU-
pear. is about 3,tDk.UUo.UU gallons i. a..
with reference tai distilled spiriuio,is
Liquors livery gallon of alcohol pays a
tax of about Stu Ia the government, and
here the principle of higi, license comes
in. Moreover, those who sell liquor con-
tanning ingredients danger ms to- health,
il convicted, pay n fine that may reach
SluO for the first ~oifcnss. and iu ease of
repetition the offender may tc prohibited
from ever nhanufacturing ar selling.
so much for the scllcr-now tor the
!r'ukcr. When anyone IL publicly found
drunk ana disorsl.rIy, the laws in some
provinces fix IA penalty of one months
Imprisonment ar IA fine az $50 for the first
~oifensc, and the penalties accrue to the
proprictors of places where liquors are
sold who sell tn those who are. intoxicated
or to- minors. Whoever il punished 10y
law three times during the year for drunk
s.isncss can he prohibited from entering
places where liquors are sold for ~ year
towns immediately surrounding H.. Any
infringement of this law * liable tn "a pen
atty of one months imprisonment or SO
fine. The law relating to the sale OF
liquors. and tn the penalties for drunken
ness must he plainly printed and posted
i'm ~ conspicuous place. and i'm all the dif-
fereUt languages spoken tlIs'ts.in, NOT only
the customary manner, hut in all places
where liquors arr. sold at retail.
lhsss, arr. tle main features OF the sys-
tenn in "a country that il now sending vast
numbers OF ~cmigrants to these, shores.
The result of the SYSTEM, as the Tran
scripts correspondent REPORTS, il that
theirs. is very little drunkenness seen, ami
are sold. In Vienna, with "a population OF
over l,uDD,OnO inhabitauts, there arr. about
40 places that would in America be called
aloons. In Buffalo, with "A population of
not over .;u,Du. there are about 100 sal
looms. Ii IL not pretended that the Aus
trian system * anything like. perfect; hut
an account of il ~ interesting as iowiu
what can bc done when "a government IL
rigid in attempt to enforce. a. modified
livh li,.Cilt.,. %NStgnt.