Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-01-28
High License.

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High License.
One other feature that condemns the pres
ent system is the dangerous and debasing in.
flucnce Of secret drinking the fair faced and
and plausible exterior and the lie that is
wri ten on the inner lite of men.
We have some knowledge of the subter-
fuges and blinds provided, in order to hide
from Others, whom they prefer should he kept
in ignorance of the fact that whlskey is pur.
chased and in too considerable quantities to
he accounted, tor on the grounds of medicinal
necessities. Get from our common carriers
list of those whom they serve and check
that list as the service is repeated: learn from
them the intendcd.to.be plausible, but pain
fully transparent subterfuges INDUCED in,
both to account for the use and to cover the
receipt of whiskcy, fest preparing yourself
for some painful surprises and then sit in
| judgment on this feature rs it is most po-
tent factor in the degradation of men by de-
ceit and dissemination.
Learn further that in every case and most
naturally, these private purchases Increase in
frequency it ls the stage OF quiet indulgence
alone, that marks the man ms Il victim: it is
he that needs no longer the influence Of good
fellowship to lead to drink that is rapidly
passing the last limit of safety and who is
there so prcdujiced. so wlfully blind, to re.
fuse to see the absolutely certain tendency of
a system that nccessiates the purchase, if mt
all, in quantity: giving the largest amount
for the least money; placing it ever at his
private command until used giving his
weakness the advantage Of secrecy Of indul-
gencc and denying him any chance Of escape
from the temptation to overndn)grnce, alone
But, urdcr High License would not this
same purchsse in quantity he continued, be-
ing more coveniently effected?
1t assnrcdv would hut in extent wonder
fully lessencd, tor those informed at all,
know, that where liquor is sold. min -tenths
| of the hrnl sales arc made over the bar: the
purchase in quantity would surely he lessen
ed and ITS opportunity to work evil with the
young proportionatcly |cssencd and. mark
this point it is to protect those who have
not vet fallen victims to the bottle and jug
imp that we urge the repeal Of law that
prordfs only for that means OF possession.
We frankly confess that our aim is to les
sen the temptation for those who do not
drink, rather than to provide for the reacmpt-
/ :, hoe
been principally aimed to show the great OPP
portunitv and resultant temptation, not only
possiblc. but existent IN fact, under the pres.
ent system and its balcful and insdious IN.
nuence upon the youth growing up.
We now come to the second view point,
viz that of business eXpedlcncy.
I'm this branch Of the subject we shall sim.
ply state things as we think we see them and
let them weigh as they may, without refer
ence to the moral side of the Issue. This
may seem to some to bear upon its face IA
tai element of weakness, hut the fairly intel.
ligent and fairly liberal Interpretation OF
history, as we have watched It's making,
warrants the statement that the moral and
religious worlds do at times weigh questions
Of business expediency.
We have heard Of hut few who have been
induced to do business at any point IN this
| district on the grounds thnt no liquor is sold
here 1t has brought no factories owing to
the protection against drink thus thrown
around (?) the workmen it has on the other
Inv or obnp die tn ~ liar In
caltics.
The sale Of liquor here would mean the
sale of other things, now purchased else
where:
Transient trade at the hotels and perma-
nent dodgers especially in the summer, would
be increased by the judiclous'y r. stricted
sale Of liquor: these are statements devoid
alike Of sentiment and possibility of disproof
Travelling men MS a rule and vast maJcr,
ity of those who leave the city to sojourn in
the country during the heated term arc men
given TO indulgence to a greater or less ex-
tent in drink. mo License" Is expedient at
Pen Mar: not SO Mt the Blue Mountain
| House and the new Buena Vista; in q word
Local Option and Summer Resorts arc
antagonistlc: more, one or the other must go,
1t is all one sided rs Judged from the stand
point Of business eXpediency.
We have now concluded our articles on
Local Option and in our next issue shall
ventlate the subject of High License. We
wish to state explicitly that we advocate the
substitution of the latter for the former: that
we prefer to see Local Option stand, to a
return to License as it exists elsewhere in the
county, but, for the reason that it will be
easier to secure High License with Local
Option prevailing than were Local Option
simply repealed and it is High License that
we're after. Between Local Option as We
have 1t and License as it Is III the county, il
would be but choice of evils; while High
License remedies the excuses committed
under the latter and destroys lie jug aEt
bottle imp OF the former.