The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-26


it p 70 purchase eli the liquor to be sold
in the state. He 10 to bay none but the
besg liquors. The commissioner - total
abssainer and Prohibisionist. Only one
dispenser or retail dealer is to be allowed
to zach county. except in Charleston and
Columbia counties, which are to have ten
ans three dispensers respectively. Appli-
CARTS for thess permits must be citizens OF
sh.. United States AMI Of South Carolina.
mist b Of good moral character, cannot
be druggists. hote.keepers, or keepers OF
restaurants, saloons or places OF public
amusement. and not addicted to the use Of
intoxicants ~ . beverage. As the dis
peVser must also have the Endorsement Of
. rasjority Of the freehold voters OF the
torn or city in which the permit 10 70 be
us,sd, it is believed that pany counties
will be compelled to go without any liquor
dispensary within their borders.
She state commissioner is required to buy
Of smanufacturers who do business in the
stese and these manufacturers can sell to
no;one in the state except the commits
si1ner. When the state commissioner has
DO light his liquor he must put it up in
packages holding not less than half = pint
nc: more than FIVE gallons. and when
shipping it to county dispensers to be sold
he must accompany II by proper certifi-
case. Dispensers cannot open these pack
agSs. but must sell them to purchasers
unoroken, and these purchasers must be
known to the seller - Of age and not in
the habit Of becoming intoxicated. The
buyer must also give in writing his age,
nssme. kind and quantity Of liquor re-
qTared. aud for whom the liquor Is needed.
The Prohibitionists do no: like this law,
asit does not forbid either the manufact-
urs or sale Of intoxicants, and it throws
out Of employment every saloon keeper in
the state. There are ss7 retail liquor So.
iopns and fourteen wholesale establish
msnts. employing 500 men and repre-
senting an Investment Of over 50, 00O, 600.
Tae liquor consumption of the state 10 es-
tisaated at 100000 gallons. The law al
lows the state commissioner to sell liquors
to retailers, or county dispensers, - they
are called. al 80 per cent. profit, and the
dispensers to sell it again At profit of an
other 50 per cent, all Of which profit 10 to
&C into the state, county and municipal
treasures.
The governor calculates that there will
b. nearly . million gallons of liquor sold
bi the dispensaries, and that the
NIT profit will be not less than
hslf million dollars for the first year.
Beer will be sold at the uniform price Of Is
cents bottle. The cheapest whisky will
b.: retailed TO the customer at So per gallon
dswn to 20 cents for half pint. The
liquors sold at 81 will cost half that much
Al the distiiieries, and will be the best OBJ
tainable at that price. Gov. Tillman has
found out that very little honest liquor is
aid In the state; that the dealers have
bsen using vessels from two to eight
Ounces below the requirements. He claims
tsat he has also discovered that nine
t',nths Of the liquor sold in the state il
from 60 to % per cent. proof. when 1t ought
te be i00 1t has been watered AZ well as
doctored. colored and sugared. The
whisky that will be sold by the dispensary
T..
,aan that now sold. and there will be alb
s;utely honest measure aud an absolutely
pare article.
The customer must buy his liquor be-
tween a. m. and 6 p. m he can make
ieat one purchase day: be cannot buy
l:ss than one-ha!f pint nor more than five
SALONS; he cannot drink his liquor on the
PREMISES. No credit Is given. All saloons
will thus be closed and no club can keen
Enything in the nature OF a bar Some of
the Prohibi,ionists are becoming recon-
oiled TO the law. They see the wholesale
'!auor dealers winding up their business
and leaving the state. since If the law is
;; success their vocation is gone. A Pro-
l,ibi:!cnist in a letter to the Charleston
se'rs and Courier argues that with the
iarrooms closed and the clubrooms de-
arrived of their liquor feature. and the state
sispensaries in charge of brave. honest
seeto,aIers we will have prohibition in all
:ut in name" The purchaser Of Honor
Sas To make out an application in writing.
stating his age and residence, for whom
snd for what the liquor is required. and
che dispenser reserves the right to ignore
yhs application II he knows the appiican.
10 he 4 minor. that he is intoxicated. that
&c - IN the habit of using intoxicating
liquors TO excess or that he wants the
;shissy from natural love and affection"
While druggists are permitted 20 purchase
- Whisky from taeir local dispensaries only
n, io per cent. above the cos; price, il can
soe used Tor no other purpose than the
compromising OF medicines. .inctures and
EXTRACTS. Gov. Til.man thinks tina. the
state Will clear half million of dollars
:ihc first year; that is success will per-
.saade other states 10 force :he Federal
! government 10 abolish the Internal .cyc-
| snne tax and levy An income tax 20 supply
/ ;'Ae deficiency. And after this has been
:cons the states severally will levy a high
,icense tax on she rc:sl. sale Of whisky.
/ beer AHl tobacco. ard thus derive the
benefits and euaelumcnts nos being en-
soyei by the Federal government
The e,!uca;ei, conservative men Of South
Caro'ins look upoa ths state disreasarv
tlsv as 8 wild. irnprsct!csale scheme. ~.
! tsrly impossible OF enforcement, and say
| tia; iss failure vii bankrupt the state
|. and they propose 90 disregard tia. section