Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
THE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
AN ANSWER TO WHAT To Do WITH
THE SALOON"
ARTICLE ".

under our present license system; and
now summarize BY saying: (D. II
a municipality or its voters really de-
sire to lessen the number of places
where liquor is sold, they may grant
only a very limited number of licenses
or even none. (2). If they really de-
sire to put the business into better
hands they may grant the license only
to the most earnest or even christian
temperance men (3). II they desire
to eliminate the sellers interest-his
profits-they may enlist only tire same
class OF temperance men that they
would if they had the Gothenburg
system, who are willing to over
see the business for the good Of hui
manity, . with little,or no recompense.
II one temperance man, steward,
elder or deacon is unwilling to assume
the responsibility alone, he and his
brother temperance men. stewards,
elders or deacons in each church can
form a partnership company, as saloon
men are constantly doing, and hire
some reliable man to conduct the sell
ing, dispensing all profits as the Goth.
system would az. If the city in
sists on its revenue for the full num-
Der of saloons. each partner in each
company may take olt license, and
these may then ~ continued in rs few
places for sale rs may be deemed neces-
sary to accomplish this purpose, as
many perhaps Is there are churches
(5. Regulations as strict as any
Goth. company, can beapplied TO each
place; pure liquors only need be sold;
minors and drunkards may be cXclud-
ed, and every other advantage claim
ed for the Goth system, can be seeur-
ed by these simple means chal-
lenge anybody Go same one single adj
vantage which the Goth. system gives,
that this plan viii not
! admit that it municipal officers or
voters win not improve the opportun-
ity under one, they viii not under the
other As a lawyer, however, who
has studied the matter thoroughly. /
believe there is nothing standing in
the way Of the plan | propose Gre
member do not sanction or advocate
either SYSTEM except the disposition
u oltcials' or t'ie iaVN - Po"e' 20
elec' soou o'' = ~ teiu7'i - oo'isS!-
cense and manage the business If
any of these are lacking in the one
case, they viii be in the other Ii,
no"e'ei' the3 are Pos7iiie' ,neil / ne
'ioIe plohioi'loii = aiso p'ssioie'
lle'in9 'n1lN @''' ou' own y STEM
paftiai!y ana SHOWN What Il posslp!e
"u',eI ~ ! Wish ~ l''ttilsl compare y
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eousistihS ~ stocAho'0ets aao oirec-
'oFs, 20 T. our sys5ei'l. Every muhl-
ciPaH1y' WIN ~ mas tAe company
y len ne f0'eI7 'Ie genera ,,l-
rectors and the memhers II the city
e y, Nlllase 'o'1S',, of 'o"h hoafa'
~ .,'eis 60. IS ''''' 7l'set1' "i,oc-
."t9 tue iicehsi'l4 committee FAC
~ payers are thc stoeelloiaefs. eaeh
S'i,-t''iS " the pIel''7 " proportion 81
'He amount oi properly ae mas 1aAea'
anl Sel'il,2 ne aiN.aea -. even i he
opposes tie 7alo"n. " men 20 70
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