The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-27
Dealers Views About the
Liquor Business.
Believes Free Schem. Should
Be Abolished.
Gold In Sea Water-A Discovery
That viii Attract Attention.

Not all liquor dealers hereabo take
the same sensible view OF their business
as does one with whom the Gossiper
talked recently. This dealer does not be-
lieve in the organization of men in the
LIQUOR business which is now In progress
ali over the country and in the various
cities and towns of this State.
"rhere is not the slightest reason that
can see for the forming OF these or
ganizations OF liquor dealers; hut there
are a good many arguments against 1t.
OF course the claim 10 made that there Is
nothing political in the movement. That
we have all heard before, but we all
know that once organized politics be-
come the important and controlling
factor. Moreover the very fact that the
liquor dealers band themselves together
'for mutual protection as they put 1t,
arousss the prohibition people to still
greater activity and invites the attacks
on the trade that the dealers pretend they
wish to avoid. As far as am concerned,
sec no reason for such organization. A
man In this business should be able to
conduct 1t properly without dependence
on any association and without the in
structious and guidance of men from
Ohio, who are the head and front OF the
movement nowin progress here.
"what the liquor dealers should do is
to strictly observe the law and they will
need the protection of no association.
Let them carry on their trade just as the
| marketman, the groceryman or the
| restaurant keeper does and not use the
| "freo Iunch'' iasa 90 a q bait with which
| 10 attract Gu ct omsrs to their bars. Why,
| take a walk through the streets and you
| will be able to count dozens ano dozens
| OF saloons In the windows of which
are such signs 40 hot chowder free."
4" steamed CLAIMS free," and many
more. OF course this Is uone
| to attract ira lie and haven't any doubt
that 1t injurcs the business OF the eating
houses 1t seems to me 1t could be just
as legitimate for the keepers OF restaur-
ants to put free beer or free whisky signs
in their windows. II they did so, how
ever, what q nowl would go up from
the liquor dealers, and how they would
prste about the injustice OF such competi-
tion. The fact. is the Lawmakers ought
to take q hand and put q stop to tins free
lunch business in liquor saloons. 1t is a
nuisance at least, and bound TO injure
every dealer sooner or later, whether he
resorts to this plan OF increasing mis- trade
| or not"
In this gold seeking age the announce
msnt that sea water contains fairly
uniform, though small quantity, of gold
is sure to attract the attention and in
tersst of spectators. This will be SO
especially W hen they learn that there exists
in solution In sea water many millions OF
tons of gold. such would appsar to be eu,
case, accord ing to Professor Livcrsidge,t the
professor in chemistry In Sydney Univer-
sity. In O very remarkable and exbaus-
tive series of experiments which he has
made there Is considerable evidence In
favor of gold being present in the sea
wnter of the New south Wales coast in
the proportion Of about half to one grain
per ton, or in round numbers, from l3(
to 26O tons OF gold per cubic mile. This,
of course, means an enormous amount fol
the whole of the ocean, the cubic contents
of which are put down approxim stely al
400, OCT, 900 cubic miles, and. IL the golo
be uniformly present at the rate of on'
grain per ton, the total amount would b
over 100, 600, 600, 600 tens OF gold.