The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-07

mad been made by them, and the Stat,
Inspector should send deputy in
spector to view the premises. will
power to approve or condemn.
Ihat the proposed vender should
submit to the deputy inspector three
copies Of the bill of liquors he pronosof
to purchase, and II the liquors were O.
approved brands the deputy inspector
should send ono copy to tho State in
spcctor, keep one himself and give Tho
third to tho proposed vendor anG
should give him shipping permit fol
each package he proposed to ship into
tho State, oach shipping permit to be
dated, signed and numbered.
When tho liquors arrived and the
vendor w0s ready tho deputy Inspector
should test tho quality and gauge the
quantity. and authorize the vender &c
put tho liquor into packages. That
the liquor should measure no more nor
no less than it measures in bulk and
the quality should be the same.
That for tho privilege to soil the
vender should pay to the State gradu.
ated privilege tax according to the
amount in the package, and that the
payment OF this tax should be shown bv
q label which should be signed by the
State Inspector, cOuntersigned by the
deputy inspector, dated, numbered
have tho amount Of the tax written on
its face and should be securely fastened
over the mouth Of the package. That
this tax should be something like two
cents for each half pint, four cents q
pint, eight cents u quart, sixteen cents
half gallon and thirty-two cents q
gallon.
That for tho privilege to sell the ven
der should also pay to the city gradual
ed tax for each package he proposes to
sell, according to tho amount in the
package, and that the payment of this
tax should bc shown by a label also
placed over the mouth of each package
and that the label should show the
amount OF such tax, be signed by the
mayor, countcrsigned by the clerk
dated and numbered.
That tho rcvonue to the cities and
towns from such privilege tax should
be expended for police purposes by the
cities and towns in such manner AZ
they may docidc.
Ihat the income to tho State from
such privilege tax should go first tC
The payment OF expenses Of tho Grim.
lnal courts, Jail fees, convict expenses
ana the expenses Of supporting and
protecting the poor in the county in
which tho tax is raised Second, tho
remainder should go into tho State
treasury and the expenses OF the in
sane hospital should be paid out OF it,
Third, and the residue should 90 tc
Lhc support OF the free public schools
Of tho State.
No pool tables, billiard tables, nc
game OF chance, no loahng, no opening
ol packages or drinking on the prem.
ises, no selling to minors or habitual
drunkards, should be permitted, and
no liquor to be sold except in the day
time and none on Sunday.
The vcnder should be given the right
to call on the city, town or State au-
ness.
HOW THE PLAN WILL. WORK.
Mr.. Maytield said he believed in
sobricty and good ordor, and while he
did not favor liquor drinking he be-
lleved that this plan afforded the best
restrictions that could be thrown
around the traffic. He contonded that
this plan would throw the RESPONSE
bility as to whether liquor should be
sold or not directly upon the people Of
cities and towns, and il they permitted
1t anu granted the privilege tncy would
~
tcct the man in his business to whom
they granted the privilege; that the
county receiving the privilege tax
would be bound to protect him in his
business aud that the State having
granted him the privilege to sell would
be also bound to protect him in his busi-
| moss.
| MIR. Mayiicld declared that under
| InlS plan each vendor would purchase
MS liquors from whomsOever he pleas
Cd, provided they wcre OF approved
brands and quality, become his own
leakage and breakago loser. his own
rent payer, his own insurance paycr,
his own clerk hire payer, his own bot.
tic buyer and bother and make his
own salary II he got any. In fact, the
vendor would bear all expenses and
the Income to the cities, towns, coun
ties and State would be almost entire.
~ net and tho amount Of this income
would astonish any one who would take
the pains to make the calculation. The
profit laid in dollars, he said, woul,
reach from the picnic grounds to the
public road many times over. He re
GREETED that since the matter was VI
that he did not have tho numbel
OF gallons that had been sold by the
dlspensary since it opened 50 h,
could show what the incomo to the
counties, cities, towns ana State woult
have been based on this plan. He sait
that under the present plan the cxpcn
ses OF operating the dispensary were
necessarily enormous, and there W..
no way to keep them down, and there
fore the profits from the dispensary
must necessarily be small as compared
with the profit under the other plan
III 1T were the purpose OF the State tt
make liquor boar the burden OF the evi
1t brought upon the country as far az
such thing was possible, he favored
such Il change as would mako the
revenue sufficient Tor the purpose, ant
! favored applying that revenue strictly
TO police purposes and thereby relieve
the people from the expenses of sup
porting the jatls, poor houses, insane
| asylums and criminal prosecutions, anC
he favored applying the remainder
there might be to the education of the
young against tho use Of liquor and
prepare them for manhood and woman
hood.
MIR. May6eld said he thought this
plan would overcome the most OF the
objections he had ever heard against
the disponsary law and would bring &c