Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-04
y. %. O. Q. Column.
I. o. G. T. DIRECTORY OF ADD.
SON COUNTY,
FAILURE OF HIGH LICENSE.
(COnfinued. \

Voice in New York from reports from
different officials in Al High License
cities and 80 Low License cities in the
United States. The reports are for
the year 'SS. The population in the two
groups of cities Is about the same.
New York is among the Low License
cities and Chicago is among the High
License cities. The High License cities
have Just about One-half as many licensed
saloons as the Low License cities. The
total number of arrests in the High
License cities was 2l6,13 and in the
Low License cities BOOST. The arrests
for drunkenness and disOrderly conduct
in High License cities was l2l,S77, and
in Low License cities l22179. In High
License cities there was one arrest for
each &c 6 of the population, and in Low
License cities, one for each 376. The
arrests for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct in High License cities were one
for each Sc and in Low License cities
one for each 81 This witness does not
show High License to too much adj
vantage over Low License for restrain
ing and lessening drunkenness and
crime.
The prison commissioners of Mass
achusetts, are said to make the most
thorough report on crime of any state
commission. In their reports for 1890.
and 81 we find the following figures {;
Boston, which is High License made S.20
arrests for each 100 of population,
while Cambridge, which is prohibition,
made 247 arrests for each 100 of pop
ulation-Only about One-fOurth as many.
| Boston made GO arrests for drunks and
Cambridge 1.13 - one-fifth as many.
| The nineteen License cities made 81
arrests to 100, population, while the SIX
prohibition cities made only , 30 arrests
for 100 of population. While the nine
/ teen license cities made 100 arrests for
drunkenness, the six prohibition cities
made only l.34 to 100 population. Yet
all of the prohibition cities are near
enough to Boston to reap some of the
evils of her saloons.
But let us take the same city under the
different conditions of license and no
license. Worcester, Mass, was license
city in lSS9-90, the license year ending
April 80; and in lS90-9l it was nO-license
or a prohibition city. The records OF
the police department show total arrests
for 1890, when under $1,000 license fee
to have been 1916, while the following
year, '909l, under no-license, they were
$3.50, falling off of 257. The arrests
for drunkenness during the year OF
license were 1926, but during the year OF
no-license 1890, showing 1889 in favor
of no-license. Yet Worcester has gone
license so much, and has been license
for some years since 81, that there mus
have been large element of her pop
ulation during the nO-licepse year from
April 30 80, to April 30, 81, who were
opposed to the law and would use al
the freedom they dared in violating it
Still no license was a vast improvement
over $1,000 license, even under sucf
unfavorable circumstances.
The High License lawof Massachusetts
Is well supplied with restrictive clauses
1t allows only one saloon to each 1901
of population, except Boston, where thu
limit is one to 800 of population. L
allows no license to be granted for
saloon within 400 feet of public school
1t prohibits sales of liquor from l.
o'clock at night until 6 in the morning
and on Sundays, except to guests of al
inn. 1t requires that none but gOo(
standard liquor, free from adulteration
shall be sold. 1t prohibits the sale o
delivery of liquor to known drunkard
or to an intoxicated person, or to on
/ known to have been drunk within si1
months, or to a minor for his own or 70
aDother's use, or to one helped b.
,, public charity within a year. 1t for
bids all disorder, prostitution or illega
gaming on the premises or on an.
communicating premises. 1t prohibit
all sale of liquors on election days ant
on holidays, and requires the licens
to be put up In a conspicuous place Of
the premises. Whoever sells liquor to
minor for his own or for another's use
or allows a minor to loiter upon hi
premises where liquor is sold, shall for
felt 800 to the parent ,or guardian o
1 such minor. Any person employing on
, who habituallyl drinks to excess ma,
5 give notice in writing to any persol
+ requesting him not to sell to sucl
4 habitual drinker, and if he does ma
recover 500 to 5000. Any person re
: ceiving injury in person or property o
support from an intoxicated person an
because of such intoxication, may n
1 cover damages from the one selling tn
- intoxicant. Such, with various other;
are the restrictions of the Massachsett
: High License law, and yet it is fallur
from the standpoint of temperance
! HI,
according to government reports.
Such testimony might be brought in
any extent desired, but enough is said t
show the failure of High License as
temperance measure to do away wit
drunkenness and crime in any appreciabI
degree.
: In large measure the facts thus ia
make out whole case against this elias
Of liquor laws; but in other article
further evidence will be brought