The sun., 1901-08-24
rHE xAINE Law As 1T rs.
the Observations and Somewhat intem-
perate Conci,,xions ef m Outsider.

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To rnE EuIroR or THE sus-Sn: The
Rev Samuel y Pearson. Sheriff Of Cum
bcrland county. 81 which this place, Long
fellows -bcsutihIl town that i suited by
the rca,s l. the shire city. h receiving a
great deal of press matter In laudsti"n 81
his course In closing up liquor saloons.
raiding the harroonis 81 seaside hotels.
and chasing after picnickers rusp~ctcd
of the intention ~ putting n stick In lem
onsde Every day -Ne- men and women
active In the Prohibition party IN other
States coming here 10 see how the pic
turesaue and peculiar liquor shrriffs do
their duty. and tho sensible persons among
the visiting Pruhihitionists GO away con
vinced tina, the Maine Liquor law In an
organized hyprcri-y contrived for tho
specific purpose of making the vending
Of intoxicating beverages In Maine state
monopoly
For saying, away back In the "fiftie- >
Of the past century. that the Neal Dow aw
was a rank humbus. the lat" Janee &. blan'
was cut by certain eocial circles In Maine.
and men who lived 10y smuggling excisahle
goods and who dealt In slaves brought
from Africa In their own ships used to
pass by Mr. Blaine without recognizing
him b-causa he did not believe that the
Maine Liquor !aw was anything but run.
ming deal wharcby the liquor traffc was
controlled Ivy a ring For four long years .
Mr. Blaine said he was not invited to eat
a meal In a private house In Portland. only
because 81 HE attitude toward the Neal
Dow laws Afterward. Mr. Blaine, like
many others who had political interests.
lined up with the alleged friends Of the
Aatn., Ia thaV than ln gagftfRe6 10 tho
wrath ~ the billiards who affected "a be-
heve that the Maine law was Intended 10
stamp out intsmp"ranC"
II + true that there are neither brcweries
nor diS,illerie- In Maine, hut that l. hecaus"
for many wears the liquor intereetS OF other
States have contributed literally toward
the propagation Of Prohibition docirineS
IN Maine. ~ that co,lrse enhbled them Ia
reduce competition and control the supply
Of liquors sold In this state
The whole machinery for seizing wines,
malt beverages and spirits II designed
only for the purpose Il throwing the liquor
trade into the town liquor agencies. In
this city there II city liquor agency
which carries n large stock Of what chemists
who have analyzcd the spirits pronounc"
inferior to the sorts v"nded In N" f"Nee
Joints of New Orleans. Anybody can get
any kind 81 alcoholic beverage without any
trouble whatever NJ the city and town
liquor agencies. and all day long the student
Of prohibition In Maine may see -'esdy
procession Of men and women buying
liquors at the agencies
The other dav while the two reverend
Sherirs Pearson and Sitlling-, were raid
ing a saloon where they got about q worth
OF whi-heN' u" 'i'y hq."'
serving a hrg" quanuty OF SUN va Fa'n'
ing PARTY from New York Summer tour
ists In Maine fnd their mail Uttered with
advertising matter advising them that
the choicest wines, liquors, ale~ and portcrr
NAV lT had OF w" h'lunt asr''f'~ run ~
the state; t""h- ana cn'-
few DAYS ago man 9i educhtlon ahu
refinement VINO served ms country hpo'y
N IN" 'lNu Mar wa. I'h''~d ,F''o.r w -,
iathei- OF MaiUe ny, "' w
his drinking habits lnece~-itat"d The APP
pointment oi GUARDIAN over ms anAlis
That man waH Tor wears nara N9tAe' lh
IN" cau-' nl Itohpl.lph. W." pu
pose of reforming certain abuses IN own
liquor agencies, he applied Tor ana was
appointed Ia ono" a. l!yuor Ag"h' IN one
OF m" largest cities "' MAIN. some uine
thereafter he hecafne 80 hahhtua''Sl '" .he
tasting of hquorr that be b"gan to ie,l that
he needed -tiinulanu OF that sort ana Sonh
he Was drinking as much liquor ne many
Of the most active leader OF prohbi'lnh
Ia this stat" hoist aboaru p~hinu the ci"-su
doors OF their studi- ana hntaf,
Every New iork"f VINO N,s.'s u,r ~
note- WIN su'prl-N ulHI 'no," ,I 49,.
are seen on the r're''u oI tile "'.'e !'",
than are -een on the prncipai r'teen o,
New YORK. The reason tqr th's va,
everything pp--lhle mas us|,h 9"ue ~
years Ia promote w" AL" OF nara SUN w
the town and city liquor agencies lager
beer IL not sold NJ th"-e places h,~"uS
" would take too much OF " Va max" th"
customers drunk What IN" cunning wire
pullcr- ~ III" stat" ana town nquoi rlIs
like To do l. 10 sell t"rty-t"n Nhiss"t
and kill .me-quick GIN 40 that most "l me
buyers of IN" farming and nsh.rinah las ,.i.'',
may b'come a. iuil as s"atS lT''pie kc''i.s
out 81 town OF on hoard vessels, '" uls emo
that they may h" plcked w drunk ana run
through the hopper ~ the tnunlcipa c"ur,
Ia the great proht OF thos" VINO rhle the
local roost
IL would pay students oi mnnlclpa, re-
form to come Va MAIN" anu ''>rn ,ns n,e'l'ou-
hy which the friends of the existing ANU
liquor Law rAglm" clean out he p3cke'S
Of the victims of the town ana Guy hqunr
agencies Of IN" last cent No haru mas vac
regime prc--sd upon the hsh"rtneh ON
this coast that throughout thu summer
hotel and boarding -hous' henlF.s n"