The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
OF The DRUNKARD
WIDE DIFFERENCE or THE LATJ
IN DIFFERENT STATES.
VIII Nnercoce Also In Inc Number or
Arrests for Intoxication Fines Rang.
ing Prom s0 Cents tn 500 -Imprsser-
mont ef From Five Days tn fIye Years

The legal treatment OF the drinkard
IL a p~rplexing problem In administration
In every populous cenire. The fact that
In the last fscal year for which statistics
nre available. no fewer than si2 on an-ss-
for intoxication were recorded In the Ire
largest cities OF the United States lDdi-
cafcs the economic and social magnitude
~ the quc~iio on. The attitude Of legisla-
turr@ and police departments toward In
ebrietv l. n study In Diversity.
The policy 81 tho poic- oward drunken
individuals varies 80 widely In different
citie s that no cumnon ratio exists between
tho numl-r 81 arrests for intoxication
md the volume 81 drinking In the pro-
hihition city Of Portland. Me tho years
arrests for drunkenness aggregated Az.
81 y Ia every ZOO population In Toledo,
Ohio. when. there were ca licensed saloons
and where. undcr Mayor Jones. the practios
~ official leniency toward dninkards OBJ
tsins. therc were only sa7 arrests for drink-
enne--. or = 20 every I 600 Inhabitants.
Although Cleveland has less than three
times 'he population Of Toledo. the census
81 IL arrested drunksrds was nearly twenty
one times a. great ~ that In Mayor Jones's
municipality In Hartford. Conn. with
7i4 saloon- and with a somewhat rigorous
police policy. the arrests Of victims Of
inebrietv numbered ass. or 81 10 each
leo population. while in Bridgeport. Ia
the same S,ate. with 3I2 saloons. the arrests
footed up only 7st. or n TO every 1000 resi-
dents.
In wide open Now York the arrests sus
intoxication were ~ 10 each 1000 peoplss
IN d~corous Philadelphia. ~ "a each 1000
In intellectual Boston, - 10 each I.OpOr
ann W "~' -"'lhAuhg NihNauAo"' WIN NV
licensed saloons, o to each 100. These
figures. ~elec,iv. in character and capabl~
~ ahupdan, examination disnl.y down
-, I.~-,nar "a r., .-.....-
''s" ''S.''fa"'F' ~" Wv" '&Piaih'''"u
lies largely In the VARYING local policies
Of polior authorities In dealing with the
xo,a-;.s of yr,s
-.-., .n .,.,.-
L11, !"
drunkenness rang" through wild" extremes
The statement that fines for in,oxication
run from 20 c.r,s in one State 10 s,0O IN -ey-
.,ral other States. and TIM, imprisonn eis
,nT the oyence varic. from Eve days ,o
Ave yoars sh,o.s With striking haldnes.
Inc different, ANGLES az y,sion Yr,n, ub,ch
fascinating assemblies view tho sub;ec,-
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