Washington sentinel., 1901-04-13
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the Connecticut Legislature listened Il
arguments last week In favor of a bill
providing a penalty for the unlswfu
withholding Of vessels containing NAL
liquors. President N. w. Kendall o
the QuinnipIac Brewing Company o
New Haven spoke for the measure. He
said that some idea of the losses tc
breweries by the withholding OF hogs
heads barrels and kegs might be had
from the fact that bis company values
its delivery vessels at $So, 900. Each
year the comDany's losses IN this direc-
tion are from $1,000 to $4,000. sum
greater than all its bad debts. He
claimed that many of the company's
hogsheads WIRE now doing duty in the
country as rain barrels. What the
breweries wanted was a penalty for
people who unlawfully dispose Of the
vessels.
AT the recent town elections
throughout the State Of Minnesota the
people have demonstrated beyond
doubt that they do not want local option,
county option, prohibition. blind pigs,
voted for license all along the line.
There is no doubt but that the recent
disgraceful acts OF the Nation woman in
Kansas have opened the eyes of the
people to the consequences OF prohibi.
tion, and that the landslide was in great
measure the result OF the Kansas riots.
But whatever the cause, the fact remains
that never has Minnesota gone so unan-
imously "wet" as at this election. Only
very small percentage OF the towns in
the State voted dry, and towns that have
never known a saloon in the past were
carried by the "wets" by a respectable
majority,
The Miscellaneous Section of the
Central Federated Uaion of New York
has decided to start an agitation for
more liberal Sunday laws, especially
with regard to saloons. a bill for
presentation to the Legislature as been
indorsed providing for opening the
saloons on Sundays between I and 2
O'Clock in the afternoon and between
and IA in the evening.
Local option seems to have been
given body blow IN the State elections
of Michigan this spring, Dry victories
were the exception, while "wet" ones |
were the rule the State over. The great |
majority of counties which had tried /
local option were only too glad to let go
of 1t and thank their lucky stars that
matters were no worse.
New York's latest pure food bill
desiRnates pure fermented liquors as
those made of purely agricultural pro.
ducts to the exclusion of glucose, sub
stitutes and chemicals. II requires all
ale, beer ana porter thus made, chem
icallY or artifciallY, in imitation OF the
genuine product, to be branded artificial
ale, beer or porter, as the case may be.
No attempt is made to forbid the con.
sumer from drinking the artificial goods.
1t requires, however that wherever
beer, ale or porter is sold or
there shall be displayed
sign reading Artificial Beer Sold
Here" or s lie or porter, as the case may
be.
One Of the most obnoxious features OF
the bill is that which confers upon the
state Commissioner OF Excise the right
10 enter any brewery at any time and
to do what he pleases with
all the materials found there, if he has
'eason to believe that the law is being Z
,iOlated there.
In accordance with the resolution c
'assed by the Board OF Trustees, the S
Ist Convention of the United States II
'rewers' Association will be held at Z
'uffalo, N. Y. on Wednesday and v
thursday, June 5th and 9th, 1901, at the a
Ierman American Hall, corner Main ! a
nd High streets. Buffalo was selected ! b
the request of many members who | Ii
elieYed that the Pan American Expo ic
ltion, so vast and varied. so instructive ii
nd industrially interesting as this will tc
e. cannot but secure for the convention OF
ON among those who wish to combine M
usiness with pleasure such attendance q,
5 the vital Importance of pending oil
iatters renders ildisPensably necessary
New questions are constantly arising b,
trough the attempted enforcement Of re
lie prohibitory ordinances applying to ~
vahston, HYDE Park and other local E
'tion sections OF Chicago. and are di
Iely to transpire for some time vet. e
he result of the suppression of the IN
ensed saloons and groceries supplying 81, 81
luors under jug" license, has been th
e establishment OF any number tn
'blind pigs" in the prohiOitory sec TIC
ms, the detection, raiding and prose- 90 -.
ton of which keeps the entire neigh co
rhood in an uproar. Prohibitionists
sm to have overlooked The fact which ioI
II probably soon be revealed at the Ca
lis that the population OF these
ody goody suburbs has greatly in
,ased since they became part of the
:. wicked domain of Mayor Harrison,
! that large proportion of the new
IuisitIons cannot be set down in
prohibition column They are not
with the constant efforts to a
,rIve them Of the right to exercise Civ
ir own Judgment as to what they loc
II eat. drink. ETC., and the result is a bet
Ouse divided against ITSELF" the atic
, OF which it is hardly necessary for ,ou
10 enlarge on. che
he
-Rumors have been industrjousIv and
:ulated of late in regard to proposed Rur
solidation of breweries IN western Cor
-yland. West Virginia and eastern per,
o, with headquarters at Cumberland, erty
Onti,ns baya haan oL,,i,a,I - plea