Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-11-28

system has been adopted to greater or
less extent in South Carolina, North Caro-
lima. Georgia and Alabama.
'In South Carolina, whore n state mo-
nopoy has been adopted. the dispensaries
are under centralized tStateD management
but where the dispensary system has been
adopted without state monopoly the dis
pensarlcs are managed locally
when the dispensary system is strictly
enforced rs n state monopoly. the only al
tentative to the dispensary is prohibition.
There are, however,. states in which the
dispensary is not n State monopoly, but in
which the localities can adopt the system
or not, as they may determine. Within the
limits of these states there may be some
districts under the dispensary system,
others under prohibition. and others again
under some form of license:
to reduce the evil Of the liquor traffic by
taking it out of private hands; and, sec
ond, to retain the whole of the profit for
State and municipal purposes"
Under. the heading, '"Results Of the
South Carolina State monopoly" the au-
thor continues:
"Certan advantages of the system are
undeniabe. 1t has the great merit which
attaches to any system under which the
liquor trade is taken out OF private hands,
namely, that administrative reforms which,
under private license are either unat-
tanable or can only be secured after an
easy of attainment. Not only has the or
binary saloon been abolished but the
places for, the, sale of drink have been
greatly reduced in number. the hours of
sale have been shortened, sales to minors
are not allowed, sales on credit have been
done away with. and gambling and the i'm
moral accessories of the public house no
longer exist. The limitation of sale to
sealed bottles which may not be opened on
the premises. does. away with the treating
habit. Further the bartender having no
inducement to push sales, the enforcement
of bylaws can be secured. and the domina-
ton of the whisky rings in politics has be-
come thing of the past"
Results In North Carolina
Regarding the results in North Carolina
the following statements are quoted: 1.-The
Rev. A. j. McKelway, pastor of the Pres
Apo in 1890, gives the following account
of the early history of the system. In 1897
he, in company with the other pastors of
the town, began a movement for n dispen-
sary there in place of the twelve saloons
with which the town was afflicted Blank
petitions were sent to the ministers and
while were. returned with a thousand
names in all. praying the legislature to
pass dspensary law for the county. The
measure was holly contested in the legls-
lature by the Liquor Dealers Associat IN
of the State, which seemed to recognize he
danger Of the movement to them. and ad-
vised its members in Fayetteville to join
hands with the Prohbitionists and enact a
prohibition law, rather than have dis
/ pensary put into operation. But the Pro-
hibltionlsts were not to be taken with
guile. They unanimously supported the
dispensary movement, and the bill passed
both branches of the legislature
1.-The experiment was attended with
great success; not only the twelve saloons
In Fayetteville, but nineteen distlleres
that drunkenness, and the crimes resulting
therefrom, decreased about one-half,' and
It was estimated that the consumption Of
liquor was reduced by, two-thrds.
"Mr. McKelway adds: In Charlotte
population 1880. II. 300. tie most pro
gressive city Of North Carolina. two min
listers two laymen, and the Writer of this
article met in conference and arranged for
sending out circulars and blank petitions
fI., itti -ta of all la OH
county. The movement spread like wild
fire. Through the snow ana Sleet Of the
great blizzard the conrlcrs went on horse
back. from house TO house. securing sigma
lures. In Charlotte n mass meeting was
held, and more than hundred citizens
volunteered to 20 to Raleigh carrying the
largest petition ever signed in North
Carolina county. with 300 names Of
voters. The House passed the bill unani-
moHsy, but it was defeated in the Senate,
because the Senator from tie county con-
cerned had pledged himself to TIE saloon
keepers during the campaign. But the
matter has been merely postponed and 1t
Is only IA question of time when the sa-
looms in Charlotte and in North carolina
generally will be superseded by dispense
ries or closed by prohibition. In the smaller
towns prohibition will prevail. In the
the leaders of the reform rs preferable
even to prohibition. for under prohibition
the danger of blind tigers has to be taken
into consideration. The blind tiger dlHcit
system
While this is not the case IN Chafles-
town, South Carolina. ii appears to be true
of the smaller towns in that state.
another correspondent of Tie outlook
after two years study OF the system
states that il has eliminated he grog shop
influence from politics; and, dwelling upon
point ever present 10 the best cltlzenS III
the United States. adds; Wherever there
are saloons they become. If not the >ei!d-
quarters of political dcmagogues. the prln-
cipal means by which they carry OUT tneir
plans; and usually, when the aggregated
saloon interests are lined up in the active
support of any man or measure. then. gen
orally speaking it is well for selt-respect-
Ing voters to be on their guard against
them. The dispensary system eIectually
removes this evil"
In n chapter headed 'Thc Government
Spirit Monopoly in Russia" the following
facts are presented: "Thc system was in
PRODUCED. by way of experiment. in four OF
the eastern provinces in January of ls9';
From the beginning of the second half OF
1896 1t became the common law of the EN-
pire. and only the preparatory work OF
hac sin 1a1 n n :