Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-11-03

light than did the Doctors letter TO |
the MONITOR. We place this matter |
before our readers and leave it to
them to judge as to the relative con-
ditions existing between license and
no-license towns and also to consider
the question of how eli true Yer
monte1s should vote in case high
license local option bill is placed
before them by the present legislature.
ssRev. Burton Minard of North Attleboro
offers to The Sun readers the following
article. The comparisons he draws are not
uncomplimentary to Attleboro, and there
is food for plenty of thought in the figures
he quotes from the county records:
"'To the Editor of the Sum
"sTHE GRoG SHOP VERSUS PROSPERITY.
'''It has long been the contention of
temperance reformers that the grog- shop,
like vermin on animals, causes a stunted
growth and general debility of the mental,
moral and material condition of any COM
munity infested by it. This contention S
founded on facts and not on the vagaries
of hot headed fanatics.
"'Why is it that prohibition Maine has
1922 deposited in its savings banks for
every man, woman and child in the state.
while high license Ohio has only S1O.71;
Illinois $13.43 and Pennsylvania S16.72?
The greater proportion of these deposits
are made by the laboring people, upon
whom the grogshop chiefly preys. The
laboring man cannot spend his money over
| the bar for drink and have comfortable
bank account at the same time. But let us
| look nearer home and notice the relative
difference between Attleboro and North
| Attleboro."
Mr.. Minard then gives figures show
! ing the court cases held from Attic
boro and North Attleboro during the
past year, as shown by the records of
the court. We do not publish this
report for lack of space but it is
strongly in favor OF Attleboro. Under
the head of Common drunkard,"
Attleboro has 2 and North Attleboro
II; Assault" Attleboro II, North
Attleboro, %; disturbance Of peace, :"
Attleboro AZ, North Attleboro, IA,
"'I have been informed by prominent
business men in Attleboro that they had
felt for some time before the division of
the town that North Attleboro, on account
Of its rum soaked condition, was a check
to the wheels OF progress, and that il they
ever expected to be anything and get any
where they must divide the town and let
North Attleboro work out its own destiny.
While there were other factors that entered
| into the separation the grog shop was the
most important.
"'At the time Of the division 15years ago
the two villages were practically the same
in population and material investm ents,
| but since then then, while North Attleboro
has made but little progress, Attieboro has
nearly doubled in population and wealth.
Look at these figures. North Attleboro
with a population of 1000 has a court
record of 317 cases, while Attleboro, with a
population of IL 900, has court record OF
1911 cases, and large per cent. of these can
be traced to the influence of North Attic
boro's grog- shops.
"sShame on North Attleboro! She has
sold her virtue to the liquor traffic and she
is reaping the disgraceful consequences
We need not only to shut up our grog-
shops but also to clean out our cellars. II
is hard to convince the laboring man that
he should be deprived of the grog- shop
where he can get his beer and whiskey as
long as the rich man has his cellar stocked
with wine and brandy for the same pur-
pose.
"'We ought not to demand Of our neigh
Dor more self-denial than we are willing t.
practice ourselves. There ought to be
higher moral standard and deeper per
sonal conviction throughout the town OF
the temperance question before any per
manent results can be accomplished
Where will you find in New England
cleaner, thriftier, more beautiful, progress
sive, law-abiding and church-going tow
than Attleboro? And North Attleboro cal
easily become the equal of her sister tow
If she will only follow her example in tenn
perance and sobriety.
"BURTON MINARD.
"North Attleboro, Mass, Oct.2, 1902"