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immortality that SO often is connected


morality are the legitimate and often
the necessary accomplishments of the
saloon. A decent institution does
not encourage such sin, as does the
saloon in every state in our union in
which it exists.
The statistics of all our states show
that DIR. Conland is right in stating
that we would need more police pro-
lection in Vermont with the licensed
saloon. The following are the statis-
tics for the city of Riverside, Gal, for
five years and three months under
license and for nine years under
prohibition: under prohibition there
were 81 arrests for drunkenness in
1883, 25 in 1889, II in 1894, 26 in 1895,
81 in 1896, 81 in 1897, 40 in 1895, 81 in
1899, AZ in 1900; total for nine years,
291: under high license, 125 arrests in
1887, 90 in 1890, 1876 in 1891, 81 in 1892,
4S in 1898; total for five years and
three months 456. The following are
the statistics of the arrests of crimi
nails of all classes in five Massachu
sets cities in the years 1899 and 1900:
under license in 1900, Fitchburg, SIS;
Waltham, 345; Plymouth, 1O5; Lowell,
2093; Salem, 1923: under no license in
1899, Fitchburg, 227; Waltham, 1923;
Plymouth, IL; Lowell, 1908; Salem,
211. These statistics and many others
of a similar nature that might be
given all point to an increase of
crime wherever the saloon is allowed
to exist. In would be difficult to find
any figures that point in the other
direction.
That which is most often over
looked in the discussion of this
question, is that while there may be,
and are, many violations of any pro
hibitory law there are far more viola
tions of a license-local option law.
"1he Champion of Fair Play" the
leading liquor paper of Chicago, ILL.,,
in recent issue made this statement:
"The la,Os of this state governing the
liquor trade are so severe that there Is
not n licensed saloon keeper IN Illinois
that does not lag himself liable to prose-
cution dozen times q day." And the
violations referred to are those of
selling to minors, to habitual drunk
ards and at hours that the law
requires the saloon to be closed.
This, remember, is n OF the charge of
Temperance fanatic" but of a
leading liquor paper of the country.
According to it then there are over a
quarter of million violations of the
| law of the state of Illinois every day
in the year by saloon keepers. Is
there any likelihood that saloon
keepers in Vermont would be any
more law abiding than in Chicago?
"The California Vine and Spirit Ga
zeette" OF Jan %, 1897, says: "There
are 7446 state liquor licenses paid, but
there are 10 DOB government licenses
paid" Thus there are 5557 illegal
rum sellers in that state. sour
Standard" liquor organ punished at
Indianapolis, Ind, publishes figures
showing that out of 7647 who paid the
cover nment tax in Indiana during
1900, only 1922 paid the state tax.
Thus there were in that year 1926
illegal saloons in the state. In
! Chicago three years ago there were
2071 more government licenses paid
than city licenses. In New York city
there were 1919 government tax
payers who did not pay the city
license. In Philadelphia under the
famous Brooks license law there are
$500 "speak easies " These figures,
remember, are from the liquor papers
and official statistics of the United
States government and the cities and
states mentioned. Evidently all the
illegal liquor selling is not found in
Vermont under the prohibition law,
as SO many would have us believe.
1t is a little over year ago that as
nation we were mourning over the
| IF % O..
dent, who had been cruelty murdered
by the hand of Anarchy. We were
so deeply moved that we insisted
that anarchism must be crushed out
at whatever cost. But now it is pro
posed TO introduce into our beloved
state that which is the cause and
source of more anarchy than all
other things combined. If this seems
like strong statement think of the
following statement made in "The
National AdUocate," a liquor organ OF
Ohio of great influences: SIN our
meetings, the saloon men merely de-
n.and the right to defy any man aUho
shall impose upon them q LdaU aDf,ich Is
against them. Such ldaDs ought to be
deted; they should be trampled in the
dust; and If they cannot be revised
then aUe say 1t Is time to become dndr-
chists." And there is not a city oil
any considerable size in our land in
which there are saloons, in which the
saloons are not doing this very thing
Laws forbidding the sale of liquor on
Sunday, to minors, habitual drunk
ards, etc., are always violated unless
the police are on hand to rigidly en-.
force the law. Such violation of the
law does more to encourage anarchy
than all the rawlings of those who
term themselves anarchists. And
farther, the saloon is ever ready to
extend glad hand to the friends OF
anarchy. In the saloon is their mos,
frequent meeting place. That mar
who murdered President Mckinley
had always found a glad welcome ir
the saloons of Cleveland, O., before
he went to Buffalo on his fiendist
errand. If we want the lives of oul
statesmen and great leaders to be
! safe from the foul attack of the