Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-13
las OTHERS SEE u.s."
How Newspapers of Other States Regard YER
mont's Action on the License Law.

n
, nroSnaet ~ n boomin@ r real estate and
bnS;pess generalIv hy a series of new
summer hotels. Nobody in New Eng
land can see a dollar farther than the
resident of the Green Mountain state.
Boston Record.
The wisdom of that submission is
shown hv the result which means a re-
varsaI ri what was IN fact hypocriti-
cai mol;cv nnder tba nrohibition law.
and n pi1antic case NJ false pretences
which Gould not fail to lessen respect
for law itself The new statute is a
temnarance meosure and temperance
has heen nroved IN he practicable.
wh;,a nrob ibit;on nntemnered and of,
ten il, tam nerad has haen "deiusion
and a snare ,,~Trov N y. Times.
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~ VIC 'e.inon' eoh.cee 'Io ~ ~ =
GUS feature Vi tne sltuatioh - wa. nc
10 s,,
nosad tba;r tr;n9nb They conceive
that under nrohihition thew can carry
IN I;nnor hns;nsss at mich less ex-
nense Than nnder the newly enacted
I;nnor svstem This in itself is n very
s;an; ficant comment on the folly nf
nroh ihition II is none too soon that
he neonle have evnarianced an awak.
ening IRoston GIobe
mn,
Inc Ver,hohters were cohiIon!ea
WIN 'he Iact tnat .neii Hr,onioiieio ni
Jaw was great huinoug, w lere ioIai
sentiment favored OF winkeu a. Tue
S Mn VI liquor' ~ was soiu 4uite .teei y
where sene'iienl uttefl! roPiooa'eu i,o
saie, ~ couiu NC Procureu ohiy WIN
sreae uliliculIy. lhaC 10 an Vha' yer
mont oV years OF stringent liquor reg
isiatloh hao accomplished AS an non
ese people iney nave niaue W eheii
NJ moro l;nner will he ,ada or sold in
Vermont undar Local ontion than nm
der NOMINATION. Tharo will ho No no.
tnrn 70 tha IA fraa. INV, svs,em var
mont bas r,ada M nor n,;rd 70 hs tom
49, Ioa.;sip.; Ill ~ =,
parsnno, h,h;ts " V Mil and Nv
p r,rasS -. t' s..as. -,
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IL "oulu pe hlisiahe 10 assume tnal
ths interests OF rear temperance nave
5unereo aeIeaV IN the chahge "hlch
vermont mas Just MADE IN adopting TO-
cal option AFTER oo years OF promotion.
vermont starts with local OPP
tion system not so completely but
tressed, perhaps at all points as the
present massachusetts law, put much
stronger ana more symmetrical tnan
that which Massachusetts embarked
upon the experlmen more than ~
years ago Inc temperance element I'D
vermont VIII ma its WORK cut out lot
III, not only IN carrying all the com
lnunlties possible against saloons IN
! ne local campaigns, put IN procuring
ire m time 10 time such Strengthening
OF the law as experience
may show to be desirable. Boston
journal
The state of Vermont adopted the |
policy in 1852. at time /
when the movement, under the stimu
us of great temperance agitation was
sweeping in pretty wide swath over the
northern states. All of the states which
hen or at about that time adopted pro-
1ibition long since went over to the IL
'ense method, with the exceptions OF
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
)f the western states which shared in
alter prohibition evivals, only Kansas
emains. vermont now breaks away
md there is Likelihood that New Hamp-
hire VIII, through the action OF the
present legislature. This is indicative
Tot of a swinging back of the country
0 the old free-rum and general drink
ng state OF society which prevailed
'rior to the rise OF the temperance !
novement early In the last century. ,
rs a matter of fact, probably, the
ountry Is more temperate today than !
has ever been before, and greater l.
actors IN enforcing temperance han '
tatute law can possibly be made to be !;
re the constitution of modern indus
ry and the growth of an enlightened
eminent among the people regarding
ne use and abuse of stimulants. The /
ountry is simply moving back from a
ytreme and unwarranted notions of r
he efficacy of mere fiat of law upon f
ersonal habits, and not toward intern II
erance. Springfield Republican. h
Vermont has been suffering during a a
niger period of feverisb unrest. due tt
, political causes. than is usual TO n
Nv state and much less that knownas f
le Green Mountain. One party has D
me through the form of committing the N
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