The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-27
Less Liquor is Sold Under
High License
SAYS MRS. IDA H. REED
Speaking at County w. {. T. U. Con.
yention at the Baptist Church
Last Evening.

There was good sized attendance at
last evenings meeting of the Washington
County Women's Christian Temperance
Union and very interesting programme
was carried out.
The meeting began at 7So with song
service led by Mrs. G. s. Richmond Of
Northdeld followed BY prayer by Rev. J.
A. sherburn.
Mayor ]. Henry Jackson spoke briefly
welcoming the W. c. T. U. in behalf Of
the city.
Rev. W. A. Kinzie very heartily well
coined them in behalf Of the church. Rev
Ellie K. M. Jones gave an interesting talk
on the w. G. T. u.
Rev. Mrs. Jones said in part: 'It Is
always a gracious task to tell people how
glad we are to see them and we feel that
You have come to do us good, There has
never been a time when there was not any
need to work against intemperanee and
there is no less need now. It is necessary
that we fortify our children with good
moral characters and so be better able to
face this great evil
Mrs E. NJ. Denny Of Montpelier spoke
in response to these greetings, thanking
in behalf Of the w G. T.. u. the people Of
Barre for their gracious hospitality and
kindly greetings. Mrs Denny said that
Though we as union are heart broken
and disappointed concerning what has be-
falleu our state, we must not give up for
there is more need of work now than
ever
State President Mrs. Ida HI Reed was
the next speaker Of the evening and she
delivered most encouraging and interest
ing address on the work Of the W. G. T.
III. Mrs Reed spoke at length on the
present license law and said IN substance,
II am not going to speak Of what
we have lost, but Of what we have gain
ed. We have many victories in Yer
mont. We must not take narrow and
conservative look but broad one and we
can see how temperance has gained in our
country
We have bad many victories in Con-
gress. We have wiped out the canteen sys-
tenn 1t may be brought up again, but If it
does, though we women are ballotless, we
will make such stir as this country has
never seen before
In speaking Of prohibition Mrs. Reed
said that in Kansas prohibition did pro-
hibit and was now the banner state In the
union in that respect "Sueh tide of
prohibition Is now sweeping over Texas
that it will soon be prohibition state
We know BY actual facts and have seen.
with our own eyes that prohibition In
Maine does prohibit and when / look at
what we have lost in our own state,
would be discouraged and heartbroken If
] did not know that there was a God who
in bis own good time, will make wrong
right
The newspapers of this state did not
half picture the conditions which dis
graeed Middlebury on the day of the open
ing of the saloons, although the license
papers would have you believe that they
were exaggerated. If we can break down
this law in Vermont we can easily do it in
New Hampshire, as that state will do just
exactly as Vermont does The Brewers
Journal said, We must not be too iubi-
liant over the victory in Vermont, as there
was too narrow margin,
We have ministers in this state who
have been advocating the state dispensary
system. It is a disgrace that we cannot
rely on our ministers to take better stand
than that and it is safe to say that they
have but few followers among the clergy.
We have gotten into it bad enough. Now,
don't 60 deeper The state dispensary
system is thousand times worse than
high license.
In South Carolina they first had the
open saloon, then they adopted the dispen-
sary system aud there Is two and half
times the liquor sold under this system
than under the open saloons, 1t is an ut.
ter failure. Don't you know that the men
who deal out liquor for the state get a
commission on every quart they sell2 And
they sell to anybody and everybody,
young and old, for their own private gain.
The officers for the next wear were cleo
ted at noon today. The old board were
elected but declined and new ones were
elected as follows President, Mrs. Z. A.
Shaw Of Mortified; 1st vice president,
Mrs, r. II. Watkins, Barre; 2nd vice pres
ldent, Mrs Ellen Colby, PlainGeld; treas
urer, Mrs. S. j. Wiswell, Cabot; secre.
tary, Miss Amy Fisk, Montpelier.