Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-14
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY.
Interesting Statement Regarding the
Liquor Traffic in Rutland.
Irrni,, tho Rntl4nI Nnus

OF course it is early yet to state what
the permanent results Of license are to be
in Rutland, in the matter of increased
drunkenness. The open bars have been
running I'm this city only about week,
and they have not been running in fun
force. There arc still others to be opened.
It &c uncouiVocdlly stated that so far
There is increased drunkenness i'm Eut-
land. There have been more cases of in
toxcatiOn-both those who have landed
in court and those who have not, tho lat
ter Of course being by far the larger num-
her-in the past week than any week in
the history of Rutland. In the six secular
days that bars have been running in Rut-
land-Aprl 20 to May e. the city judge
has disposed Of z cases Of intoxicatiou.
In line with the above statements the
News has received the following pointed
communication from, NJ. T.. Wheeler Of
this city perhaps the most unrelenting
foe of liquor in Vermont Mr., wheeler
writes
Another Prohib' Argument Passing
Away This is the heading Of an editorial
in the morning paper, which deals with
the fact that the saloons in Hampton ~
Y, arc going out of business because their
ific from NcrmonterS is passing away
and they refer to this fact as an argument
against prohibition in Vermont
IT fail to understand how the license ad-
vocates arc gaining any advantage by
Illustrating that the saloons in Vermont
arc successful competitors OF the saloons
along the border Of New York. The pro-
hbitouists have all the time contended
that while there was rum sold in Yer
mont by unprincipled law breakers, that
the sale was very little In comparison to
what it would be with open saloons.
n notice in the same paper. in the issue
| Of May :, that the people in our city
| we're exercising modera ion in their saloon
u ~. .1,t
| ing out Wales street and down West
| street as far as Pine street Tuesday af-
! ternOon We counted seven men so drunk
| that they were rceling on the sidewalk.
| II IS unnecessary To refute statements in
! Rutland that tho saloons have reduC Cd
| drinking and intoXication, as the public
! realizes that drinking has enormously in
| creased since the advent of the saloon;
| hut for the information of the public out
side, statements TO the contrary should he
| refuted.
1T Is true that the saloons In our own
| state are reducing the dives across the
| border in New York ana they are also
| developing hundreds of young men into
drunkards who except for the saloon
would be prosperous business men. Where
license has been tried in Massachusetts,
the business men ard best citizens are do
| ing all they can to drive out the saloon
| And such manufacturing places as Fitch
burg and Gardner have just voted no IL
| cense.'
WHOSE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY.
From the Londonderry Sifter)
1t will he remembered by our readers
that year ago or more a teamster driv
ing up from Brattleboro In an intoxicated
condition fell off his wagon and was killed
Every paper advocating license in the
State that came to our notice referred Il
| t with Ehoulish glee as an instance of thu
working of the prohibitory law. Prohib
ton WAS made, by these papers, directly
responsible for this mans death.
| Current State news now furnishes u'
| with case similar almost in detail
minus prohibition. We quote "a press de
spatch printed by the st. Adams Messen