Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-31

ernment In the same article. temper
ance organizations are advised to bend
their efforts towards increasing the
number of no-license towns rather than
for hopeless re-enactment of prohibi-
ton. If the advice thus given is heed
ed. there would cnsue Il great simplify
ing In next years State politics.
AN EXPENSIVE MENAGERIE.
Q'rom the Waterbury RecordD
The figures sent ont by Auditor Graz
ham on the accounts Vermont has paid
out in less than five months for "nox-
ious animals" is certainly startling. The
exact amount is $7.7S9.45, of this over
$1,000 goes to hedgehog hunters.
Conflicting Statements az TO the Work.
ings of Liccnsc-IocaI Knowledge
Appealed to.
The people OF Rutland are getting all
kinds of reports of the practical work
ngs of the license law in other towns aSd
cities of the State. There is no reasona Bile
doubt that in some towns the conditions
are no worse under the new law than UNI
der its predecessor. This is practically
true of the towns that went no-license.
In other towns it is clear that conditions
are decidedly less satisfactory than they
were previously. OF course. Rutland peo-
PIE hlo" perfectly well what the local
situation is. and has been from the out
set. This city is less clean and lava bid
ing than before, to pronounced degree.
As to the other towns of the State. people
must Judge as to the merits of conflicting
reports and come to their own conclu-
Sons
a speaker in Walingford the other night
cited some statistics and made some
statements that are at entire variance
those lN +
erS of the license regime. lie called at
tention to the court records. saying that
Such snow only those DRINKS That were
prdC ucallN beyond navigation. Per:aps
not one drunk in five is arrested. The
mayor Of one of larger cities told his po-
lice force that even a drunken man had
his rights and You are not to arrest him
unless he Is creating disturbance or too
drunk to get home. or words to that
effect. Deacon story on the Fairfield
ro1d from ~. AlnanS SAID: lh"ro were
more drunken men passed my house in
June en- route from st Adams than the
St Adams police arrested.
ms speaker also stated That in May,
june and July. 1902. st. Adams DRINKS and
breaches of the peace numbered 20: this
year III, Montpelier, same three months
last year. "a; this year, l3S, an increase of
40 per cent; Rutland DRINKS. only, same
thrc" months last year. p; this year. l6l,
an increase of 800 per cent: Burlingt on.
all of last year. had 10 DRINKS; this year,
SIX months Of license, 49,, an increase of
200 per cent; 1irattleboro, in May last
year, mad not single arrest for drunken
ness: tins year there "a: Bristol six
months ol last year. had only five arrests
of DRINKS; this year. 10 The sum total
of these figures shows AN increase of ar
rested drunkenness of over 2oD per cent"
If these figures are true--and II would
n h. JnI 70 Ia, l..
or to quote them if they We're not-thcy
are certainly significant. They are signi-
ncant enough to cause thoughtful people
to consider. at least, the question as to
whether the Vermont of 1908 has been
more respectable than the Vermont of
Considerable has been said nbout the
"o'ui'iohs Hhder license III Swantoh
'i't "'r'S' tuWi' mas peen pointed out
as one "hcre me Ia" was having one Oh
us best eNe'npiihcati"ns' mere seems IA
We some question: ah"u' thlS town. as Inc
i"'lo"ils' ir"'h coilNei N"'iFe VlllHch Oh
oMan'oI'' ii'uIcd'eS' nave never seen
WIZ cN.ieu ,horoush temperate 3
n ''t ~ "W"n'uI' WI" WAS MOI ules"Steu
WIN w, p'rscHt Jaw we were toid 'ha'
"liu, n'E" Incense ui"hh"rdS ana minors
couiu not s'' hqu"r' Here All druhh-
arcs can get nil thcE want as J. believe
anu ~ ',''t ci"SS' 10 Il man. VIII vote to
Nj, .''c IA" ~ ~ - '''' o"'i"'oi Nc'"'c'
~ 49, We '''"' W. 'lcN'' 81" >" I'I'"N
w. "'''. - ~ II WI '"' 9iVr' a. NV N"'lH
VIM WI !" ldto' VI l'c'"S' are
,t'"'i ne" opPoH'" 10 ~ OF very silent
~ '' .''"' wy "l'H 9"!""i' - MOI "' ~
o'H"Nc !" VI "''he"ll'SS - 10 say 'h''' III
'i"I M'f'N "''i'"t'"' ms no power
"l" Wv i'" WI" i""'S 'i''' '"u ol tl'
81 "','' az mus nav s''"' "'"' VI syn
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nm ''' '''H '"''','.'''S uS''iil"''N a.
~ Nv" I''''.' u oih''lE !" Vermont one
'''i,S - te't'Ht' ne '""iS are having
.tu' ""sn ","' ~ tI' system Hn" ou'
VI ,'i'' LA SH'''l" '""'e SOM 'ii'H 'i'"'
WI 'V'"'' III III I'aS' P'r'i"' r'"'n'p'lo"
THE TRADING STAMP DELUSlON
Urro,,, tho 9. ,u,ar. ,t,...,,,,,,,.,
''" NV '' 1''''''' ." 9''''5'''
| 1t may be demonstrated in many ways
| that the trading stamp scheme not onlN
does not accomplish what is promised for
! it, in tine way of trade advertisement
| but IN tho long rum is a positive dctrmeut
! to trade and means the loss of money to
| the community. Perhaps one phase OF
! this matter rs it might be applied to st
! Adams Will be worth a moments rcicc-
| ton at this time by the mer, hantS ;nC
! the trading public Briefly stated 1t is
| this:
| The money in circulation in Il Iitilt
| city like ST. Adams is necessarily limited
| to begin with and the probabilities are
! that II 1t could DE measured continuously
| Tor a sufficiently long time ii would ap
| pear that the amount did not vary much
one way or the ether throughout the year
In short there is lust about so much cur
reucy passing from hand to hand here