Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21

March meeting. This Is one good feature
Of the law, having tried license II the
| voters Nre not satisfied they can vote
against 1t every year.
J Some towns In the state report that tbs
| law works In q satisfactory manner. put
We think this cannot bo SAID OF this
| town. Whether II IL the fault of the law
itself or the fault OF those whore business
IL IT, to enforce II II Q question about
which there is a difference of opinion We
| think our grand Juror. M. Felt, has on
deavorcd to do his duty. but he informs
! us he will not take the once another
yecr.
Mr.. Felt informs lis that there have
| been 81 convictions for intoxicatlon since
May 18th I'VE Of which were for second
offences. or this number ~ were from
out OF town, non residents. 10 from the
lumber jobs in the mountains and 81 were
other residents OF the town.
1t Is very evident that there have been
| many cases OF intoyication where there
have been no arrests. For some time
there hns been no attempt to arrest A
drunken person unless he was disturbir 9
tho peace to such an extent that IT be-
came a matter Of necessity. We know
thoroughly Disguised and will not vote
| for II again.
A lumherran who has employed a large
| number Of hands and who voted for the
law hoping II would he an Improvement
ras told us that It has seriously injured
his business. Mr.. Norcross who employs
| . large number 81 men In this and other
towns sends us the following letter with
the request that We publish It.
To the Citizens Of Manchester:
| The dsplorable effects OF free rum in
the community OF Manchester have been
Of such a public character and 20 obtru-
sive. as to hardly excite comment. Those
| who arr near to Il. and familiar with II.
may not know how Il strikes the occa-
sioral visitor. Hotels which were former
ly decent places have been turned into
brawlinG houses and rum shops. Drunk
enneFr, and other crimes have follow 81
the licensing OF saloons in Manchester.
The road. and highways are di-graced by
the appearance Of staggering drunks, vic
Tins Of their own folly. who perhaps are
| not altogether to blame. It "a said that
on one trip six helpless jass were brought
| in.
OF course II is but a small fraction of
| tho inrahitnnt. O. Manchester who in
dulsa in the drink large fraction
seems 10 he In favor o. II ANAL
| portion Of the people In Manchester insist
! upon drinking. booking and saturating
Themselves with stuff SO Vile that a hog
refuses to touch 1t after one offense, and
| II considerable majority Of the citizens
! Of Manchester insist upon encouraging
! the sale and use OF material that no one
but fool. or one who is 10 weak as to
! possess no sslf-conircl, will touch. lat
! them do H. in cominon-sen manner.
/ Let them contribute 10 the maintaining Of
public place for drunkenness. and carou-
sal; let some place be roughly built. but
not tougher than tn. roadside. or the
sides OF quarry. this place to ne erected
md supported by the respectable element
Of Manchester. who believe IN the en-
| tSa,. -
II named the "Drunkards Paradise
A large ard growing industry has bean
/ severely crippled since the saloon was
leealiE~1 in Manchester. Upon tho bust
! ness 81 the country SeN"nd, its prosperity,
( in fact. IT. very eXi.tarcs. H. through
/ tho licensing ~ the sals ~ rum, q town
/ ,niur~. a business within the town. II in
I lures the whole town and everything In
/ II. More than the injury and damage
dorc to the town at large. is tho injury
! and damage inflicted uron those who are
directly interested In and connected with
! the business to which such injury is done.
, For thi. injury and damage should not
III" town he held responsible, and be com
PEELED to make good such injury and dam
are?
COME Up HIGHER"
(From tho Randolph Hcrald)
Not every public man can ala to his
prospect of having offcc thrust unon him
| by refusing to stand as A candidate: yet
| that's been the effect ~ the Hon. J. A.
| DcBoer's course. without a doubt.
FARMERS AND POLITICS.
(From the ST. Johnsbury Ropublican)
Al the meeting - the State Dairymsn's
associa ton in Burlington. Governor Nc
! Cullourh said that "AEriculturists are
! Mo kings Of A1n"ricr. From ore-thiri Ia
two hf'hs o. the p-ople Of tho country
arc In some way connected with the soil
and from tho soil is drawn the wealth of
the nation. The corn ana the hay crop
OF the last year would buy all the steel
securities at par and twice over Tho
! farmers are the political end Industrial
aoyereigns Of the country and 50 ions As
! they arc laval the country IL .afc, =, long
an thcy sro wealthy IN" country will he
prosperous" II the farmers realize too
that they hive an available representa- tive
rrs candidate for governor it really looks
a. IL they would accomplish something
THE OTHER OK GOrED.
From the Barre Tel-.ramD
Ncwrort drug store, fll~i 3nn2 pres-
criptions for liquor durn: the light
r7o-ths ot license or this numh.r .ogs
| by another. leaving but 7ss for the other
eieE' doctors ~ the place. Has this oc-
cured under prohibition tn. friends on tho
other sido would have laih II "a the law:
/ the fact il that thn di$esea never can
/ he entirely cured ny any law. though
some laws may do more to that ana than
I Others. tho root of tho difficulty lie. in
! human heart. filed with aboundine sell
/ hshn~..
WHAT THINGS APE POSSIBLE.
Trom the Randolph Herod)
Generally. throughout the State. tho
druggists license feature Of the local
have he"n rsaaonGhlA in number and IN
q few cn.es whsr4 thes~ have nAen
abuses ono burlington drugsir, con
Niotcd Of Illegal aening, has surrendered
his license. The worst trouble with this
feature seems to be in northern Vermont
Several towns in that section rspor,
heavier drugststs sales than q community
in ordinary health would justify. AZ New
port where three drugStstB carry licenses
, there were 3as9 liquor rreSoF ptionS filled
IN eight months, OF these two physi-
clans gave over q thousand each One
OF these has lately hssn convicted AMI
fined 500 for giving . prescription con-
trNry 20 the law. Fs seerns to have done
business on the Wholesale plan. giving an
order whereby one party secured two
quarts Of whsksy on a single day al
zach % two places. ana making his pres-
criptions out in blank. This indicates
! Whist things are possible under tins feat
ure Of the law. and on the other hand
s?oo hns indicates what may possibly