The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
THE NEW SALOON.

THE liquor saloon question always in focus in american
cities Where prohibition has been tried the drinking place
On liquor is dispensed bv the boot egge his stock
in his boot legs and neither local nor Federal license
the cxpedents adopted evade prohbory laws would
make book and its chapter would have the ze OF serious ana
side.
Ingersol freedom OF the liquor traffic
held wanted that would get It anyway
while larger number who 90 abuse liquor would not be
whisky running banks OF with mint
ing there would be drunkards than No one
liquor Self-conrol
equal ali and those who lack will surrender to
n stmulants, narcotics, food
legislation strengthen the will mans power resist
temptation That from within In other countries
system OF license supervision produce habits
that are fixed the majority people The German license
system provides high for the privilege OF selling liquors. and
also provides forfeiture forever of impure liquors
sale made drunkard after warning from
family public officer This system OF license
all public because the licensed sellers
behalf OF their profits watchful that
unlicensed drink supplied
The license also provides for the protection OF minors Per-
ap nation makes more general use OF liquor in some form than
the Germans and yet no people IS reer OF drunkenness and
It claimed that this due long and reasonable indulgence OF
appetite of the fermented beverages beer
and preference the alcoholic products of dsla
ton Whatever be the the effect deserves the study
OF the promoters OF temperance.
pohibitionsts California admiration be-
hy have the courage OF their convictions moving
prohibition OF the sale Of all forms of alcoholic beve
age held by many that do this would probably much
duce the abuse OF liquor but would discred the wine industry
OF the State ne the very large OF people
vineyards and the vintage Such these therefore that
leading California product op
posing Los Angeles and the prohbion
lacked thousand But who impeed by
theories do mind defeat They again and
expected that the will be renewed other California
The fight Los Angeles by ruless OF benefit
curbng evil wrought by drinking places In city
opponents prohibition high license weapon against
end of the The
propose saloon system entirely. combination of
has been formed which take all of the saloons
saloon property the reduce the number from 7
and saloons entirely from residence districts In the
mill and manufacturing districts drinking places be rgdy
restricted the sale of beer and only This saloon
poses pay the city license the of $4,000 per
and also expend ali profits of 100000 in public
provements
system whole plan legally
financially feasible The City Council limit the number of
licensed saloons seventyve and make the yearly license
and the local the kind of liquors sold
9so the licenses their
OF the combination and there will be other applicants
The plan novel, 1t introduces entire financial responsibility
the business The capitalists who
with the liquor business They simply opening for
and that be made while
with the public with
that experiment will be tried 1t will the taking
the saloon OF politics and OF putting the retail liquor business
exactly the position any other mercantile pursuit
the license has proper forfeiture will
aduteraed liquors the drinkers who
apptes will lift shadow off the residence districts
duce temptation lowest point With all in
Angeles system will be the of solving problem
the United States Grant that it will be done trust
better the trust principle be put?