The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-04
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED
FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING
LIQUORS IN THIS T0WN?p
TCommunicated.l il

This question which comes yearly be-
fore the voters of this state at their
March meetings Is not question of
sentiment or Mysteries, but simply one
of what is best for the local conditions
Of each community, and this should be
settled with calm, dispassionate consid-
GRAFTON, for only BY such consideration
can be determined what is best for the
interests Of the community in which
we live.
TO the hillside townships, with their
populated stretches Of farmland and
forest, their pastoral and secluded life,
stunning, rather than seeking, the asso-
citation Of diversified life, outside Of
their own sphere, this question presents
an absolutely different phase than the
same question to the inhabitants Of
the cities.
The farmer lives by necessity re-
stricted social life He raises on the
land he occupies almost all the necessi-
ties Of life, including its stimulants, in
wine and cider. If possessed Of social
disposition, such cravings are satisfied
within the limited circle Of his neighbors
and the invariable hard cider barrel
that il as component part Of her
Vermont life, as the excellence Of her
butter or the unsurpassed quality Of
her maple sugar Tn these towns con-
ditions favor the No vote, and the
best interests Of these towns are sub
served by such a vote.
While in cities, with their fetted
workshops, their crash and Jar of ma
chinery, their tuberculosis death baths,
and their nerve-wracking toll, the con-
ditions are the antipodes Of the hill
towns, and their needs the diverse
Here, in om own city, with its cos
rnopolitan mass Of humanity, drawn
from states and nations where prohibi-
tion is considered a mental disease. and
the enactment Of sumptuary laws
crime, to attempt to fasten upon our
community conditions which are at va
riAnce with the natural instincts Of our
inhabitants and the interests Of our in.
dustry would be either absurd folly, or
fatuous sentimentality.
In Hardwick, where they voted No,
and their transitory population was
somewhat akin to our own, they had to
wink at the open and flag-ant violation
of the law, in order to retain the work
men employed. The complete failure
Of the laws enforcement in both Hard
wick and Northfield is an undisputed
fact, and shows that they failed to vote
for the interest, the necessity, and the
needs Of their own communities. The
conditions in these towns are having
their effect upon the vote in our city
today and there are those within our
gates who will gladly vote for prohibi-
tion in the hope Of being able to emulate
the example Of law breakers in these
places
Voters Of our ethyl Consider what is
the best interest Of our city before cast
ing your vote on Tuesday IN your
hands lies the making Or the marring
of your own interests, and the city's
welfare. Whether corruption Of officials
and violation of the law shalt be once
more attempted, or whether as a law
abiding populace we demand that the
traffic IN Intoxicating liquors shall be
conducted openly, and under the law,
with all the stringent provisions placed
around it by our last legislature en-
forced, thus guarding the young from
temptation, and the weak from ex-
cess.
PRESS COMMITTEE.