The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-08
.IT WOULD DO 1T.
Friends of the State Dispensary
Claim That 1t
WOULD BE PURIFIED
B, the Passage OF the Reysor.Manning
Bill by the Legislature. The Ad.
vantage of the Measure Point
ed Out by the Columbia
Q.cOrd
Record.

ed Out by the Columbia
Record.
The ColumbialS State in discovering
some phases If the dispensary men
tions the fact that while dispensarY
advocates admit that certain evils
have characterized the administra.
tion of the dispensary they hold that
IL the Raysor. Manning bin were to
become law everything would be clean
and properly conducted and says:
II such could be assured, many
who are opposed to the monopoly and
opposed to the state engaging in the
traffic, would side with the ditpen
sary. They would embrace an oppor,
tunity to settle the question. But
where is the guar rante,p Where Is
this promise moro binding than any
other made for thirteen years? Where
is fact OF precet 1T to sLsl ain 1lp 1t
ia an opinion an uufortlti d opinion,
against which ID arrayed reason and
logic and myriad doubts"
In comm ,nting on the article CT
the State tie Columbia Record says:
THE guarantee Is in the provis-
ions OF the bill, which must be ObserV
cd II the dispensary Is to continue at
all under those provisions enacted In
to law. The terms OF the law them
selves will guarantee honesty. These
will eliminate opportunities for col
lusiOn, graft ana other forms OF c)I-
ruption. Any eli ial under such la"
who attempted to graft would easily
be dets cted, because of the publicity
required and the general nature OF
the business as 1T would be under
it.
"This proposition Of The Safe has
been made before and has been re-
echoed in portions Of the state press
as we'll as In the legislature Now let
uB look at some OF the provisions OF
the law and see II they do not give to
any reasonable man, any man who de-
siYes to see the dispensary properly
conducted, every possible guarantee
of dts Effectiveness ia accomplishing
y the desired end.
In the fl. st place after ascertain
Ing the amount Of stock needed for
the year in tny particular, and after
due advertising fer bids, sealed aDd
directed to the state treasures, the
governor will appoint three citizens
who will open the bids and award 4
contract for suppli for year, the
lowest responsible b oGer 10 lie AWARD
ed the contract In any particular class
OF supplies. None OF these three men
will know who the others are until
they assemble In Columbia. This pro-
vision was inserted In the abundance
Of caution, Notwithstanding the gov.
ernor could be relied upon to appoint
incorruptible men whose knowledge
OF each others appointment before
the meeting would make no diff r.
ence.
However, as there Is some diGposi
tion on part Of some unreasonably to
look upon verything and every body
connected with the dispensary with
suspicion, 1T was tho ught best to lis
arm all such at the start-hcIce thi
provision. Now that method ms II, 8
competition In the fist place, assures
the lowest responsible bidder OF get
ting the contract without being COM
PEELED to offer inducements or Offering
such of his own volitlon. Suppesing
an almost impossible thing, that the
governor should appoint dishonest
corrupt men,, the opportunities for
collusiOn are such that they amount
practically to nothing. But suppos
ing otherwise, and that the opporJun
tunity Is there, they would be quick
ly detected In any Juggling Of prices
30 they might get rake off by
further provisions OF the bill, which
will be appartnt as they arc mention
ed.
"All liquors must be purchased
from o government bonded warehouse
This insures age and In large degree
quality Such liquors are quoted ca
the market daley, just as c)tton and
wheat are. The price OF any particu
lar bonded whiskey today is printed
and anybody concerned can easily &C.
quaint himself with 1t. Tie price
being thus fixed and publicly kuown,
and the Raysor. Manning bill requis-
irg the publication OF the bids,
amount bought and price paid, 1t
would be next to impossible for the
buying committee, supp sing 1T dis
honest, to publically buy for one price
but have an understanding as to What
shall be the real price in order f0I
them to make something for them
selves. They would inevitably be dot
ected, unless every man connected
with the dispensary was In corrup
G. tmbinatiOn with them, which is wei
impossible to conceive. So the pur
chasing feature OF the business Is full
ly safe9uarded, the AeIy operation o
or the provisions OF the bill givin,
this guarran.ee practically jn an alb
sOlute manner
Buying from warehouse. to is
guarantee that the quality OF whls
key bought will be delivered. Tn,
government stamp Is on every barre
as it enters the warehouse. Taa
stamp is again placed on 1T when /
leaves, so that IT will be impossbl
for the dealer to deteriorate the whis
key and send an inferior quality q
the price Of q superior. We do no
see how greater guarantee can b.
given th0n In all this. 1T Is an abso
lutte as 1T Is possible for human ingen
nifty tn daviae 1t seems to us.
we have heard 1t said, but al
this leaves out the commissioner. II
will have an opportunity for graft j
withholding the shipment Of any par
-. n n.