Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-21
SALOONS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Cities May Restrict the Number of
Licenses.

Springfield, Mass, May 16.-The
board of license commissioners has
granted SO licenses to common victua
lers, wholesalers, innholders and brew
ers, and gave leave to withdraw to rs
applicants, leaving but nine applicants
for the remaining licenses to be
granted. This means that the commits
| sioners as we'll as the general public,
which has been heard from most en-
phatically on the matter, are persuad-
ed that 62 licensed places in the city
of $4,000 inhabitants are enough, and
that they will grant only that number
Of licenses. All of the former license
holders, with the the exception of two
or three in which the members of
the firm have retired, and the nine
which are pending because their ap-
plications have not yet been sufficient
! ly advertised, retain their privi-
leges, and every one of the new ap-
plicants has had his trouble for moth
ing, leave to withdraw having been
granted in every case.
The commissioners took important
action at the meeting leading toward
the suppression of pocket peddling'
throughout the city. 1t has come I'M
der the observation of the commits
sioners during the past year that
drivers who have delivered beer on
commission have peddled it out at
random, and the vicious tendency of
this practice is obvious. 1t is even
! felt that this evil is far greater than
would be saloons in the residence dis
! tricts. The commissioners have gone
to the root of the matter and have
compelled the breweries to make an
agreement that in future all goods de-
! livered by them elsewhere than on
their own premises shall be delivered
in teams owned by the company and
by men paid with regular wages, and
not by a commission on sales or col
Elections. 1t is further agreed that
deliveries shall be made only after an
order has been previously given by a
! purchaser and reported to the COM
panys office. 1t has been learned
that the two local breweries have
from five to seven teams out, accord
ing to the season of the year, de-
livering beer on commission, and in
one case it was found that the horse
and wagon was owned by the driver.
This practically placed a premium on
| illegal selling, and the drivers were
not at all careful to whom they sold
so long as they disposed of their
!, %
brewery must be cognizant of every
purchase, and the delivery must be
made by it's order and by its own
men. 1t is believed that this will put
stop entirely to the practice of beer
Ipeddling. The commissioners have
not learned that any OF the wholesal-
ers have allowed peddling in this way,
and consequently no agreement has
been required of them.
| Those who have been given leave to
withdraw include five applicants for
innholders' license, % for common
victualers,' and two for wholesale. All
of the club licenses were granted as
| before The druggists have been
very dilatory in getting in their appli-
cations, and it may be necessary for
the commission to discipline some of
them if they do not respond more
promptly to the boards requests.
Only II druggists licenses were
granted yesterday, about one-third of
the total number usually granted Sew
eral other applications have been re-
ceived, but the druggists have not
yet received the certificate required
from the state board of pharmacy.