The Newtown bee., 1907-10-04
LITcHFIELD COUNTY.
NEW AlLf0RD.
THE LICENSE QUESTION,

uHSeAlull la laisSut iinN NoutH s'''' v cenae money Of Sa.0pu be made up b the town If No-lieense should be yot- ed!"
 1. This s3, GOO Is the saloons bid to buy up our population at dD cents Der head. or voters at s2. 50 per head. Who is SO poor in our prosperous town as to sell honor at such prieel Pay taxes with dollars. not with boys.
 2. The last town report shows Si. 764.Ss spent for town insane and poor. including interest at four per cent on Town Farm valuation; but de dueting all returns of any kind. S3.sli.50 of this. so per cent according to experts. Is due to drink. SloS.6i was spent for lookup and Town Court after deducting ines and costs paid; 9O per cent Of these cases were due to drink. or SGJs. l8. Drink thus used up I. J09.G6 of town money. This swal. lowed up S3.030.75 license money and l.476.93 besides. County and state taxes were moreover increased by the saloons deyastations to make this cash loss to New Milford at least S2. GOO over and beyond all hcense money. Private charity is constantly giving to families made needy through some ones drink. and to men disabled from the same cause. slO0000 goes into these saloons every year. This money . should widen the channels of legiti- mate trade: add to Saving Bank de- posits, enrich q good business. increase the number of property owners. keep property in better condition. augment . the town tax valuation. and keep many | children at school for longer course. Men coming to town during the past year. one to buy horse, another to buy silverware, another to buy meat for Sunday dinner, and spending all they had for drink, with many others like them, robbed legitimate business, 7l of the 70 Town Court cases last year . were from drink. The County Jail sentences for these aggregated 1880 | days, besides over 800 days spent there paying up fines and costs; 1000 days, at least, in addition. were lost through | drink by other able bodied men. Add about 2l men engaged in the saloon business who are not producers nor helpers to others. The total is about l3,- 900 days of non-productiveness by men who ought to be adding to the towns wealth by legitimate work. Some should earn large incomes, while any should earn about S2 day. A low av craze is S2.50 day: this means an additional loss of S32, 300 in wealth.
 G. Many die prematurely. Nine men in our town last year died from drink, by suicide, train, accident while intox- icated, sickness and alcohol ruined bodies, and severe alcoholism. Other lives are being shortened. z. Experl- ence in dry sections show increased Saving Bank deposits, greater number of property owners, and improvements, less shiftlessness, healthier business conditions, larger proportion of High | school pupils, and more wholesome moral tone. In the face of this annu- al injury-loss through poverty and crime, diverting of $1OO, Quo from whole some business, depreciation of produc- tiveness amounting to $32, 800 terrors to families, filth before our sight, cor .upting of character, this attack on health, this terrible death list from drink, and knowing of increased pros perity from driving out saloons in oth- er places can any one put his vote on the side of the saloon for $2 30? Let taxes be increased, if necessary rath- CT than cut down in such a foul way. - No-License Campaign Committee.
 MERRYALL.
 Mrs F. H. Abbott is visiting her daughter, Mrs V. B. Hatch, in North vile.
 Henry Healy spent Sunday with his mother.
 Mrs Wybles' baby has been quite sick. Dr Bostwick attended it.
 Miss Iva Murray is spending the week at John Wells, Wellsville, while MT and Mrs Wells are visiting friends and relatives in Bridgeport and Totten- vile, s. l.
 Mir Jones of New York, who recent ly purchased the Edgar Peet place, is now occupying it and Merton Peet and wife, who have lived there the past three years, have moved to the Wilson house in Upper Merryall.
 The only moving pictures you can ab- solutely rely on, Howe's!
 Get your seats in advance for Howe's Moving pictures. There is always a big rush at the door. Seats for sale in advance at Soule' Stationery store.
 October 15, Howes.