The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-10-01
Status Of the.States
LIQUOR Laws Of the Nation in 4 Nut
shell.

in the question of liquor legislation
both north and south will make the
following condensed statement of the
history and status in the states worthy
of a place in your vest pocket scrap
book. The data given are believed to
be authentic at this date.
Local option means that the saloon
may be voted out or in by towns and
villages, or other political divisions,
smaller than counties.
County option, means that the vote
applies to counties, but usually where
a county goes wet under county Op-
ton the smaller divisions may vote
dry.
The dispensary is a system of state
or county sale, for beverage purposes
in license territory and for legitimate
purposes in prohibition territory.
The license fee is given, and where
graded the maximum and minimum
appears.
AIabama-License, $175-350; dis
pensary (optionaD; county option.
A majority of the counties are dry.
State Prohibition movement in full
swing. Recent (Sept., 1907 poll of
the members of the Legislature indi-
Gates that state will go prohibition
this winter
Arizona. License, $192-SO0; Local
option. Little activity on part of mo-
raj forces. Saloon dominant.
Arkansas. License, $500; county
and local option. 60 dry, 15 wet
counties. Prohibition gaining rapidly.
California. License, $48-s1Oo0;
local option. Four counties and many
towns and cities dry. Forces active,
and prohibition gaining ground.
Colorado. License, $25-s3O0 (coun-
ty) s5OO-$6O0 (cities); local option
(secured 1900. Some cities dry by
charter.
Connecticut. License, $15O-45O
local option by towns, under New
England town" system-96 dry, Y
wet towns. Dry territory increasing.
Constitutional prohibition defeated in
1889 by $4,000 to 10000.
Delaware. License, s1OO-45O; To-
cal option Prohibition forces awak-
ening.
Dist. of Columbia. License by COM
missioners on consent of property
owners, $500. Movement on in con-
gress for prohibitory law.
Florida. License, $780, county op-
tion. 30 dry, Is wet counties. Only
few saloons left in state. Forces ac-
tive and prohibition gaining.
Georgia. Prohibition, enacted Aug.
5, 1907 by democrats, to take effect
JAN /, 1908. At present license, 5000
$1,000 (Atlanta); county option, 130
dry, 16 wet counties.
Idaho. License $1O0-5OO Sunday
closing law enacted 1905. Laws laxly
administered. Little interest.
Illinois. License $50O-S1OOO, local
option. Two dry counties, probably
200 dry towns. Forces active.
Indiana. License, $25O-$1OOO; To-
cal option. dry counties. 4 circuit
judges have declared license to be un-
constitutional.
Iowa. Prohibition with local option
to license 65 out of 80 counties dry
and eleven other counties allow sa-
looms in but one town. Law has been
poorly enforced, but sentiment awak-
ening, and a vigorous movement for
constitutional prohibition is under
way. State adapted constitutional Pro
hibition in 1882 by nearly 100000
Politicians tricked people out Of it's
benefits by corrupt methods The
voice Of the people has never been re-
versed.
Kansas. Prohibition, constitutional,
adopted in 1880 by nearly 5000. Most
of the time the law has been nullified
by recreant officers in large cities and
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