The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-05
WANTS TO KNOW.
II. A. CO. Writes on The Prohibition
Question. Which He Favors.

Prohibition cut s40OO,0o0 of the gov
eminent revenues for july and August.
1t seems that thirst is bound to be
costly whether cultivated or eurbed.--
New York World, Oct I'd.
phunny. funny, funnie, awful funny
can't understand how It isl Pronibi.
ton don't prohibits more liquor sold
where there is no license than whore
there Is license" and yet prohibition has
decreased the revenues four millions oil
dollars in two months or at the same
rate, twenty four millions OF dollars Tor
! the year; won't some Of our wiseaeres
VINO are all the time saying there's
more liquor sold in Maine and other pro-
hibition states than ii there we're IL
cense.D how il is that the revenues are
SO decreased? is the liquor that is sold,
sold without the tax having been paid
do the people get intoxicated on cold
/ tea. or now can IL be- accounted tor3
| We would be so gald to be informed, Tor
certainly these wiseacres must know Just
/ how IL is. for they assume TO tell us
poor foolish prohibitionists who are
I"throwing orr votes away how i0ollsh
/ we are in doing so. We have heard very
much since we have been in this city
lduring the past two years OF what "a
great improvement locaf option was over
state prohibition; will someone who
knows. kindly tells us how it isy Did
hotels and saloons run in defiance of
state law and close up as soon as local
option came into operation! Certainly
no great amount OF effort Is now being
made 10 enforce the law, and further
lii the state law was poorly enforced,
! IL was no fault Of the law. but OF the
lawmakers. in taat they did not provide
! for the proper enforcement OF said law;
| Judging by many years of experience ~
l this business, ! am free to say ! do NOT
/ believe the statement; in New York
state for instance. under the operation
of the Infamous "Raines law" law
CONCEIVED IN miquity and born IN sim
enacted for the double purpose or per-
haps three fold purpose, first, for the
revenue that it produces. second TO ap-
pease the liquor eleemnt by the more
firmly intrenchng the business by reason
of the immense revenue IL produces and
thus securing Tor il the support 81 an
element that is susceptible 20 the inilu
enee OF money. and third, to pacity a
certain element 81 so-called temperance
uotn. who had been clamoring Tor htgh
license" as the great pauacea Tor all the
I'm, OF the legalized traffic; say. under
the operation OF this law we see the
law can he enforced and better enforced
because It is state law than + y
were local law, because the state pro.
vidcs the state excise commissioner with
a lot OF detectives. unknown TO the law
defying. liquor selling element, who quiz
etly poe~ into a town or city fas ! see
was the case here reCeutlyl and procures
liquor Of these illegal sellers and thus
gets evidence bv wGich many are con.
victed and heavily fined and occasionally,
what Is better especially II the seller
be woman without vote sent ~
prison. the thing Of all others the liquor
seller most breads; certainly after the
iexperience OF the past year, with TINS
stink hole under our nose at Middle
sex. II seems "a me a determined effort
should be made By the decent element
lin tm. state to demand OF the legislature
which is to assemble this week that
they give rs chance 10 say by q
submission 10 the vote OF the electors
Of this state, as to whether Or no we
wish to return 70 the former status 81
state wide prohibition; certainly follow
ing the example Of SO many states that
during the past two years that have
placed themselves in the no column, I
seems 10 me state ike Vermont, where
the sentiment ii 20 practically unani'
imous against the legahzed sale 81 strong
drink for beverage purposes. should tai
lin line where it belongs and be found
among those who are opposed a. state
to this hehsh traffic that has Tor IT.
fruits what II has
Ii the legislature is too cowardlv e
I give Us state aide prohibition, then LEI
Ius have at least county option that
this. our own Washington county. car
wash its hands of apy participation u
. 90 nefarious business; certainly from
policy standpoint il would seem, with
majority so safely on one side, they need
mot hesitete. from the standpoint Of eS
pediencv: ii they do, then let those o.
Ius who favor such law make our inHu
ence felt. and "a strongly felt. as vii
Indicate to those WAC have the making
of our laws that the decent clement Of
this state have right to be heard anf
S lin the language OF another demonstrate
I that "the people rule
3 Yours for state wide prohibition a.
well as national,
] p. 81 have not discussed the Other
side Of this question, viz, the great saw
ing to the several no license, or prohihl
4 ton communities in the cost for main
tenance Of prisoners, support OF the pau
pers made By the traffic. and all the
other expenses following in the wake O
the legalized tratiic; | leave that foi
otaers, simply saying that it far NOR,
than offsets any loss in the matter q
LEA.