Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-07

ploy.es who went abroad as advocates
of license. but who. after visiting the
old coudtry. returned converts to no.
license after seeing the damage
wrought by saloons. He went ON TO
show that liquor laws are violated in
license towns on an extensive scale,
and demonstrated that more liquor
was sold Illegally in licensed than in
nO-llcenSe towns. lie referred to the
conditions in Worcester under license
and o-license to the advantage of the
former. He said the liquor dealers
organizations were distributing lying
literature, without regard to the pub
lie good. and all for the almighty dol
lar. TO impress upon the public that
there was as much liquor sold in ne
license as in license towns.
He said he was out for the boy, for
the American boy, and the brewers are
after him, too. and the brewers Will
get him, unless there is united effort
in opposition. He declared he was not
"a no-license man, because. his mother
wanted him to be, or that his minister
so advised, but satisfied himself by
personal investigation that it was best
for the whole people. There are 81
per cent. more crimes in licensed
towns in Massachusetts than in no.
license towns, and it is a lying state
ment made 10y the brewers that there
was more drunkenness in no-license
than in license towns. As a matter of
fact, arrests are made $50 per cent.
more in licensed places. He said that
lSO people apply for town aid i'll Ii
cense places to 100 where license
obtains
He said that license decreases at
ten4ance in the high schools, as the
boys and girls We're comDepe1f to go
TO work on account OF he drinking
IA bits of one or more parents at a
rate of 100 to 70 iD comparison with
license ard no-Ic2yse towns. He said
that ii had ber>l demonstrated that
license Increases ,lnd does not decrease
taxation. In no-licCuse towns the per
capita wares in Massachusetts. the
is $14, rs against license.
The license saloon Increases child la
Dor 100 per cent.
The no-license cities spend 20 per
cent. more for streets and increase the
money for school 80 per cent Tax
able property has raised 80 per cent
more than in the License cities of Mas
sachusetts. Z is q big mistake he
said. 10 think that license would bring
industries to Westerly, as that thing
had been given q trial for the past 25
Years in Massachusetts. Saloons Will
1llIS population, a booze crowd, and
nc way 10 keep that crowd out is no.
license for statistics prove that the
leaithRst growth is in no-license cit
es.
Atr. Alden referred to the improved
condition of the cities OF Massachu-
'etts under no license, and quoted
from labor leaders in IA
+or Of no-liceEse. adding that it was
: mistake to believe that organized
abor was in favor OF the oDen saloon.
or it was not He said that the con- |
icienlious voter is the voter that is
leeded. and that when drinking man |
'otes against license. in order to keep
I va from him, do not call such a |
nan q h-pocrite, for that is the kind |
u men that are nee6ed in Westerly |
ind IN Brcckton. He then read ex- |
racts from Brockton r&pers to show |
hat no-hCerse had been beneficial to |
he city and the whole people nearly |
IRE in favor Of no-license in Broczton. |
lie URGED the voters of Westerly to 90 |
heir dut.- It the polls Tuesday. and !
or the sake OF their homes, for their |
1o8s ana Tor Gods sake to vote for |
lo-licensc.
The orchestra then played a medley /
# patriotic airs, after which Rev. Iric T
: Lindh # Pavca tuck spoke on the |
'enehC Of no-liccnse. saying that ali /
men anu women were nO-Hcense he
levers. and especially SO far as goes I
IA wing "A saloon next door. None want !
o nave Their children near the sa-
Don, and none next door. Others do
ot want saloons near the church or
chooi house, and others do not want
aioohs IN town, state or county. and
My question Of how far they want