The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-03

out ~ TIE president q TIE National
Mode. Li,ause League 81 Louisville
Ky. % mayors % ciu~ where pro
hlh.ron j. the law
To HIs Honor. the Mayor
The pfohi5itcn wave that has been
passing over the country is showing
unmIstaksyie signs Of s1bsid.ng be-
cause the people are finding out
that prohibition. whether by state
or county. does not prohibit
The lndisputable evidence 4 the
internal reYeaue department proves
beyond question that putting over
half of the United States under pro
libitory laws has Increased the per
capita consumption Of distilled aud
fermented liquors fny per cent
Prohibition destroys millions o!
property and oi revenues, bu; il
does rot check the demand for wAis-
BY beer Nlne brandy. yin. alcohol
ir the form Of patent medicines. etc
and while this demand exists the
mail order houses the druggists.
the b.otlegg-rs aud the mOonehiners
VIII see that il IS supplied
A nation that consumes each year
taeuty-three gallons Of alcoholic bey-
erages per capita may pass prOh.5!-
tory laws. each voter iayOring them
for the other fellows. but il Niil
not be- denied these beverage ty
any edic, q Law and j will not for
long. nor seriously. prosecute the
men who supply them
The question. therefore. for the
future 10 to regulate the sale OF
these beverages and it is the par;
of wisdom to adopt regulation that
will regulate.
The people and the press OF this
country are demanding obedience TO
law and the liquor trade viii vel
come the adoption Of license laws
that viii b-th encourage and com.
pei obedience 80 far as their trade
IS concerned
Persecution. excessive taxation. cx.
cessiye competition and nominal pen.
alties may compel the saloonkeeper
IN his fight for existence 70 do
T things that are wrong. but 1t is a
/ great mistake to suppose that brew.
ers. distlllers, wholesale or retail
liquor dealers favor law violation OF
that they would not welcome a Law
sbolishing such practices
ask your consideration. therefore
OF what are known as Model Ii
cense provisions and should they ap
peal to you urge that your in
fluence BE- employed to engraft them
into your liqu ordinances.
We recommend.
First: That al licenses must be
renewed so long as the holder is no,
convicted the second time OF the
violation Of Law and the business is
not prohibited By vote Of the
people.
Second The licenses issued In
the future shall not be in excess OF
one license for each five hundred
OF population.
Third: That the license shall De
reasonable. fair and just and not
represent a penalty.
Fourth That for the first ccnyic
tion by jury Of the violation oI
law the license shall Doe suspended
for thirty days and the place closed
for that period and for the second
like conviction the license shall bc
cancelled and the holder never again
licensed 10 retail liquors in that
city
The permanent license will remove
. the salooukeepcr from politics. fo'
the p litical bos, could no longel
cancel his right 20 DO business; Il
would De a valuable asset and es
pecially II limited ia number q.
suggested and the holder of sucl
license would hesitate a long tim,
before hc would invite It's destruc
/, tial by violating law.
The mandat ry penalty which 10
Judge could set aside would do away
With the farce OF miuimized penal
ties which are generally impose.
, and which are merely an invitation
, 90 further b,dienco
Under most OF our license 1R.