Connecticut western news., 1910-08-18
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forbid traffic in intoxicating liquors, the courts, from the lowest to the highest are practical unit.
 ''In the case of Crowley vs. Christen- sen, l37 U. s. S6; II Supreme Ct. 13., MT Justice Field says The police power of the state is fully competent to regu- late the business, to mitigate its evils, or to suppress 1t entirely. There la no in- herent right in citizen to sell intoxicat- ing liquors by retail Iti not privilege of citizen of the state or the United States. As it is a business attended with danger to the community, it may, as already said, be entirely prohibited, or be permitted under such conditions as will limit to the utmost its evils.
 "We can stand on this decision. We can go little further, and state the liquor traffic has no rights now definitely given to it by law.
 "As to the reasons why the, saloon should be closed, of course the moral reasons stand and, as they always have, as of first and foremost importance. The degradation of manhood, the sn- slavement of womanhood, the robbery of childhood are full and sufficient for 6 final settlement of this question in the minds of most thinking men.
 But look for n minute at some other phase. The economic waste to the state cannot be long endured. With about 2200 saloons in the state, each taking in $500, over the bar, Joy the saloon mems own figures) the total is about $16,oo0,- 900 for the state.
 "Oh, but you say, we get lot in i- cense fees. How much? By the last report of the County Commissioners less than $1 100000. That is to say, sixteen out to one in. How long will it take to get rich at this rate?
 Take the phase of employment nearly all our railroads and many lines of in- dustry are discriminating against the drinking man. In the near future the drinking man will face the situation that only menial work is open for him.
 Take the character of the average saloon, The editor of the Wholssales and Retailers Review of SanFrancisco, who ought to know says:
 "The average tipplinR place is a place of i'll fame; place of shame and de- bauchery, with comparatively few eK- captions our saloons are houses of drunken men, profanity and obscenity of the vilest possible type.
 "Then the attitude of the trade toward law. The Brewers Journal of New York, May 1, 1910 says editorially:
 No matter what laws may be made to cripple the beverage industries Of our present time, they CANNOT and WILL NOT be observed, by those managing these industries
 This is anarchy, pure and simple. The power that thus defes law should be made to feel it's iron hand till decent respect ensuss
 Vast numbers of people agree as to the results of the traffic but the moment methods of handling are suggested, good men begin to differ. To my mind the logic of the situation is clear. In the local option or no-licence policy, we have a tool placed in our hands we may use 1t or we may sulk and say we won't use any tool at all until we can get better one.
 "The common sense way seems to me to be to make the best use of what we have now, but keep on striving for better tools.
 "As to results. it is very proper question to ask, Will no-lioense stop drinking?'
 Some men say, I lived in a no.license town and there was more drinking than under license. The liquor men hesitate not to lie when it serves their purpose and they keep on shouting prohibition does not prohibit. If it does not, they are to blame for selling illicitly, but as matter of fact, statistics gathered from a very wide range prove beyond the shadow of a doubt the closing of the saloon does stop about two-thirdE of the drinking.
 "The small boy who was told by mother not to play with matches felt safer when the matches had been put up out of his reach. So very many men, when the temptation of tho ever present saloon is put away, find it easy to let the liquor alone.
 "The prime reason why I am doing all can in no-license campaigns, is to stop that two-thirds of the drink traffic.
 "I want to see North Canaan settle this fall by a decisive vote, that no-h- cepss is the best policy for it to pursue. Two years ago the vote was 90 wet last year one wet. Let it be this year 51 dry"
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