Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-06

wi Sdlu ne was present as the
moral leaders in the community and as
such he felt that it would be a great mis-
take not to grant licenses to the drug
gists. He said that 50 far as the drug
gists themselves were concerned ii mat
tered not to him whether they had IT,
censes or not but he felt certain that If
the town was deprived Of the privilege of
having places where needed liquor could
be obtained the result would be that the
town would vote license at the next op-
portunity
TO Mr.. Houghton's remarks Mr. Smith
ieplled that he wanted it understood that
ne did not appear In the interest of IL
cense He said the druggists had abused
thelr privileges and that many of those to
whom liquor was sold made a practice of
drinking 1t all at one sitting He also
said that there was no necessity for the
use OF liquor and that in every case where
1t was used for medicinal purposes some
other drug would do as we'll Mr.. Hougn-
ton answered that the question of
whether the privileges had been abused
was not the point with him II there were
violations of the conditions of the IL
cehSes 1t was up to the officers to take
measures TO correct them. lie said the
seIectmen should look farther anead than
the coming year. 1t would be better. he
Sdlu, 10 go on as in the past year. ad-
hitting that privileges had been abused.
than to return to the open saloon
At that point Or. Aldrich arrived on n
matter OF business with one of the audi
ence and Chairman Calvin interropated
MN with reference to Mr. Smiths state
ment about the necessity OF using Hquor
Dr Aidrich said the principal cases wnere
liquor was needed was where the patient
was an inebriate, and in such cases its
use was imperative Deiruin tremens
was produced. he said. By deriving a
person of liquor who had been accustomed
to it's use. Mr. Calvin then turned TO Mr.
Houghton and asked him what he would
90 II he was a selectman ana analyses Of
nquor sold in the drug stores showed
theY did not comply with the law. to
which Mr.. Houghton said he did not care
10 express his opinion at that time
Mr.. Galvin's question was the first Of
hcial public intimation made that the
samples of liquor sent to the state lab
oratory did not fully comply with the
statutes, although the fact was known fo
several. Walter A. Gilbert stated to tb.
selectmen that he did not consider that
the result of the chemical ANALYSIS sbou'3
have any weight in determining the aues-
ton Of whether fifth class licenses should
ne granted. He said that if the liuuor
ala not come up to the requirements that
was "a separate matter in itself for which
"a remedy was provided by the law Err
nest j. Waterman stated that Nuuor was
ordered by the druggists from samples
which had been examined at the labora-
tory and found satisfactory II subse-
queht shipments proved to be below the
standard II would tend to show that the
druggists had been imposed upon. Harry.
I. Shaw cited an instance where the
trouble with the analysis was not that
the quality of the liquor was poor, hut
that the abel was technically wrong. and
ne tn'uSht that the druggists should not
be deprived Of licenses on a technicalitv
Ihere being no further remarks Select
man j. q. stafford moved that ffth-cass
licenses he granted, but Mr. Calvin
thought 1t would be better to consider
the petition presented by Mr. Smith
niue further whereupon Mr.. Stafford
Withdrew his motion and moved that the
matter be tabled for further considera-
uon. The meeting then was adjourned,
ana all members OF the audience felt sure
mat the licenses would be granted.
shortly after the result of the analysis
OF the samples of liquor was received by
the seectmen they showed the official re-
port to the druggists. W F. Root i'm
mediately took steps to find out what the
trouble with his samples was and he
communicated with the state laboratory
OF hygiene and with the wholesale house
where the liquor was obtained. Dr. b. H.
stone, director Of the laboratory in Bur
llngton, replied that a large number Of
liquors were submitted to the laboratory
by the wholesale house and were passed
under proper labels. He said.
Il have no doubt that you will find on
examining the labels stamped on the
heads of the casks or barrels in which
this liquor was sent you, a label conform
ing with the legal standard Our Pure
Food standard aimed not so much to reg
ulate quality of the liquor as to have the
label on each specimen show exactly the
character of the liquor. Whistles and
hrandies cannot, under our standards. be
sold as whiskey and brandy if they con-
tam added coloring matter or are not
aged by four years storing in wood. Goods
which do not conform with this standard.
but are colored with harmless coloring
matter, can he sold, but must he sold as
blended goods. The American brandy.
the imported Hennessey brandy and the
Scotch whisIey to which you refer in your
letter We're all colored with caramel and
can be legally sold only as American
brandy blend, imported Hennessey brandy
blend and Scotch whiskey blend, re-
spectivey.'
letter from Mr. Root to the wholesale
house brought this reply: "Notwithstand-
ing the report you have received from the
state laboratory to the contrary, all of
the goods we have sent to you are abso-
lutely up to the standard and are exactly
similar in every respect to those samples
we submitted to the laboratory Of hygiene
for analysis and which were passed by
them. AS you are doubtless aware, we
are doing considerable business in the
state of Vermont more particularly in the
western part of the state, and we presume
samples of our goods have been taken
from other dealers and have been exam
ined by the laboratory of hygiene from