The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-06
ISSUE NO DRUGGISTS LICENSES
Seectmen After Executive Session, Decide in Favor OF
Real Dry Town-"lntOlerable Conditions.

+, it was generally expected that the Doafu
| would grant n license to at least one OF tine
applicants to the end that physicians migh'
not be disconnected III their practice
when they found it necessary to prescribe
! Iouor. After supper the board OF select
men went into executive session. Jus'
what evidence was presented against ths
druggists is not known but each member
| of tbe board stated that in view OF the
| .intolerable' conditions prevailing during
the mast wear it was decided unanimously
not TO grant any druggists licenses, NC
member of the board when interviewed
would give specific evidence against any OF
the local druggists other than to refer 70
the recent analysis made OF liquor sample,
which failed to come up to the pure food
or pbarmacopaea standard in NUMBER OF
samples. -, ,.
Chairman Calvin when the board went
into session was in favor OF refusing .he
licenses and there was never a moment
when he changed his mind or wavered
J. G. Stafford chung to his opinion that II !,
would be best to grant Licenses. a. ~
Merrill took the stand that Mr.. GaVih
did. and Mr.. Stafford evidently was SHOWN
by his colleagues that the conditions pre-,
yaiing during the past year were such az
to Justify the board in refusing TO re,ssue
tbe licenses this wear. Therefore MIR. stat
ford gave in and voted against the grant
mo of the licenses. He said Monday alter
noon that the board was absolutely salts
God that there had been violations upon
he mart of both physicians and druggists
TJe referred to a case where the hoider
of prescription was given double the
mont Of ale that the order called tor
Mr., Calvin told the newspaper men Mon
day of an attempt of one OF the druggists
10 conceal the volume of the business
Jone bv having his whiskey shipped INTO
Town in barrels marked alcohol. Mr. Mer-
Iii said that the matter simmered down
20 onantity and quality. 1--WE found that
tbe druggists were selling too much and
Of a poor quality" he said.
Several weeks ago "a samples OF llquor
ware taken from the four local druggists
and sent TO the laboratory OF hygiene at
burlington for analysis. The result show
ed several samples failing to come up 70
standard. Each of the druggists was lha az,
aware of the result of the analysis, Dut tile
hoard of selectmen decided 1t was uiiw W.
70 give the newspapers the result OF tlie
fest and turned the matter over 70 p o1aIe .
Attorney Charles H. Williams Oh peiio"s
Falls. ,., a ;s
In the case OF one Oh lne VI uSSi
known that the three samples taken IRON
his his store which failed to come up TO
standard we're merely technical VIOLATIONS (, pms
Of i" the pure food law. When ". f. Root
was informed of the result OF the ANALYSIS
Of the liquor taken from his store ne com.
,nunicated with the state laboratory, az
1nu.i and asked in what way his
Goods . Is had failed to meet the, requirements
+ r. Stone. director of the laboratory
wrote W, to him that large, number OF l,q-
r m,r'e were submitted to the la6ratory by
t uU concern with which Mr.. Root does
business tme and were passed under proper
labels Mr.. Stone says: $! have no dou1t
that Won will find on examining the lapes
Slammed sh on the heads of the casks or par
T TeIs in which this liquor was sent you 5
labels conforming with the legal standards.
6 la nure food standard aimed not SO much
70 D"i regulate the quality of the liquor as to
have o the label on each specimen show
n na the character OF the liquor.
Whistles and brandies cannot, under our
standards. be sold as whiskey and brandy
e thew contain added coloring matter or
are not aged by four years storing In