Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-15

ly correct. In some cases they differ
slightly from those previously given.)
For fifty years previous to May l,
1903, under state prohibition Vermont
had no licensed liquor saloons.
By referendum vote, February 3,
1908, the state prohibitory law was
repealed, and a local-option, high-license
law was adopted, the majority in favor
of the local option law being LOAF.
The first town elections under the new
law were held March 8. 1903. At that
time 154 towns and cities of the State
voted against license, and go voted for
it. The total majority in favor of
license was $500.
The number of towns voting for
license in each successive year from
1903 to 1912, inclusive, has been 80, 40,
81, 80, 81, 27, 81, 20, % 81. Every year
there have been few small towns
voting license in which no licenses have
been granted. So the number of saloon
towns has always been smaller than the
number of license towns.
In 1911, 21S towns and cities voted
against license and % voted for it.
Of the % voting license 20 had saloons.
The total majority in the state against
license was 6, S62.
In 1912, after years experience with
the licensed saloon, 225 towns and cities
voted against it, and 81 for it, Is of
which granted licenses and has saloons.
The total majority in the state against
license was 9,23S, an increase of 2, 376,
or 80 per cent. over the year before.
In Is towns and cities having license
in 1912 the total license majority in 1911
was 2,34S, and in 1912 it was 1913, a
decrease of 1876, or 81 per cent,
May l, 1912, saloons were opened in
2 towns that had not had them the year
before, and % saloons were closed in
Z towns that had had them, the total
number of saloons licensed in the state
being reduced from "a to 81, or 20 per
cent.
The liquor license fees received by
the state in 1911 amounted to $97, 500. 81,
and in 1912 to $40, 739. 40, decrease of
$26, $50. II, or % per cent.
Of the CT saloons licensed in 1912, 2
were on the east side of the state and
65 on the west side.
In 1911, sc, 46l people lived in Yer
. mont towns having saloons. In 1912,
r 1894 people lived in saloon towns, a
decrease of Is, 1857, or Is per cent.
In 1912 every county in the state gave
majority for no-license. There were
7 counties that had no licensed saloons,
had l saloon town each, Addison and
Chittenden had 2 each, Franklin had g.
and Rutland 5.
In 1912 Windham County gave the
,, largest majority against license, 1,293
! and Essex gave the smallest, 81. Gale
donia gave the largest proportionate
majority against it, nearly to l, anc
rutland gave the smallest, 1876 pei
cent.
J., 1t is estimated that Vermont people
spend more than 81, 900, 600 a year fol
Intoxicating liquor.
!. How much they pay yearly for courts
police, jails, house of correction, indus
:, trial school, states prison, poorhouses
hospitals and asylums to take care Of
= the direct and indirect results of thi:
million dollar expenditure for intoXicat
ing liquor we do not know. Another
million perhaps.
= The economic waste from loss of time
= inefficiency, sickness, accidents anC
= death resulting from the use of intoXi
= eating liquor is enormous. We canno
estimate it,
. The cost in suffering, shame and sor
: row from the disgrace, poverty, dis
ease, crime, suicides and murders oc
casioned by our yearly million dollal
investment in intoxicating liquor has NJ
money equivalent. 1t cannot be stated
in dollars and cents.
One of our state newspapers call
= intemperance "The greatest evil of tn,
f present day." Isn't it right?
o Under the Vermont statutes an,
i beverage containing more than one pc
It cent of alcohol is Intoxicating liquor, tn
y sale of which without license is pro
e hibited.
: All license fees go to the stat
d treasury.
It Only one license in a town may b.
e granted for each thousand inhabitants
e or major fraction thereof.
d No intoxicating liquor may be sold o
ic furnished to minor, a habitual drunk
lie ard, an insane person, or persol