The Washington times., 1912-05-29
WHAT THE EXCISE
LAWS IN WET
!. STATES PROVIDE
|Generally as Strict or More
=, Strict Than Jones'
EiEs Works Bill.
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ticeable dimjnution in the sale of liquor
to boys and less loafng around bar
Irooms.
A review of the situation discloses
tthe fact that Washington has been very
Liberal in the number of hours II per-
mits saloons to operate, and that the
lJones-Work bill would not be as strict
as the regulatory measures In many
In Florida saloons must close at
tmidnight and cannot open until . next
lmoruing. During the hours of closing
Ial1 INSTRUCTIONS must be removed SO
that clear view Of the Ear may be
Texas and Maryland fix midnight
as the closing hour, and permit open
Indiana fixes II o'clock as the closing
hour. while Michigan provides that all
saloons shall close at 8 in the e, eniny
and remain closed until in the morn
leils in cities having over 10000 popula-
open until midnight.
New Hampshire At Ten.
New Hampshire Axes the general
closing hour at 10. but in cities of the
FIRST class, council may extend 1t TO
II. Six is the hour fixed for opening
In the morning.
IN Pennsylvania it is midnight, while
in Nebraska the last one must be
taken prior to 8 o'clock AMI the drought
continues until . next morning. Yer,
ln6nt makes the closing hour 10 and
Delaware makes it IL: both States pro-
lopener."
In practically every State there are a
great number of days upon which all
bars must close. These include all cleo
tion days, whether for national, State
(, or local tickets; all days when primaries
a. hal M oil hnIt hot n
national or State designation. In Yer
mont circus days and days Of State OF
county fairs are added to this long list,
while IN Indiana, Where eyerytaing io Is Is
one ward to fill a councilmanic vacancy
closes all the bars of the city,.
All States have recognized the evil OF
the pseudo-hotel and all manner Of
prevent their being used as blind for
selling liquor illegally. New Hampshire
provides separate licenses for hotels and
cafes. confines the, sale to bona fide
guests of the hotel and further stipu-
lates that no liquor shall be sold or
served In any hotel or cafe in any room
where the principal business is the sale
must be equipped to provide both meals
and lodging for its members before 1t
can be issued liquor license.
Liquor for Guests Only.
AZ a further safeguard the New
Hampshire law provides that In a city
! which has voted dry the State COM
nissioners may issue q license to n
hotel to sell liquor to its bona fide
guests, but 1t Is expressly provided they
the 't city. fs and that % the hot hotel 's mast not ct
maintain anything like a bar. All liquor
must besserved at meaisS Az to hours
Of dosing and other regulations, the
rule of various States Is that no differ
, n sal a
the hotel or club. -s.7. 20 P.
AS further precaution the majority
OF States prohibit the establishment of
private booths, private rooms, or even
stalls, do not allow any kind of music
or entertainment within the saloon.
I permit no games to be played in con-
nection with 1t, and in several States
I no screens are permitted, and all bars,
even, those in hotels, must have their
main entrance off public highway.
Where the provisions are not speci-
| fically strict, there are broad powers
given the police and licensing, auth
critics to pass upon the general char
! acter Of place, and II in their juog-
ment It Is disorderly from any cause
whatever, even though not covered by
I law, the saloon may be closed and the
license revoked.
"Growler" Frowned On.
The "growler'' is frowned upon in
most States, It being illegal to buy
liquor in a retail establishment and
take 1t outside to drink 1t, or even to
transmit" liquor from a licensed bar
to be used Off the premises. Many
States have anti-treating laws and
prohibit the free lunch"
In short, the tendency is to make the
saloon solely and distinctively place
where liquor is sold in small quantities,
to be drunk on the premises by the man
buying It, and to eliminate all allure
ments that may entice trade or make
/ the saloon a loafing place.