Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25
National Prohihition.'

OF the nation have an issue to face and
they may as well prepare for It ms
issue is that Of national proniohhe oo3
II is declared; and THE Democratic party
cannot afford to shield the brewery, the
6istillery and the saloon from the rising
wrath of a determined people.
There is more of feyerish rhetoric in
this proclamation than 81 economic os
political common sense. the proolem OF
temperance in the use of aleoholic stlmu.
iants has been long recognized as one OF
considerable difficulty, and many ex-
periments have been made FOR It's soIu-
ton Out of 1t all has come pretly
clear demonstration that reguiation Oh
the traffic must be a local AFFAIR, estao-
iished and maintained by the community
directly interested.
Whaf is known here in Massachusetts
as local option has PROVED satlsi La Wy
wherever Instituted; even Statewide pro,
hibition has been found inefectlVe' anu
10 undertake to divide the populatloh o.
the entire country on party llhes TOT an. alia
against the idea of national prohloltlon
would he the height of folly.--Boston
Post.
what is known here in Massachu-
sets as local option has proved sat
isfactory" to whom?
state wide prohibition has been
found ineffective" in what way that
local option has not, other than Its
failure to provide as much income to
those engaged in the business?
The other day the Boston Globe
said:
"In Cambridge it is declared that
three -fourths of the druggists sell
liquor in violation of the law, and IN
somerviIle it is proposed to have the
question whether druggists license
shall be granted submitted to the vot-
ers with the general license question"
1t would seem, then, that there is
no protection for those who try 70
protect themselves from the traffic
and that local option is satisfactory
only to the traffic and those who get
something out of advertising, for
instance; that local option law is vio-
lated as much as is prohibition; thai
INSCRIPTIONS men violate regula-
tion," but that regulation is salts
factory" because there is money in it
for the traffic. as well as for the out
law.
The beauties of the local option
system is Nseen in Cambridge where Il
ought to be prominently successful.
Instead, evidence has been secured
against rs drug stores and express
companies. And these are only the
dnli n4l
furnish unnumbered dives and booy-
leggers
Rev. Henry n. Pringle. we'll known
in every part of Maine for his work
in the Maine Christian Civic League
service, has prepared partial list Of
the liquor shipments from Boston into
the dry" city of Cambridge, Mass,
on Nov. Z, 1914, between 9.15 A. NJ.
and 6.15 p NJ, by wagons crossing
the Charles river dam. 1t is esti-
mated that as much liquor went over
the other six bridges, or by train.
In the table below C stands for Cam
bridge, B for Boston, for Somervlle
and W for WATERFOWL. indicates that
the liquors formed part of the load and
x that the wagon or truck contained
nothing else OF these So wagon loads of
liquors 81 appear TO have been in charge
of pony express" companies, 10l of
which the city omcials of Cambridge
have licensed TO do this kind of business.
Sal a, 40 cases. keg, go a. m.
9s7, % cases. $50 a. m.
40 cases, $50 a. m.
so 10 cases $3.50 a. m.
555A, Is cases, 10 a. m.
2l7, 10 cases. 10 a. m
9s1, 10 cases, keg, lois a. m.
pa. IS cases, 1880 a. m.
lis, cases, kegs. Il a. m.
6 half bbls.. 60 cases, n.20 a. m
50 cases, 11.25 a. m.
liz, 40 cases, 11.25 a. m.
222. IS cases, 11.30 e. m.
6l2A. p cases, II. 40 a. m.
800, 80 cases, 1L45 a. m.
3e, 81 small cases, II. As a. m.
5o21A 80 cases. 1900 m.
5s0A, cases, R.05 p. m
s44. 40 cases, 12.15 .. m.
Is 30 cases II 10 p. m.
% cases, 1245 p. m.
$50, 40 cases, ! keg, p. m.
1876, 10 cases. LILO p. m.
60, Is cases, ! key, l25 p. m
90 cases, l keg, 100 p. M.
] case, 1.S0 p. m.
SO. g cases, / keg, 80 p. m.
IS cases. l50 p. m.
20 cases, 10 kegs, 1.55 p. m.
90 cases, 5 kegs, 1.55 p. m.
S43, 20 cases, p. m.
2 cases. 2 p. m.
15-si. cases, 2 p. m.
336 40 cases EOS p. m
II cases, 40 kegs. 2l0 p. m.
600, % cases, 230 p m.
AZ, Is cases, 2.35 p. m.
645. 40 cases. kegs. 2.45 p. m.
96s. cases, 800 p. m.
54lA, 60 cases, Bis p. m.
s57, 30 cases. kegs. 3.30 p. m.
III, % cases, keg $40 o. m.
as cases ~ barrel, 2 i0-gallon Jugs, Z
pne-gallon jugs, p. m
SO. % eases, 440 p. M
T52. IS cases l keg. 400 p. m.
Is kegs. 3,55 p. m.
TIA. IS cases, 4 kegs, LIS D. m.
u cases, $50 p. m
20 cases. kegs. 40 p. m.
2I4. 20 cases, 40 p. m.
81. 80 cases, 800 p. m.
$50. % cases, sos p. m.
152 % cases. sos D. M.
IS cases. $50 p. m
20 cases, 2 kegs 5.35 p m.
Is cases, ! keg, s p. m.
20s, 80 cases, l kes. Az barrels. COS %. m.
g.. Is cases, kegs, Cos D. m.
800. Is cases, go p. m
is cases. Sis p. M
Total. 1877 cases, 10 kegs. 1l1a barrels,
Io-galion jugs. one-gailon JUICE.
With half an eye anyone can see
why the Post describes local option
as SATISFACTORY" and prohibl-