Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-10

fun namo--and secured the monopoly
for the capital city three years ago.
The company has authority to con-
duct an retail establishments FOR the
sale OF liquor TO be- drunk Off the
promises, but many also delegate this
authority 10 private persons or com
pauias Some forty OF these social
ed "off' licenses are thus held bE
persons other than the system com
panv. bur these viii not be extended
after the deaths OF the present hold
ems.
Passbooks Issued
Control of sales at the off places
is effected boy means OF the passhnok
referred to- passbouk is issued TO
an adult resident Of the city upon
application provided his or her rec
ord tustifics it, The company main
tains an elaborate card index, in
which are listed not only All persons
to whom books have been issued or
from whom they have been with
drawn. but also an persons TO whom,
IL they apply. books viii not be- issued
Books are not issued 10 habitual
dfunkards, to persons who have been
arrested for drunkenness within a.
year last past to paupors or to per
sons who have figured uuplcasantlv
in police court records. a man VINO
has been participant in "a public
brlwl for example, Is pretty sure 70
find. upon applying for "a paaHbook,
that his record rs contained in the
index and that ne can get no book
for the system company cooperating
with the police. watches the neWspa- .
pers regularly for criminal nows.
Conviction Of serious crimes or OF .
results In the Withdraw
M Of the pHssboOk Care also has TO .
he taken to note all deaths Ia the T
1ity Otherwise. said Or Bratt i'm .
q talk with the Associated Press cor .
.espondeut IL has been the company /
experience that about fifteen per cent I
II all holders Of books keep on drink I
ng liquor until the close Of the year .
following their death Persons feel .
ng themselves aggrieved boy the with /
travail or refusal of n passbOok may /
appeal to the state authorities, but +
here have been only four or five APP .
ioals during the companys existence, /
ma none has succeeded
Until recently the passbooka AUTH /
'fized the purchase Of sixty liters of [
lprlts yearly OF which not more than
inc-third Of liter could be bought T
very two days. owing to an en-
.orced reduction In the distilation of I
.pirils due 10 the necessity for con
ervinR Swcden's available supply Of I
irendstuffs this amount has just been
educed TO As litcrs yearly, and fur
her reduction is probable.
Consumption Regulated.
In this connection Dr Bratt point
"a out what he considers from
he furthcrancc Of sobricty through
he passb0Ok system--iis economic
ulue There was, prior to the pass
iook system no adequate or practi-
al method of regulating consumption
the kingdom. The state
authorities. however. were so impress
d with the workings Of the Bratt
ystcm In tho first two years Of it's
Existence that 1t was put into effect
III over tho kingdom on January !,
asst when the whole country was di-
.ided into 1902 control areas each
With it's own company and It's pass
look valid only I'm the district in
which If vs. issued Now, when n
becomes necessary to restrict con
It can be cone precisely as
Germany for instance, can regulate
Is bread consumption by increasing
r. reducing the amount called for by
lis bread cards
No liquor can be imported into
.wcdcn except through the respec-
i've companies A peculiar feature