The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-17
NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS NOW BECOME
 BONE DRY STATE
Joining With Vermont and Maine, Granite State to
 Stop Liquor Sales.

OCOp Alqu uoI OdI00.
 New Hampshire is the latest state to join the "bone dry column. The Legislature passed the Lewis bill which forbids the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages in the state and >iov. Reyes will sign it, although In his inaugural address he advised to let we'll enough alone on the liquor question.
 For a number of years Gov. Reyes was a member of the State License Commission which regulates the H. quor problem in that state, and 1t IS claimed no man in New Hampshire IS better qualified to discuss the liquor situation in the state than Gov. Reyes because of his long service on the L- cense Commission.
 The passage of the new Prohibitory law in New Hampshire means that the leading industry of Portsmouth will be wiped out. There are three brew cries in !, Postmouth. They employ about 500 smen and brew about f300,- 900 barrels of ale and beer a year. The three breweries represent more than $1,00O.0 900 invested.
 Leading citizens of Portsmouth ap- peared at Concord when the Lewis bill was under consideration and pointed out what a great financial loss Ports mouth would suffer in the event of the bill being passed. They presented to the legislators a detailed statement of the capital invested, the number of men employed and the amount of business done by the breweries, but the bill was passed. As a rule, the country members voted for the prohi- bitory measure, while the city and large town representatives voted against 1t. IF.
 There is another brewery at Wal pole, N. H., which will also have to close. under the new law, which be- comes effective May l.. 1918. This all low the liquor men a year in which to make other plans and to dispose of their stocks. At least one of the Ports mouth breweries intends to stop brew ing six months before,
 There is nothing in the law which will prevent people taking. liquor into the state. The man with an automo- bile can run down to Massachusetts, load up his car with liquor and carry 1t back home. In the North country they scass slip over into Canada and there is nothing to prevent shipments tntQsgth state.
 The present New Hampshire liquor law is. regarded by many as one of the .best3in the country. It allows the sale of Nquor to- travellers not residents of the state, although the particular city or town may be dry or no-license. Hotel proprietors may not, however, sells liquor to residents of the town, and if he does he is liable to a heavy fine and maybe a revocation of his license. The present law has been in existence for several years. Prior to that New Hampsire was dry for many
 Vermont has taken :, step in the regulation of it's liquor traffic during thesTarH They Ka1e, upftHefeF what is Known as second-clasS license which is like the fourth class license in Massachusetts It is for the sale of liuuor not to be drunk on the prem ises. a The bulk of the business is in the sale of liquors in bottles.
 During the war this class of licenses have been suspended as measure for effictency. It is said to be in the in terest, of temperance among the sol- diers squartered at Fort Ethan Allen, near Burlington. As the army main tain no canteen now soldiers have to procure their liquor outside the reser- vation. and at times the police have their hands full in caring for Uncle Eam's fighting men after they have visited the. Winooski saloons.
 New York has passed a law abol- ishing saloons near the Plattsburg res ervation, in response to the petitions of the cofnmandant of the post.
 fx.-s U 1 At. II, ~T "bone dry' law which would have made 1t Ahcrime to import liquor with in it's borders, but the measure failed of passage. The Democrats fathered the. bill. They openly announced that they would prove what they have al- ways claimed that Maine Republi- cans didn't want to make the state absolutelyss dry. The measure was drawns-by William. B. Pattangall, ex- Attorney General,
 Bishop Lawrence has urged Massa- chusetts cIergymen to encourage a mover1enfs for total abstinence dur ing the war. At a meeting one day last week, 200 clergynen passed a res- olutioTis endorsing the stand of Bishop Lawrence. The temperance workers are taking advantage of the feeling among the people that this is the time to make some sacrifice for the govern ment and are greatly encouraged over the prohibitory movement.
 Massachusetts has had it's experi- ence with prohibition from 1855 to 1875 and went back to the license sys- tenn with the local option provision, which makes it necessary for every city and town to vote every year on the question of granting liquor i- censes.
 Liquor men are becoming alarmed at the prohfbitory wave sweeping over the*couhfry and fear that it may vet reach Massachusetts,
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