The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-07
IMPORTANT CHANGE
IN THE LIQUOR LAWS
Vermont Affected in the Matter of Adj
vertising and Use of Mails But
Not on Shipments.

The first minute after y, midnight,
Saturday was momentOus for the lqnof
and anti-liquor forces of the countfF.
Vermont publishers from that minute
no longer could lawfully insert liquor adj
|vertisements in their papers, one Of p
states and territories of which this is
true, including Maine and Rhode Island.
Section ) of the act Of congress APP
proved on March 3, 1917, covers these
% states completely, and parts of other
states. States wholly affected are: Ala
bama, Arizona Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Idaho, Iowa. Kansas, Maine,
Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee. Vermont, Virginia, Washing
ton and West Virginia. States partly af-
Ifected are: California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa-
Ichusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
New York, Ohio and Texas, while the
entire states Of Indiana, on April 3, 1918;
Michigan, April 50, 1918; Montana, De
cember 81 1918; Utah, August /, 1917,
q I'd the entire territory of ALASKA will be
affected on January ! 1918.
} The anti-publication part Of the law
) says: THAT no letter, postal card, cir
eular. newspaper, pamphlet or publica-
! ton of any kind containing any adver-
+, tisement of spirituous, vinons, matted
5 lfermented, or other Intoxicating liquors
! of any kind or containing solicitation
! of an order or orders for said liquors. oi
? any of them, shall be deposited in Of
e carried by the mails of the Unitct
e States, CT be delivered by any post
!, master or letter carrier, when addressed
q or directed to any person, firm. corpora
ton or association, or other addressee, q
Il any place or point in any state OF terri
tory at that time unlawful to advereas
or solicit orders for such liquors, or an.
of them, respectively.
1t is unlawful to solicit orders in Ven
: mont, and that brings Vermont undo
the new law.
Another section of the amendment al
% plies to shipments. It SAYS: : Whosoeve
y shall order, purchase, or cause lntoX
!. eating liquors to be transported in int
# state commerce, except for the scientific
- sacramental medicinal and mechanic;
= purposes, into any state on territory ii
I laws of which state or territory prohib
:; the manufacture or sale therein Of i
!, toxicatine liquors for beverage shall !
= punished a. aforesaid. Provided tn
r nothing htftin ShdiI aulnofl/c the SIN
q ment of liquor into any state contrary
), the laws Of such state (shipment in
Vermont Is legal: Provided furthc
II That the postmaster general is herel
= authorized and directed to make pabl
al from time to time in suitable huilcti
i, or public notices the names Of states
~ which ii is unlawful to advertise or $
AZ irit orders for such liquors.
= -
en- : ilhc = ~ nl''e '"dn l'o"o ~ I
tprisonmcnt for not more than six mont
&c or both is tn" penalty for publisher
he dealer or his agent who deposits sn
~ mail or causes such mail as is Forbid
- to be deposited or sent, Or ships lieu
~ between states concerned.
NJ BY ruling of the postoiIice dofal
,ae ment, no advertising whatever Of liqu,
/. regardless of the uses to which ii IN
be put, are permitted.