Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-02
Public Opinion

July 20. 1918.
Allow me to comment through
your valued Public Opinion column
relative to the action taken BY the
major OF Camp Raritan and also the
attacks made by him on h police
officials OF this town and also the ac-
ton of the local excise board last
Friday night.
While the attacks made by the
major have been decidedly unjust
relative to the selling Of liquor to
soldiers right in Perth Amboy. and
although he had been disputed by the
local chief of police, he evidently had
come to the conclusion that Perth
Amboy toe needs the assistance OF
military police. I am SUR that the
military police haven't any evidence
of liquor selling to soldiers in this
town during their present stay in
Perth Amboy. n If they chance to
find a soldier intoxicated, you can be-
lieve me that the doors of Perth AM
boy weren't open to him anywhere.
Evidently the major has forgotten
about a little town called Tottenville
Just five cents fare from Perth Am
boy, a short ride of about ten minutes
where on Sunday in particular all
the liquor that a mans heart well
ome can be secured by him and
lAO4G VIAL tAAa
My husband who has always liked
a drink, not excessively. goes to Tot
tenville on Sunday (while the Perth
Amboy stores are closed here) and
fills up till the last cent he a Is not
his. While before. when he would
get q drink in this town, he would
have one or two glasses n come
home sober in every sense OF n
word. He feels that while he is there
he might just as web make the best
of it. and he certainly does make the
worst of II.
Well, so much for the major and
Sunday selling; and by the way. we
mustn't forget that soon we Will md
the Staten Island Rapid Transit will
run two boats on Sunday all year
round instead Of just a few months OF
the year.
While the Sunday business in Perth
Amboy has been shot to pieces they
also want to take away the selling Of
half pints and pints TO their trade, so
hat the soldier won't be able to get
his drink In that manner. Another
helping hand to Tottenvillei The x
else board of Perth Amboy hasn't
considered that at all. My husband.
who buys a bottle Of whiskey occa-
sionally. will have to go to Tottenville
again and spend his money there and
not here. What's going to happen2
He goes there. they charge him al
double for a pint of whiskey
(same as they do for a drink) and he
again comes home shy of money.
Who gets the dirty end of 1t? The
mother. BY the time he gets home
the bottle Is half gone.
Why don't you come to your senses.
OF the Excise Board. Don't
realize that all the money Ia go
ing to Tottenville. The merchants
there are reaping the harvest. Why
don't you protect the liquor dealers
of Perth Amboy instead Of protecting
the liquor dealers Of Tottenville7
Stopping the sale of liquor on Sun
day to such extent as now Is raging
and to stop the sale Of one-half pints
and pints would mean Generalization
OF the Perth Amboy liquor dealers in
and the uplift of the Totem
Vile liquor dealers. It's a damn
The excise board should con
things more carefully before
such bold steps.
You might as we'll close them up
entirely here while you're at it. Fur
while there are a few
stores what do not depend upon the
are quite some who do depend upon
for their main bread and butter J
and I'm sure that the new Law STOP
ping the sale by pints wasn't sanc-
toned by those storekeepers.
What have you to va about this
condition, Mr.. Editor? Do
you think I'm right or wrong7 Let
me hear from yopr side of the argu-
Thanking you for the space.
am
MRS. A. ]. HOWE.