Evening star., 1933-11-20
Old Saloon Without Friends
AS Liquor Control Is Planned

Upon the defeat Of prohibition the
country began making preparations for
future control Of liquor in those States
which have not individually banished
the trafic. All proposals have for their
foundation recognition of a demand for
temperance In the use of intoxicants
and general agreement that regulations
must not be SO drastic as to encourage
the continuance Of bootlegging.
The great majority of citizens want
nquor 70 return IN a sane and orderly
manner" declares the Peoria Star. while
the Asbury Park Evening Press remarks
that every other known form of con-
troll having been tried without success.
1t would be at least an original idea To
make self-control the keystones of lepis-
iation: The Rockford Register-Repub-
Tic holds that, "in the last ANALYSIS. tenn
perance education must have its solid
foundation in the home" that paper
ADVISING that "the success with which
community meets the problem.
whether It be dry, temperate. or wet
VIII depend on the conduct, the attitude
OF the individuals who make up the
majority" NI '-'e
LOOKING back 1T repeal, the Atlanta
journal finds the conviction Of "a host
OF the countrys best heads and best
nearts TO be that temperance cannot
be inculcated or fostered by police DOW
ers' Lnat this virtue, so essential both
70 individual happiness and social well
rare, grows from q deeper soil than pro-
Doa M can reach. The Chicago Daily
enI;.t.i ~ .S mat science should be
enils!ed IN the cause, and common sense
Snouio dictate the forms of effort to
NJ Mr: Saloonkeeper." argues the Mil
ssus'e aVulnal has not been vOted IN
by the people Of the country. If. after
bseomes the dispenser or qnor nalvias his rea he
toIatlon will, be by the politicians and
not oy the people. What the peonle
voted Tor was q new deal in the mat
yer OF mtoxicants, not a return to the
conoitlons which brought on the pro-
nioition experiment" Denunciation Of
!ne saloon also Is voiced BY the Pasa-
tsn uens Star-News, the Cleveland News,
Omaha World Herald and manv ~ ot,srs we
The Danbury News-Times. recoon;zin1
the demand for places in which q n,an
may buy drink without HAVING to hau
anything else" believes that "nrov;d,
ing such places without bringing hack
,1 1me saloon Is one problem to be solved !"
Inc st Joseph Gazette is convinced
snat II anything about the LIQUOR prob-
lem Is certain, 1t is that no other kird
tnan the public place will do"
NeW YORK leads the way." savx the
Cnariotte Observer. in predicting dis
appointment for friends of the saloon
sno adds: mo saloons are TO be ner'
.tteo IN That State and the same rul-
tn ing Is 70 become effective in all the
s~enty states In which sale of liuuor
becomes lawful. The popular plan is
Pacxage sales. but in some States sales
py taverns' will be permitted. but under
. TiTon tnat make the tavern quite
1aerent M institution from the saloon"
D.. Inc Lima, Ohio, News comments as
70 current theories: President Roose-
welt has outlined the Federal Govern
menus policy, which will be a Arm grin
on the business and at the same time
Keeping taxes low enough to deal =
oeath blow to bootlegging and allied
rackets. Gov. White Of Ohio has ex-
pressed much the same sentiment and
Is clear In his statement that nothing |
resembling the old-time saloon and its |
many evils VIII be tolerated He speaks |
ior local option and says that dispens- |
ing permits must be made dificult IN
OBTAIN and equally difficult to keep |
Inat means stern regulation and living |
up to q high standard on the part Of
those who will deal In liquor"
Where there are bcotlegger areas
there viii be trouble" in the opinion OF
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which |
offers the explanation: with some
States clinging tenaciously to local
statutes and constitutional amendments
II will be practically impossible to pro-
duce Q national plan. A program CIV
Ing political units ths right TO refuse