The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-11-12
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
'Hootch" Seeps Through
Macdonald Pass"

Macdonald Pass"
When the state of Montana engaged the liquor business
first sold all liquor to the ultimate from it's
state liquor In augment revenue the state
later permitted licensed retail liquor dealers operate but
continued to retain strict monopoly of the supply
the required pay the same prices for
the liquor individual purchasers After
elapsed retail dealers permitted
income came from sale of LIQUOR by the drink Customers
could buy their 'hootch cheaper at state stores
The state and citizens within Montana greatly increased
their revenue under this system and despite considerable skull
dugg pepeuated through the brokerage system whereby
favored individuals made lot of the system appeared
to work fairly smoothly
Then came the The federal government cut the
quantity of liquor raised taxes upon it, many dsers
verified to production Liquor began get Oper
ators of gn-mi alarmed their sources of supply
drying due to the looked for additional supplies
In order to the existing supply the Liquor
Control Board began rationng quorto both individual
and retailers the raoned commodity
earmarked for the retail trade but that still nsu
cient.
this point an enterprising number of retaIer-em
bers of the state organization of retail liquor
all of could purchase
booze quantity Unfortunately for them the stat
of Montana do permit retailers purchase liquor
side of the state and import it. The the
law that privilege for its liquor monopoly Therefore
that members of this select group hit upon the ngen
but not ingenious scheme presenting purchase
for the liquor they had located the administrator
them
Manifesty such procedure violated every angle of the
spirit of the law and must be admitted that the
badly manged Such practice likewise destroyed any equity
that had heretofore existed in the raonng system
for their considerably liquor than those who
not favored by the liquor boards favosm All
bance of equitable distribution of the alcoholic goods
vtaed Judging the tactics the basis of expediency
hardly blame the desperate retail liquor dealers who
engaged in the effort to multiply their but must be
agreed that it unfortunate to the least that Mr.
H. Macdonald the state liquor admnistratorand the
board if it concurredshoud have countenanced such
orderly contravention of equitable raonng say
the law to shambles through the convenient
oophole opened for them by Administrator Macdonald
Then the matter taken into the courts with the result
that majority of the Montana handed down
decision that the Vaccinations legal though adding in
substance that they not good practise should be
in the future The juicy verdict somewhat
ike saying it was nice but naughty
do not pretend to know how the matter is coming out
finally There to be tendency the part of
he of Montanawh the honorable exceptions of The
Peoples Voice and Great Falls Trbuneo be afraid
he story with 10foot pole Advertising may
might not be point that liquor traffic
permitted to become unclean there might again day
When there would be no liquor advertising at ALL
Since the high court has ruled such goingson permssa
lie cannot comprehend why other retail liquor dealers do
OF band together and follow the lead of their enterpring
rohers by making purchases through the Macdonald
the thing carried to it's logical contamination why cannot
Individuals call Mr. Macdonald to take delivery
lies of hooch which they individually without the
If to be favored why all?
ccordingly preparing order to be delivered Ad
Illustrator Macdonald for two of bourbon which
to give to friends the other enemesfor
fferent but sufficient reasons.-The Western News.