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Page 16 - In the course of my duty as internal revenue officer, I have become thoroughly acquainted with the state and extent of the liquor traffic in Maine, and I have no hesitation in saying that the beer trade is not more than one per cent. of what I remember it to have been, and the trade in distilled liquors is not more than ten per cent. of what it was formerly.
Page 57 - ... sale of intoxicating liquors, are and shall be forever prohibited. Except, however, that the sale and keeping for sale of such liquors for medicinal and mechanical purposes and the arts, and the sale and keeping for sale of cider may be permitted under such regulations as the legislature may provide. The legislature shall enact laws with suitable penalties for the suppression of the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, with the exceptions herein specified.
Page 16 - Whatever it is in the power of a prohibitory law to accomplish without extreme severity or inquisitorial scrutiny, this law has generally, in my opinion, accomplished. Those who are bent upon obtaining liquor can and do succeed ; but it has ceased to be an article of traffic ; it has ceased to present any open temptation; the young are comparatively safe; and all the evils of public...
Page 18 - ... has undoubtedly been a difference of opinion among good and conscientious citizens in regard to the best mode of eradicating intemperance, but there are few who are unwilling to admit that there has been a wonderful change for the better in public sentiment where the law has been rigidly enforced. In a large part of the State, embracing more than three-fourths of our population, the liquor traffic is practically unknown.
Page 97 - Whereas the manufacture of malt liquors in this State will tend to promote agriculture, diminish the use of ardent spirits and preserve the morals and health of the people, therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened that if any person or persons shall hereafter within this State erect or if already erected shall continue any buildings or other works for the manufacture of malt and malt liquors, or if any person or persons shall hereafter erect, or...
Page 16 - ... thoroughly acquainted with the state and extent of the liquor traffic in Maine, and I have no hesitation in saying that the beer trade is not more than one per cent. of what I remember it to have been, and the trade in distilled liquors is not more than ten per cent. of what it was formerly. . . . When liquor is sold at all, it is done secretly, through fear of the law.
Page 80 - ... violated when not supported by public sentiment? The time is ripe for a full, free and honest discussion and consideration of this question, which affects our standard of citizenship and the well-being of all classes. We are dealing with a problem as old as the human race and confined to no country. We must be actuated solely by an honest desire to promote the welfare of the State and set our stamp of disapproval upon all alliances between those who would violate any law and those charged with...
Page 80 - ... the public service a full measure of earnest zeal and honest effort. That we must do to justify the trust which the people of Maine have reposed in us. If we keep faith with the people we may confidently expect their approval. If we are unmindful of our obligations we shall merit their condemnation. Every promise made in the platform adopted by the Democratic party and upon which it waged its campaign must be kept, squarely and fairly, without evasion or equivocation. Those promises to the people...
Page 33 - The query arises at once, why has prohibition Maine a death rate from alcoholism exceeding that for Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire (in cities), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (in cities), and South Dakota? This excess is visible not only in the death rate from alcoholism in cities, but in that for rural districts as well. Five of the fifteen registration States show a lower death rate from alcoholism in rural districts than Maine...