Show 1 STATE LIQUOR STORE PLAN IS CONDEMNED c df f c. c Druggists Hotel and Cafe Men Oppose Dispensaries FAVOR LICENSING SYSTEM Criticize Proposal at Public f Hearing b f Possibility that Governor Henr Henry H. H Bloods liquor study committee might eject its tentative state dispensary plan for liquor control in Utah in favor of a licensing s system stem w was seen Saturday followIng a public hearing a at the capitol capito E. E M. M Bagley Bagle chairman of the corn com admitted that outspoken cism o of a plan which would put the in the liquor business opened the eyes of oC members ot of the study of group which had tentatively decided on a program for controlling the liquor traffic by means of oC a state a authority thorit or d dispensary system It lt is 15 too early to predict whether the authority plan will be rejected Mr Bo Bogley Jey said but the Views ex- ex pressed cd at the hearIng Friday certainly will be given consideration by bythe bythe the commIttee in formulating its plan planor for or presentation to the governor No Words l Minced Representatives of civic and busi ness groups attending the hearing J minced no words in condemning the state authority plan under whIch liquor would be besold sold to permit holder hold hold- er in state liquor stores The Salt SaIl Lake chamber ot of corn com merce for one told the committee 1 h its president Paul F. F Keyser that the group wants an immediate f t. t special session of the legislature to toI I legalize hard liquor in Utah but is R Continued d on P Pace ce Two I STATE LIQUOR PLAN ASSAilED Hotel Drug Store Men Ra Rap Proposal for Dispensaries Dispensaries Dis- Dis Continued from Pace Pait One u opposed to the state slate en en I. I aging g in the liquor business under t he dispensary ry plan Darrell T. T Lane former member of t the he house of at representatives appear appear- i ing ng for lor the Utah Pharmaceutical as s advised the comm committee Uee that Utah's druggists druggist also are arc opposed to toa a state liquor monopoly and suggest ed ad that druggists retail dispensers ers ems i if hard liquor is legalized Peer Opposes Change Mayor Harmon Peery o of Ogden sur the committee with the thc frank declaration that he favored rio no change in the present liquor laws pointing out that in Ogden police court fines for liquor violations have markedly increased We dont don't need liquor stores he hc said Let well enough alone alorie We Wear ari ar getting a nIce revenue from fines and licenses now It ma may not be legal but It is profitable In the event of the creation of D a I state authority to handle hard lIquor in Utah hotel and restaurant men I told the committee limitations placed L upon hotels and restaurants w will provide provide pro pro- vide as many di difficult problems as did operation of the prohibition lawsin laws in the dry era 9 Protests I Hit If the control bIll under consider i tion by the committee prohibits the sale of liquor in hotels ar argued George O. O Relf of the Hotel Utah business which annually pays a taxes to the state as five cities such as Lehl Lehi Pleasant Grove Spring Sprin- yule Payson and Spanish Fork corn com will vill be unjustly discriminated against Prohibition n laws do not prohibit Mr Belt ReI warned the committee the fact that in the prohIbition er era I diners at banquets repaired to hotel hote rooms and hidden liquor supplies i where open house reigned I In the old he days declared the good hotels were very jealous of their reputation At our innumerable large banquets an Intoxicated person was wasa a rare exception II H. W. W Beckett of the Hotel Ben Lomond Mr Belts Relfs views while Cesare of the Rotisserie S SInn Inn nn of Salt Lake spoke for restaurant I owners People who patronize restaurants i and hotel dining rooms Mr Mm I declared demand and high balls balb with their mea meats If we cannot them they go gc I somewhere eLse ele where they can get gel I what the they want he saId The state monopoly plan however had one staunch supporter in Charles Charle 5 O. O Larsen who said he appeared a as asan 5 an American citizen and as n a father Mr Larsen took sharp issue sue with i Mayor l Peery's views If you let politics money or revenues revenues reve- reve be your guIde he asserted you will not replace the bootlegger I would like to see liquor handled en timely by the state the profits to go to the state and at a price so the bootlegger could not compete L. L H. H Pierce vice chairman ot of the wholesale sales committee ot of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce presented present ed the chambers chamber's recent resolution I demanding an early special session ot 01 the to legalize e hard liquor and opposing establIshment of state liquor stores Private business is better equipped I to handle the sale and distribution ol of hard liquor he said and the traffic could be better policed than by state operation Chairman told these and other speakers that the committees committee's mind w s still op on aU all and that their views would be given careful consIderation in dra drafting tin the final plan He announced the draft ing subcommittee will meet again I dratt-I Enday Fri En- day at 9 a. a m. m min in his Kearns building office to agree on further findings |