Show 4T J STATE CONTBOI OF LIQUOR F I 1 I The little republic of Switzerland has S 4 jut inaugurated a plan for dealing with E 4 I the liquor traffic Heretofore there r I i have been no restrictions on the manufacture i rL I I manu-facture of intoxicants and very few on j the sale of them as a result liquor has c t J been of poor quality cheap in price and p E drunkenness has steadily increased i 4P Now the State has assumed a monopoly f monop-oly of the business That is to say it F r 1 I will inspect the manufacture with the t i I view to keeping the quality up to a certain t cer-tain standard all liquors must be sold t S S I i to the State no distiller being allpwed LJ 1 < I to dispose of any to private parties S The government will retail the liquor S r 4 j and thus have the absolute control of t f t the traffi in matters of price hours lf I I J 1 for selling and so on The scheme S I i contemplates an increase in the price of S I 25 per cent This it is thought will j i f i reduce the consumption somewhat and J fi K will lessen drinking among the poorer j i classes who can least afford to j 1 C spend money for drink Allowing L i 5 i for the faIling off in consumption it is t I estimated that the governments profits f S f will amount to 2000000 a year of S which 150000 a year is to be expended Jf f in measures to repress the evils of drunkenness The plan is a novel one c J and if honestly and efficiently applied if ought to do good in the way of decreasing t i decreas-ing intemperance but it is such an 7 J t open recognition of a traffic which is 4 Ibl j everywhere regarded as illegitimate i w1 that few governments would care to H I j adopt the plan t 11It c J |