Show ra I t THE CZAR AS A SALOONKEEPER V PER tl I Russia h hIP ba T Jt t Into operation a system for dealing with the liquor ques question V i ton tion which in the fixture may may have an influence on temperance te reformers r I in tin country Auntry It goes the North Carolina Carolino dispensary system one better V md is the same as the army anny canteen canten Th The crushed and discouraged s many years ago used to spend a large largel l part of the time they could steal from their masters in drinking at the tj V 4 public Houses Jt U eS and when they were emancipated the percentage e of the was so great that thet th t the Russian government took a hand For many years temperance 98 were subsidized sub l In hii 1803 1898 18 over was spent sp t to t taid tV V j 1 aid in teaching thrift and temperance e V VV VV V V ts IS s a result of the famine of 1811 1291 the decided on radical measures in In sox son of the worst affected provinces all private saloons were 1 I abolished The t took charge of the business All AU ij liquor sold was wast t made by th and officially guaranteed to be up to a certain it I quality No Ice impure goods good were w re handled and the price was kept at a reason reasonable reasonable 4 able figure Various V regulations prevented the sale to habitual drunkards t and nd minors and placed other restrictions r on the ithe traffic Russians declare S st ste n a success and it extended throughout the th empire |