Show i i k E EXIT IT THE BOOTLEGGER 1 ATTORNEY TEY FISHER HARRIS HAURIS r rec recommends rec- rec c- c CITY to the city commission that sale of legal 32 beer shall be without restriction except for a proper license se The commissioners commission commission- ers will do well to follow such suggestions It points the way to real reform in Salt Lake I Denied th th incentive of huge profit the bootlegger boot boot- logger legger and all his smelling ill companions in f. f lawlessness lawlessness' will be forced to make their exit r Mr Harris Harris' suggestion to to the commission p for a beer control ordinance is in sharp contrast contrast contrast con con- f to the absurd recommendations of the public safety commissioner submitted a few 5 days ago Ignoring the fact that 32 beer has been declared red g b by la law that its manufacture and sale in Utah has ha's been s sanc- sanc nc- nc Honed by the legislature and that legislation f. f I seeking to rid the state of the evils vils of underworld under- under world liquor traffic becomes becom s effective in the thc I f state on January 1 the recommendations of I the public safety commissioner if followed b by II the commission would set up lip conditions in this this' city under which a v veritable bootleggers bootleggers' para- para paradise t dise disc and racketeers racketeers' heaven would come into being Commissioner Knight and and- andis his is advisers seem Beem to be hopelessly confused If H they have not mistaken 32 b ber er for the most potent hard liard liquor it is impossible to o understand n e tm d the reasoning reasoning rea rca behind the suggestions made to the city attorney and commission These ridiculous sugg suggestions would woula provide for an intolerably high license for sale of 3 32 2 I beer only with meals which would cost mo more e than the b beer er and for sales Bales in case lots only by wholesalers permitted d to engage in no o other other oth oth- other er business Many rany other suggestions suggestions' as as' as absurd a surd were made but these are sufficient to condemn all of them The most unholy recommendation is that restricting wholesalers It would give lawful sanction to a a. a monopoly holding the threat of racketeering in jn its worst form and open the way for con continuing all the evils of prohibition days including including- of course greater opportunity underworld officialdom of than ever eveL for or the to corrupt arid nullify every effort at law en f The suggestion that ha sales be made only with meals aggravated by the high license provisions would certainly li be meat upon which bootlegging and ho home e b brewing ewing would fatten Taken all in all the th recommendations of the public safety commissioner reveal such woeful lack of understanding of the whole subject sub sub- of han handling the post repeal post repeal situation that the the quest question on of the fitness of the public safety safety safety safe safe- ty department as now organized to control liquor traffic in Salt Lake Lak becomes a grave question Above all the ordinance must be practical and enforceable Impractical theories cannot He De made practical mere merely by legislative enact enact- ment mente Let us have an ordinance that will carry out the intentions of the voters who voted for repeal that will be of a character to fo forward temperance to unhorse those engaging engaging en- en en en- in hi illicit traffic to unmistakably kably define de de- de- de fine t the e duties of the police department andt and t the e city prosecutor to promote compliant with and respect for law |