Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-21 | Page 4 | Vocie of the People

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE By Salt Lake Telegram Readers Liquor Figures Dont Don't Tell Whole Story Reader Says Editor Telegram I noticed Ina in ina ina a recent report in your paper that Utah is the fourth lowest state in the nation in the rate of liquor consumption per capita Of course the compilation of such statistics has to be taken from figures that are available Needless to say complete in information information information in- in formation isn't available That Thatis is there is no definite information information information tion in most cases as to who did the purchasing of liquor in any particular state slate For this reason reason reason rea rea- son Nevada was reported as having a high per capita liquor consumption which is undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly accounted for in part by bythe bythe bythe the fact that the state of Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada has thousands of tourists each year ear who do a lot of drinking drinking drink drink- ing Therefore it is unfair to label Nevadans as heavy drinkers drink drink- ers since a lot of the liquor purchased isn't for Nevadans Now in the case of Utah it itis itis itis is also probably true that our reported low per capita consumption consumption consumption con con- doesn't necessarily reflect the fact that are light drinkers compared with the rest of the nation Because of the very unfair tax on a tax that causes the pr price ce of Utah liquor to be the highest in the nation a lot Jot of our citizens go across state lines to purchase stocks of liquor By the way orchids to your paper for the story on the liquor tax on tax Orchids also to Gov Lee for wanting to do something Ill I'll have to wait before I give orchids orchids orchids or or- to Atty Gen Vernon whom the governor asked for an opinion as to whether or not the state couldn't stop marking up on that portion of the wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale price that is federal excise ta tax Mr V Vernon remains as silent as a tomb on the mat mat- ter Further it may be that there is considerable in m Utah The only states lower in inper inper inper per capita consumption are Arl Arkansas ansas and North Carolina where lots of drinking is done but mostly of white lightning distilled on the hillbilly farms Teetotaler Salt Lake Footsore Mother Lauds Crackdown on Parking E Editor d i t tor o r Telegram The Telegram The city fathers are arc to be congratulated I upon passing an ordinance al allowIng allowing allowing al- al lowing the police to impound i I cars found to be bo in violation of I parking meter regulations I Police Chief Crowther says I Ionly only cars found to be persistent persistent per per- in their violations will be i impounded Guess that means each patrolman will carry a list of wanted cars around to see which should be impounded and i I which should only be tagged This could be quite a load I am a mother with two small children and the other day I tried to get through a medical appointment in the hour allowed me by the parking meter I either had to park in that one- one hour stall or walk a couple of blocks carrying my baby in the hot sun I 1 gambled that I could be through my appointment inan in inan Inan an hour hour and and I lost Now under the impounding law I guess Id I'd have to walk to the car pound identify my car pay the charges get clearance from the police chief when he could be found before I could leave Meanwhile my children would be squalling and fretting If this is to be Salt Lake City the friendly city were we're going to do our shopping in the sub sub- Footsore Salt Lake