Show PlAN SUBMITTED a TO The report of the advisory committee committee committee com com- on liquor control containIng containing containing contain contain- ing arguments and da recommendations for the state control plan was submitted to Governor Blood Monday The elimination of private private private vate profit from the liquor traffic traffic traffic fic was the thc main reason given for forthe forthe forthe the selection of the state control c plan It was explained that only by the elimination of profit did the committee feel that they would even cven approach some of the evils of the liquor traffic When it is unprofitable for the bootlegger bootleg bootleg- ger or racketeer to operate he will fade from the picture was their opinion Low v Price Irice o Ad Advocated When liquor can be bc purchased at such a low price that there is no such wide margin of profit that the bootlegger can undersell or successfully compete with the state for the business then some of the evils of the liquor problem in Utah will be much nearer than it is now As John D D. D Rockefeller Jr has hns written written written writ writ- ten only as the profit motive is eliminated is there any hope of controlling the liquor traffic in inthe inthe inthe I I the interest of society To approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap the problem from any other other other oth oth- er angle is only to tinker with it and insure failure That license fees and taxes should be imposed only to aid In Inthe Inthe inthe the control of the liquor traffic and not to raise large funds for I I other purposes is the opinion of the committee who also advised the legislature should adopt only the main guiding rules for the control creating a commission with broad powers of control to adopt or change regulations as circumstances direct Cities To Get Fees It is suggested that all local fees and taxes including those on beer be collected under the state system but paid to the city or coun county ty in which they are collect collect- ed As a matter of convenience the committee submitted a draft of an act which they did not claim to tobe tobe tobe be perfect but which contains the the Continued On Page 3 Liquor Control Plan Submitted To Blood Continued from page 1 results resul ts of the Ule year they had put into the study of the problem During Duling the year Chairman Bagley Bagley Bagley Bag- Bag ley personally visited the Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian dlan provinces of Ontario and Alberta Alberta Alberta Al Al- berta to study the control plans in effect there as well as consulting consulting consulting con con- federal officials and officers officers officers cers of several states This the report tates tales was done without cost to the tile state Package Dealers The state stores will be oper operated t- t ed cd by persons of high character selected by a quasi civil service plan and entirely free from any political influence In areas of small population where state stores would not be feasible package package package pack pack- age dealers will viII be appointed working under bond and on salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries with no personal interest inthe inthe in inthe the amount of liquor sold It is hat at saves sales be made on individual permits costing costing costing cost cost- ing 50 cents and good for three years All purchases are to be endorsed endorsed endorsed en en- on the backs of or the permits permits per per- mits mits and are not restricted as to quantity except that there Utere might be he a limit to monthly purchases Hotels To Servo Serve Drinks Considerable doubt arose among the committee as to the advisability ity of allowing the sale of liquors in hotels and restaurants but it was felt that If this was allowed in the form of drinks only with meals the cooperation of the tile proprietors proprietors proprietors pro pro- could be obtained in dim elim eliminating mating the drinking from bottles in hotel rooms and the bringing of bottles to restaurants and it was therefore included in the re report re- re port It is advised that so far as possible possible possible pos pos- sible the bill be enforced through I Ithe the local authorities state inspect inspectors ors and officers only acting where necessary i |