| Show THE LIQUOR QUESTION now onca once again gain the affairs of the utah liquor control commission are to be scrutinized this time by a grand jury questioning of this branch of state government is nothing new since the state of utah entered the liquor business in 1933 the commission has been under repeated fire the raising of eyebrows by the citizenry of a commonwealth mon wealth or a municipality follows the same pattern that it has for years on end when government enters business it just in the cards for government officials to handle affairs of public nature with as much care as they could if the business were their own or some other private individual or corporation whether it be liquor electric power or what have you were nvere not suggesting that government in business is dishonest were merely pointing out the human nature of the scheme and the loose methods of operation it would appear that if liquor is to be sold within a state that private business should sell it under state control this is the system used in most states and though not as profitable to the state is apparently the best plan for all concerned |
