THE MAINE LAWS by Governor Burleigh

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 12, 1892

THE MAINE LAWS.

By Governor Burleigh

I DO believe that, under the wise laws that have been enacted in Maine for the suppression of the liquor traffic, the use of intoxicating liquors has vastly decreased. It is no longer a leading article of commerce at every grocery store; it is no longer included in the hospitalities of every kind of social event, from a corn husking to a grand ball. It is no longer a reputable and legitimate article of trade.

To-day one can walk the streets of any Maine city without seeing a single shop window filled with intoxicants to invite and tempt our young men to ruin. The traffic that once flaunted itself in the public gaze has been driven into dark corners. Popular sentiment and constitutional law are alike arrayed against it. It is carried on by stealth, in fear and in secret, behind barred doors, and with every device that ingenuity can invent to avoid the vigilance of the officers charged with the enforcement of the law.—Governor Burleigh, of Maine.