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lunch."- (g) Forbids the sale of liquor by women, barmaids, etc., (sec. 31, f.)

IV. It will be beneficial because just in its system of taxation.- (a) It fixes a rate proportionate to population, (sec. 11). (b) It reimburses the state for a part of the expense caused it by the liquor traffic, as the maintenance of criminals in penitentiaries, etc.- (c) It thus greatly relieves the taxpayers of the state at large.- (d) The objection that it does so at the expense of the cities, is untrue.- (1) Compensation will be made to the cities by the great increase of the saloon tax.- (2) The total amount of city taxation will be lessened.- (x) New York city now pays 46 per cent. of the state direct taxes.- (y) Its share of the payment of the liquor tax will be much less: Seth Low in Evening Post, April 4.

V. The law will be beneficial, because its heavy penalties for violation are certain to be enforced.- (a) It renders enforcement easy.- (1) By enabling individual complainants to challenge certificates and carry their cases to court.- (2) By providing for the constant and prominent display of the tax certificate.- (3) By throwing saloon interiors plainly open to inspection during hours when sale is forbidden.- (b) It renders non-enforcement most dangerous.- (1) Remissness officially is severely punishable.- (c) It removes motives for nonenforcement.- (1) State-appointed officials cannot be bribed or intimidated by local liquor interests.- (d) It was rigidly enforced last Sunday in New York and Brooklyn. (Papers, April 6.)

Brief for the Negative.C. DICKINSON and A. S. INGALLS.

References: Current numbers of N. Y. Evening Post, N. Y. Sun, and weeklies.

I. The law is a purely partisan one.- (a) It was devised by Platt.- (b) It was pushed into being by Platt's henchmen.- (c) It was "jammed through" the legislature.- (d) Its supporters in the legislature made no pretence that it would mitigate the evils of intemperance.

II. Leading features are based on fallacies.- (a) It provides for high license.- (1) High license will not increase cost of drinks.- (2) It only drives out small dealers and concentrates trade with larger ones.- (b) It grants local option to country towns, but not to New York City, Albany, etc.- (1) Small towns will reap the benefit of a part of the total tax.

III. The law contains many injustices-(a) 33 1/3per cent of the tax goes to the use of the State and not to the local municipalities.- (b) Certain parts of the State must pay higher licenses than others.- (x) New York, Kings, Erie and Munroe Counties pay higher taxes than St. Lawrence, Clinton, Chautauqua and Cattarugus Counties.- (c) Certain countries are deprived of the right of local self-government.- (d) It is not the part of the State to coerce the individual.- (e) This bill does not allow the people to vote on Sunday license.- (x) It closes the saloons on Sunday.- (y) The people of New York City have bitterly opposed this kind of state paternalism.