# Sober by Act of Parliament

Author: McKenzie, Fred A. (Fred Arthur), 1869-1931

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34563

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sober+by+Act+of+Parliament+McKenzie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

During the last few months South Carolina has been the scene of a remarkable experiment in liquor legislation, which has attracted considerable attention from social reformers everywhere. Though professedly based on the Gothenburg system, the Dispensaries Act differs from its prototype in many important respects. As in Sweden, the element of individual profit is eliminated, and the control of the trade is taken out of the hands of private persons; but in place of the drink shops being conducted by the municipalities, they are placed under the direct supervision of the State Government. The saloon has been abolished, and its place taken by dispensaries, where liquor can only be obtained in...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/8/index.md)
- [PART IV.--ENGLAND.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART I.--AMERICA.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART II.--GREATER BRITAIN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART III.--THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sober-by-act-of-parliament-34563/chapters/3/index.md)