To make the discussion of this subject as fruitful as possible, I venture to submit the following questions for your consideration. None of them involve any direct moral issue, but there is an honest difference of opinion about each one of them, and they are certainly of vital importance in determining the course of wise and just administration.
What has been the effect of high license?
How much public revenue should the traffic yield?
Does high license stimulate unlawful trade?
How much license tax should be imposed upon local bottlers and grocers? Should they be allowed to peddle beer or to sell it in single bottles?
Should the place or the individual be licensed?
Should the licensing authorities be appointive or elective? By whom should they be appointed, and for what term of office?
Have the courts made good or bad licensing authorities? Where the courts issue licenses, what has been the effect on the court?
Should the licensing authority alone have the power to revoke a license, and discretion to withhold a license?
How can the licensing authority enforce the law? Should it not be independent of the police?