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JURY BLAMES NO ONE FOR DEATH OF WOMAN UNDER ANAESTHETIC w mecmomem mm i mdte cme an o "Péermit -- supervision meaus1 xr;tuch ' s P ' more than the taking of steps looking A veraict aitaching blame to no °P°| to the cancellation of permits," says the but praising those concerned for £98) report. "It often involves a sympathetic manner in which they carried out their} study of the individual and the family. work, and at the same time a:tribuzmh' Mcore cancellation of bpetrmitls ind :onze + o > + :1«, ;| cases does no good, but only adds to e t':a._use o° deat lo 'he patx.mlogual! the market of the 4llegal operator, and, cordition of the Iungs from which the sometimes, leads to the use of danger-- woman suffered, was brought in by the| ous substitutes. In the many difficult Jury early this morning, following the| cascs"dgalt \txith tb'\;,] thcffchtleif oil' the AAat inmlinck I ps + , | permit department, the effort is always ;:;:TSSSRLT;;:L into ths death of Ni made to carry the judgment of the 'pa_- For two hours the fury delipcrateg tient'--to con\'ing:c that all that is said the facts of the case, and the manv O" Gone is solely in his interest and that angles of the anaesthetic situation Of his family,. Once carry that judg-- which were presented during the evi-- ment and create that conviction, | dence by the prominent experts At further troubles and excesses may be |10.15 p.m. the jury left the courtroom, avoided. Often a return of the permit 'and at 12.15 a.m. it returned. with a restriction self--imposed by the ! The verdict read: "We find thai permittee himself is found to work well. | Myrtle Rodgors cams to lher death in In other cases, it has been found that |St. Michae!'s Hospital on Feb. 21, 1930, the taking away of the permit from the 'following an operation for acute and husband or son, and giving it to the | chronic appendicitis, death having fol-- wife, or mother, works well, and has lowed owing to a pathological condition resulted in restoring proper conditions of the lungs, whercin they failed to in the home. The problem is always a function under the effects of anaes-- personal onc, and ceach difficult case thesia. has to be studied in the light of its own § peculiar circumstances. In many cases the department has found that a return of the permit with a limitation of pur-- chases, governed by the size of the family, and its purchasing power, solves the problem. The problem being per-- * sonal, the effectiveness of control grows with the ever--increasing knowledge the EXISTEN vendors have of their customers and of their habits and circumstances. A good vendor, properly understanding and conscientiously enforcing moderation and control, is made the more useful to the Province by cach day's service. Posnenpipin--indlie Regional Permits. Pathological Condition of Lungs Found to Have Been Responsible A veraict attaching blame to no one. but praising those concerned for the manner in which they carried out their work, and at the same time attributink the cause of death to the patihological cordition of the lungs from which the woman suffered, was brought in by the Jury early this morning, following the two--day inquest into ths death of Mrz. Myrtle Rodgers. "NO CAUSE FOR ALARM" Satisfaction With Conditions in Toronto Expressed in Verdict New Regulation Told Of in Liquor Controi Board Report TOTAL SALES FOR YEAR Announcement was made yesterday by the Ontario Liquor Control Board, through its annual report which was tabled in the Legislature, that the re-- gional principle of purchasing liquor, while not approved of as general policy, will be hencsforth applicd to those per-- sons "who really require the clesest su-- pervision of a vendor knowing all about them and their cireumstances." Ali permits "under suspicion," but as yet uncancelled, are to be stamped, the board intimates, so as to make them good only in the store convenient to the residence of the permittee and where the permittee is known. Vendors' Instructions. * (a) Liquor must not be sold to those who abuse it, and sales should not be made so as to render possibie a con-- tinuance of drunkenness, Vendors will be required to carry out to the letter the following boarg in-- structions: (b) Liquor must not be sold to those who, from the amount of their pur-- chases and from their standing and circumstances, are likely to be supplying bootleggers. The move, as Sir Henry Drayton, Chief Commissioner, points out, is launched as "an added check on those who may offend." "Sin of Drunkenness." who, from the amount of their pur--| "As the position stands today, a man | chases and from their standing and)in Toronto, having a summer residence | cirecumstances, are likely to be supplying in Muskoka, is not obliged to take with | bootleggers. 'him in his automobile any liquor for (c) Liquor must not be sold when his stay at his summer home, where he the financial standing of the purchaser has an equal right to have liquor as he is such that the sales must be followed has in his city residence. Instead of by a diminution of the eccm{orts of life carrying the liquor with him, he may in the family. now purchase liquor at the Gravenhurst The move, as Sir Henry Drayton, or Huntsville stores, which are at the Chief Commissioner, points out, is gateways of the lakes district. This foregoing announcement, coupled with the statement that $55,-- 360,569 worth of liquors was sold dur-- ing the fiscal year to establish a Gov-- ernment Treasury profit of $7,505,600, and the admission of the Chief Com-- missioner that "the sin of drunkenness is still with us and probably will remain, with the host of other crimes that '"Consideration has been given to the adoption of so--called regional pur-- chases. The regional permit, in effect, would mean that it would be good only at the store nearest to the domicile of the permit--holder. The advantages of such an arrangement would be that the one vendor would know all about all the purchases of those to whom he sold liquor, and--so be, therefore, in a bet-- ter position to exercise proper control. '"The board has given full consider-- ation to the question of regional pur-- chases. That question has been dealt with by a circular, addressed to the vendors and permit issuers, a portion of which, dealing with this particular feature, reads as follows: scourge humanity, just as long as human nature is what it is," supplied the feature of the annual statement. '"'The disadvantages of such a system lie in the fact that many travel from one point in the Province to another, either on business or for pleasure, and that such a ruling would inevitably result in the carriage of much more liquor through the Province from once residence to another than is desirable. It is desirable that there should be just as little liquor in carriage as possfbiléi and especially in automobiles. 11 /1 w 'Len"c\'\ \ 8 Summer Homes. "But, over and above all this, the Liquor Control Act ouglit to be admin-- | istered without creating any unneces-- | sary or vexatious difficulties for the | public. The public have the legal right ; under the act to purchase liquor, and | regulations ought not to be so drawn as | © n:ultiply inconveniences on the ons | band and on the other invitations for | infractions of the law. | "On the other hand, there would appear to be absolutely no reason why the regional principle should not be sdopted in the case of those who really require the closest supervision of a ven-- dor knowing all about them and their circumstances." Aoccording to the board figures, November and December of 1929 and January of this year show, when com-- pared with the corresponding months a year ago, a considerable decrease in all sales, with the exception of native wines and domestic beers. "The comparison of sales for the first half of January," reads the report, show a still greater proportionate decrease in the sale of spirits in 1930 as against 1929. The decrease amounts to $254.163.80; and the decreases in imported wines and beers shown mak® a total decrease of $258.130.20, which is almost entirely attributable to the decreased sale of spirits. As against this, however, the sale of native wine in-- creased by $36,097.20 and asmestic beers by $51.048.15; a total net reduc-- tion of $170,984.85 for the half of the month, therefore, results. "Legitimate Demands." "It must not be thought that similar reductions will of necessity apply the year around. They will if the legiti-- mate demand be not increased; if the tourist business remains stationary, which is not expected. The term legiti-- mate demand for liquor is used as coV-- ering cases unaccompanied by excess, Total sales for the year amountod, as previously stated, to $55,360,569.81-- an increase of 13 per cent., or $6,364.-- 978.62, over the fiscal year of 1928. For the purposes of camparison, the follow-- Ing table is included in the report: 1928. Domesti¢g spirits ...... $10,915,069.75 Imported spirits ....... 18,977.367.25 Native wines 998,664.49 Imported wines ....... _ 1.152,444.03 Domestic beers ........ 16.660.675.062 Immarted beersg 00...... 290,470.80 Every vendor, Chief Commissioner Drayton discloses, will be furnished with a rubber stamp reading: "Purchases are henccforth confined only to Store No. "This," sevse the report, "is to be stamped by the vendor on the line fol-- lowing the last entry, when such limi-- tation is, in the opinion of the vendor, necessary in order that the board's in-- structions, as contained in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), may be fully carried out. Sales for Year. *Decroeast. 1029. Increase. $12,043,271.33 $1,127,301.58 20,225.232.58 1,247,865.33 2,083.953.05 -- 1,085.288.56 1,153,891.45 1,447.37 19,621,165.10 2,060,489.48 233,056.30 *57,413.70 $55,360,569.81 $6,364,078.62 Domesti¢c spirits Imported spirits Native wines Imported wines Domestic beers Imported beers Increase. P.C. $48,095,591.18 17.8 *10.8 10.3 6.6 108.7 13.0 1.3