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TERRITORIAL LIQUOR
CONTROL — SOME OF
ITS ASPECTS
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Office of the Governor of Alaska
Press Release
this, the third and conclud
ing article, released by Governor
Ernest Gruening regarding the
Alaska liquor industry, Rear Ad
miral L. E. Gregory, U. S. N.
Rtd., Chairman of the Washing
ton State Liquor Control Board,
describes the operations of the
State monopoly in that State
dnd gives his opinion as to the
practicability of putting it into
effect in the Territory. Admiral
Gregory has been Chairman of
the Washington Board since it
wet created six and one-half
years ago, the only individual in
the United States holding such a
position for such a record time.
Admiral Gregory will be re
membered by Alaskans as a mem
her of the U. S. Navy Coal Com
mission which investigated the
Matanuska coal fields for the
Navy. Admiral Gregory has trav
elled extensively throughout Al
aska and has a personal know
ledge of the problems of the
Territory.
"As the people of Alaska are
currently considering various
intthods of controlling and reg
ulating the liquor trade, I feel
that I should make available any
pertinent facts or information
that may be of assistance to them
in arriving at a conclusion," said
Governor Ernest Gruening in a
statement released today.
“A letter recently received
from Admiral L. E. Gregory,
Ghfiirman of the Washington
State Liquor Control Board, giv
es some interesting facts about
the operations of that State’s
monopoly sale system, and his
conclusions as to its feasibility
in Alaska,’’ he added.
Admiral Gregory’s letter fol
lows:
"This will acknowledge your
letter of July 25 with regard to
information concerning the ap
plication of the Washington state
monopoly liquor system to Al
aska conditions. After six and
cnc-half years of operation in
this state, I have come to certain
conclusions with regal'd to our
own operations which may be of
some value to you in your con
sideration of the possibility of a
'monopoly system of liquor con
trol for Alaska.
“The Washington State Liquor
Control Board, in addition to op
erating fifty-one stores and one
hundred thirty-four agencies for
the sale of hard liquor and wine
in package form, has complete
licensing control over the manu
facturing, wholesaling and re
tailing of beer and Washington
wines. There are some five thou
sand retail establishments in this
state selling beer and wine.
“Our stores are located in the
larger centers of population.
They are wholly controlled from
Olympia by the Board, that is
■rent, light, heat, hiring and firing
cf all personnel, payment of sal
aries, etc. On the whole it has ap
peared to be undesirable to pul
'such stores in communities with
less than three thousand popula
tion. In addition to these stores
the Bo ard operates a system ol
agencies which are located in out
lying communities. In these ag
encies a local merchant is or
dinarily appointed to handle the
sale of liquor. Prices etc, are
completely controlled by the
Board from Olympia and the liq
uor stocks are owned by the
Board. The agent is paid a cer
tain sum per month for which
he handles the sales, furnishes
space and takes care of all details
in connection therewith.
“All of the liquor is warehous
ed in a central warehouse in Sea’
tie and shipments are made onc<
or twice a week by common car
rier from the warehouse in Seat
tle to the various stores and
agencies.
j “All sales are for cash and the
j amount of the sales in the stores
is deposited to the account of
the Lifjuor Board in a local bank
1 each day, such funds being then
transferred by that local bank to
one of the central banks with
which the Board has large depos
it arrangements. The agencies de
posit the amount of their sales in
a local bank each day to a spec
ial acount which is opened in the
agent’s name. The agent trans
mits the balance of this account
to the Board weekly.
“Every store and agency is so
located that it can receive freight
and mail six days a week. The
Board has two store supervisors
who are on the road constantly
and they visit each store on the
average of once in two weeks.
In addition, there are three trav
eling auditors who audit the ac
counts of each store each month.
The agency supervisor has three
assistant supervisors working un
der him and these four men visit*
and audit the agencies on the av
erage of about once every three
or four weeks.
“I have gone into considerable
detail in describing our mono
poly operation in order to point
out the reason why I feel that
the system used in this state
would not be economically feas
ible in Alaska. The very large
distances and extremely sparse
populations together with infre
quent and difficult means of com
munication and transportation
I would almost preclude any mono
poly system such as the one in
Washington. It appears almost
obvious that the problem of in
ventory control, the problems oi
delivering liquor from the cen
tralized warehouse to the retail
outlets to the central office would
be so difficult and expensive as
to absorb all profits which might
be hoped for.
“As stated in the beginning of
this letter, this Board in addi
tion to operating this monopoly
system has complete centralized
' licensing control of the sale of
beer and wine and consequently
I am familiar with both methods
of control. It is my belief that
you will find the licensing sys
tem a better method than the
monopoly system for Alaska.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) L. E. Grepory,
Chairman’’
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