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THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. 279
»companies» {Bolag) according to the Gothenburg system, the license is
namely given to the highest bidder, on condition, however, of the
Governor considering the individual in question »fit and proper», i. e.
that he personally inspires confidence.
Public House of the >Bolag> in Gothenburg.
The rule as to handing this license over to the highest bidder may, from a
temperance point of view, appear rather hazardous. Practically, however, it is
not of great consequence, since, as far as primarily concerns the towns, these have
for the most part now adopted the so-called Gothenburg system (see below), and
have consequently come under different regulations. As regards the country, the
right of the communities to forbid the sale of spirits has practically led to the
disappearance of public-houses within large districts. In all the country-parts of
Sweden, with four millions of inhabitants, there are at the present time only 143
spirit-shops, 86 of which depend on ancient privileges not yet expired. In four of
our Läns there is not a single public-house to be met with in the country district.
In North Sweden, where especially public-houses are rare, the vast distances,
however, cause considerable difficulties in the attempts to suppress shebeening.
In towns, matters are vastly different to what they are in the country. Not
a single town community has felt capable of doing without bar-trade. Thus,
in this case, the legislation of 1855 was ineffectual in producing such great
changes as might be desirable. The perception of this gave birth to the so-called
Gothenburg system, which more than anything else in Swedish spirit legislation has
attracted the attention of foreign nations.
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