The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-21
MISREPkESENTiN LOCAL OPTION

I /" question al i..c.,i Option benz an
ISSUE near al hand III Delaware. rs u will
b very S"on the C ,iIiry over. it Gems
l., nave II. come the settled policy of m'ne
ian one w l,niugton paper in the inter
st nt the whisky trade in that State. to
niSstate and mi>repreSent the effects OF
he workings of the law in this county.
The object of such misstatementS is, Of
course, apparent.
Recrnt.y. the .Korning Ne'rs of that
city deliberately mi>lepresented the yer
lct of the business men of this town.
favorable to the law in its business effects.
as published in the columns of the Wig,
md made lame apology afterwards fol
its intentional miS>tatement.
Again, on Wednesday last. the Repub-
Ncan followed suit, in an article which.
for reckless untruthfulneSs. raised a broad
grin over this entire community.
Where or from whom the Republican y
man received his information, We cannot
imagine, but that the entire statement is
false. there is no doubt. This reportorial
correspondent writes as follows:
Since this law has gone into effect in
| Cecil county. the majority of the mtr
! chants have suffered thereby. While
many people desire to see liquor ab"l
/ ishtd from every community, there are
others who do not desire it. 1t is Il we'll
known fact. that where no liquor is sold.
| business is seriously impaired. This fact
has been fully portrayed in the little town
of Elkton. The large number of coun
| try people who previously came to town
on d Saturday to make their purchases
and perhaps get little jolly. before 10
cal option Went Into effect. have ceased.
/" Il certain extent. their visits t" this
place. preferIinS IL make their purchases
"hrre liquor is s,.ld. In talking with Il
lead NJ mel chant oi the place. i'll regard
To the usual quietnesS on Saturday. lie
said it WAS all on account of local OPP
ton. The question WAS asked him
:. Does IL have an, effect on tllt. business
ut the place ?" He answered the ques-
ton by saving. 1t was bad day on IA
| Saturday il We did not take over 500 be-
fore this law Went into force. and now II
| is Il good da, ii We take i'll $50. Many
| other citizens were interviewed on the
subject. and they all. with one accord
>a, THAT local option has killed the
| town.
We deny that Local Optic II has Killed
| this town. or that it ever killed any other
town. while whisky has depopuated many
village. We have waited personally
| upon oul leading observation-disclosures. II.
c. Lewis, McCrery & Boulden. F p.
| Price, Il. G. Reese, Thomas Drennen,
| Z. Brown. etc..-and they all, with one
accord, dcay that they have been inter
viewed by representative of the Repnb-
| lican. or that they haze expressed to an!
one the opinion credited to some one OF
thesn in the above extract.
One of our largest dealers gave us.
voluntarily. peep into his cash book.
showing his Cash receipts for the month
of December. for five years past. In
1877. it was So $50; 1878, SO 600; 1879,
So 792; 1880. So 494; and i'll December.
1881. his cash receipts footed up 81. 100.
This, surely. does not look like fall
ing off. His business experience is cor,
roborated by that Of the others.
The fact of the matter is. that there
has been more money in circulation i'll
legitim"te trade in Elkton during the past
year than ever before.
Or course the town is quieter. This
| is a natural and beneficial result of the
| law. The rinting and drunkenness preva
| lent under the old license regime exist
no longer. and our citizens are relieved
of the weekly Saturday disturbances
! of the public peace.
That trade (Heaven help the name)
has gone to Newark. Glasgow. and Mid
| dletown, where the business of drunken
ness is not impaired by Local Option.
! They are welcome 20 it. But the people
of those towns. Judged by the complaints
| heard at Elktom, don't seem to regard ii
as blessing either pecuniarily or NOR,
ally.
We have space to, notice but briefly
one other astonishing statement i'll the
extrartfrom the Rep"blican.
| IT is weN knorm .fact that uhere no
liquor is sold, business is seriously i'm,
paired.'
| Ii the writer means that the Oiquor)
business is seriously Impaired We accept
the statement as true. If he means the
one word business to cover the entire
trade Of a community, We pronounce his
statement unqualitedly false, not only as
applied to EIkton but false generally.
! Ii Is the unreliable assertion of a writer
wilfully ignorant Of the facts.
! Before parting with the subject, We
challenge the wliterui the article i'll ques-
ton to publish in his own paper, or send
to us for publication, the name of the
| leudiag merchant in Elktun. othcr than a
recent liquor deGtfr. with whom it was !,
bad day before Local Option i'll which
| he did not take over 5000 and with whom.
since Local Option Went into effect, it is
good day that he takes $50.
Come, Mr. Republican, man. give your
! readers in E kton the name, OF stand
convicted of wilfuily misrepresenting the