The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-22
Q House then took a recess till 7 P. NJ.
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A Reply 10 one OF ihe~Register" Articles
on Prohibition.

on PrOhibttl0n.
To the Editor OF the IntclIgcncer.
SIR:-Look at Mainel cries the Reqi,er,
tI.,,,x, on 1900 .,,bora 40 r,,oh i;o,or
u o' W. to my.
IS drunk now US before the prohlpitory law
went into operation" "Look at Maine
where A prohibitory law has been in force
s;noo ,xle I,ot WOW Tho tour ~ Mocbias
sn.e 10,'
Maine, drank, sZ,SoZ'li worth OF liquors OF
more than 81 worth to every man, woman
and child in the town: Portland drank
so ZOO - =, .ho,. "a Govt. ,.o.,h q,
sio'ooo WORN VI aoUut w '.ns "oful ioi
every inhabitant; bangor drank IN about
the came proportion, q SO with Lewiston,
Auburn, Bethel, Rockland and other
towns"
lam glad Mr.. Editor oil the Register that
you have gwen US me average amount tlat
each person IN Maine ms drank; $l worth.
Three cheers Tor prohloition IN Maine! IL
is q grand success, Tor the average amount
Of liquor drank by every mar woman and
child in the United States last year was
SIS 90 worth! In 1863 in the United States
s693, syv,0O9 worth oil liquor was drank.
In 1870, S5l9,425, ITO worth; IN 1871, $751;
035, O4S worth, in 1877, S7S5. AZ. 0is worth.
Total for o u years S2,720. lSD,7O0 worth;
or an annual average oil s8S2, 2s6, Gl7 worth.
See Census Report and returns oil Custom.
house for 1860 and Or: Young. Chief OF
the Bureau OF Statistics letter to Rev. VIM.
N. Thayer, OF Boston tor these facts. In
1870 We had 3S,556,3Sl Inhabitants III the
United States, who spent that year S6l9,-
425,llO Tor liquor or over SIG TO every man
woman and child In the United States.
Last year according. TO calculation made
by the Hon. William +. Dodge, o. New
York City, we have spent Tor drinking
$70o,0Oo,OO0.
In the United states we have about
52,0OO,OO0 inhabitants that would make
more than SlS worth oil liquor ior every
man, woman n child. AS according 10
the Reguter's confession LIANT consumes
81 worth TO every man, woman and child,
she consumes but one hirteemh as much on
an average as the other States. Prohibi-
ton is therefore a grand success in Maine.
Write It down in the next issue OF the Reg.
uter., Engrave 1t on the palms OF your
hands, and put 1t as fronlets between your
eyes that you may never assert again that
prohibition II a failure in Maine.
But, the Register cries again: Hear what
Neal DOW says-Neal DOW the apostle OIL
prohibition in Maine" Well LET us hear
what he says IN his letter TO the New YORK
Examiner in answer 70 q scribbler underline
name OF "Protecto," in the early part OF
March 1852. MIR. Dow says: I'VE have
no .distillery or brewery In the State; they
have all been suppressed by the law. The
walls Of the last distlIefy were pulled
down this winter, the establishment hav-
ing been silent for many years. We have
the buildings oil two great breweries here,
but they. have been abandoned many
years. we used 10 have west India rum
imported by the cargo, now liquors
Of whatever kind are brought into
the State on the sly, in comparative small
quantities, for sale in violation OF law.
We have perhaps one'twentieth (hearl
hear j as much sold now as was
sold here before tho law. but we
may call 1t one-tenth. We had liquor sell
ling everywhere on a largescale, wholesale
and retail all over the State. Now the sale
Is confined mostly to our large. cities and
towns, and is sold in violation oflaw open
ly nowhere 80 lar as know, except in
Bangor. In all our rural districts, and in
all our smaller towns and villages the
traffic Is practically unknown, 80 that the
Daily Pres, oil this city, said a short time
ago: 1--WE have an entire generation OF
people grown up IN Maine In our own rural
districts practically ignorant o! rum selling
and It's evils. Before the Maine law rum
shops were everywhere all over the State.
There was no village so small, nor rural
district 80 remote that the liquor traffic did
not find 1t and establish itself there. The
Governor OF the State and every MEM