Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-13
LIBEaTAs ANSWERED.
Figures Showing the Result of Prohtbi
ton IN Maine Points Not Touched
Upon by LibaTtaG.

PARIS. TEX, Feb. 10, 1885.
10 tho Editor OF the Gazette.
1 had not intended to make any fur
ther notice OF Libertss, rs his second
effort was in no sense n reply to my
article. But as some Of the friends Of
temperance think / ought for his BEN
eft to cite the page in the revenue re-
ports Of 1878. where the data can be
found, have concluded to do so.
II the gentlemen will turn TO pages
IS and ~ Of the United States inter
nal revenue report for 1874, he Will
find that the aggregates forall revenue
collections on Spirits and fermenIed
LIQUORS for that year, for the states
named, amounts 10 the sums given In
my article, to.Wit, S48i23 ~ for
Maine, 81 ,9s5, 70O.l5 for Maryland,
ptstes OF very near the same popula-
| ton, a. can be seen by releieneeto mo
! United States census reports OF le'O OF
! 1850. That Ia, the sales OF Intoxicating
| liquors In license state for given
/ year were about two hundred ana SKI
times as great as the GALES in a pronl-
bltion state OF the same population ioi
the same year. This shows TO WhAt
extent prohibition prohibits ANY
other year before orsiGGe 1879 WlllshoW
the eRlne contrast, so that the uniform
testimony Of tue MSine oticlEls, which
/ could cite by the page, Is corro3o.
rated by the official testimony OF the
enemies of prohibition, the United
States Internal revenue officers, while
the soVereign people Of Maine, after
having kept the prOhibitory law on
their statute books for thiriy-nve
yeaIs. by an overwhelming majority
IN sent, s, 1884, engraftSd it
into the constitution Rs the permanent
Motley of the state. II seems 10 me high
timetha men claiming anyintelligenct
shonld cease to state teleehoods pub
7 lished by meTcenarg newspapers ano
Maid for by the liquor sellers In reler
encg 10 prohibition In Maine. LiDer
Ia makes no defense Of the cock'and
bulI etoriea he published from Kansas
and Iowa. Ny inquiry a. 70 VIVA
: they were complaining about II prom
: hilton increased the liquor businesB II
7 those states probably Hllsnced him. d.
[ will now give some counter teau
D nony from his tide IA to how prohibl
: tion Is affecting the traffic in thos
states The following extract, iron
: fha Texas Christian, speaks for ltsel
and rilenees the enemy's batteries o.
Y Ills psrt OF the field, viz;
UThe biggest and most elective gu
: our foes have been bring Is. 'Pfohlb
B tIon don't prohibit All our Efforts
s snike this gun, with class OF unthinh
Ing people, have bel IN vain. "
:. reckon they will see il now IN "a
e liaht OF the following statements o
Is Mr.. Richard Kstzsnmager, secretair
of the United Smtes Brewers AssoclI
ton; ,,..,...,
has been In operation for two year
and all the brewers are ruined. y
Organization, therefore, exists In I'M
state -.
~ ,efeYenco 70 Iowa: The prohibitio
"A law which has recently gone INTO op
ration there has made terrible hav'
d. amopR the brewer, ana many OF Tue
c. are completely ruined. rs cons
ID onence their political innuence ~
Y, been greatly diminished.
d awe don't understand German p
IT. Katzenmager must mean, Lets y
ut cat ont Of the bag We knew Deio
at he reason OF the fierce opposition, al
p. )r,inice that the gun u Forever Spin
ls- with their own hands save THIS al
o. ga1 the next bowler you hear hh09s
.et ing that prohibition does NOT Pioni'
Ia Kansas and lows" "a,
Your readers, Mr Editor, Hiii
lie serve that Libertas makes no teply
the main point In my arlleie' VI