Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-01-22
Prohibition at the Souin.


Prohibition is the only issue which
threatens to divide the Southern States
whose solidarity has long been tho life Of
the Republican party of the North. And
by the Brspers' Journal, which is published
IN this city by Mr.. Tovey, that the liquor
interest Is watching aud according every
movement Of the Prohibitionists. In the
number for October the B,ewsrs' Journal
said that the quarrel with DR.. Leonard
the Prohibition candidate for Governor,
"has this good effect, that it wsskens the
Republican side, for the Prohibitioniuts
will vote for DIR. Leonard, notvithstaud.
ing his alleged whisky-drinking procliv-
tiles, aud every vote for ,he Prohibition
ticket 10 vote lost for the Republicans"
On the contrary, there uss 4 Democratic
Prohibition vote cast for Leonard, and
Hoadly was defeated. The same Brepsrs
Journal notes that Georgia aud South Car
olina, and even Texas, are passing or
threatening to pass local option bills. In
South Carolina the rice growers, who are
also numerous in Louisiana, have discover
ed that the New York brewers have been
using the treasury department at Wash
ington to get In broken rice at low duty
10 uae in their breweriss to the detriment
Of the rice interest. It is claimed that the
trsasnry department pays more heed to
the New Yoik brewers than il dose to the
rice planters. In L9ya the Prohibition
question has invaded the Republican
party and hearty broken it up, where il
had the largest regular majority in all the
Norsh. Reagan aud the Texas politicians
are crying out that local option ought not
to be made . party issue. What is the
meaning Of this sudden activity for prohi.
bition! 1t means that no party can get &C
we'll along that il will not encounter q
largo and regular opposition of some kind
and if the Democrats do not encounter the
Republican party they will be met By
All organisation collected on some other
lssue. Tho prohibition issue, or the tenn
psraucs question. is certainly more Of ~
issue as affects the people of this country
than civil service reform. In short, no.
body comes in contact with the civil
service, but everybody comes in eontan,
With liquor and the saloon, aud OF late tl,s
brewers have set the bad example for their
interest OF making up purses to run cam
| paIgns. The increase of the brewing in.
terest 10 very remarkable. For instance
| in Buffalo, the ho,ns Of President Cleve
land, there are twenty zone breweriss, aud
the smallest OF them turns out six thous-
aud barrels of beer = year, while the larg
vat sails $4,000 barrels. The Brever,
Journal has a letter from there saying that
IS per cent. Of the taxpayers OF Buffalo are
Germans, and that Of the reug sining As per
cent. more than one.hAlf drink bser. Cow
srnor Hill ran In .his State op about the
same personal platform that Governor
Hoadly advocated concerning the liquor
question. Here there are two great inter-
ssls, the oowpounders Qf alcoholic liquors
suppy the hops, barley, etc. In the center
and thsss formerly recsiyed very high
prices for their hops. IN one instance /
| think az high AZ a dollar pound; It 10
nov ssid that substitutes for hop, have
been cultivated and invariably employed
when hops psss a certain figure in price.
Barley Tor beer is raised sopewha, in this
State. but great deal Of il comes from
Canads, and the largest factories OF grape
sngar in the country are probably Ia this
State, which 10 a substitute for barley SUI
gar, and is made of Indian corn. Ths sls
brewing interest in Nsw York State ia con.
siderable, and most Of the lager beer brew.
era are nov giving their attention TO ale
and porter as we'll. Not much whisky 10
diaiilled IN tb,. State, but the compounds
Ing Of whisky supplies the Ersat p,sjority
Of the bars OF Nav York city.
The coppounder uses the hlghwinss or
6ercer alcohols, runs them through char.
coal to get out the iusel-oil and then adds
powerful extracts which give taste aud
ioue to the stuff; aud II uett comes upon
. the bar NJ Scotch whisky. rye whisky
Bourbon whisky or anything you chooss
To call for. Indeed. there are few place.
in the city Of New York. with its enormous
saloon interest. whore you can get I,
; straight glass ~ whisky. Some Of III,
vsrv finest hotels on Broadway keep th'
compound stuff.