The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-13
AssAuLTlNo HIGH LICENSE.


The st. Paul Globe opened the cam
paign against high license in an arti-
Gle full ofmisstatements and juggling hg-
ures and 20 manifestly unfair that it is
wholly unworthy OF a paper of the pre-
tentions of the Globe. The endeavor OF
the article is to show that there has
been but small reduction in the num-
Der of saloons since high license went
into effect and that at present there are
nearly as many as before the law was
passed. The purpose is dearly to give
the idea that high license has not done
what its friends chancellor it, create u
sentiment against it and pave the way
for repeal of the lawif Albert Schef-
fer's disturbance results in the election
of Democratic Legislature. In its haste
to do the biddingosthe liquor bosses the
Globe has lost it's cunning and the case it
alleges to hare made out is no case at
ALL 1t presents table giving the num-
Der of saloons in the state previous to
high license as l,243; also the number
July 1, 1887, when the law went into
force S2S, slowing as every one admitted
a reduction of Ais. These figures the
Globe credits to the friends of the law,
and if theI are correctly given are no
doubt true statement of the actual sa-
looms mot drug stores) in the state at the
times mentioned. Now, listen to the
great coupd'etat of the great Globe:
''The bea authority in any state on the
liquor business that there is is Uncle
Sam. Hisinternal revenue records are
complete His deputies range the state
to detect violations. Saloonkeepers and
other liquor dealers who year after year
laugh at municipal regulations walk up
the first diy of May every year and pay
their dues to the government.
No more authoritative statement of
the statusof the liquor traffic in Mime
sofa can Le obtained than from the re-
cords of the department of internal rev.
enue.
There the Globe went, and there the
Globe secured what is herewith pre-
sented.'" -.....
Of course We know all the Globe says
here to b true, and we also know that
the figures it gives as the number ofgov-
eminent liquor licenses taken out July
l, 1888, includes every drug store in the
state. The Globe takes these figures,
LILO, and places them against those of
of the high license advocates, which in
cluded no drug store, and 9leefully
shouts that there are within 70 of as
many saloons now as before high Ii
cense, and that there has been an in
crease of 342 saloons in the state the
past year. This is the table which the
Globe presents to uphold its fraudulent
claim and deceive people who are un-
wary of its underhand methods. 1t is
not likely to deceive many, however. 1t
certainly will deceive no one in Manka-
to. This city is credited with having to-
day 80 saloons, and no citizen will read
the statement without branding it as a
lie. 1t is just ten more than actually ex-
list. If the same rule works throughout
the state the Globes high license BOOM
erang will only serve TO give that paper
a still more unsavory reputation for un-
reliability. AS stated elsewhere the re-
ports from all directions are that fewer
licenses are being taken out this year
than last, and it will take good many
more columns of Globe lies than have
yet appeared to make the people of
Minnesota repudiate high license.