Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-10
A s'DENiALo THAT DON'T DENY.
A Writer who Tries 90 Make Figures
In llt.l ,clanx. NHnul.

A Writer who Tries 10 Make Figures
Lie. But They Wont.
Inkmpcrpncc In controversy Is an evil as woll
as intempcrance In drink. unfairncss In dis
cussion has marrcd grca, deal Of the writing
which has been published at the expense 81 the
Prohibition Committee during the present re-
markRblc campaign. The cagerncss OF those
engaged in II 10 misreprcscnt and distort facts
and figures wax never better illustrated than in
the advertisement printed over the signature
OFT. &. Boyd In tho Ns,c Era last week.
lie seized upon statement which he nnds IN
the "!iquor Dealers Circular" and posters that
'fhere are igi employees In the liquor business
In the county, who receive annually elII-I7o ~
wages" And commenting upon u this wise
acre says: "stop one minute and divide this.
II amounts TO s7s.J9 yearly 20 each einPioye.
THIS Is Intended To blind the laboring class,
who, u Is presumed, ore too ignorant to count
II. our laboring class, as well rs our farmers,
can count and after having counted, viii vote
against any business that pays tsempioyes not
more than sIs.1J year OF ~ cents day.
II this wseacro had stopped for ono moment
Ia reflect and he f,,r. .he might have known this
was misprint-a Typographical icrror-nud
should have read Si7,y70, which " the
actual amount paid out In wages by the hotel
and saloon keepers, brewers, keepers of liquor
stores, brewers and distilicrs of this county 10
their i1i employees. They are paid as good
wages m average as the employees ~ other
business and manufacturing interests. VINO
can deny that? What avenues OF employment
viii he open TO them when their present places
of business are closcd2 what workngmcn viii
they crowd oute Who win support their wives
aud children and families? How much viii T.
&. Boyd contribute to compensate their losses?
This same writer, who wadcs through n col
umn Of rather muddy water To tell his story,
undertakes TO disprove the liquor dealers cir
cuiar, because the says II declares that II go
acres of Lancaster county land produce only
75,0S0 bushels OF grain. And this lightning cal
culator ron Liberty square elecfully says
out:
"Our farmers arc not as ignorant rs this cir
culnr inicrs They see at n glance that this
statement II n lie. H. 90 acres OF Lancaster
county land only produce 75,os0 bushels Of
grain, or o.. bushels per aero, worth s536 per
acre shame on them tointimnte That there are
200 acres Of h,rn land in this gsrden county
~ the state, that only raise "a bushels or 80 ~
of grain To the acre"
Now the fact Is the circular SAYS no such
thing. what II says IL that II 90 acres OF land
IN Lancaster county are Garn,cd 10 HIpiy-noi
the distillcrics but-hc p,cB ~ the liquor bust
meas udh grain, brcadstnfis for themselves, aud
hay and other feed for their stock. Where vii
profitable markets be found FOR the product OF
these acres when farming II Mt best duh and
unprontsbic. Shall the farmers Of Lancaster
county bc deprived OF their market for this pro-
duct?
what the circular really rnys is:
Number ~ hnsiicis Of Grnin used IN He
manufacture oL Hhisky, ~ G0c, per buShc' 1900
Number Of bushels Ot Grain used ~ The
ndnufdct"rf oL lircg, 81 gjc. per bnsi'sf p,sO
Total number of bushels Of Grain used in
Value of Grain used l2o
u nowhere says this is the product Of II 600
acres. That Is r. &. Boyd's fabrication. lie
set up man Of straw SO ss to knock him down
easily, and then be able 10 cry "what hig
BOytd) am I?'
The liquor dealers have put out their figures