The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-31
How does it affect merchandising, groceries, dry
goods, boots and shoes, etc.

mo answer.J
4 Can't say.
1t saves money to pay bills.
Puts them on Il stronger, better basis.
; Don't think it improves it, If anything state loses to
much money direct which it did not before the Law
The poorer class are able to buy more goods.
Answer to 81" will apply to this.
More cash business is done. OLD topers have none
to buy shoes and frocks.
1t enables those who used liquor before enactment O
prohibition law to give much better support t
their families in all kinds of merchandise.
NerchantS claim IT Is better for them under prohib
ton than before.
FavorabIy: not so many dead beats.
Our town was laid out but a few months before tn
law was passed, but 1t has grown and prospered u
1t never could have done with open saloons, unit
we now have a population of 1000 or 5000.
All doing a much better business, as cash is ben:
paid for all these articles.
It Isl Heneft to those branches of trade.
Enables them to come nearer doing q cash bus
mess and more of it.
Difficult to state.
We believe il retards development of the country.
Parties get credit now who could not before.
mo answer.
Has no effect.
Would think it would improve all business.
By decreasing population, has very seriously injured
the retail trade
Badly.
To no noticeable extent here.
I cannot say.
1t makes a business on nearer a cash basis and have
fewer failures in payments.
Very favorably.
mo answer.I
Beneficial.
Trade gets to Missouri that belongs here.
DO not think it has any effect.
1t has increased business in these lines.
There are less bad accounts.
Don'tknow.
1t improves.
credit before.
mo answer
Probably nearly as much money spent for liquor here
as with saloons-hence there is little effect on bus
1t has the effect (crops, etc, considered) of producing
Il more healthy business; more goods sold for cash.
Improves ali lines of legitimate business, by increas-
ing the demand and decreasing liability OF loss from
Less bad accounts.
mo arswer.I
Sales less.
It improves trade.
Particularly favorably.
mo answer
There is more money to spend for necessarfes.
The law is Il great benefit to all trades people.
Those who would spend their money for liquor have
more money for buying the necessaries of life.
Men can get credit who could not were they in towns
where liquor is sold.
The effect is good; a most excellent stimulant to bus
mess generally when obeyed.
II benefits.
They are better.
BY causing people to go where they can get, what
they want, as some towns are more liberal than
Others with this question.
It makes this class of business better: more money
NO answer.
Just as many of such goods are necessarily purchased
now as before prohibition.
Depressing, say some; none, say some.
Merchants sell more goods.
are better clad; credit better.
1t helps them all.
all kinds of business.
Can now sell, with some assurance of collecting, to
same ones it would not do to credit while we had
Improves business.
Merchants say bills are paid more promptly.
NO answer.]
Trade is better.
Money tnat WOul0 go 1Or liquor IS spent IN neccSSarIeS
1t tends to improve all general business.
Leaves more money for necessities.
Bad effect.
claim increased sales.
Sales are much better now.
Merchandising is better.
Makes better credit.
Ali merchandising is increased by the law.
Indirectly has depressing effect on general merchan-
diSing.
Makes more liberal purchasers.
Grain should be more extensively used here
No answer
of direct benefit TO these.
Don't know.
No effect. |
Increases the sales.
No answer
Merchants in business prior to law, say they have less
trouble than before.
Makes merchandise more sure; bills paid more
promptly.
No effect.
More goods sold and paid for.
Not at all.
amt say.
They can collect all their bills.
Not at all. l.