Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
Prohibition VS. License
No.. s

vs. 1l1O6uoo
No. 5.
Prior to this I have confined my evil
dence for prohibition to it's friends.
We will now hear some testimony from
it's enemies, and as I wish to escape
the charge OF making Exaggerated
statements" our friend Stokes will
please take the stand. In his letter
entitled "High License and Prosperity
he makes a very singular statement for
a man who holds that the prohibitory
law is''almost dead letter." He says:
"Of these 1887 Kansas liquor dealers
not one of them has bought a gallon Of
liquor manufactured in the state"
Why so, my friend? Is it not because
prohibition is so effectually doing it's
work that no liquor is made in the
state? You can doubtless answer.
Next, the notorious violator of the
prohibition law, John Walruff of Law
renee, while in Jail at that place. on
May 21st, 1887, wrote letter to Richy
ard KatZenmayer, which was read at
the annual convention of the United
States Brewers Association at Balti-
more, in which he said; II ain inear-
cerated in our county Jail KIM for the
one reason that have committed the
enormous crime of selling beer at whole
sale. NM In Kansas the outlook is very
blue and will be compelled to give up
the fght.'
Peter Her, Pres. Willow Springs Dis
tilling Co.. also president of the Liquor
Dealers Association of Nebraska,
writes, Omaha Neb., JAM, 7, 1883. to
parties in New York and New Jersey
where bills were pending in the legisla-
lures to raise the liquor license in those
states. He says: 1--WE have had great
deal of business in the state of Iowa,
both before it was prohibition and since,
and we can positively say there is very
little satisfaction in doing business in
that state ROw.''
C. K. Bowman, Distiller of the Cedar
Valley Rye Whisky, Worcester O.,
writes Feb, 2, 1888: 'sDo not permit
prohibition laws and think to have free
selling under them. No prohibition
laws in mine to tight. do not want
to operate as an outlaw"
VIM. Schneider Sec. of the Bremen
Brewing Co., st. Louis Mo-, Feb, 4th,
1883. says: Claws can be enforced in,
any state and We prefer lifelong fight,
to state of affairs that places the own
ers of breweries outside of the law.''
M. E. Wagner Sec. Schlather Brew
ing Co.. Cleveland, o. writes Feb. 3rd,
1883: I'm no case would it seem that
prohibition laws would be benefit to
the trade"
Dick Bros, Quincy Brewing Co.,
Quincy, ILL.,, write Jan. 9Th, 1883:
"Prohibitory laws may not be enforced
but can be enforced, as many examples
in Kansas and Iowa show. By all
means prevent the passage of prohibi-
tory laws"
Geo. Krunsinck, Vice Pres. Anheuser
Busch Brewing Association st. Louis
Mo-, writes Feb, End, 1888: I'VE don't
think it would be wise course to let
prohibitory laws be passed and trust to
their nom reinforcement **The selling of
liquor having been declared crime
and punishable by fines will prevent
respectable people from engaging in
that calling"
John M. Atherton. Pres. of the
National Protective Association dis
tillers and Liquor Dealers) at their
second annual convention, Cincinnati,
Ohio, Sept. Is, 1887, in his address said:
mo respectable liquor dealer objects
to the proper regulation of the traffc**
shut all must unitedly, as one man,
oppose the growing, impending danger
of prohibition" Will you now please
tell us why all these liquor manufact-
urers and dealers, why all liquor deal
ers, who evince no higher motives than
dollars and cents, for their continuance
in the traffic, present such unmistak-
able unanimity in their opposition to
Why do they fear it more
than any or all other methods ever
as q remedy for the evils Of