The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-03

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The following is sample Of the many
lies with which The Omaha Bee fights
Prohibition. It's issue of April con-
tanned an anonymous letter from Exeter,
Neb., which aimed to show that during
two years of no license the town had suf-
fered grievously, business was paralyzed,
property declined and industry prostrat-
ed. The article ended:
"Our business men and all dependent
on country trade stand almost solid for
high license"
So elated was the editor Of The Bee
that at the close of the letter the follow
ing note was appended:
Regular correspondents Of The Bee
throughout the state are requested to
mail US statements Of the experience of
their towns ON the above subject. Give
facts and figures in compact form.
In spite of this invitation no letters
have yet appeared, except from Exeter,
which effectually disposes of the false
statements made by the nameless CORE
spondent. From this letter, which makes
complete and specific denial Of each and
all Of the allegations of the anti-Prohibi-
zionist, we take the following extracts
and submit them to the consideration Of
every candid investigator:
EXETER, Neb., April 14.-To the Ed
itor Of The Bee: In The Bee Of April 7
appeared a special dated Exeter, Neb.,
April 6, which grossly misrepresents the
facts in reference to the saloon or its alb
sence upon the town. Were the article
in question one in which our town alone
was interested we would not ask space
to deny it, since its misrepresentation
are so bold as to refute themselves where
the facts are known. But for the sake
of others who wish to know the truth
we write.
It would take too much space to show
the falsity Of the statements in detail,
but we shall give below few samples
of the Misrepresentation of The Bee
special.
The special does not state that in the
years 1867 mo icense) we had short
crops for lack Of rain, and in the years
1880 Qicense we had very large crops,
and farms were in demand at an in
honest writer would not have omitted.
But as the special was to be nameless he
could afford to suppress the truth and
state falsehoods with equal facility. In
proof Of this take the following from the
special: sour business men and all de-
pendent on country trade stand almost
solid for high license" etc. Now the
facts are that many of our business men
and those dependent on country trade
voted at the recent election for the no
license board, many of them openly
working for the ticket, while no bust
ness man openly worked for the saloon
ticket on election day. The saloon keep
ers themselves had to defend their own
cause at the polls, and no respectable
business man came openly to their relief.
We have taken some trouble to inves-
tigate the effect Of the recent election on
real estate, and we cannot find that prop
erty has declined since the saloons were
voted out, with the exception of one sa-
loon, whose owner has been in rather
hard luck, and finds it necessary to put
his property prematurely upon the mar
ket.
The statements of The Bee special upon
this point are unqualifedly false, with
the single exception above given, so far
as we can learn.
Many Of our business men, and those
dependent upon the country trade, de-
clare that the statements of the special
about the falling off of trade and bust
ness are equally false.
Some Of the business men declare that
there is balance in favor of the "no IL
cense" period, especially in the absence
of bad accounts. The special rattles the
old chestnut about "more drunkenness.
This also we deny and can furnish plen-
ty Of proof of the truth of our state
ments.
But why pursue this tissue Of misrep.