The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-16
PROHIBITIONS GREAT il,.l II THIRST
. pl..lller'.sale. Of Nyhl.k,y! Il Kansas

Ono DIstiiier's Sales OF whisky. il Kansas
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THE effect Of the fprohibitory law, In
Kansas was long ago determined. From
thinking people Of the State has gone up
aldemand for resubmiasion OF the pro-
hibltory amendment 70 The Constitution
which has daily grown in strength and
which threatens to become d tidal wave.
That whisky is sold and drank In Kansas
no one can deny. The extent of the
traffic, however, lis not generally under
stood. Now that distilling companies
and dealers In liquor arc balancing their
books for 1889, something OF the amount
Of liquor sold during tho year In the
Prohibition and haaner Republican
State OF the Union Is to be determined,
even from the statement OF a single dis.
tiller.t This was made TO the 7rimcs yes.
terday by Mr. 4, NJ. Mccormick 1piesl-
dent OF the Mccormick Distillipg Com.
pany, whose principal establishment ID
at Waldron, Mo. From ten TO twelve
barrels Of whisky are distilled there
daily, and most OF this finds a market In
tho Prohibition State Of Kansas. s7l AN.
1s,"1n posting UP my books" said Mr.,
Mccormick yesterday. II find tina. my
best customers are In Kansas. TO one
man In that State l sold over 81 ZOO
worth OF whisky u 1880. "A He Is Pro.
hibition man In a Prohibition State and
| don't care Il ! give his name. He Is Il
Leavenworth dealer. To another man
in Leavenworth my sales foot up in the
twenty odd hundreds. He only began
business In September and | consider
that pretty good rs a starter. There are
three other amen Ia Leavenworth to
whom my sales during 1850 footed up
$4,000 each. IN M q I. r Z .,jb{
f"And where else do you sell whisky ~
I'm nearly.all Kansas TOWNSHIP To.
peka, Wichita, Arkansas City, Atchison,
Newton, Humboldt and q CotIeyvile.
To go over the List wonld take bali an
hour. All towns are inct1ded- that Il,
all towns Of any prominence whatever
3t" How has trade been during tho past
Year," 3ii1s9I5ls "a.
sA"All my foutings are not complete,
but the general trade was forty per cent
better in Kansas in 1880 than In 1883
My business has shown fully that in.
crease. Kansas is doing her part for the
prosperity OF the country, and no mis-.
taking that" f,,ss.sll,S{1
"Whas do Kansans drink in the way
Of intoxicants? ?" 81 s.i ;1'S g; Z. Z, Il
t"Whisky.n,s III
%"All whisky ~
mot by large majority. My trade,
Of course, is principally whisky. Still, i
furnish good deal Of beer and some
Sines.n 2, VAC n.
"You have had trouble IN the State ~
Never but once. They seized q ten
gallon key Of whisky in Leavenwerth
some time ago and destroyed it, That
wis all. 50 ;5is;i s. &. n 81. s!ts ~
"In what quantities, may I ask, do
kansans buy whisky ?" "a
.&"lt is altogether by the barrel at Leay-
enworth, Wichita and Arkansas City.
In other towns it runs rom the gallon
Jug up to the barrel-and we cover all OF
Kansas, you un1erstand.n {tit n.
!. "ilow many travelling men do you
have out 2" 4ti's', 3s13&t,ae 5i:5
s, t"rwo." .1s ..i5 Z, 81.
SIN Kansas Pr \ 4 r., 4 ,i5'
Both In Kansas" y
E""Do you think you could sell more
whisky in Kansas il the prouibitory law
were repealed ?"
NJ THAT is question which. has bother
ed Inc a good deal. II the Prohibitory
law were repealed the liquor business
would boom for q time. Saloons would
spring up like mushrooms, for thousands
Of men would think they saw the chance
to get rich in no time at all. But in the
end-after. the first rush-more whisky
could not be sold in Kansas than there
is at present y 4, vs.
e And how much drunkenness is there
in the State ~ Va ,a "A $500 ~.
Five drunkarls in Kansas where
there is one in Missouri. I have been.
in all the larger places in Kansas, and /
am satisfied that I saw more drunken
men in any one of them in day than |
ever saw in Missouri during any six
months Of my four years residence in
Kansas City, a;$ s, sJ93