The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-31


nnound-builder. The brewery. ths dis.
ttillery, and the bonded warehouse Srs
Known only to the archaeological"
have quoted. from tie testimony Of
Martin and Ingalls,, affirming in strong
language the success Of the temperance
Legislation Of Kansas, because the ex.
Governor was n Of the eblest leaders of
the Republican party OF onr State. and
the ethel, the distinguished Senator, has
. national reputation al q Republican.
md as the President pro TEN Of the United
States Senate.
Statements similar to those refertedte
have been made by Governor Lyman d.
Humphrey, the present Chief Executive.
md ~ many cfthe leading men Of Kansas,
10 such testimonials as these, and a
mass OF other fnots equally strong Or even
stronger, the Republican and Democratic
papers OF the country pay no a.tsntion
PRINT cohspicuously every misleading story
sent over the wires in the interests Of the
liquor men. Within the last few weeks
many deliberate misrepresentation about
prohibition In Kansas and Iowa have az
Psared in the Eastern pabere. The New
York EGeasing Post and other leading
leurhals have published exhaustive com.
ments on the recent letter Of United
States District Judge Q. G, Foster, With
out SO much as an allpsIon to the over
whelming teStinoony on the other side,
Or 90 much as q hint Of Judge Fosters
surprising and scandalous dishonesty o..
stupidity in the use of statistics. That
respectable newspaper, the New York
Times. has printed an elaborate account
ct q disgraceful liquor mob in Des
Molnes, studiously seeking to give the
Impression that the lawlessness Of a
lot Of miserable wretches was a com
mendable thing, and hat the unwar-
ranted behavior of an Unworthy con-
stable was representative Of the spirit of
the prohibition movement. The Phila-
delphia Press has sent q correspondent to
Iowa to magnify the facts about law vio-
latlon in tho few cities where the pro-
hibitory law is moi fully enforced. The
New York World and other papers have
presented a fresh set of figures of in
ternal revenue permits" issued by the
Kansas Collector, deliberately and ma
iignantly ignoring the remarkable statis-
tics for the whole State Of Kansas; Just
printed by the Commissioner Of internal
Revenue, and taking no account of the
many qualifying considerations which
must be accepted by all fair mon in
estimating the significance of these in
Ao'oAuo ratlOnS
which have been again and again pointed
out by the Voice.
We have repeatedly called attention to
the tGlse pretenses of those who claim
That there is q growth Of anti. prchibition
feeling in Kansas or Iowa worthy of The
notice Of impartial and conscientious
students of the liquor problem. There
is no such growth. The agitation FOR the
repeal of prohibition in those States
o~rlglnated with liquor managers in other
SLATER. and is sanctioned BY no peonle
save those that have a direct interest in
a%ugmenting the liquor business and those
who are un~reasonab1y prejudiced against
prohibition or are under the control of
artfui and u~nscrupulous politicians,
The Hutchinson Ran.} ivews nas pre-
sented striking dsn. oNstrations of the
a'2ihlua aid insignificance of the resub-
mission movement. On Dec. 8 il printed
very interesting lettet from Kansas City,
Mo. US correspondent visited the brew
erE, wholesale liquor-dealers and saloon-
Keepers OF that high-licsnse city, repre-
sentlng to them that there was q scheme
Tor Starting u resubprission-orsanNat
Hutchinson, and asking whether they
would help in such an enterprise. They
listened to him with s~agerness, and all
promised to contribute to its success.
1t is impossible to exaggeratc the sig
nliicance of those interviews. Kansas
City, Mo, is the headquarters of the
illicit liquor trade with Kansas. Kansas
City we'll nigh m~onopolizes the entire
brewing, distilling, ard wholesale liquor
business that supplies the State of Kan
sas with such intoxieants as are con-
s1med there. If it is true, as the anti
prohibitionists claim, that the prohibitory
amount of liquor sold and drank in
Kansas, then the high-license liquor
dealers Of Kansas City, Mo-, ought to be
very we'll satisfied with present condi-
tions in that State. Moreover, if these
claims are true. the liquor business Of
Kansas City would certainly be very Sc.
riously diminished if license should be
re-enacted in the State of Kansas, fol
such re-enactment would rebuild the dis
tilling, brewing, aud wholesale establish
ments i'll that State and Kansas City's
monopoly would end.