The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-30

1ooo, w ttc stCIetaTv W the New OTK
Prott ciive Association, in which he
claims that that compay are spending
more money to defeat prohibition a,IG
retain the present high license law
in NJ hraska. than any other irsti,".
ion in til country. We also have II
published l:~tttrs of ST OF the mos
prominent !Gen "f K,nSas, Iowa and
Maine. al! written to one paper since
Sept, 12ih, lso' d4cIai:ing strongly in
favor ri the prohibition laws Of their
states. :ls the ''kest aud most efficient
method yet devised devjsed," for the
suppression of the saloons. They are
su III rs L. 5 Senators Wilson, ingalls,,
Frye and Hale. Congressman Kerr,
Cohger, Reed, Flick, Dolliver. Kelley
Turner, Perkins, Dingley, Funston,
Wigs & Hslsaf1@s &a'%s E1! E!2afEs CIV }fah9SSn fefs
Ex Gov: l.arabee etc. In the face of
s'ch facts and test imony, we ask again
what are von going to do about it.
Liquor dealers say their sales are
enormously increasing in high license
states and Il corresponding decrease
ora greater decrease in prohibition
states. and their statements are con-
fivmed Ivy the Internal Revenue Com
mixsioner's reports.
In 1887 there We're 2O7.G94 liQuOr
dealers in the United States, and there
was sold in 1857. % 46O,345 barrels of
beer. and the government revenue was
$S7 ,S51. .jG9 In 1883 there was de-
crease in dealers of 2O,S43. hut an in
creased sale of beer Of S2l09 339 bar
rtls and an increase in the govern ment
| revenue on all liquors to 92,630 1884
and this last fiscal year the dealers
have still further decreased SO that we
have now 1871 ,793; but the sale of beer
has reached the enormous quantity Of
SO4 ,028. $50 gallons for the year ending
May 50. 1890, an increase of about
10 per cent. in ten years. And the
government revenue on all liquors has
reached the tremendous amount Of
$lO7 ,695 900 for the year ending June
80, 1890. (The tax on beer amounts to
only about one fourth of the entire
revenuc.)
Does this look very much like high
license being temperance measure? If
you want to see where this increrse in
sales and government revenue ia, just
compare high license and prohibition
states for the past ten years.
In 17S7 the N. w. Territory compris-
ing Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin and
Michigan, was organized, and the first
law enacted was license law; so we
have had 1O3 years of license-with
what result? Well. the liquor trade re-
ports that this year they sold in those
states 5,197 1912 barrels of beer. The
people of the United States paid more
dollars last year for Intoxicating liqnors
than there than there have been min
utes since the angels announced over
the bills Of .Judea the birth of a Saw
our, 1890 years ago, and in the last 25
years our government has received as
great sum as it's share Of this infa-
nous traffic. Appalling as these state
mehts may seem they are the very low
est,. and If we add the loss Of time
wasted and property and lives des-
troyed, criminal court. poor hOpse.
asylum, and Jail expenses, it will dou-
| bic the amount.
Think Of the State of Minnesota
spending 81 800, 600 \ month for drink
(1S0 farms worth $1,000 each every 50
days,) then will you wonder that there
are hard times. England has tried Ii
censa for fonr hundred years, and the
Chancellor of the Excheqner. Mr..
Goshen, reported to Parliament last
spring startling increase of 81 800, 900
revenue more than was anticipated.
Don't say these things are not SO,
but If you have any doubts just take
the government reports and wrestle
! with them as some Of our U. S. Sena-
tors have, and when yon get through
please publish your figures.
The Republican party platform tells
ns plainly that that party pledges it.
self to a continuance Of that policy.
The Democratic party platform is AS
silent AS the grave on this tremendn-
ous question. We suppose they have got
tired OF repeating over and over again
that they are opposed to all sumptnary
Legislation. Voter, what are you going
to do about it?
F.. F. BuCnAE. Chairman.
PFTER THOA1psON Snc