Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-11-10
THE WITNESS BOX.
Liquor Men and Their Support
ers Testify in Regard to
High License.

The national Protective Associ,
alton of liquor dealers, in its plat
form, declares:
That we are unalterably opposed to
prohibition, general or local.
And further on in the same
platform, they resolved:
That we endorse the license system and
favor the enactment of laws by the State
imposing a reasonable license that will
not result in monopoly, but that viii! give
to reputable citizens the right to sell beer,
wine and spirituous liquors.
The weekly Bulletin" a liquor
paper of Louisville, KY, said in
its issue of March 10, 1887:
There is growing sentiment among the
distillers of this State in favor of high
license, some even favoring $1,000
license.
The "Staats Zeitung," a German
liquor paper published in Nebras-
ka, says:
The principal opponents Of high license
in Nebraska were the brewers, who be-
lieved that the consumption of beer
would be lessened. AS they now tell us,
the enforcement of the high license tax
has not injured the sale of beer, and it is
plain that the saloon business is now in
the hands of better class than of old,
and the brewer is doing a better business.
Henry Clausen, jr., a great
German brewer, said in an ad-
dress to he Brewers and NAL
sters' convention:
We feel, as individual brewers, looking
upon it from business standpoint, that
high license will concentrate the dispens-
ing of malt and alcoholic drinks, and
place it in the hands Of more responsible
parties. That is what we are seeking; it
is to our interest.
The saloonkeepers of Wiscon-
sin adopted the following resolu-
tions:
We endorse the license system and
favor the imposing of a reasonable license
that will not result IN monopoly, and con-
denim the indiscriminate issue of licenses,
recognizing that the officers of the law
should inquire into the character and
qualifications of the persons to whom
licenses are issued.
The Southwest" Democratic
liquor paper), of Cincinnati, tells
of a saloonkeeper in that city
who declares:
The Scott law Ia tax law, practically a
license law is the only safe and practica-
BILE measure now to save the liquor trade
from perdition in Ohio, and there are
1. 1f oil m
Cincinnati who will vote the Republican
ticket this fall because they want another
Scott law.
That was in 1885. They did,
and the Republican party was
elected in consequence. The same
paper said later:
Prohibition amendments to State con-
stitutions seem to be the order of the
day. Tennessee has adopted joint re-
solution of this sort. Michigan follows
suit; SO does Missouri In Minnesota
such a plan was choked off apparently
only by 81, 900 and $500 license scheme.
Peter e. Tier, of the Willow
Springs distillery, of Omaha, Ne
braska, where the license is
Sl l,0OU, says:
/ believe If 1t were put to . vote OF the
liquor dealers and saloon men whether it
should be for high license, no license, or
low license, that they would almost un-
animously vote for high license.
The ssWestern Brewer of Chi
cago, says:
Without high Incense, Illinois, Nebras-
ka and Minnesota, and perhaps Missouri
and Wisconsin, would be as likely to
favor prohibition as Iowa.
Now there is no danger Of prohibition
being adopted In any of the States named
as long as a license law is maintained
and fairly enforced.
The "Hotel and Saloon Keep
ers, journal" says:
The liquor dealers do not oppose high
license. They oppose law with bonds
and penalties.
Henry III. Schufeldt & Co., a
large distilling firm of Chicago,
says:
We believe the high license IL the only
remedy for prohibition, and wsthink the
trade in any State should favor high