The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-02

This hurry IN It's preparation and enact
nnnt LEFT Ii with many crudliles and olnif-
aions. The governor says that, consider
Ing the change IN the pllrpose OF the net
and the lack 81 thnu ID debate and digest
! Its various Drovislons. II ~ wonderful that
II has thus filf stood the test o. the tenn
| pest Of litigation which Il has occAstuned
In the State the dispAnsary law, says
the gJvernor has been, und stu IS, the
ono nbeorbinr, nevci-endinf topic pf dit-
alienments and alliances ~ The Efforts to
ubstrurt aud defeat II, NtWsparcrs which
have always fought prohibition. ana those
| known nA the organs OF the whisky ring,
have suddenly become strong advocates OF
pruhiDltion. Frohihitionists who nfe 40
radical IN thcir Views that the unchnrila.
shoulder TO shoulder With bAfltccpere and
whisky dealers IN opposing II; aud while
many eminent divines hAVa tent Y their
It's denunciatlon. The whlHky mon arc
more bitter in their opposition 70 u than
they have ever been towards prohibition.
ALL IN ONE CHANNEL.
All the legal whisky traffic has been
turned into one channel. flowing TO Co
iumbia, the central distributing point,
Agricultural hall. large two-story build
Ing with cellar thus making three ator.
les. iSs feet ~ Is feet. has been turned
into a bottnng works. II y only question
~ time when the erection OF mucn larger
quarters On tine raiir9ad VIII be ness,I-l
sare. Fifty-four employees, working ten
hours each every day. are kept busy bot
ting, and We lind X almost impossible
10 keep the local dispenaaries IN stock,
and that too, when | think j safe 70 Say
that not mofe than one-half the uquor be-
ing drunk IN the state al thi1 time has
passed through the dispensniy-
The disnensHry has been more than self
sustaining. ana the net protits 10 the
State for the frat four months have been
x32,ias ~. The groEs snles 70 consumer
have been I55,OaS IS, total EXPENSE OF
state dispensofy. fil, b66 So, Of comfy dis
pensnries, $i9.S9D. The three principal itonls
Of expense are freights. bottles aud the
constabuary. During the mouth OF July
twenty-nine dispensaries We're running.
in August thirty-ni1e: SeptenbeT.5 forty
seven: IN October hfty-one. One has peen
discontinued, gleaying mrs IN Operations
The number of clerks 10 dispensers and
assistants Is twenty-fOur. The salaries OF
these local officers have been nxed by
the State beard and range flpm 1900 to
$40 per unnum, Where the magnitude Of
the business requires y the dispensef ~
given one or more assistants but Ia no
case is the salary more than 5000.
Il Is safe TO say, says the governor. that
II the towns cease their unreasonable and
senseless opp9sitio9 nd three fourshs o.
viii be consumed nv the State. shall pass
through The diapgnsary, the revenue 81
ING towns VIII nqt be decreased from
,.,.ot,- f,Ntl-
~ {s,s-e - ~ 49, ~ 49,
,,bn ,sa,s.rnor nrsesnts 4 fa,is ann,et,s
49,. 49,, ,,,t,t,a 49,, t,,t.s
,h IN IN, ~ ivaii *
~ s l,ti az 80 - go t ~
,,r,, a., -. p ir,yiisa,s
ii'n.s " ~ uisl,s.llsti IA, 50 sss
III Xxx AZ, <s. M isfsJ I ies2s
s5s ~, 20 Hursass ~. q me uissh
49, year az ass.tse gu 'i'e ysar pte-
THE CRY or BLOOD MONEY.
Some fanRtieal people cry aloud against
the iniuuity III a government sharing In
ia ..i,ianl s,,,,,,... i 49,, 60 & ~
s ~ - ~
Tears OF women ana childrens whose faith
eis, hushands and brothers are addicted 20
The iise OF wnisIty Mex who are com.
pellad 70 go IN the daylight and get what
liquor they want from Il government offl-
Ger 8nd then go elsewhere to c5nstlnie x 4
viii be likely to 80 home ana be within
the restraining influence OF that charmed
circle.
'ihs goyernor suggests that 1t might be
best to except domestic wines from the /
general operation OF the law ap says
That owing 70 Inc crude methods OF manu- |
factufe there is snian demand Tor thesa
wines He says, too. that Il would BE a
mi sfortune to haye the growing OF graDes |
and the manufacture OF wine, an Industry