The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-10-09

L he opponents OF prohlDlllOn are con
tnually pratlng about there being more
liquor sold under prohibition than Under
license. That they do not believe the
truthfulness OF their assertion is owl
denced by the fact that they are exert
ing every effort to defeat prohibition,
and are spending money to accomplish
their object, Following IS u circular
letter which we have received, and
which has been sent to the other news
papers Of the state:
New York City Sept. 70, 1856.
Editor;-Please furnish US rates per agate line
or per inch at which You can run in your paper
strictly as news matter, without any adverts-
ING marks, matter similar 10 the lnclosed. A Also
state at what rates You can run such matter as
editorial, we would be willing to pay for edi-
torlal matter OF yonr own writing, provided il be
in favor ot resabmls ion OF the prohibtory
amendment III your state, We can pay fair
price for this matter, but lt you make us II
rea asonablc rate we can give You 5000 lines,
probably 10000 70 be taken ont before Nov. lst.
cash win accompany any order We make.
v. Boz HOLLAND
The enclosed" sample was a clipping
as follows:
every perss selling llquor OF any kind must
procure each sear stamp Or license from the
Internal kcyen'e u, partment Of The United
States These stamps are hot taken out unless
they arc intended to De used lhe number OF
stamps. therefore, shows, he number OF liquor
sellers III Stnfe during The year for which they
are Issued The number of licenses issued III
Kansas increased from 81 IN 1881 To 2s9i i'll
lsss under prohibition The number in Iowa
increased under prohibition from 3,s3i to 03s
Maine has ore liquor d altr To 62i; Kansas one
10 every AS aad Iowa one TO every IA OF popu-
latfan.
The nntruthfulncsa Of the claim that Prohi-
hltion s u success is ehoNn by the fact that
A Ahama under license has only one llqaor
dealer to every 100 Of populations; Arkansas,
/ 6oi; Florida. one to every adt; Tennessee, one
to every 106, and on through the list Of States.
Sect :. Revenue Reports } The Prohibition
States aCtuallgh have more liquor dealers than most
Of the non Prohibition States. The number of
liquor dealers ID Iowa per thousand of popula-
ton is greater han in Kentucky or Texas
The enclosed as above may be found
in last weeks issue of the local nopo
cratic organ, SO that it is presumed Mr..
W. Bob Halland has secured rates and
knows just exactly what he viii nave to
pay for that and similar articles against
prohibition which Will undoubtedly
appear in the columns OF the Renew
between now and election.
But to the main point. II prohlbl-
tion is such An awful failure, and moro
Lo,lor is sold under that system than nn-
d. license, why are the Wholesale
LIQUOR dealers and brewers OF other
states layishly furnishing money to Sc
cure the repeal Of tho law in this state,
AS the above letter clearly shows they
are doing? The very fact that they are
fighting the law with their money and
Influence is sufficient evidence TO any
reasonable mind tnat prohibition IS
hurtful to their business, and that the
above article which they are paying for
to get in the newspapers, : an unlruth.
Let the fathers and mothers Of South
Dakota stand by the prohibitory law. The
saloon is tie deadly enemy Of the home,
he family and the state keep II out
now and forever.