The suburban citizen., 1900-04-14
WHO PAYS THE BILLS.
An Explanation of the Trouble in the
Bladensburg District.
THE PERIODICAL OUTBURST EXPLAINED.
The Wndjammers and Shouters Receive Severe
Scoring--A Long Pending Question Aired to
the Disadvantage of the Wind Spitters--The
Plain Duty of the County Officials Pointed Out.

A friend OF ours living in Blsdepa-
burg writes the editor letter in which
he says, among other things, "a re.
form wave is just now passing over
this section Of the country, I have
noticed that these waves seem to APP
pear about every six or seven yeare,
and what would like to know is,
what Oausea them to appear with such
regularity. If you can throw any
light on the subject you will confer a
very great favor on at least one Of
your readers out this way"
In answeT TO the above it is only
necessary TO say that they are caused
by the salaEied agents of refurmatory
soCietiee, So, allied, who must make Oh
at lesss feel that they must make q
demonstration that is calculated Ia
make people who pay them think they
are canning their money.
These societies go by different
names, euch as the Social Purity Club,
the Law and Order League, the Anti
Saloon League, etc., and 1t sometimes
happone an agilator is hired by two OF
more Of them aud If he did not Tsise q
periodical dlstur bance his pay wOuld
soon stop. OF course the sRltator can,
not be in more than one place at ONE
and the came time, otherwise be would
have the entire State OF MaEyla land il
turmoil ell the year round.
Since the agitator is now spending 8
short sc ason in the vicinity Of Blad-
ensburg 1t follows as matter Of course,
that there must be an outburst of 70.
form OK his employers would not think
be was giving them good run fol
their money.
Since the particular aRitator in
question is on the pay roll Of the Anti
Saloon League, it follows as matter
Of course that the present attack is
aimed at the saloon keepers in the
Bladensburg district. There are
eleven Of them in the district, and
since the present movement 10 for the
announced purpose Of stopping "sl
Sunday selling and drinking, or, fail
p ing IN thai, 20 have their licenses can
Oeled," it might be well to consider
what effect such a move would have
On Prince GeorgU's county.
The records at the court house il
Marlboro show that these eleven mer
are tazed annually as follows.
Government tax 5 275. 0(
State tax 1885 5(
Corporation tax 15.6t
Internal Revenue tax 12,000.0(
Property tax 895.7t
Total Sl5,171. So
OF which amount the State receiver
$2,696.S5, while tho balance, $l2, ,275,
goes to the support of tho genera
government,
When it is remembered that accord
ing to the laws OF Maryland every dol
lar collected from liquor licenses mus
be spent on Goa ls and bridges il will
be seen Just whore the shoe would
pinch in the event Of the fanatics
being successful in driving the bust
ness out OF the Bladeneburg district.
It has not been 80 very long age
that one OF these same OgltatOTs, who
poses as o leading Republican IN his
section, and a man who is supposed 10
have considerable property and some
ihAuerc ce, nearly ran his legs off to
get 81 900 of the license money tC
build useless bridge. AS soon as
the money Waa paid in Marlboro, and
before they had time TO get it in the
cafe this same onemy Of the saloon and
the saloon keeper was there trying tC
get his hands on IL. And such lying
as he did would put the devil TO shame,
but he got il. He does not want q
saloon In the State, or at least gets uE
on all occasions aud shouts against
them, but he 10 eager and anxious to
get his hands on the saloon keeper'a
money, 10 be used in improving the
roads and bridges in and about bis