The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-15
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
WOULD BUY OUR SENTIMENT
President Morrison Urges Neces-
sity of Spending Large
Sums of Money.
ADVISES MORE THOROUGH ORGANIZATION
Talks At Lensth-Compares Strength Of hi,
Organization With that of the Op.
posing Forces Urges Action.


At | o'clock this afternoon the Ii
quor Dealers Protective Association
of the State ofWashington met for their
annual convention in the Eagles Hall,
corner of Second Avenue and Pike
Street. The convention was called to
order by James w. Morrison, president
of the state association.
All morning delegates from different
sections of the state reached the city.
About one hundred representatives
were at the convention when it was
called to order this afternoon. The
association is barely year old, and yet
there are already some thirty local
associations comprising more than l,300
members. Unfortunately the fair now
on at Spokane kept many from attend
ing.
The feature of the session today was
the annual address of the president,
which was in part as follows:
''If our organization cannot be per-
fected and made not only an organlza-
ton in name but fact, it cannot be ex-
pected to cope with and meet success
fully the opposition organizations that
are real organizations in every respect
that the term organization implies.
1--WE have been and are deceiving
ourselves We are to cheap. And
our common enemy is gaining on us in
every city, town and hamlet in the
country because they are properly and
we are improperly organized.
If we would be formidable, success
full organization we will have to do as
other organizations had to do to be-
come formidable and successful.
MUST HAVE REAL MONEY.
eve will first have to have money
available real money-and that money
will have to come from our member
ship with the same promptneSs and
regularity as is shown by them annu-
ally when they pay ther state, county,
city, and internal revenue licenses.
None of these taxes can be lodged by
them, and the time has now arrived
that they can no longer dodge the nee
essity of providing themselves with a
defense fund.
"Who ever heard of an organization
existing without funds?
"The next step necessary is your
organization must be purely business
one, and you will have to prepare at
once and have business men at It's head.
"The local associations should pay
more dues to the state associations: and
the individual members dues, should
be increased in their respective locals,
and the treasures of each should be
substantial. Ir fact to succeed, it must
be done and done at once without delay.
1--WE cannot longer delay the condi-
y
must prepare yourselves and that at
once. You cannot afford to hesitate.
If YOU do, let me impress you, we are
lost. If we will not be eXterminated
by prohibition, we will by extortion
and high license. Can you not see it:
Where can you look that you do not
see the practical existence of oppres-
sion?
eve pay them the eXtortionate de-
mands of state, county, and municipal
governments, but pay nothing into our
treasures to create funds to prevent
futher oppression and futher eXtortion.
WANT PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
eve want public sentiment; money
creates it. You never read an article
or an editorial in the public press fav-
orable to the liquor business. We
want Justice money alone Will afford
if. We want legislation that will pro
tect our interests and our property,
and give us like our tradesmen. vested
rights in what we buy, pay for and own.
Money alone will secure it.
"The trusts with the abuse of money
and its improper use can trample down
the national and state constitutions,
combine against public policy, corner
oll necessities of life, of public utilities,
and the personnel of these monstrou-
combines are respected and looked
upon as public benefactors and phllan-
thropists in many instances: while we
are engaged in legitimate business
which Yields to the national treasury
over 40 per cent of the entire receipts
of the government. are classed WITH
the unclean.
every body here knows that we
have not an effective, practicable or
oanization. If we had, we would have
means. We would have votes in sucf
way that we would be the recipients
of equity. We ask no special privi-