Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
Prohibition Press Bulletin.
issued by W. G. CALDER OOp
Minneapolis.

Prohibition Press Bulletin.
Issued BY ": g: cALDEawooo'
"Both Sid-s,n the Minneapolis liq-
uor paper, complains that there Is an
inconsistency in tie governments
issuing q license to keep a public
house and then forbiddipg another
{sic) public servan: lin this case
school teacher) from visiting the
public house on pain of losing his
j)b." There Is = queer inconstst-
ency, but It is not that the govern
ment r. quires Is high standard OF
character of its school teachers IS a
railroad does OF its switchmen. The
inconsistency comes in At the point
where the government licenses the
jag factory.
The failure of the dispeasary sls-
TEN In South Carolinia Is evidenced
in the fact that even Ben Tillman, Its
originator and advocate, is out for
sweeping changes IN the law. Drunk
enness and debauchery have largely
increased in the state since the govern.
ment took exclusive control OF the
drunkeries.
The national W. G.. T. Y. conven-
tloa, which recently gathered In
Philadelphia, sent q memorial to tht
President of the U. s. asking that he
use his influence to secure the ad'
mission of Indian Territory to state
hood as q prohibition state. TIT
Presidents private secretary wired
back that the President had taken the
matter under advisement.
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The enterprisiog KnOcker Ia a-ko0ck'
Ing on the primary election law. No
doubt there are some loose joints that
need fixing, but the people seem to be
pretty we'll salts led with the measure
d whole. 1t is step in the righl
direction. It is usually the pro-
fessional politician that 10 making .
grievance committee of himself ag aims,
the general plan of the law.
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Since 1856 Switz srland has had q
lawIsimilar to the Gothenberg system
OF Scandinavia, or the dispensarS
system of South Carolina. While
the law has effected q slight reduction
in the consumption of spirits it has
increased the consumption of beer and
wine, 80 per cent and Is per cent re-
spSctively. Since 1891 accor ding to
Or. Sohlud In an extensive treatise Cd
the subject 10 per cent of the male and
nearly 2 per cent of the female deaths
have been the result of ale Jholic in.
diligence, the statistics covering the
IS largest cities. Regulation does
not regulate.
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DR.. Wiley, the government chemist,
recently announced that IS per cent OF
the whiskey on the market is poison
ously adulterated. An organization
of liquor dealers has written to the de-
partment under which he is employed,
stating that the doctor has probably
outlived his usefulness, and incident
ally and irrevelantly remarking tina
the whiskey business pays large reve
nues to the government. The offset
for every crime of the traffic is that it
helps to pay the bills. A government,
employe must not tell the truth about
lit helps to pay the bills. It's righ'
to murder and debsuch must not b*
questioned-it helps TO pay the bills.
It's practice OF anarchy in VIC stlne
openly, insolently, and habituslly
every law made for its regulation
must be held as sacred-it helps tc
pay the bills. And the voter 9 ems /.
be williug-at least majority OF him.
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The big brewery at Rochester, N.
Y , recently Issued orders prohibiting
any of it's employees from drinking
teer while on duty, stating that l.
makes the workmen indolent and 10,
jures their discipline. The kind o.
b:er the brewery makes 10 not goo.
for beer makers, or railroad opera
tives, nor mill hands, nor other trust
worthy people. But it Is fine for tn
discipline and vigor OF soldier, an
reduces to q min mum his fractions
insu Coordination. Great beer-fo,
some ono else's ser ants.