The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-03
BEER And WHISKY
men HAVE SPLIT
Brewers Want Saloons in Indian
Territory The Distillers
.s.s5.. -
Want None.
Brewers Show Signs of Dislike for
Company Of the Whisky
81 Interests.
By w, w, Jermane.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The fact that
there has been break between the
brewers and the whisky men of the
country has been disclosed since, the
should be prohibition in Indian Terri
tory after it's admission to- the union.
| The break has come over the Indian
| Territory question. The brewers have
taken stand with those citizens of
| the territory who hold that prohibition
is illogical and absurd. and, moreover,
that it DOESN'T prGGh hg Inc n wh1;hky
ton, and, strange as it may seem, are
working side by side with the good
women of the W.. G. T. U. and kindred
1 bodies. ..~# ,.-
Under any form of prohibition, it
would be very difficult for the brewers
to get their goods into the new state,
on account of their bulk. Whisky, on
the other hand, being smaller in bulk,
and therefore. more easily handled,
hibition law. This has been proved
in the recent history of Iowa, the Da-
kotas and Kansas. Moreover, the
"bootleg' business, which would as
sumo large proportions among pop
ulation largely Indian, would flourish
more under prohibition than without
it. ~
Don't Like Whisky Company. ;,
Since the break has come, the brew
ers are considering whether they have
not suffered in reputation during the
past years by their close association
with the whisky interests. Beer con
tains only a small percentage al
cohol, from 4 to 5 per cent; and and there here
properties in it, SO that physicians pre-
scribe it freely. The brewers are,
therefore, coming to the conclusion that
their business is not a menace to the
American home or to American char.
acter, and that the charges that are
brought with so much force. against
, whisky cannot be made to stick, in any
from this time on they will 60 it alone
The brewers and whisky men have
also split over the army canteen. The
former are in favor Of the restoration
Of that adjunct to army life, while TIT
latter oppose it.. In the army canteen!
only beer and light wines are sold
: The canteen within the post enclosuT'
just outside the enclosure. At .thes'
joints the most NYillainous whisky i
sold, yielding a large percentage O.
: profit, and the sale of beer is yer.
small IF thea canteen were to be re
established the whisky men would sb
!. robbed Of. the trade of almost thous
9 and low saloons which line the en-
. try, while the sale Of beer at the can
: teen. would be. very materially in
. creased. .<t%s
Colonel Edwards Object Lesson.
y Colonel Clarence A. Edwards, chief o
i the bureau Of insular affairs of the wa
h department., tells an interesting stor
v illustrating how the canteen operate
/ to reduce the sale of whisky in the "
ago, before the canteen was abolishe
j. by act of congress, he was in charge Q
4 an army post in the southwest, Whe
he took hold Of it there were: upwar
of forty low dives skirting the edge {
thereservation. Colonel Edwards at ono
established a canteen, where, under til
regulations, he arranged for the sale {
beer and light wines to the enlisted me-
/ At once the business Of the grog shoI
than six months everyone of them ha
gone out Of business. This withdraw
from the field cut large hole in tt
S trade Of the wholesale whisky deale
and increased the trade of the brewer
4 and while this was the case, the depor
j ment Of the the enlisted men was grea
ly improved There were few
breaches OF discipline, fewer arrests, al
the men, as a whole, began to sa'
money to send home or put in the ban
n It is very likely that an effort W:
20 be made in congress this winter to +
~, 10 open the canteen question, with vie
8; to repeating the present law. VIII
. ., that time comes, the brewers of t
~ country will be found advocating
20 while the whisky men will be found G
70 posing it, and working with the tie
~ ~ perance people to that end The i
80 portance Of the fact that practical
e 90 every army officer now in the servi
GO high and low, is in favor Of the CT
a &c teen, and that their wives join them
81, taking that position, is. beginning
an dawn upon congress and the count
a. AS men are able to free themsel1
-; ~ from preiudices, they see that it is We
h. improbable that any system can VIC
liz to the disadvantage of the enlisted m
which has such intelligent and dis
terested support as that just named.