The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-12

 To Protest Against the Tyranny Of Fa-
 naticism
 The grandest and most enthusiastic crowd that ever assembled in Atlanta filled De Gives opera house and packed it's enyirons last night.
 Ten thousand men shouted themselves hoarse in indignant protest against the renewed effort to wreck the city by pro- hibtion The march to the opera house began at o'clock, and such a march has never been seen in Atlanta since sherman and Johnston led their soldiers through the city.
 Among the great number seated on the stage at the opera house were Dr. k. D. Spaulding John Fitten, D. M. Bsin, Hon. Frank Colley Mayor Price of Macon, Mayor Cooper. Postmaster Renfroe, Col lector Crenshaw, Dr. Sid Holland, John SiIvey, Councilman Beutell, Livingstone Mims. Jacob Haas, J. J. Spauding, Walter Brown John Ryan, Sr. A. P. Woodward John l.. I've, ]. Van Holt Nash, Dr. Robert Westmoreland, Peter Lynch, s. B. Hoyt. W. NJ. Heath. Amos Fox, John Berkele. James F. O'Neill, w. P. Hill, R.. Schmidt Dr. Curtis, James A. Anderson w. A. Pledger James Goodlett, Dr. Bad ger J. C. Bell, H. c. Fain, Rev. C. Scott, Rev. J. w. Carter, and others of the most influential citizens.
 From the speech of Capt E. P. Howell, editor of the Constitution:
 The building tremlbled with applause as Captain Howell rose to speak He said:
 Fellow Citizens-I may not, 1t is true. be able to make you as eloquent a speech as you would like to hear, but one thing l can promise you, what facts and figures I shall give you will stand. | came to this place in the year lS5l. At lanta was then small village. I saw 1t grow into town, then into d city. l have seen it tried by fire. l have seen 1t emerge from all it's trials triumphant I have marked its progress until 1t be- came the most enterprising and prosper ous city in all the south. It was this up to two years ago, when it began to de- cline What caused this decline? GA Voice Prohibition
 "Is there any man of sense in Atlanta who does not know and admit the cause of the decline? None of the prohibition speakers sticks to the true issue involved in this contest. They deal in glitterng generaities and introduce issue foreign to the question The real question Is not one of whisky or no whisky, but sale or no sale They go off and talk about temperance. They argue that no whisky should be sold because it Is some times abused They might as well argue against fire. Because fire pro duces steam and steam sometimesf bursts boilers and causes destruction of property and life they would abolish ire and say: Lets get rid of 1t, and when we want to get warm, let's go out of the county" (Laughter and cheers) l am not an opponent of temperance. l am in favor of it. But in all places where prohibl- tion has been in vogue. liquors have been sold as freely as in Atlanta. Just as long as 1t is profitable to sell 1t will be sold Coming near home, offer the following statement of our collector of internal reT- enue:
 "1 have issued 57 special tax stamps for the sale of liquor In Fulton county for the year 1887.
 "'Within the Id 3; NICK five flew diatil- leries have registered and begun opera tion. Three have doubled their producing capacity from 20 bushels Of grain ner day to 40 busle. per day. Four have doubled by ineleasing from 10 10 % bush els of grain per ddv. l have noticed that five more grain distllerles will register and begin operations the last of the month. There are moIe than twice as many distileries in operation now than before prohibition "ont into effect. The production of corn liquor iu Georgia dur ing the month of October, lS5,, was three times as much wa5 produced in the corresponding month 9f October 1885. My 
 July l. 1SS6 and ending June %, 1887, were $32, ,OO0 in excess of the corresponding year ending June %, 1885, My collections for the current tax year will ne $15,O00 great CT than for the last tax year. My col lections are almost entirely from liquor. The liquor prodG:eG al the grain distil- leries finds reaGy sAie as fast as n.ade. At least 95 per cent ot :lfe liquor made in my district 's sold ceorgia. Many Of ii, sItr. ..s, Il conn .f Respectfully,
 .''THOS. c. CRENSHAW. JR., " Collector Internal Revenue, State of
 Georgia
 "The truth of the matter is that the prohibition law is fraud and it cannot be enforced. That this is true the sub Joined statement of the sales of liquor in Atlanta during October, 1887, amply dem onstrates.
 From Griffin. Ga, alone there was shipped in one month of liquor, 397i pack ages, containing from one gallon to barrel In four days one house shipped 14OO packages.
 Madison, Ga, shipped about $50 pack ages.
 Augusta, Ga. shipped 15o cases of liquor wine and beer.
 LawrenceYille Ga, over 200.
 Gainesville, Ga, over 250
 Chattanooga. Tenn, ID Daifels ol "hlNky and 15 cases of wine. beer and liquor. besides 800 packages in smaller quantities. Macon, one house, l.. Cohen & co., sold ip Atlanta, s4011 worth of liquor during the month of October, and three more houses also shipped to this place nearly an equal quantity. l am unable to find out the exact amount.
 Louisville shipped 9 barrels
 Cincinnati shipped 15 barrels whisky and carloads beer.
 Charleston shipped carloads of beer.
 Milwaukee shipped l carload of beer.
 Griffin. Ga, carloads of beer.
 Evansville. Ind, l carload of beer.
 '"rhe total expenditure of the city for wine. beer and whisky for the single month of October 1887, was a272,000 As tonishing as are the above figures, 1 have something else which will astonish you still more; I. myself am astonlshed. There are fifty-seven places in prohioi ton Atlanta where you can get drink. These pay no taxes to the city
 At the election held in November, 1887, local option was repealed by enormous majority, every district in the city and county going for license and prosperity returned.