Milford chronicle., 1907-10-04
LOCAL OPTION.
What a Burrsville, Nd, Merchant
Says in Regard to This Matter.

1A4sg september IL 1871
10 the Readers of the Chronicle =
have been reading in the Delaware
newspapers the different arguments on
the license or no license question 1t is
the general cutlery OF the license party
that prohibition does not prohibit. They
might as well say that having plenty of
churches and preachers to preach the
gospel do not prohibit people from sim
ming; but there would be a great MANY
more sinners if there were not any
churches or preachers and the people
would soon be heather. They might
say that there is not any use to have any
whipping post or penitentiary because
they do not prohibit people from steal
ing but if there was not any whipping
post or penitentiary there would be a
great many more rogues. They might as
well say that it is no use to hang people
or put them in prison, because such pun
ishments do not prohibit people from
numbering but there would be a great
many more murders if there were not
any hanging or prison.
have been reading in the Chronicle
about what they say in regard to prohi-
bition in Cecil County, Maryland, and |
about Newark, Delaware booming. and |
that Elkton is dead, doing nothing. In
the same column little lower down I
read that EIktOn has two shipyards, both
busy If you will notice their argument
carefully you will observe that they con-
tradict themselves. They remind me of
man that l read of once, who was up
before the Court for stealing. When the
Prisoner was brought into the court room
the judge asked the question whether !
guilty or not guilty, and the prisoner 7
called out in a loud voice "Not guilty p :
The judge then asked the prisoner how =
many times he had been up before the !
court. The prisoner said in a loud tone, A
This is the first time, boss. 1 never o
stole anything before this time" The +
saloon advocates contradict themselves.
They say that there is more wbiskey sold
IN prohibition towns than in license
towns. That is contradiction, because Il
If more whiskey we're sold in prohibition ~
towns than in license towns the whiskev
and brandy manufactures would not "
make such an cutlery whenever there is a
move toward prohibition. They would =, ~
be glad to have prohibition, so that they NJ
could sell more whiskey and brandy. e. e.
The whiskey people take up more than fl
half page in the Milford paper to tell n
how poor place Elkton is on account of M
prohibition, how dead it is, nothing do
doing, and they turn right around and bo
say 1t has two shipyards and both of them fro
busy. | had rather have two shipyards bo,
busy than the one busy whiskey mill. loo
II ElktOn is dead prohibition never killed ont
u there Is some other cause. Prohibit for
ton never kills town, and saloons never all
build up town. Elkton may have lot wo,
)t well to-do men who have retired and lice
ion't have to reach out for more wealth, itv
Y part Of the people may have gone and
omewhere else on account of so many do
a az nnuers' grunolers and GROWERS. bur
Whenever the most prominent men of rise
he town growl, grumble and find fault IT,
t the town because of prohibition or
nything that is right it is enough to kill 81 r.
ny town. -
They say that the population of Ekton the
as decreased on account of prohibition. thin
wonder if they coulG not find a few dow
OWNS in Delaware where there is no pro- time
ibition and where the population has erou
e sol according to the cencus OF are,
700 there were sixteen towns in Della Abo,
are where from 1880 to 1900 there was HE a
in the population of from to and
70 in the several towns respectively. bibit
hey talk quite good bit about the peo- wbis
e going from Elkton to Newark to deal. in liz
ell tue pest way 10 keep the people contr
'n' ieaElns EIAtoh ana going to Newark not h
deal is for Elkton people to stop growl- made
g about their own town and let the peo-
2 OF Delaware make prohibition town O..
t OF Newark. Then they will not lose ~
e. -. Poo 5 S- INNING 10 New tirely
My be better off without the whiskev 80
il, for no place is as well off with -u4i
liskey mill in it as it would be without
IN a place. They say that Eikton is -,
n and tho ;vbot,;.o...s ! . Maryl
!, No. : 1'SiAe, anu But W
,sos 80 49, iIIaLi-s anu oui'uing ware
III, if the town is booming it is because 49, H.
las some business men to boom it. 1 g. a.,
not believe any town will boom on -"
cunt of whiskey mills in it. If so 100.
nderfully many houses lave been 80 80 -
IL in Naworl 7 mould eL;-I JOu &c
Ia /. -- :-t.,',,N - ''iinA 'nere be use
he Cencus of 1900 the population at $3.50 lA'
Vark increased only 2 per cent from -. =.