Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-18
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is. 1907.
PROHIBITION BULLETIN.

that blind pigs flourish only in pro-
hibition territory. Both Sides,
a haIf-patent whisky sheet of Min
neapolis, says editorialIy: Which
do you prefer, drug store saloons
and blind pigs, or legally conducted
saloons? It's a moral cinch that
we will have one or the other. -
Are you deceiving yourself, Mr..
Gam, or are you only trying to de-
ceive others? Rather, it S a moral
cinch that we will have saloons and
blind pigs. blind pigs alone. or
neither. 1t depends. Give us Il
ring government and we will
have both; give us a "nice' gov
eminent, and we will have the blind
pigs; give us prohibition with a
party back of it that believes in it,
and we will have neither. The
'Champion of Fair Play a lead
ing Chicago liquor paper, furnishes
striking proof Of the fact that blind
pigs flourish alongside licensed sa-
looms. 1t shows that in Illinois
there are -, l49 holders of govern
ment tax receipts, while the NUM-
CAPABILITIES of the state issue only
II ,Ul3 licenses to retailers of all
kinds, showing that II, 1876 are sell
ling liquor and violating the laws
regulating its sale. Licenses by no
means forestalls the speak -easies.
The American Issue states that there
are one-third or more illegitimate
places in Chicago than licensed
places.
A leading Cincinnati distiller
(wondcr if it's Mr.. Longworth) is
circularizing the saloonkeepers of
Georgia with the following letter:
1--WE have a plan which will enable
you not only to continue your pres
ent income after Jan l.. 1908, but
triple it if you have a least bit of
energy, ability and application.
We do not care to make it general
ly known, but if you are at all in
terested we will give you full par
ticu |ars whereby you can continue
in a legitimate and legal manner to
sell goods without risk to yourself
or your customers. Write US for
details and you will hear from US
promptly Upon which Bever-
ages sagely comments: How this
Cincinnati house is going to have
Georgia saloon-keepers sell whisky
after Jan. | and not break into the
chain gang is a mystery.'
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The Brewery Workers have start
ed a campaign against the PRO
hibs. Thousands of circulars have
been sent out all over Minnesota as
a sort of advance guard, and a spe-
cial appeal is being made to organ
lied labor, notwithstanding the fact
that the saloon is the laborers'
worst enemy. A publicity cam
paign is to be carried on, the cir
cular being printed in both English
and German. The argument is that
prohibition does not prohibit. If
prohibition does not prohibit, we
are unable to understand what does,
but something prohibits anyhow.
Neither are we able to understand
why the saloon men put so much
time and money into the fight
against prohibition if "as much
liquor and more is sold under pro-
hibition as is sold under license.''
The glad hand of the prohibition
party was extended to state fair
visitors by State Secretary Calder
wood, John A. Shields, secretary
of the Young Mems Movement, and
Geo. F. Wells, editor of 1.-The Pub
lie Weal.' The public was invited
to sit in the shade of the vine and
fig tree Of the cold water party and
get and give pointers concerning
the coming campaign. Their
booth was headquarters for the leg
islature, and it was a common sight
to see several members of the last
House present with their heads
close together. 1t was amusing to
notice republican and democratic
members from certain sections of
the state steal quietly up to the
Ammunition table, and load up
with4samples of prohibition litera-
ture, and as quietly slip away.
One of the notable features of the
largest state fair held in the coun-
try was the prohibition activity
manifested. Thousands of visitors
wore prohibition signs in their hat
bands, telling everyone in sight to
.sVote Prohibition The signs
were on cardboard, 4x8 inche !,
printed in white on black back
ground. The notices varied, the
most popular ones being 1.-The Sa-
loon Must Go, Prohibition Spells
Prosperity, .".The Saloon is a Blot
on the Flag" and Manhood above
Money. but the Saloon Robs ns Of
Both Each card bore in addition