Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-16

Minneapolis papers, but the figures
would look too large, considering
that much of it is paid for by the
brewing companies.
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The Starkweather ordinance to
limit the number of saloon licenses
in Minneapolis is to be tested in
the courts by man who was re-
fused a license. There are only
435 licensed places in Minneapolis
now, and the applicant believes
that one more would not make much
difference either way.
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Beer drinking in this country
produces the very lowest forms of
inebriety, closely allied to criminal
insanity. By far the most danger
Gus class of tramps and rufians in
our large cities are beer-drinkers.
Scientific American.
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Gov. R. B. Glenn of North Caro-
lima comes out straight for prohibit
tion in the following statement:
Il can in a few words tell you
where l stand on this subject.
Whatever may have been my acts
and course in the past, l have ever
tried to be consistent. | say here
and now that the last bridge is
burned behind me and l stand
squarely with the great temperance
forces to drive out this hideous
monster from our fair state. A
man must take square and unmis-
taxable stand for the right or for
the wrong, for Righteousness or for
evil, for happiness or for misery,
for justice or for oppression. AS
for me, | am heart and soul against
the liquor traffic. There is nothing
advanced either in the industrial
or moral sphere by strong drink ex-
cept the liquor traffic itself. Can
you point to me any benefit result
ing from the sale of liquor except
to the pocketbook of the man who
engages in the traffic? l can see
none. The great corporations and
business men have set their con-
domination upon those who indulge
in strong drink. | say to you de-
liberately after 80 years experience
as an attorney and as prosecuting
officer in the courts that l am firm
ly Of the opinion that 60 per cent
of crime is directly the result of
strong drink, and IS per cent is in
directly caused by indulgence in
strong drink. Can we then, in the
face Of such an appalling array,
hesitate to say where we stand?
'But some one says money de-
rived from the liquor business is
necessary to run the schools. | say
it is not. The schools do not de-
pend upon blood money. Wipe out
the liquor business and if necessary
the state can we'll afford to increase
the tax on property to sustain the
schools and save the boys and girls.
Il have heard the cry that prohi-
bition will not prohibit. [ have
seen prohibition that did prohibit.
| have just returned from the New
England states, the home of prohi-
bition, and l tell you that from
my observation and inquiry prohi-
bition is success. / travelled
thousands of miles, visited the fairs
in those states, and in all that jour-
ney | never saw but three intoxi-
Gated men. Someone will ask,
How about Vermont?' That state
had prohibition for fifty years, and
two years ago the people voted it
out ard substituted local option.
Have you heard the results Of that.
| talked to the governor of Vermont
about the condition there, and here
is what he told me: Two years
ago, because of abuses of the law
in some places, the people of Ver-
mont threw off prohibition. AS a
result, seven cities voted to grant
licenses to sell liquor. So disast-
rous in every way has been the re-
suit in those cities that five of the
seven have now returned to prohi-
bition, and it is only question of
a short time when the other two
will do the same thing. After two
years local option experience, Yer
mont will 60 back to prohibition.
Il am not for the Ward bill (local
option); it will mean nothing. 1t
is mere makeshift. We're l a
whisky man in a city l would favor
it, for it would help my business.
Why not let the people Of North
Carolina vote on Prohibition?
tell you now that the people are
ready for it. The time is ripe.
Submit the question to the voters
of North Carolina and it will sweep
the state by $4,000 to 100, 900 major.
ity. I pledge you my earnest aid
in that great fight. I will canvass
North Carolina, speaking in every
county, and use the strength thai
God has given me to win this battle
for temperance.
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