The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-29
lleuoR PREss EAkIRs.

The liquor press fakirs have beer
busy again In their inscriptions ef
forts to deceive and delude the public
This time they have had the brasen
eIrontery to use the National census
bureau in furtheranee OF their scheme
Recently a number OF papers. some Of
them. strange to say. posing as re
liable and protesting sympathy for
the temperance movement. published
under flaming headlines a statement
purporting to come from the census
bureau TO the effect that the local
option towns showed a greater per
cent OF inebriacy than the big cities.
These statements were first published
in the big dailies. but a number Of
smaller papers. either through ignor-
ance or sympathy for the liquor inter
ests. republished them. In view of the
well known unscrupulousness OF the
liquor interests and their utter lack
of integrity. it is surprising that they
have been able to use SO large a pOr-
tion of the press to exploit their false
hoods The liquor lobby at the Ma
tons capital and in the capitols Of
the several states. Is not. however,
without a large corruption fund and
a portion of this may have been used
fos publicity purposes.
When these statements appeared DR..
Reau f. Folk, President of the Tennes-
nee Anti-Saloon League. who is ever
active, alert and vigilant, and who con-
stantly sits upon the watch tower o.
Reform, began an investi-
cation, with the result that II has been
demonstrated that there is not one
word of truth in the alleged statistics
Of the census bureau; on the contrary |
they were found to be a fabrication
the semblance Of foundation
in fact.
The following letter from the Di-
rector of the Census to the editor Of
the Washington Herald. where the
;o-called statistics and fake interview
we're published, constitutes complete
of the same and demons
rates the lengths to which the dis
,redited liquor lobby will go in its
,fforts to poison the public mind:
Editor Washington erald:-MyI
ttention Is called to an article in the
Ierald of Friday, the 25th instant.
ntitled, A Blow to Prohibition The
rticle purports to quote from Cen
Us official to the effect that statistics
objected by the Office demonstrate r
hat the number of arrests for drunk c
mess in cities with no license, Is
reater than in cities that regulate
he liquor traffic with the license sys-
I'm. Certain figures are given pur
ortiDg to be taken from the Census
sports | desire to say thai these !
cures ale not contained in any cen
is report, and are not correctly de-
we'd from any figures this office has
lblished. No official of this bureau
responsible for the statements at
ibuted to the Office in the article in
lestion. Very truly yours,
"(Signed) S. N. d. NORTH. q
Director" 9
Although the liquor interests have
st almost every battle in which they
We been engaged in recent years and
We been shorn Of very much of their
l time power they are still able to
lintain lobby at the seat of gov CT
1ment and they have an abundance til
funds which they do not scrupple w
use for any purpose. They realize
1t their case is a desperate one and
It they must use desperate methods
order to prolong existence. There
e it behooves the friends of tenn -
'ance to be ever on their guard.
g battle is by no means ended when
Don are legislated out of existence. ~
At is only the beginning. Eternal
lance is the price of temperance. ~,