Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-14
Iowa Retail Liquor Dealers AS,
sociation Insisting Mulct Law
Shall BE Obeyed
INLAND TOWNS START CRUSADE
Liquor Dealers Who Obey Laws Notify
River Towns That They Must Do So
Or Law Abiding Ones Will Join
Temperance Crusade - Shaw's Book
Out in February.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 14.-The report
that the officers Of the Retail Liquor
Dealers Association are visiting the
cities of Iowa and insisting to the
saloon keepers that they get In line
and obey the law was confirmed here
today The association has seen the
hand writing on the wall. The meet
INK some time ago in Dubuque, IT Is
learned now, resolved on this plan
and Dubuque was the first place
whipped into line. The association
proposes to force every saloon keeper
in the state to obey the mulct law
do not.
The saloon keepers Of the inland
towns are the prime movers in the
plan. They have decided to lay down
the ultimatum to all the river town
saloon keepers and that unless they
come in and obey the law. the in
land town saloon keepers, who have
for years been obeying the mulct law,
will join the forces of the temper
ance people and give them moral sup
port in closing up such saloons.
The inland saloon keepers fear that
unless checked the sentiment will re-
suit in the prohibitory amendment
which the Anti-Saloon league and
ministers are working so vigorously
fot..
1t is learned that in Davenport the
brewery interests own three-fourths
|. of the saloons Of that town. There
are something like twice as many
there as there are in Des Moines, tho
Davenport is only half as large. These
Davenport breweries have observed
the provisions of the mulct law, but
the saloons that they own have not
This has led to the breweries being
held up for many years by blackmail-
ing lawyers They have paid hum
dreds of dollars to keep these lawyers
from starting court actions against
them. Finally driven by desperation
they organized holding company" to
manage the saloons, so that the brew
cries could not be hurt
In their management of their saloons
the breweries have been forced to buy
the property in which their saloons
are located and this has been big
expense to them. Under the new
plan the state association proposes
that all Davenport saloons and brew
cries shall obey the mulct law and live
up to all its provisions. This means
that they must pay the mulct tax
watch they have never paid. The
payment of this tax will result in
about one-half the saloons going out
of business and the breWeries will
have lot Of corner lots property for
sale.
A number of Davenport saloonkeep-
ers have decided to begin strict obedi-
cnce to the mulct law at once and not
wait any longer for threatened legal
action. Ben Harloff was the first one
to file $4,000 bond and the necessary
papers with the county auditor. Others
are preparing to do the same, and it
is thought that within a very short
time all will be obeying the law
Several incidents happened to has
ten the saloon keepers to seek shell
tel unQGT lIlG lHulCI law. NIiiC Nett'
the visit of the officers of the Iowa
Liquor Dealers assocHtion and their
ulrimatum that unless the saloon
keepers complied with the mulct law
they would join forces with the tenn
perance element to bring it about, and
that outside breweries would join In
the movement.
The organization Of local civic
federation was completed by the cleo
ton of Rev. w. FL. Blancke, pastor Of
st. Paul's English Lutheran church,
as president.
Governor Shaw's book giving a de-
fense of his position as standpat-
ter will not be out of the press till In
February or March of next year. This
information was learned today by a
Des Mones book store where an order
for the book had been lodged some
weeks ago The advertisements of the
book stated that it was ready for dis
tribution This was in the November
magazines The book is not out yet and
information from the publishers to the
Des Moines book store is to the effect
that it will not appear till February or
later.
Unofficial rumors are in circulation to
the effect that the book is being held
ur because the times are not propitous
for launching it. 1t is said that the
hook was to be issued as sort of
starter for boom for Shaw for pres
idant of the United States. When it
was ready the political situation was
not ready and the situation has not
been ready since that time. The pub
fishers wish to launch it at a time
When they will be able to make some
money out of it for the book is to be
circulated for profit and not gratis as
was the volume sent out by Vice
President Fairbanks in which some
important chapters relating to his
work as an attorney for bankrupt
railroad were left out and afterWard