Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11
AN IOWA c. o. D. LAW.

| ASS9 ASSS~S
sage Of which is being strongly urged
by TIE liquor interests, provides for the
! shipment Of liqpors in the state by liq-
uor dealers located within the state.
| Under present laws and conditions they
are forbidden to ship their goods" 1t
is said that an Iowa liquor dealer may
not send case of beer to himself or a
friend without becoming liable to
prosecution and a heavy fine. The
complaint made by the Iowa dealers is
that while they are forbidden to ship,
| the interstate commerce law permits
| the liquor dealers outside the state to
overrun the country roads and sell
Rock Island whisky under the noses OF
the home dealers and to ship their
packages into every corner of the state,
They say it is unfair. That the Nc
Manus bill is calculated to offer simple
justice to the Iowa saloohist and
brewer
At a cursory glance 1t looks as tho
the Iowa saloonist had justice in his
complaint ofdiscrirnination. He is cut
OFF by the state Of Iowa from shipping
booze into every hamlet that is doing
Its best to prevent any dealer from
making such shipments The Rock Is
land vendor of bottled outrage Is pro-
ttected from the state of Iowa by TN
Lifted States law. The difference is that
the national government recognizes the
lttrade as legitimate. In Iowa it is an
loutlawsby majority sentiment ana the
Ideclsion of the supreme court.
The policy Of the state is repression
of the traffic. The Hepburn olliver
bill was an Iowa protest in congress
against the national law permitting a
joint keeper across the river to defy
Iowa law and Iowa sentiment. 1t failed.
The point that the saloonist fails to
see is that while the state can not
at present prevent the selling OF whis-
ky by outside parties, it can
keep the Iowa dealer from
filing the dry towns and coun-
les with Saturday night beer parties
thru the express offices and his paid
agents. There Is considerable differ
ence between sending outside the state
for an eight gallon keg and telephon-
ing to the next town. If the McAianus
bill becomes a law every village and
small town may expect an immense
increase in the liquors consumed there
and in crimes committed.
An article from a Shenandoah paper
in another column shows something Of
the system that is likely to prevail; a.
system that can not fail to make busi-
mes lively in beer at the little station
with an express office. The express
agent, the fellow about town who is
willing to panhandle for the price of q
key party will be busy as bees, when
the shipment has become legitimate.
The sounds Of revelry will rise by night
as Of old days and original packages.
The alley and the lumber yard will re-
sumo their old nocturnal activity and
on Sunday the river bank will again
welcome its old habitues with the key,
the tin cup and the poker deck and the
tight at the end Of the day
The question of fairness" is not to
be considered. The saloonist and the
Saturday night booze comedians are
in q woeful minority in this state. Let
us be fair first to majority sentiment
and let us consider well before we
grant a privilege against which we
have fought up to the national legisla-
ture 1t can not make the Rock Island
dealers business right to extend it to
the Iowa dealer. We can't, at present,
stop the Rock Islander. We can and do
stop the Iowan. Can we Justify our
selves IL we open market we have
denied on principle?