Willmar tribune., 1908-02-12
PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
by John A. Shields, Minneapolis.

PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
ny John A. Shields, Minneapolis.
William B. Stewart, manager of
bar supply house in Minneapolis,
High Head Squeeze of the Liquor
Interests Organization, who has of
late been demonstrating such won
derful propositions with the help
Of the United States census, is al
capable man for the management
Of the new Educational Cam
paign. On the morning OF Febru-
ary 5 John A. Shields challenged
him to discuss his remarkable sta
tistics before a public meeting to
be arranged for; or, if Mr.. Stewart
would prefer, almost anything in
the line Of prohibition versus Ii
cense might do. No reply; Stewart
doesn't seem to care to show him
self. The kind of campaign he
wants to carry on is by means of
deceptive little circulars, unmarked
and unsigned, sent out in plain en-
velopes. He believes he can edu-
cate the people and at the same
time put up big bluff. And such
tactics are educating them wonder
fully. If he means what he says,
let him come out Of his dark hole
and defend his proposition. If he
is in good business, let him not
act as if he were ashamed Of it. If
he IS mailing the lies Of the prohi-
bitionists," F." let him not come out
anonymously. If he means busi-
ness when a prohibitionist shakes
the ''red rag at him, let him
come on and debate. Nobody has
any respect for man who will not
come half way on a fair PROPOSE
tion. 1t reminds US Of a little
fierce dog we used to own. He
would come at a man as fierce as a
tiger, and the noise he made was
terrible to hear, but let the man
stop and turn around and that pup,
with his tail tucked tight between
his legs, would go like a black
streak for the hole under the porch.
Here is one of the results Of put
ting on the lid in Portland, Oregon,
a city of 225, 900 inhabitants. Port
lands saloons are closed on Sunday.
AS result, crime and disorder and
drunkenness on that day have been
very largely decreased. The fol-
towing is from the Portland Tele-
gram, a "wet'' paper, for Jan. 20:
For the first time since the inaug-
uration of the lid law as interpreted
by District Attorney Manning yes
terday's police docket showed no ar
rests Of drunks and not a single pa
troll wagon call was sent to head
quarters by patrolmen. Not only
does the docket show a surprising
lack Of inebriates but complaints of
all types are less numerous than u.s.
ual. But q names appeared this
morning on the court grind and on
ly few holdover cases were enum-
Grated, affording city and state
prosecutor the easiset municipal
court day in many months.
If one platform equal another and
the two together equal zero, what
is the value of political promise?
SATURDAY. evening, February Is,
Mr.. W. G. Calderwood, state and
national secretary Of the prohibi-
tion party, will address a rally to
be held in Bonde Hall at Willmar.
Mr.. Calderwood will also speak at
Grove City Sunday morning, the
10th, in the Baptist church, and in
Atwater on Sunday evening. The
meetings will all be free and the
general public is invited to attend
and hear Mr.. CalderWood speak.
EDWARD Staats Luther OF New
York is offering a large number of
newspapers page of plate matter
dealing with 'Prohibition in Maine
after 65 Years Experience. 1t is
a liquor fake and is furnished free
to all publishers who care for it.
The morning Call, an antiprohibi-
ton paper of Paterson, N. j., says
concerning it: ''That the brewers
and liquor dealers are genuinely
alarmed over the spread of the pro-
hibition wave is evident by the way
they are trying to stem the tide.
They are maintaining an expensive
and extensive literary bureau. In
nearly every mail the newspapers
receive copy to prove that prohibi-
tion does not prohibit, that beer is
a temperance beverage, etc. The
newspapers are being offered plate
matter and matrices free Of cost,
and the most intelligent efforts are
being made to offset the movement
that threatens to utterly destroy the
manufacture and sale of bever-
ages" The National Prohibition
ist comment as follows: "The
Whisky Trust document convict its
author Of intentional misrepresen-
tation, first, by ignoring the mass
of evidence which exist concerning