The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08
81. G. PERSON
Buggies,
Wagons,
Implements,
Lawson
Gas Engines
Smithing, Wagon Making and
Shoeing.

eral supreme court has. In three NO
table cases, decided that no valid Law
could be passed to prevent citizen OF
one state ordering liquor shipped from
another state for his own use: there
fore the original package mailorder
trafnc In wet goods 10 strictly legiti.
mate from q legal point OF view. or
at any rate. the right can not be
abridged by law.
It is q question for local merchants
and taxpayers to decide for them.
selves whether or. not they shall favor
local policy which would be certain
to build up an immense mail-order
business. thus creating q constant
drain upon the money Of any town
adopting that policy.
THE SNYDER BANNER.
Manager Gus H. Weber Of the
Snyder Banner. discussing the mail
order liquor trade. says:
with prohibition every taxpayer
will have to cough up. more money
proportionally-but the jug houses
do business just the same depriving
the towns of their annual income of
license. and at the same time increase
the mail-order trade which has be-
come a heavy drain on local merchants
all over the country.
We do not believe that people could
not exist without liquor. but while
we are positive that some, so-called
prohibitiopists insist on its use we
are going to stand for license, to
which the community Is more entitled
than those jug houses ever dared to
be.
To give a plain illustration of how
liquor trade is going abroad We wish
to relate the following story which
recently came to light: A well known
citizen In a country town called at
the depot asking the agent IL his
books had come" The agent replied
that no books were received at the
time. Later the same party inquired
by telephone about the expected mer-
chandise. when the agent replied.
Yes. your package is here, but there
are no books; 1t is billed as liquor"
Seeing that he was caught In q trap
our citizen refused to accept the pack
age. It Is not necessary to state that
that man will vote for county option,
but he must have the booze"
- Az NRMrRn osaM
The editor OF the Clay Center Sun
makes the following significant COM
ment:
1T has been said in our hearing
many times that the business of Has
tings has fallen OF greatly since the
saloons were closed The extent of
that decline. as reported in some in
understandable not to us seem
possible. but that there has been a
heavy decline We are forced to believe.
What follows such q decline in bust
ness? Discharge Of help. We cannot
guess how many worthy ladies and
gentlemen are thrown out of employ
ment.-Does one hundred overstate
It? We guess not. Half of these will
miss their salaries, though perhaps
small. exceedingly. and rs much as
the ladies might abhor saloons
wouldn't they feel that the presence
Of the saloon, 30 far Is they are con-
cerned. where the evil effects are not
seen in their families. can more easily
be endured than the want of the week
ly stipend that they receive when bust
ness Is better and their services are
needed in the stores? We learn
through the Hastings Tribune that one
hundred and fifty-flve Of Hastings
most progressive business men 70
specially call the attention Of the
city council to the fact that at the
last municipal election a majority of
206 votes were cast for the policy Of |
local license and that the general
business Of the city is suffering from
the effects of the present policy"