The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-12-30

violation OF the liquor laws. Under
the statute the brewer can continue
to sell, in five gallon packages only,
for consumption at least SO yards
beyond the corporate limits. He
was arrested for retailing within
said limits on the 4th of July, but
the evidence wasn't strong enough
to satisfy the court and he was ac-
quit ed. The case was a warning,
and there has been no violation
since, neither has there been a sug-
gestion of a blind pig here.
Drunkenness in I'll. is thing of the
past. The new Jail stands empty
and unused. Every public event
Fourth of July celebration, base ball
tournament and county fair that
I'll. has held under the dry regime
has been an unparalleled success fnan-
cialls and in the crowds of sober,
orderly people that attended.
| Hutchinson likes no-license and
mark my word it has come to stay.
She calls it good thing in every
way. Anyone who doubts my state
ments should come and investigate
for himself. Yours very truly,
BURT w. DAY,
Editor Leader.
TESTIMONY FROM WINDOW
E. Y. Dubois.
Dear Sir:-You say you are in the
midst of local option campaign.
Glad to hear it. Window has had
saloons two years out Of about 20
years You might ask big money
for license but it does not count
fnaHcially. The business men will
say there is not as much money for
the business when there were sa-
looms here. It fell far short. Men
that will use liquor will not have
any money to pay their grocery
! bills, for it has gone to the saloon.
How many thousand dollars went
through the banks from the saloons
when they were here | cannot tell
just now, and it was the same ex-
perience in Heron Lake and Slayton.
Trade is much better and more mon
ey without saloons. The idea of
business or trade going somewhere
else is nonsense.
Collections are much better and
no difference in taxes. Of course
we are partly handicapped by Bing-
ham Lake having saloons, and they
will go or send up there for the
liquor, but trade does not go there.
We have few DRINKS, but nothing
to compare to what it is when we
have saloons. The cry was, I'VE
want saloons with high license to
help out our city finances, but it
does not help any after the first
year. 1t really increases the expen-
ditures in prosecutions.
Respectfully yours,
w. H. JONES.
w. H. Gold, Redwood Falls,
Mimi, Dear Sir: | think large
majority of the business people are
satisfied that it does not do town
any good in a business way to have
saloons. One of the strong argu-
ments that we put up is our bank
deposit. Our last census, 1905, gave
Window a population of 1888. Our
total bank deposits at the last call
was 1854, 887.72 This would give a
total per capita deposit of S454. If
you will take the time to look up the
bank deposits of other towns and
compare them in population with
Window | think you will find that
there is hardly a town in southwest
ern Minnesota, in fact / do not know
of one that will equal Window.
Another thing | believe more
working men own their homes in
Window than in most Of the towns
of our size.
There are no i'll effects that I know
of caused from no license. / think
that it pays from financial and
business point of view. and | think
the time is not far distant when
every community will not think it
is good business to allow a thing to
exist in their community which de-
bauches its citizens and ruins them
financially. Yours truly.
D. u. WELD.