The Columbus journal., 1908-06-10

SCHUYLER-W. J. Higgins, dry
goods merchant, writes: las matter
of government alone. do not think
that liquor Is a benefit or help to the
town. but speaking from the stand
point of the business man. my Obser.
walton is that in some localities. and
particularly where q majority of for
eigners, as 1t the case in this county,
reside. no doubt . dry policy would
drive such citizens away from town,
as they 60 where they can get what
they want. While l an not particu-
larry q drinking man, when speak of
conditions in this local section. would
not favor a dry policy"
NELIGH-J. N. Mills, of Mills &
Berry, dry goods. says: Our expert
ence teaches us that we have better
government and less discord under the
license system. When our town Is dry
and other towns wet. the dry town Is
left out. do not think statutory pro-
hibitiOn is q temperance movement.
The writer has been in business in
this town since 1880 and has taken an
active part In the liquor question. l
shall always vote for the license pol
icy as long as the United States con-
tinues to issue licenses"
GI.ENVILLE@Ernest Frisch. farm
machinery, writes: THE business
men took an active part in the recent
election. Among them there is SEN
timent that the adoption of q dry pol
icy would be detrimental to their busi-
ness because of the German element
In this community. Most of the tax
payers are retired farmers of the Ger
man nationality"
VALENTINE-M. C. Carroll, real
estate, replies: In the recent elec-
ton most of our business men worked
hard for the old Board and for license.
for they were sure that II the town
went dry they would lose most Of their
outside patronage. They also said
that in that event property would be
taxed to the full limit. We have two
weekly papers here-The Democrat
and The Republican-and they worked
hard for the old Board and for high
license. Most of the farmers in this
neighborhood are in favor of license.
LAWRENCE-D. Livingston, editor
of The Locomotive, writes: License
won here through the support OF busi-
ness men who desired to please large
country trade, and who also desired to
benefit by the payment of liquor IL
cense money which would relieve their
of that much tax. Our business men
believe that the high license system
is the best way of controlling the
traffic"
SCHUYLER-S. Thurman. dry goods,
writes: MY experience with the dry
and wet policy in this state is that
when a town goes dry the surrounding
towns are generally wet and the town
loses the revenue on license. The only
way to deal with the liquor traffic is to
regulate the same by law, and enforce
the law to the letter."
SCHUYLER-Henry Bolton. mer'
chant. writes: In this particular 10
cality we are supposed to be governed
by the Slocumb liquor law. The law.
however, has not been enforced, and
nv opinion is that II the SlOcumb
law were enforced 1t would be better
for this locality than what is known
as the dry policy. AS a law-abidlng
citizen of the state of Nebraska. l be-
lieve in enforcing all the laws that are
on our statutes"
GLENVILLE-D. X. Caldwell. bank
er, says: Our business men and
property owners wished the license
system to prevail. They are people
who favor personal liberty. regardless
of the question of taxes. This county
is rich. 1t is q German settlement OF
well-to-do and Industrious people who
have been prosperous from the begin
ming of the settlement of Clay
County,"
PENDER-Nick Fritz, farm machin-
erv writes: In our recent village
election, it was the cOncensus OF opln-
ion that if the town should 60 dry we
would lose a good deal of trade on &C.
count of neighbOring towns having
license. as we have q good many sub
stantial German farmers in the neigh
bOrhOOd."
William G. Hainey. gen.
eral merchant. writes: Il am perfect
ly satisfied with the SlOcumb law II
enforced properly, because 1t does
away with .bootlegging' in dry towns
and places the responsibility where II
belongs. In dry towns have noticed
this nefarious clandesttne tramc car
ried on without a chance of an officer
catching the sellers, and found it to |
he true that there was little chance OF
enforcing the law"
VALENTINE-E. Clyde Davenport
of Davenport & Co., general mer-
chants, writes: 1.-The result OF the
election was probably due to the fact
that the majority of the business men /
are of the opinion that well-reSulated
saloons do no harm to . community,
and the revenue derived from them IS
yerv necessary toward the support OF
the school and village. l think the
business men were not so much afraid
of the loss of outside business as they
we're of the increase in taxes"
M'COOK-John E. Kelley, real es-
tate, writes: Il resided in Kansas in
1880 when the prohibition amendment
carried, coming to Nebraska five years
later. I have lived the last twenty
three years in McCoOk. All of that
time the city has favored licensing
and regulating the trafic-the annual
license fee being $1,000. l was in
Iowa both before and since the prOhi-
bition law was abolished, and am free