Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-12
HUTCHINSON ON
SALOON QUESTION
PRESIDENT OF LAW AND ORDER
LEAGUE GIVES ADDRESS
ON PROHIBITION
CITES THE STATISTICS
Denies Report That City Will Lose
Much From Taxes Received
From Liquor
Interests.

Asserting that in his opinion Rev
W. A. Sunday was inspired by God
when he gave his sermon on the
liquor and beer question in 'OttumWa
four Sundays ago, Capt. j. G. Hutch !
ison yesterday afternoon in the Y.
NJ. C. A. auditorium spoke to large
audience of men on the saloon ques.
ton as it now stands in Ottumwa
Special music was furnished by q
chorus Of twenty voices.
In opening his address, MI Hutch
ison referred to the recent campaign
against the saloon and reviewed the
circulation Of the revocation petition
and the filing of the same. He spoke
of the trial now. in progress before
Judge t. Z. Kirby. referring to it as
farce.
Continuing. with reference to the
amount Of money lost by the city
through the cessation Of the taxes
paid by the liquor dealers, MI. Hutch
ison said:
The talk about the city losing
revenue because of the closing up OF
| the liruor traffic is q false statement
| $3.50, 600 is paid out for intoxicating
| liquors III this city every year, large
rart of it being sent abroad to pur.
chase the stuff. This would amount to
three million, five hundred thousand
! dollars in ten years or more because
| If the traffic was allowed to continue
as now, it would increas proportion
atelv as time went on, and this meant
eleven hundred and forty dollars
tday that would he paid out to keen
IN this traffic Who is paving it ont?
Who are the men in the city Of OF
| turrwa that are pavine it out every
veerP Where would the money go if 1t
was not maid out. If law was now en-.
forced and in vogue SO as TO prevent
This traffic? It was sa'd that sixty
thousand is/Daid into the CITY and
COUNTY treasury everv wear by wav nt
licenses. Who ravs this TO furnish the
money? Take three hundred and fifty
Thousand a year for ten wears and SIN
llundred Thousand r'cre for licenses
for ten wear and add that to the
wealth of Ottumwa in the wav OF
building houses for men who desire
Ito have homes and thus establishing
Legitimate taxable nrorerty in the way
OF uniting it into c'otbine. in the wav
Of putting it into drv Goods. meat and
groceries, instead of putting It into
the saloons aud then see if YOU can
conceive what will bring prosperity
to Ott,lmwa And thus see If you can
/ conceive what will and has damned
1t+nmwa and denreciated Dronertv.
i. taking from peonle the very life blood,
as husbands. sons and brothers. who
are erticed TO patronize these institu-
tions and disreearda the law and thus
sruander their money. This Simply
shows bow this citv would prosper.
!; how rauidlv it would increase i'll
wealth. and to say nothing about the
i ma gnificent men that would grow
I'D here in moral influence. We have
a maenifcent set OF men in Ottunl-
wa. and trust that each one who is
here today will maize himself com.
!; mittee Of one 10 use his influence to
sustain the petition that was siened
and If by any fair trial in comDeten;
court it might he overthrown, that h.
will helm take hold to circulate anoth
er petition wherein majority Of the
. voters of Ottnmwa will have the OF
nortunity again to sign their names
q But we do not think it will be neces
\ sary to sign another petition. We dc
4 not believe the present petition car
4 be defeated
Times Have Changed.
A TN S7-SS-S9-90 We had prohibits
II ton in Ottumwa, no licensed saloons
Il no gambling houses, and practically M
q houses of i'll fame. 1t is true Drohibt,
Il ton might not have accomplished al
II that was expected of it at that Tins
but times have changed. the nation a
II large seems to begin to understand TIL
N meney side of this question. as wei
II as the moral side. In time there is M
II doubt but the liquor traffic and tn
n saloon will be thing of the past
81 Now mark you during this prohibition
~ time in Ottumwa what our taxes wer
II For 1SS6-37h mills.
n For 1SST-401a mills.
81 For 1850 mills.
u For 18S9-40 mills.
J For 1S90-40A mills.
81 The mulct saloon came In about 1S9
n and has been with us ever since. TIL
u taxes have BEEN
81 For 1S91-4SM mills.
W For 1s92-561s mills.
n For 1S93-501a mills.
"a For 1S94-49 mills.
q For 1S95-451s mills.
n For 1865 mills.
III For 1S9T-52is mills.
81 For 1S9S--54ss mills.
IL For 1S99--7S1s mills
81 For 1900--7S1a mills.
HI For 1901--S6 mills.
Fl For 1s02--S0A mills.
81 For 1866 mills
81 For 19o4-7S mills.
II For 19o5-S5 mills.
81 For 1864 mills.
d For 19O7--931s mills.
" During the ncn-existence of the Sc