Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-08
WHISKY ApVERTISEM

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 ADVERTISEMENTS.
 A reader of the Fort Worth Record writes a letter cridcising that paper for publishing advertisements for manufacturers and sellers of whisky and beer, which brings forth the fol lowing from the Record:
 Our critic forgets that a newspa- per's stock in trade Is its advertising space. This. and this only, 1t has for sale to any man who will buy 1t for a legitimate purpose. The newspa- per no more indorses it's advertise ments than 1t guarantees the truth of advertising ireprseT tations. If 1t is careful in it's business 1t will reject any advertisement Of fraud, and it is priveIeged, Of couvse, to reject any advertisement of a business 1t does not approve, but ta impugn it's mo tives because 1t do, not reject whis- ky advertisements is to betray the hateful spirit of the boycott and the dangerous bigotry of the inquisition.
 As yet the whisky business is law fuI; it is recognized, licensed and reg ulated by the government, and it has the same right to advertise that it has to sell its goods. It has the same right to buy newspaper space that it has to buy billboard space. The Rec ord has no quarrel with any newspa- per that refuses to sell space to whis- ky advertisers, but il dares to exer- else its rights of legitimate business with legitimate nIanuIacturers anr dealers. It owes the advertiser 10 ot ngation except to pay the bill accord ing to contract.
 The Record does not hesitate to advise people that it is foolish and dangerous to drink whisky, and it has the notion that sound teachings of temperance are more helpful than re fusing to print whisky advertisements which could still 10 made at greater expense by circulars through the mails.
 The notion that the newspaper IS in partnership with it's advertiser is so far-fetched as to be silly. As well say that the pbysi- an who ministers to the whisky man, or the landlord who rents him family residence, or the butcher who sells him meat, or the painter who paints his sign. or the job printer who prints his circu- lars, or the minister whose churcf. accepts his contributions is 10 part nership with him.
 This inquirer's ierterhead prociaims nm bhA dSSSSoOis ASSo4u uaHS iD ms reasoning a tax assessor should re- fuse to accept compensation for as sessing a whisky mans property. but should at least give it to charity; the banker should refuse to accept a de posit of his money or to lend him money upon good security; the mer- chant should refuse 0 sell him goods, and the farmer should refuse to sell him eggs. for all th' SC profits in some degree by his patronage and to that extent help to sUgtain his business When they and al; others vino buy CT sell or trade with the whisky man directly or indirectly cease to do busi- ness with him, the Record will con ciude that 1t alone is perveTse or will refrain out of sheer respect for the universal example.
 The trtemperanc< or s@sh views s- are expressed by :his inquirer is one of the most serious handicaps to the reform of whisky intemperance and saloon evils. The xorld is coming to temperance very rapidly. and the evils of the liquor traffic are disappear ing under education, progressive hmi-