Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-01
LIQUOR RULING
CAUSES SEHSAT: ON
AND HooslER FOLK SCARCELY
KNOW JUST WHERE
THEY'RE AT.
BREWERS MOVE TO MAKE ALL
BUYERS DEAL WITH sA-
Looms DIRECT.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 27.-Follow-
ing closely the decision of the supreme
court in the Skeleton case from Green
castle, In which the Beardsley law was
construed to mean that brewers and
distillers may sell only to licensed sa-
looms, and that a private consumer
may not buy beer or intoxicants at
wholesale, the Indiana Brewers asso-
citation has notified the public of its
plans for enforcing the laws.
Between the anti-saloon and the
brewers association the social clubs"
and the low saloons are to be caught.
The brewers association is led by Sen
ator Stephen B. Fleming of FIT. Wayne,
a democratic leader, who is known as
a vigorous fighter. ]. r. Johnston,
well-know glass manufacturer at Hart
ford City, who is secretary of the
brewers association, with headquar-
tiers here, stated that the Indiana
brewers vigilance bureau has been or
gained, with L. E. Howe of Columbus,
Ohio, at the head.
The bureau will begin operations
December /, and will spend their time
in the wet counties gathering informa-
ton against the saloon keepers who
violate the laws. The information will
be given to the local authorities and
used in prosecutions.
Johnston says the brewers realize
they have made mistakes, but thew are
in earnest now about enforcing the
laws. He declares that he believes
that what the people of Indiana want
is not prohibition but elimination of
the bad saloons. The brewers associa-
ton proposes to show that the bad sa-
looms will be wiped out. The asso-
citation proposes to see that the saloon
keeper does what his license provides
and nothing more. By wedding out the
low dives the association hopes to put
the business on less Objectionable
basis.
Practically all of the active brewers
in Indiana except Crawford Fairbanks
of Terre Haute are interested in the
association.
The action of the supreme court in
holding that private consumers can no
longer buy beer or intoxicants from
wholesalers has aroused the state from
one end to the other. 1t was entirely
unexpected, as hardly any one knew
that there was such provision under
the Beardsley law
Anxious inquiry is now being made
as to how the temperance folks who
have their private stock at home will
be able to obtain it without going into
a saloon. The brewery wagon can no
longer stop at the back door and de-
post case of beer. Neither can the
wholesale liquor dealer send around
his wagon with an innocent looking
box.
During the local option elections
cases were noted everywhere where
men said they voted dry to put out the
Objectionable saloons, knowing, how
ever that they could get from the
brewers and the wholesalers what they
wanted for their homes. This source
of supply is now cut off.
Some doubt is expressed whether or
not beer can be delivered in cases to
private consumers by saloon keepers,
as the Nicholson law provides that
liquor must be drank on the premises
where it is bought.
At the attorney-general's office it
was said that a saloon keeper must
have the money paid in advance at his
place of business for booze" before he
can deliver it.