The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-27
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
OLD MISSOURI AGITATED.

OLD MISSOURI AGITATED.
st. Louis figures the property In
vested in the liquor business within
her limits at SCI 100000 and a Prohi-
bition bill authorizing a State vote is.
pending in the Senate having passed
the House. II the measure passes
both Houses It is said to Dc almost
certain to carry In the State. Even
the liquor men believe it will carry
aud hence they are moving heaven
and earth to stop It in the Senate.
The chance that they may do so has
improved within a few days and it y
believed some big inside manipula-
tiOn is responsible
The press carries the following
story from Jefferson City about this
matter;
outsiders read of Missouri and
her prohibition question and pass it
lightly by, placing Missouri in the
same category with Tennessee. Kan
sas, North Dakota Maine and other
states which have declared for prohi-
bition.
"In no other state, however, does
the issue present such an aspect as
In Missouri Milwau-ee is the only
city Of the country which rivals the
city of St. Louis in the brewery i'm
dustry The largest brewery in tne
world is located in the Missouri
metropolis.
Two of the breweries have world
wide fame as producers OF their re-
spective brands of beer. The mighty
industry has grown to be an essen
tal part Of business life. and so sud
denly did the prohibition sentiment
sweep the state that the brewerles
had no time to prepare plans for eva
cuation.
Some think in the event Of Mis-
souri, prohibition they would move
across the river to East St Louis. H..
and there continue the industry. In
Illinois, however, there is dry SEN
timent and a few years might again
leave the breweries stranded.
THE campaign now growing to
close has been bitter one The pro-
hibition forces have been well gener-
aled. The most effective argument
ever made before a legislature for
prohibition has been made at .Jeffer-
son City, a pamphlet was widely
IN
panoramic view of the Adolphus
Busch estate at Pasadena, one OF tn
most magnificent estates IN the world.
On the opposite page appeared
photograph of the drunkard's home.
Under each was the appropriate de-
scriptive line, The Makers Home
aud "The Consumers Home"
"Unbelievers in prohibition scoffed
at the pamphlet, but there was
something in the simplicity of the
forceful illustration that appealed.
and 1t made votes for the drys. Tho
argument was unfair, perhaps be.
cause extreme types were chosen
None can deny It was a hard argu.
ment to get away from
Now the business interests OF Mis-
souri, are virtually sitting on the
necks of legislators In the senate ann
talking about those millions Of mon
cy invested in brewery stocks. Moth
ers and prohibition extremists are
camping on the trail telling OF hui
man woe and suffering, and they
have the pictures and the concrete
cases.
Here is exhibited the picture OF,
the brokenhearted mother grieving
for her son who was hanged for muir
deriug a man to get money for drink
Every one knows the case knows
that the picture is true. Here is ex-
hibited the picture OF this or that
woe attributed to drink.
What will the senate do? This Is
the question of the hour in Mis-.
sourlg'
But temporarily that very large
amount OF property is threatened
with unnlhilation and there is con-
siderable disqulctude thercat because