The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-23
SALOON WOULD FILL
ORDERS At BREWERY
It Is Thought That the Recent
Supreme Court Local Option
Decision Does Not Cover
This Point.

adopted at Wabash Is carried out by
brewers in other parts Of the state IL
ought not to be a very hard job for
people in dry territory to get their
booze. But the Association Of lndi.
ana Brewers. OF which Stephen II.
Fleming of Fort Wayne is the prcsi
dent. insists that the Wabash brewery
Is not a member of the association, and
that the association is not responsible
for the plan proposed for Wabash.
Various schemes have been proposed
under which beer could be sent into
dry territory. but so far rs is known
the brewers organization has not done
anything along this line. People
have been wondering whether under
the law as 1t stands today there was
any way by which beer could be OBJ
tafned in dry territory. 1t has been
argued by some of the lawyers that
this was possible. provided the beer
was bought in wet territory and ship
ped into dry territory They say that
dry territory as the agent for q retail
solicitor can. they say. take IN order
which will be subject to acceptance by
the saloon man at his place of bust
ness in the wet city.
Up to the saIoonist.
The order then can be sent to the sa-
loon keeper and II he accepts 1t. he
can ship the beer to the purchaser. The
lawyers say that in this way the sale
is actually made wheae the order 10 &C.
cepted. which is at the place Of busi-
ness Of the retail liquor dealer. There
fore. they say. II this plan ia followed.
there Is no reason why beer cannot be
shipped into dry places. 1t is UNDER
stood that most of the brewers Of the
state are in accord with this plan,
though. Of course. they say they are
not taking any hand in this business.
They say they are selling their product
only to the saloon keepers. who are H.
censed in wet territory. but that thu
retailer can sell this way II he wants
to.
But the Wabash brewery. according
to reports. proposed to go . step
farther. 1t proposed to arrange with
Fort Wayne saloon keeper to fill all
orders for beer which q solicitor should
sell In Wabash county. which is dry
being. the first county to vote itself
dry under the local option law. The
solicitor was to take the orders In Wa
bash for beer. subject to acceptance by
the Fort Wayne saloon keeper. When
the latter accepted the order he was To
buy the beer from the Wabash brew
cry. The beer would not be shipped
from the brewery to him at Fort
Wayne. but would be delivered direct
from the brewery tn the purchaser in
Wabash.
Has Aroused Comment.
The boldness of this daring plan has
aroused much comment, for II 10 taken
as a direct attempt to get around the
law by some hook or crook. But
there are lawyers who say that the
plan is perfectly legal. They say the
sale is actually consummafed 1t the
saloon in Fort Wayne where the order
is accepted. and they say. further. that
there is nothing in any OF the laws
that prevent a saloon man from buying
beer In dry territory from a brewery.
and that he can have that beer deliver
ed to any place he sees fit even in the
dry territory. thus making a reshfp-
ment unnecessary
The members of the Association Of
Indiana Brewers, however. do not
sanction this plan. They had q meet
ing here on Tuesday and yesterday.
and yesterday afternoon. Fleming
gave out a statement in which he said
that the Wabash brewery Is not .
member OF the association and that
the association members have nothing
to do with its plan or its business.
Are obeyins the Law.
The brewers are obeying the Law.
We are selling only to retail dealers.
lust as the Law saws we SHALL and thar
is all We have nothing to do with
their business. so long as they conduct
II lawfully
II will be interesting to watrh the
result Of the experiment 1t Wabaah
II It is carried out The prosecutor
Of that county says he viii prosecute
any solicitor that tries to sell beer IN
that county. and also the brewery II It
operates under that plan.
J. R. Johnston. secretary OF the
brewers association. gave out q state
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