The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-29
Regarding Option Lav
OF Municipality

of the revenue from saloons will equal 5 mills, which
will run the levy for 1910 for general purposes up to
1873 mills or 3S mills in of the limit allowed
by law.
It is not to be expected that the effect of the dry
election will be apparent after thirty days in Steuben
vile as it is after eighteen months in East Liverpool
but William Freudenberger, the best-known real
estate dealer in Steubenville, sad ''The result In
real estate is already apparent There is no doubt
that real estate has deprecated in value since the
Rose law election Prior to the election there not
vacant house store to be had in Steubenv1le at
any price Now | can give you whatever you want
at your terms. When L retired as chairman OF
the Finance Committee of Council we lett balance OF
$1,000 in the General Fund.- the result OF income from
the Aiken law tax. Now | understand this balance
is exhausted and that after July the city will have
to issue deficiency bonds to raise money to meet It's
current expenses See what the hose law mas zone
for Steubenville'
Jacob George, proprietor of dairy lunch which
never bar says that travel to Steubenvllle has
decreased since the city went dry." Il can feel the
effect in my business very keenly,' he said. ''lt
makes difference of between $50 and $40 in my Sun
day receipts say nothing OF my losses the balance
of the week [ keep open all night, but my night
trade has fallen off to nothing since the city went
dry
Mr. Van Horn Ety. President of the Steubenvile
& East Liverpool Railway Light Company, said:
There has been perceptbe decrease in our receipts
since Steubenville went dry. Prior to that time we
carried many passengers daily from East Liverpool
from our conductors, the people going to Wheel
ing and Pttsburg, instead of coming here. Person
ally believe that the W<l-regulated saloon is good
thing for city. It seems to stimulate trade and
gives cities more life
Mr. Dohrman j. Sinclair, though young man IN
years. is affectionatey referred to the father OF
Steubenville He is cashier of the Union Deposit
Bank President of the Tri-State Traction Company,
and is the principal stakeholder in large glass plant
at Folenbee across the river, and large pottery in
Steubenville To his individual efforts alone are due
the bridge which links Ohio and West Virginia at the
lower end of Market street. Said he:
''There has been abuse of the saloon in Steuben-
Vile due entirely must say, to the conduct OF the
aliens who, through lax laws, were allowed to engage
in the liquor traffic. but with all that evil in view, and
though [ do not drink intoxicating liquors in any
form at any time [ voted wet My position on the
question was one purely Of business believe in the
welregulated saloon in cities and favor the revenue
which is derived from them under the Aiken law.
Its loss to Steubenville is serious matter. Under
stand do not favor return to former conditions
which existed here, but [ would favor law to limit
the number of saloons and to raise their Standard
And the merchants who voted dry are still wait
ing for the avalanche Of dollars which the drys prom
ised should be showered upon them when fortunes
should cease to be sauandered over saloon bars in
Steubenville.
NoTE-The option fhered Rose,
legislature making
a #t:>ts "