The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-05
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VETS AND DRYs WILL MAKE
BITTER FIGHT IN FU-
TURE-
Orators Throughout Indiana are Pre-
pairing for the Coming Fight in
the State.

Statistics to be used in the next
campaign by the liberal element and
the tAnti1SaIoon league in The fight
for and against statewide prohibition
are now being complied.
Sixty-two counties have voted dry
and tIwelve wet making total of sew
nty-foair out OF the nfnety-two vot-
ing. Roughly estimated, the average
cost of each election was $1,000, (which
would bring the total mp to $12s,OOO
for election alone
Some of the smaller courlIties spent
less than $4,000, but the larger ones
spent about twice that sum. In dry
cotinies where elections were held
temperance advocates promised to
serve for nothing on the election
boards, but SO far as public records
are concerned, every election officer
drew his pay after the contest was
CLOSED
- The theory gdvalsfed by the tenn
peranre advocate sim irary places for
carrying LEGAL option election was
taxes Gould be lowered because there
would not be so mach CRIME and ,con-
sequeptly the pollce forces could be
cut down and there world be no
inmIts for the public infrmaries.
It ,,,HIa--+ctc.I af-.o
tempt will be made to show that the
buildings vacated by saloons are be-
ing occupied by other businesses and
that the property owners have not
suffered any loss4
Men interested IN the opposition to
the statewide prohibition movement;
are said to be compiling statistic
that will show than from a CONNER
cal stsusd point the local option cru
SADIE has been disastrous TO property
ciwiuens and that the worst is yet to
come.
Men who are engaged in preparing
for the fight against 81 Wide prohi-
bItIon assert that they wifi be able
to demonstrate by facts and. figures
that the dry counties have been hur,
in way and that taxes will be raised
next year.
A SUMMARY given out by Superin-
tendent Shuanaker of The Anti-Saioor
league at the close OF the local option
nfaign in June showed that $50 sa.
Icons have been votdd out OF bust
ness, He showed also that 2.67O sa-
looms have been forced to close since
We rouronstrance crusade began, 50 !;
IS estimated that the total loss in H.
cesse fees amounts IN round numbers
to $i.5Oo,OoO as the period covered by
his statistics is five or six wears.
The loss In fees from the total CD
tom crusade is about 1926, 900 up to
date. In preparing tht table showing
the commercial loss, there will be
urided to this amount the loss in rents
arid employment of the people con-
nected in various ways with the ira
ffiic.
The ''bootleggers" are getting al
the bad whisky they can hanhle and
they are said to have no trouble il
hnlding ready market. 1t is estirnat
ed, however that the league may give
out some startling statistics showing
the violations in the dry counties
Tor the purpose of convincing tht
people generally that nothing bu
statewide prihibitio1, will stop tht
sale OF intONicants The other side i
preparing to show the volume o
business that is being done in the dry
territory in this state by the mail or
der liquor houses.
1t is said that the liberals are
pairing to come back at the - :.
loon statistics with positive proc
that the day of the little brown Jug
I'M the farming communities hav
gone forever, = and that the ci.verl
concealed wet goods" from Ia, mai
c'der souses has taken IS olate.
The Ny 10th side; are gatherin:
ammunition indicates that the fgh
IS Just beginning and that it viii b
harder than ever next year.