Williams news., 1910-04-02
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 LOCAL OPTION
(Communicated)

to two typograp phical errors your typist made in my last letter. The manuscript is headed "An Unholy instead "An Unholy AL liance in Williams" This howevor is not very much of an error, as this alliance exists here, as we'll as over the entire nation. Next, you make me say three seventy-five," when said 'three Twenty-Five" With the hope that you will make this correction, I will further dis cuss the local option question, from view point of the business interests of Williams.
 I must appologize to your read CTS for anything personal to my self, as it is not my object to tell them of myself, or those that l represent, but as I have contended that these prohibition fights tended to confiscate the saloon keepers property, can no better illustrate my contention. than by giving . bit of personal experience. As you we'll know, the Cabinet has been advertised for sale in THE WILL HAMS NEWS, also in the Journal Miner, Prescott, and thanks to the advertisements, we had several offers, one of which was accepted. and the transfer would have taken place April first. But our prohi- bition friends started their crusade and our chance to sell vanished. and here I charge the promoter of this crusade with the loss of this sale. And further I state, that but for the effect of this crusade, the Cabinet. would have brought, at least, seven thousand dollars to it's present owner on the above date! Now, what Is the condition. today? Simply this; we could not sell for one third that amount, Now if this is not confiscation, I do not know what confiscation is.
 Now as to the alliance spoken of last week. These mail order houses and prohibitionists are not the only parties to this alliance of greed, hypocracy, and superstition.
 This is proven by perusal of the Eso called twenty five mile limit bill recently passed by the US. Senate This bill provides that the Secre- tary of the Interior may designate any person to sell liquor within the forbidden district. The bill was also amended to allow druggists respectable physicians to sell liquor within the forbidden district.
 Now, we are reliably informed that this bill was drawn at the instigation of Dr. Hughes, of Phoe
 nix, a very reputable physician anc chairman of the Anti Saloon League of Arizona. This then adds some druggists and physicians to the alliance, and I would suggest be-
 fore you vote upon this local option question. that you scan the names on the petition being circulated by the advocates of local option. ssss Now. should local option carry
 you will see several more drug stores start within a very few days
 with no other object than to supply
 the place vacated by the saloon This then will force the drug stores
 here now to engage in the liquor
 business out of self defense, and you will have just as much intem-
 perance as at present, and of z worse type, from the fact that thes'
 drug people are not under the sam' restrictions or publicity as th' saloon, and miners will find i much easier to get liquor from thes'
 places than from the saloon. The town and county will alst
 be deprived of what ever revenue il at present received from the saloons
 which last year amounted t' $8292 50. This then will crippl
 the police department of the city | nd ont,nfx, fo flok lon