The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-14
ANTI-SALOON WAR
.WAGED ACTIVELY
ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT AT MANY
MINNESOTA VILLAGE ELEc.
a- TONS IN MARCH.

st. Paul, Jan. 14.-According TO fig
ures furnished the state tax commission
by TIC auditors department, the saloons
or Minnesota paid l. to the state treas
urp of $2,6OO,95O in 1909.
The number of saloons contributinc.
this amount to the various municipali-
ties is 3,51S, and the license exacted
from each varies from $500 to 81 500 a
year. In the rural districts $500 the
lowess amount ALLOW cd by law is tt,
usual license fee, 1897 aging that sum.
Those who pay a $1,000 tax number
l,4S3. Onl.- one saloon pays the $1,6OO
figure. .a .-s
In the distribution of saloon. Hem
nepin county is credited with the larg-
est number, 534; st. Louis county come
next with 4SS and Ramsey third with
43S' For a. sparsely settled county, It.
asca has no less than 119 saloons.
stearns county with heavy German
population, has, 113, and Winona, an
other German, locality, 49,, The small
est the list is Sherburne county,
with only three saloons. Rock county
has only FIVE salo~7 49,
The figures as compiled are being
made the basis of much instructive
litrature on the part of the anti
salon and liberal forces, and will fig
urS heavily in the coming campaign.
In March a large numLc~ of the towns
and villages over the state will hold
municipal elections, and i'm many of
them the question uppermost will be
dry" or wet"
In line with the undoubted effort to
make liquor a live issue in the coming
state campaign, tie Manufacturers
and Dealers club yesterday put in cir
culation the initial number of the
North Star Bulletin" a publication
designed to combat the efforts of those
on the other side of the question. It's
slogan is regulation, not prohibition, .
and voters all over the state are being
made the recipients. The club, of which |
w. B. Stewart, of st. Paul, is secre- |
tary, denies Gny connection will the
Brewers association. He claims that
there Is not a brewer or liquor dealer
on it's subscription list.
We have taken up the issue because
we believe prohibition inimical to our
business, said Mr. Stewart "Of course
the mailing and brewing lines are the |
most affected by agitation of this sort. |
~NI WtASIS hA1S AlNA u dklu De- |
sides cripples all Cher lines of Indus
try. We stand for regulation of the
saloon evil, and will give our help to |
hat end, but we cannot tolerate pro-
addition. 1t has been tried elsewhere
md found wanting. In every case,
business Generalization has followed"
Weekly the mails in Minnesota carry
papers and pamphlets covering ALL
sides OF the question, and before the /
is over there will be little
eft. to tell the voters. The Anti Saloon
eague has it's official organ, the Min
lesota issue, which is supplemented by
many leaflets bearing on the liquor
Ind county option questions. The pro-
too are busy, and are
sending out many pounds of instructive
ruff
One of the chief publications in that
Inc is the National Issue. published
1t st. Louis. and its one feature is a
bitter attack on the Anti Saloon league
which, 1T says, is a mereenary organi-
'ation and maintained only Cor the
,ecuniary advantage of it's leaders. In
learly every Northwestern state the
are lighting the Anti
salon leaguers. The prohibitionists
AVE come GU. straight against county
ption, calling 1T a delusion and
mare. They want prohibition, claim
ng 1t TO be t. only cure of the saloon
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