The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-10
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when thr convention ot aut-pruhi-
! btouists met a tbai famous eatHs
| pr.ur al Fort Worth Recently. thet
deliberately and falsely and mali
ciouaie inserted thai clause into
their cory Of this amendment iof ho
purpose other than 60 mislead aad
prejudice men against the measure.
They tried hard 10 fit in a plank for
their personal liberty plea, but that
blank ID not IN il this time We had
/ 10 nail that thing down and We did
! We. have never said, nor Implied,
! that prohibition would not decrease
| consumption The address itself cites
proof thai il viii. and it, must not be
said We are deliberately misleading
men, Tor the burden of the whole
letter is 10 show that lt does Did We
not say that IL decreased the cases
Of drunkenness Ga per cent in Wax
ahachie9 Did We not say it reduced
crime2
We take il tor granted it is the
desire OF every man, except the man
directly interested in the saloon, to
deYOutly eonsummate plan that
will decrease consumption, and we
dare presume that you agree with
us here We are only differing in
the methods 10 be employed to this
end.
We have more proof that prohibi
ton will decrease. drunkenness aad
crime as compared with the saloon
system
In Kaufman county for the last
three years Of saloons her grand ju
ries returned S91 misdemeanors, 40
| felonies. OF which % were for mur
| der, making a total of 1870, 1870 OF
| the above indictments were for sell
ing liquors to minors, selling ON
Sunday, selling liquor without Ii
cense and selling liquor on election
days
Indictments returned by the grand
juries for the last three years under
local prohibition, misdemednors q,
felonies 81, of which were for MUIR
der, making total OF only 12S in
dictments for the three years as
against l070 Tor the last three
years under saloons. 3
The total court expenses Of the
district court for the last three years
under saloons, $1S,35S.75. Total
district court expenses paid by eoun-
ty for the last three years under
prohibition sz,9S4.35, which
| shows a saving in favor of local op-
ton in the county for the three
years to the amount of $l0,374.40.
| Another argument you would use
10 show that we are trying to mis-
| lead is our reference to the taxable
values of Ellis county in which you
cite us to the fun rendition law We
accept your reason in part for the
increased values for Ellis county
but how about the city Of Waxaha-
ellie with an increased valuation oil
$1,169,37500 or nearly double
what it vas in 1902 You cannot
hide behind fun rendition Law
here at all, for no such law is EN-
ployed in this city
We are not claiming that prohibi-
ton is the prolific source of every
prosperity, bur when YOU accept an
| advertisement for the liquor inter
ests and insert that ad in your paper
as you have done this week, stating
| that to vote in this amendment viii
cost every tax payer in Ellis county
and Texas more than 50 90 each, We
begin to cite these people Of Ellis
county to.the fact that it is not So
not word of it, We must nail that
! down too
DO you believe that statement In
/ your paid columns is true?
| Do YOU not know that Ellis county
today, paving as she is taxes on
| $3.50, 00Q.00 worth of good roads
| bondsi is paying under local prohibi-
| ton one cent Oh every one hundred
/ dollars, less than she did in 1902
under her saloon system?
Does the records of kaufman
| county show that her taxes had to
be increased TO meet the saloon de
| ficit from her licenses?
AS a business proposition the IL
cense system is a failure, both IN
principle and practice.
But why argue all these points;
the key TO the whole complaint YOU
make lies in the fact stated by YOU
as follows There has never been
siuce men begun TO vote an issue
unfairer than this one. ia which YOU
50 yainly strive 70 identity vita the