The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-04-14
FROM WAUBAY.

A~DSA
To the Merchants. to the LabOring
Men of Milbank. and in fact to all
the People OF Milbank:
We the undersigned, business men
Of Waubay, South Dakota, whose
names are hereunto attached and bus
mess stated, hereby represent and
vouch that the following conditions
have existed in our city since the
closing or voting out OF the licensed
saloon:
1. Bank deposits have increased.
2. Lumber yards have had an in
crease in trade.
3. General stores have had an in
crease in trade.
4. Furniture stores have had an in
crease in trade.
5. Hardware merchants have had
an increase in trade.
8. Hotels and restaurants have had
an increase in trade.
!. Clothing tor have had al in
crease in trade.
8. Laboring men have had more
labor.
.. jewelers. have had an increase
in trade.
10. Our city has made more progress
in building.
IL. Meat markets have had an in
crease in trade.
II. Municipal affairs have been run
on a less expense.
u. Feed stores have had an increase
in trade.
ii. We have had less gamblers.
Is. We have had less tramps.
IL. 1t has been less difficult to run
the municipality.
II. We have had less boys becom-
ing drunkards.
Is. Our taxes are the same.
SIGNED:
State Bank, banking.
John A. Schultz, banker.
Lampert Lumber Co., lumber.
Kempter Mercantile Co., general mer-
chandise.
VIM. H. Nichols, general merchsn-
disc.
L. Weimers, general merchandise.
Paul +. ZAft. general merchandise.
H. w. Waylsnd, general merchsn-
disc.
D. P. Harrington, hardware and fur
niture.
p. NJ. Engelhars. hardware and har-
less.
NJ. A. Thule, druggist.
l.. j. Mathewson, jeveler.
C. r. Black, editor Wsubsy Clipper.
From the Waubay Clipper:
1.-THE voters Of Waubay will aRsin
be called upon to decide whether or
not they want the saloon in town. In
the spring of 1909 the saloon was vot-
ed out of Waubay for the first time.
1t was an experiment then, but not
now: for we have tried two years OF
it and it is an easy matter for the hon.
est-minded man TO see whether it has
been a benefit or . detriment. The
'dries' promised that if the saloons
went out of business the town would
be cleaner morally and that business
would be better, while, on the other
hand. the ''wets' promised that a
closed saloon would mean a dead
town in a business sense and thai
there would be more drunkenness than
under license
1.-TWO years is a fair test. Let Us
see who is right. There is nc dOub1
in the mind of the writer but hat the
'wets' believe their prophecy has
been fulfilled. We have heard thai
every business mar in town wants tC
sell: that there had been severa.
failures in business: that Wauba!
was not getting its share of the grain:
that the town was ION the bum.' No
only has this been asserted on oul
. streets, but it has been told in thu
neighboring towns to the knowledge
Z of the writer"
1--WE never yet heard q man sa!
that the saloon was a moral benefit
J They want the saloon from a business
3 standpoint. and SO we will speal
! along that line. We have e the
) saloon petition, and out of a bushes,
| directory Of over forty less than Z
fourth have signed it: nor does it rep
J resent the heavy taxpayers, either
. Three-fOurths of the business men art
against the return of the saloon
J would they work against their own
interests? We cannot believe SO
Then the bank deposits are on the in
crease because men have deposited
. their money with the merchants ant
the banks and not with the saloon
keeper. But the best proofs we have
. are from figures that cannotlie. "W.
: had no business" said the 'wets.'
y And yet during the twelve months be
) tween March LIST, 1910, and March LIST
? 1911, we have shipped from Wauba,
J station 455 cars of grain, 20 Ears o
1 emigrant goods. 30 cars of laxstray
Z and hay, AZ cars of live stock, 70 car
! OF sand and 10 cars of ice, making
| total IT q ears. and drr;r~ IN.