Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-05-26


space in the last issue of the Paris
Post in reply to the Examiners
article of two weeks ago on the
question of holding another election
in this county to determine whether
or not it shall remain "dry."
The Post says, that ''some of our
citizens are taking some things you
said pretty serious" but it doesn't
even intimate what points are being
SO seriously considered. 1t was not
our intention to hurt any body's
feelings in that article but to give a
few plain truths, and if those truths
have hurt the feelings of any one,
we have no apology to offer.
In Its effort to make some of our
statements contradict each other,
the Post made a miserable failure.
In the first place we reiterate our
statement that there is a constant
drain Of money going out of this
county for liquor, as,much in fact, as
went out of the county before the
local option law went into effect,
which means that the consumption
of liquor has not be decreased bu,
its method of consumption hat
simply been changed from the small
drinks over the bar to the s'bottle
route" and "home consumption
route"
Not only does the money thus
spent for liquor go TO enrich the
foreign wholesale houses, but the
fact that Montpelier is ''dry," d.
Verts money from this county which
would otherwise be put into circula-
tion here. This is more particular
ly true of this county from the fact
that it is "border county" That
is, certain element which used to
come to Montpelier to trade, now
finds it just as convenient to go to
Cokeville.
We did not state that s'liberal
sums" of this money was coming
back to help the s'drys" win the
election, but said that tive would
not be surprised to hear of the fore
ign liquor houses OFFERING to
contribute liberal sums to the cam
paign." Whether or not they will
do this, we are not prepared to say,
but il would certainly be to their
interest to keep the counties of
Southern Idaho sdry." A repre-.
sentative Of one Salt Lake house
stated while in Montpelier recently
that his house had been compelled
to employ an additional clerk to
take care of the Idaho mail orde,
trade.
As to our statement that nine.
tenths of the business interests oi
Montpelier favored the calling OF
another election on this question,
we will say that we based this state.
ment upon the number of busines.
men who have signed the petition
and while the number may moi
figure ont to be quite nine-tenths, i,
will not be far from it. Those wht
signed the petition are not eagitai
ing" the election, but simply ex
pressed desire to see another cleo
tion held, that it might be determ.
ined whether or not the people wer,
still in favor of keeping the county
''dry."
We agree with the Post that CIV,
have as good citizens here as yor
can find IN any mans country
Probably a greater per cent of then
are total abstainers than in any othel
county in Idaho. But the fact re
mains, nevertheless, that there ar,
scores of men in this county wht
voted .'dry," who are now patron
of the mail order liquor houses. L
that is not hypoeritical stand t,
take, we don't know what MAJ
should do to be termed hypoerite
We did not say that "a grea
many citizens of Bear Lake count,
are boot.leggers and are not Law
abiding," but we repeat that grea
many citizens of Bear Lake count
are now patrons of The foreign liquo
houses, but this does not make theI
Law breakers, for 1t is just as lawfu
for them to send TO Salt Lake for