The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-12

The dy" territory in the United States has increased
now dry" territory.
The reports the United depart
mn show the following increase in the production of distilled
spirits: -
19O9-1s9 1871, 613 gallons
1s1o-16s $685. $50 gallons
1e11-1sss55,5 gallons.
1912-187 1903 gallons
Gain in production of distilled whiskey gin brandy
and wnes-in the four years-47e7o1s5 gallons!
Now will S. Edgar Nicholson and his "dry deny that
the consumption whisky and the Of has
increased in direct proportion to the increase of territory
yelling for facts What do they offer to explain
Item editorial writer generously contributes fiction
regarding Of that plant which will be dspeed
fiction the situation
lin Richmond which will take right The fiction he
contributes on the liquor question is:
"Mr Gordon's effort indicates that he thinks
the liquor problem is the it was in 1909 He
3 n h @ teo on s
result of the election largely due to conditions in
a~a and the z te t n had Y ssd e
a s the M saa
strengthened before voting out the Saloons
Well what has Prof Russell said to convince anyone that
this city went by majority of 1900? In what respect have
times changed or the liquor problem in Richmond changed
The then strictly regulated saloons crooked
bnd tigers and whskey drug stores That is the issue now
voted @ ba e. the e ns Fs
condition is the same now as it was in 1909 Ill.,
g v community had S a sS ct s nss blind blind
tiger since then although the d townships of this county
are filled with them.
Many then believed before closed the orderly regulated
lawabdng public saloon where the sale of liquor under
the surveillance, should first law that would
make such effective by preventing hundred blind
tigers spnging where only fifty saloons had been The
laws have not been changed since then the belief still exists
1t belief then; the experience Of such places New
Castle with bnd tigers makes it amount to conviction
1t known that under bnd tiger laws it impossible
a oo Gf tine wa a
Prof Russell conditions changed 1909
WE'LL they have respect but Prof Russell credit
being ignorant of the change order not to him of
being hypocre regarding the change If he will to the
station three nights between the hours
1890 and midnight he will something he couldn't have
seen in 1909.
whkey into the station by from Ohio dstees
He will this whskey unoaded and piled high
will stand express trucks If he the
he will find they consigned to dry towns and cities
Indiana. If he will be the the morning
local trains pull of the station he will these
the last leg of their journey communities this
the licensed saloon and voted in the whskey joint!
We suggest that Prof. Russell who
with the conditions in Richmond.
If the fact this community couldn't convict blind tigers
they opened the door to blind TIGERS that fact pleads
ongued for consideration 1t has been impossible
the conviction of single blind tiger" the
where the party accused made Defense Does
remember the against Clyde Lundy of Centerve?
he going to shut his to the two fires that nearly wiped
the thriving village of Greensboro both of which the
of bnd tigers? Is he overlook the Dublin
where boys piled with liquor by bootggers boys
couldn't have bought drink at bar in Richmond saloon
On the other hand what has been the record against
licensed saloons Richmond which Prof Russell aiding
Edgar Nicholson close? In that
charged with selling liquor to Minors
Grating under law that is specific he promptly
And what that fact forced him of