Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-22
"WET" LEAGUE IN
FIGHT over COIN
Only Two Taxpayers and
Wage Farmers"
BREWERS PUT UP FUNDS
KNOWING THAT OREGON
DRY MEANS BETTER BUSI-
NESS FOR ALL LINES
SAVE ONLY SALOONS.
BY ORTON f. GOODWIN,
Publicity Department, Committee OF One
Hundred.

Publicity Department., IOmmlttce OF One
Hundred.
The great campaign to
make Oregon "wet" has
failed.
The exposure by DR.. Cora
Talbot, secretary of the
Taxpayers and Wage
Farmers League" that the
organization consisted of two
persons, Mrs. Duniway and
DR.. Talbot, and was fl
nanced by the brewers and
distillers to make Oregon
"wet," threw the fat into
the fire.
The brewers and distiIlers
know that all kinds of busi-
ness save theirs is better in a
dry town.
They know this has been proved
by figures and facts from Salem,
Oregon City, RoSeburg, Albany,
Newberg, Ashland, Corvallis, PEN
dleton and many other towns.
Organization Spreads Untruths.
So they organized the "Taxpay-
erS' and Wage Earners' League" TO
spread miSinformation about Ore
gon dry.
They know bank deposits in dry
towns have increased in number
and amount. They know bad debts
are almost unknown in all dry
towns. They know collections are
better. They know arrests from
drunkenness are almost unknown.
They know every dry town in Ore
gon is prosperous.
So, they became desperate.
Taxpayer League Is Joke"
Then they organized the joke
Taxpayers and Wage Farmers
League" DR.. Talbot was secre-
tary. She became disguised when
she learned money was being col
lected by the brewers and diStil-
lerieS by the use of her name, and
she resigned.
Then Mrs. Duniway advertised
lavishly, announcing that the money
the League" was using was pro-
vided by the brewers.
The campaign of miSinformation
carried on by employees of the
league, who are also employees of
the brewerieS and diSlillerieS, is
now known all over Oregon.
Brewers Spending Your Money.
Every man, woman and child
has to spend $40 a year with the
saloons.
If you do not drink, some one
else has TO pay YOUR share.
So, ii is YOUR money the Ore.
gon brewers and Eastern dislil.
lerles have been using 10 persuade
YOU Oregon wet will do YOU
good. 1t is believed they expect
to spend over 100000 of YOUR
money.
They know Oregon dry will put
them out of business and help every
other kind of business in the state
Although the brcwerics and dis
tilleries know Oregon dry is for
better business, prosperity and
more work, they are fighting il.
No Saloons; Better Business.
We have had bad times with Tho
saloon, haven't We? Why not tr,
no saloon? II can't make thing,
worse and is certain to make
things better.
The reason is:
Money spent on the saloon can
not be spent for groceries. None,
spent in the saloons-much of it
goes East. Money spent for DIR,
goods and groceries stays in tn,
towns and makes better business.
The members Of the Committee o
One Hundred are all oregonian.
Most Of them are business men
They ask you to vote Oregon dry
because they know. as the brew
ers also know, that Oregon dr.,
means better business. lower take.
more work and return to pros
perity.
For the experience of all Ore
gon dry towns has proved this
be the case.
Paid advertisement by Committee Of OF
Hundred. 7le Morgan bldR Portland Or