The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-01
WATER WAGON
tcOnttausd Prom rir.t p.x.l

a''h'u 10 cnahke IN regard TO
[ the observance OF the dry order. many
OF the saloonists expressing Them.
selves as being out OF the Business
/ Tor good. However. some will take
| up the business in other cities Many
baskets and packages were used dur
ing the day to carry home the huid
/ that would soon leave the city with
/ the licensed saloon. signs and Other
| appurtenances OF the business were
eieher taken down during the day or
I removed during the night In compli-
ance with the Yost law.
The law as Is now In force does not
only anect the saloon. but also the
schmulbach's. Reymann's. Bakers
and others, the largest in the State.
nave already closed their doors The
heymann plant will be opened as a
mammoth packing house. while the
others viii continue In the ice bust
ness. II VIII close their doors against
the manufacture OF yinous or spiritu-
Gus liquors.
Ninth State In Line.
West Virginia is the ninth state To
enter the prohibition column. With
Ills state added the list is: Georgia
Kansas. Maine. Mississippi. North
Carolina, North Dakota, oklahoma
/ tennessee and West Virginia. These
n-ne states OF total prohibition terri
tory, plus the local no-license area.
I make up 2.l32.725 square miles in
Nhlch 46.O2s.I5O persons or nearly
/ ttty per cent OF the country's popu-
lauon live. according to the latest ng-
/ ufes OF the prohibition leaders
The $1,000 majority with which the
I people of West Virginia accepted the
! dry proposition was relatively the
. largest ever given by any state IL
vas approximately . to / for state.
7 vide suppression OF the liquor bust
[ ress. IL was a surprise even To the
prohibition forces. who were indebted
{ aigely 10 the determined stand which
many OF the large employers took in
/ FAVOR OF their cause. The state has a
/ population OF l.22l,ll9 by Jur census
/ OF 1910.
The change from the regime of sa-
looms 20 the new era of prohibition
VIII not be so pronounced as might be
expected. when the State as a whole
/ Is considered. In fact. West VIRGINIA
has been about three-fouTths dry for
some years. OF the 90 counties in
/ the state. 80 were dry" and l6 wet"
\ prior 10 the ratification OF the prohibi-
! ton amendment. Twelve cities we're
! without saloons, but the larger towns
/ were wet. These included Wheeling.
Parkersburg. Huntington. Charleston,
blueneld. Williamson Fairmont
Clarksburg, Wellsburg and others. OF
/ the dry cities. Moundsville. Morgan-
! town and Weston we-s the largest.
The wet counties included Hancock.
| Brooke. Ohio, Marshall. Wetzel, Ma
| ron, Harrison, Wood. Peasants, Min
| 20. Mcdowell, Mercer. Kanawha. Cab
| ell, Hardy and Berkeley Some OF
| these were partly dry"
Most Saloons Here.
/ VI the wet counties Of the state
I ohio had the most saloons, iO7. or
about oneioprth OF the number in the
thure state, being "a this city alone.
Z huntington stood next in the list of
! cities. with 90 saloons. with Parkers-
3 Durs third ana Charleston fourth.
fiannlsville, near Martinsburg. Berke.
l ley county, had the only distillery.
which was abandoned recently.
wheeling led In the number OF brew
cries. having three-Schmulbacb
keymann and Uneeda. in addition to
the Balzer ale brewery. while Parkers.
burg, Huntington, Fairmont. Clarks.
| burg, Charleston and Bluefield mad a.
Ieast one brewery and several whole
sale liquor houses.
The saloons. breWeries and other
IQuoT holdlnEs represented an invest
meul OF approximately $40 O0O 90
lhese interests employed Throughout
me state about 5000 men The adj
/ vent OF prohibition. however does
not mean that this Investment v-iIl
De conhscated, or even that a large
20 OF u VIII De loss. In nearly
AL Instances In this city. propsrfies
formerly occupied by saloons nave Ell.
ready been rented for other uses. All
desirable locations have been leased
some Of these commanding a higher
rental now than when occupied by
saloons -
Opinion Differs.
mere b. difference of ouinfon of
course. over the effect the passing ~
me liquor traffic will have on the
/ CITY. Those opposed TO prohIbition
predict That the city will suffer from
a. marked business depression while
me dnti-iiquor forces are equally con
ndent mat after slight TEN ororv
depression the city will be benefited
Uy the change After the citv has
become adjusted TO the new order of
I ihinrs prohibition will be- beneficial
; 10 both business and the name they
maintain.
. The loss in revenue 10 the state
De- approximately S65O.OOO. This iq
. Future deficits will have 10 be- pro.
Ed'd for BY future legislatures. says
LAX commissioner Blue Taxation of
on and Eas and on other natural no.
sources. including a water power tax
ere among the means suggested for
meeting this deficiency.
Tho city win lose about 81 900 rsve-
.nn q result ~ prohibition. ls has
ffgu estimated. a part 0f fHIa fsfrIf
MII Do made up in the proposed now
. itN ordnance. soon tu b. submitted o.
COUNCIL several propositions are under
''hails ration Tor raising some ~ fhIH
''..I Ui. among them being the plan ~
fgHnI uHuur The water rates. aaarasIr.r
m o. fee Tor collection of rartHre. 81.
'...irF m "a fee Tor building permits.
10 ie .eyrected that there VIII b, a de-
'IrHr" Iu Ones collected. though i ref.Ia..
i.Hn lr fHr eNrouara or operating fra
i. u !" HH
onset fNIa fu some extent
ln short pruhI hifinn iu West NIrrIr.s
INI' Out OF NuafuUra over 900 rnr looms. be-
closes uu o. breweriae and 0 fieffIIrr..
if VIII take uut 81 fEr uquor buafrrsr DO.
round mum bcrH. $40 nnN. 900. DO viii Throw
"ut 90 employment approximately 1HU1
mon. % WiI divert IItu other rHnurf fs
on irnd" sum estimated at s. 1000
ANNUALLY. DO VIII take from the rrVarffHs
~ The state between ff1l. 900 ard $500
600 each year. 90 provides FOR tho ale
nf rririfuoue liquors only for medicinal
mechanical and sacramenfu purposes