The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-11-13
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Washington, ID. {. -. -(Sn.
claD.-With the Hobson resolution n
The calendar of the house of renrt
! sentatlves, the question of prohibitio
is real one. The Hobson resolutio,
proposes an amendment to the fedora
constitution which, if adopted by tn
state legislatures, would give nation
wide prohibition.
The members Of the National Whole
sale Liquor Dealers Association. il
annual convention here, appreciate
that nationwide prohibition is a rea
issue. In their meetings the subject
has been given serious consideration
Joseph Dollar, secretary of the asso
citation, to-day made a report to his
organization, in the course of which
he discussed the prohibition question
from the viewpoint of liquor trades
men He took business view of the
important matter.
Mr.. Debar's report calls attention to
the fact that allied liquor interests
paid into the federal treasury the i'm
mense sum of three hundred and fifty
million dollars per year in taxes. He
says that prohibition will put out of
work one million heads of families in
the anied liquor industries, and that
unless the government works out a
system of compensation, millions of
dollars worth of property will be con-
fscated.
In his report Mr.. Debar said:
From nowhere in the personnel oil
a great government does there GOMEZ
any proposal of compensation to theI
financial Investments
which the pending resolution in con-
5ress seek to destroy.
From nowhere and from no one in
he assembled craftsmanship of the
lation is there any hint of from what
sources the tremendous annual federal
ncome of $25O,OOO,OOO now derived
rom imported or domestic liquors is
o be replaced.
The appalling feature of this pend
ng nationwide destruction of private
property and federal income is the
ignorance of the masses of our people,
the whole subject.
ut is of vast significance to us who
re practical partners with the federal
overnment in the manufacture and
ale of liquors in this country TO have
ne true nature Of the pending contro-
ersy made plain to the voters of this
Ountry.
IF the people of the United States
ave reached the conclusion that the
Overnment of our forefashers is
FUNDED upon erroneous principles.l
nd that the machinery of the govern
ent as provided by the constitution
nd laws of our country are made
late to the perpetuation of a free
)untry, We have no power and no
ish aS1malufacturers and merchants
interfere with this conclusion.
LAS manufacturers, merchants and :
nerican citizens we insist that if
ere is dissolution of the partner
lip between the government and our |
Ives, which has existed for over {
Sty years of national life. under con. 9
tons of harrassing restrictions To- r
rselves, but with tremendous fnan. A
II gain to the government of orr
untry, it be fairly and honestly dis +
lved. :
THE federal government in its ex. :
ange for the revenue paid by our in. 3
stries has specifically legislated in :,
ngress and by special rulings of the n
asury and internal revenue depart. n
nts for the maintenance. protection n
right conduct of our business. :.
The man who obeys the federal Al
IS is protectedNn the production o. ot
titled liquors so long as he paws "a
, prescribed per gallon tax. -.
The man who attempts an evasion N
infraction of those laws is punish. =,
and his plant and product is con. "a
.ated. 1t is useless for any honest ii,
Id TO attempt to deny the existence RI
this o-partnership. and il the peo- 81
of the United States have deter. III
led that they no longer desire n
chase and use our products. we m
eat that all We ask is a dissolution su
this partnership upon terms eyinc. Ri
integrity on the part of the GOV De
ment and upon terms of justice TO
selves. He
What Switzerland Did. lde
When the government OF Switzer. ret
decreed the abolition OF absintbe chi