The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-10-30
TO THE VOTERS.
Shall Cecil County Legallze A
Whlskey Monopoly

the polls on November 3. This is NOT a
political question. 1t is NOT a question
involving any'man's personal liberty with
reference to what he shall eat or drink.
| tits the naked issue-Shall we by our
votes establish Whiskey Trust of
Twenty One members in this County
with all monopolistic rights and privileges
for the next four years?
This is a big thing for twenty one
members of the community to ask OF their
fellow citizens. What. we surely have a
right to inquire, do these gentlemen pro-
pose to do for the community 10 return for
these very exceptional priv:leges2 These
men are seeking legal permission to go
into the saloon business in the expecta-
ton of large money returns or gains from
the business. That is. they are going
into the business with the determination
TO sell to their fellow citizens the largest
possible quantity of intoxicating liquors.
What will this business of this very limit
ed whiskey monopoly do for the COM
AA0"Aty ih "ui@u ~ - ISldOiiSuCOs TIT
voters so decree on November third
In the period of four years these twenty
one saloons will pay into the County
Treasury altogether $4,000. This magni-
ticent sum would pay for just three
fourths of a mile OF the new road between
Elkton and Chesapeake City.
The least possible cash these twenty
one saloons, to be at all profitable. will
take in in the four years out of the pockets
of the people of the county will be $252.-
900, to which must be added the labor of
useful and decent occupation. each worth
at least ST. 50 day, for four years. or
$oS, ooo-making total cost to the
county in cash or $3oI.8oo
This big sum. most of which will go to
Brewers and Distillers of Baltimore and
Philadelphia, would build rs miles of this
expensive road, or the entire road from
Fair Hill to Fredericktown!
The success of the soloon means that
every one of the $500 families of Cecil is
taxed for the support of this small whiskey-
trust at least $3.50 year. Voter. will
you stand that?
1t means that, according to reliable
statistics, over $500, 900 of the buying
power of the people will be withdrawn
from legitimate business-from the men
who sell groceries. clothing. shoes. coal
etc. Businessmen, will you by your vote
set up next door this foe to your business.
1t means that $Io5.ooo will be extracted
from the pockets of the Farmers of the
county. This sum of money will go into
the tills of the bar-rooms, which other
wise would go to buy the products of the
farm. Farmers, can you afford to vote
for lics nse ?
1t means that it will add to the cost of
the criminal administration OF the county
IS per cent 1t is the saloon that makes
business good for the police, the jailer.
the criminal court the hangman! This
means higher tax rate.
Twenty-one saloons in business in this
county will spell disaster for many work.
ingme1 John Mitchell and the Right
Hon. John Burns are well-known labor
leaders. They concur in the Judgment
that "The interests of the saloon are al
ways opposed to the interests of the work
ing man." The Congress of Tndustriale
Safety, representing all the large employ
ing interests in the land. recently met in
Chicago, passed resolutions pledging its
members to the elimination of the use Of
alcoholic stimulants by the employees of
their plants and factories. To them the
man who drinks is an undesirable en-
ployee. In these hard war times when so
many have been thrown out of work.
shall we multiply the chances of our work
ing men losing their job by increasing
their facilities for getting legally drnnke
And all simply in the furtherance of the
selfish interests of twenty-one men whose
sole return for the exceptional privilege
granted them would be greatly diminished
Legitimate business, increased disorder
and lawlessness, full Jail, more inmates
for the almshouse. the making of drunk
ards and criminals. higher taxes. the jobs
of working men imperilled. not few of
our young men destroyed and. oh, how
many of the homes In our county ruinedg
1t is BIG return that. for the monopoly
sought, citizens, at your hands. Is il the
sort of return to justify the grante Noe
Then register that No! so numerousIy al
the polls on the third of November THAI
the County will be permanently saved
from what Judge Constable has properly
termed 'Calamitys-the return of liz
censed saloons to Cecil.
Pass COMMITTEE.
sheEift Robert O. Mitchell is the au-
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