The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-22
SALOONS WILL NOT PROVIDE
NECESSARY REVENUE SAYS Blue

D. - EASILY enforced In thr berIrrfns of
Li.5lnttlon a. after The stainr have been
- nsay There was a time when might
ea riEht Nh.n the stronger took irons
alt-r There cane "a time when society
teEan ~ make rules 20 restrain the
Strons Tor ne Profession Of the weak.
law in me 6~erinuinE 81 ~ new ari~r
"a Ns O. enforce The Law q reEula-
T. there a man Who would sav that 30
ciefy ought never Co have begun reru-
lation % Eovern the rights ~ men and
weak simply because 10 would be Dim
cult uf rufnrCemaufT An enforcement
saa sstshlishIsnt ~ regulatory rules D.
a growth. "a proEress. 90 must b. the en-
foreement and establishment ~ prohlb-
BlAmsd On west virginia.
some weeks arc the Hoster Brewing
company o. Columbus. Ohio. capitalized
a. az 100000. nled it, petition Fraying
~ 20 HPSoinimept Of recei'gr and
tho causes given for it, uufortunte imam
elal condition was that the state - West
ago q large bank at PittsburEh suspend
30 payment The statement was given
out that some connected with the man
With certain breweriesi that the business
Injured and curtail~d BY prohibition an
and the liquor people generally zay that
prohibition VIII not prohibit
Let NO man IN West Virginia be de-
ceiyedi West Virginia can only be made
and kept r. dry state by vigilance and
Alex Lawrence. OF the city o. Charles
ton. who Was engaged An the liquor
business In this state until forced out
OF Il by prohibition. and who H. now en-
gagged Ia the liquor business tn Ken
tucky, made the statement that the
could we'll amord TO spend n mfIIgn doI-
lars Co break down the urohlhitorv law
OF this state The liquor Interests have
an erort 10 DO 80. Included In such eN-
psnditure T. the employment OF the
had 20 prosecute proceedings and de-
FENCES IN the courts or this state. In
GLIDING the federal. and In the federal
courts outside OF the state. In efforts TO
break through and destroy the state.
prohihitory laws.
Revenue
The liquor people. purposcly. and some
advisedly. endeavor 20 create the inn
precision that West Virginia suners a.
,s.Ctars oy,al5e sge prohibits the man
The appropriation for all purposes OF the
state, payable out OF tAc general revenue.
Tor the next biennial period, including
over 100000 TO aid local public schools.
aggregates $500. 600 annually. The
state has n present deficit and wtl have
a dehcit Of approximately SOC. 900 on
June 3Oth neNf-the end OF the present
fiscal year. II II also true. however. thar
the state had a deficit OF $3.50. 900 on
June 3Oth. 1914 n-otwithetandinr mat IN
the fiscal year then ending. the state had
collected license money from those en-
EaEed In the liquor business. Back OF
this. however. the state had q deficit OF
NfhusWuh on June aOth. 1913. uOtgith-
standing Co., the nscal year then endinE
the state collected a. much revenue from
the luuo business as in any wear that
the state collected such revenue. Now
inasmuch as we had deficits for two sue
tFHu.nE wears haNnNn uEnnHh|HNnm Tnwna
into eneCt. what shall the uduor neopis
say, and their friends say. iu their ef-
forts 10 create the impression that the
deficit IN West VIRGINIA exists today he
cause she H. a prohibition state There
are reasons Tor thc dcuclt that the state
ilces todnN. We shall not refer TO all
Of them. Gut TO some OF them. For M
hscal year beginning July I. 1919, tns
state levy nj one cent. such lew vas
too low 20 meet the demands that came
uIgn the state IN that hscal year not
revenue from the liquor business How
ever. = 70 be remembered that the
ne state m unexpected expenditure Of
over 100000 during that fiscal year.
Eor. the fiscal year beginning July I.
1913. the state board OF public works
Laid the state levy AZ six cents. although
70 had the authority to Law "a as hirh
a. ten \ six cent levy was not SUM-
collecting revenue from the liquor bust
ness. The board % Public works AT tho
not informed 81 the deficit existing al
the close Of the fiscal year June 30. 1913.
An audit OF the states affairs. made
pursuant 20 the public accounting act.
and Med the 31st Of December. 1914 dis
closed the condition ~ the states af-
fairs and the deficits referred % and the
approximate dencit that the state will
face June 10th. next.
Knew the Erect.
The people OF the state knew. when
they voted 70 ratify the prohibition
amendment. that they were voting away
the revenue from the LIQUOR business II
is I'm insult 20 their intelligence 10 aug-
gest turning again 90 the luu6r bust
ness Tor revenue. The also know that
Z win the Erowth and advancement Of
the state came the natural increase IN
state Expenditures FOR education. pro-
lection TO the working man and those
dependent upon him. and aid 20 those
by disease ~ affecting not only them
solves hut the public as we'll And the
reo. pie when they voted upon prohibit
ton. expected the legislature TO make