Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-03-18

provision ~ the Act giving reasonable
lime, after It's fatinCauUu before n be-
comes operative. IN order that those en-
gagged In tho business may adjust Their
aTslrs without too great = sacrifice
I have no fault to nud Nth the County
Unit Law have favored even advanced
step taken In its various amendments u
IN step ~ the night direction. and has
been great blessing 10 the Common
wealth Under " 100 counties have voted
Dr., but the remaining counties contain =
Nr'y considerable part ~ The total pupu
htiuu Of The state The present law
seems Inadequate to give relief tn the peu.
o. ~ most NJ these counties And again.
.H LIQUOR interests Instead ~ showing
peel Tor the COUNTY Unit Law. and for
VIII ~ the people - expressed ~ the
polls nave been cpntestinE every ri~ctiun
ere the result WIS DRY. and going into
..H courts With every possible technical
Boo an -IOrt Ia defeat the will ~ the
D. .pl- Not only has this been their att.
toward the law and IT. enforcement
Iaf the, hay. made n their business Co
.t||srIN oppose every man who sspiJrs Go
u. be- ofiiCe who does not take biz orders
'r 700 them. 4 Temperance nu,u ysu mot
f.u for any ONCE In keutu,kN nuweN er
humble. without feeling the weight ~
heir wrath expressed ~ the usual was
Their efforts 10 dominate the politics ~
The state have Increased a. county after
county has been added o. the dr. column
NNilI fNVlf lNUu"Nte has become u menace
'u popular gpN eminent
il view uf all this " seems that there
bel hut one solution to the problem, and
hat is To submit II To the whole people
hat We may know once and tor all time
whether the people or the liquor Interests
1904" 20 rule In Kentucky Not only T. this
the lusiC ~ the situation. but n u absu-
lltelN fair Who can be heard to SAY that
the people a. whole haven't right 20
pass 81 a question Nu NiiaUN affecting
Ihylr moral and financial welfare We
submit good roads amendments atd taxa
fiuu amendments Ia the whole people
why uot submit this question Infinitely
more Vial 10 thrm'
AS stated above, am mot uumludfl
~ the property Interests involved % b.
Iu br regretted that moral reforms often
tfiug financial loss tu some but the pub
iy Conscience iustinrs the loss tu The lew
when 10 means an Infinitely greater sty.
christian civilization must not be retarded
because few men have Invested their
money In the business constituting the
obstruction.
My familiarity with the financial Affairs
~ the state. as a result " eight years
experience urum 1900 to 1900 A. Super
luiendent Of Public Instruction and See.
rrtary ~ state, and AS a member ~ the
sinking Fund Board, leads me To the be-
licf that such revision ~ our taxation
system can he made as will readily reduce
the state debt, aud make good any de.
crease IN revenues that might arise from
the loss ~ the tax ON liquors And this
cah he done without any Increase Of the
tex rate. Saving state revenues II Just
RH important AS producing them With
The elimination Of the liquor business from
Kentucky the saving to the state In Grim.
iral prosecutions alone would be an enor.
nous Item. and 20 far toward a solution
~ the financial problem. II the money
q.
criminal prosecutions growing out OF its
use can he saved, In half a dozen Years
We can relieve the financial situation of
The state and build macadam tnnd iu
every church aud school house In Ia.
Commonwealth.
Another large saving can he accom-.
pllshed by the elimination Of all useless
offices, and n elected | shall in,iitut,