The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-22
"a BOOze-BOssed Council
Helps the Red-NOsed Ring
: Punish a Dry Newspaper

The Times has some pretty positive
convictions against booze.
1t is the opinion of this newspaper
that the real curse and the real plague
Of our nation today is alcohol-the licens'
cd sale of it in drinks.
This opinion has been freely expressed
by The Times upon many occasions.
It has not been pleasing to distillers
to have us call spade spade, or poi
son poison, and denounce their unholy
traffic.
1t has not been pleasing to the brewers
It wasn't pleasing to them when we
denied them, along with distillers, the adj
yertising columns of The Times, to in
crease their sales and make more
drunkards.
It has not been pleasing to the Royal
Ark, the political organization of saloon
keepers.
It has not been pleasing to politicians
with beer and whisky interests to serve.
1t has not been pleasing to lawyers re-
tanned by the beer and whisky inter-
ests.
It has not been pleasing to newspa-
pers carrying beer and whisky adver-
Using to have The Times identify them
with the sales department of the traffic,
and force them to abandon the boisterous
drunk of their pages and switch to still
jsgs.
81 When bids for the official city print
ing were requested this year and The
Times was found to be the only daily
newspaper bidding, against the Legal
News, which is class newspaper and
not daily newspaper with circulation
in the homes, as required by the char
ter, the red-nosed booze ring, whose
parts we have just described, concluded
that an opportunity was presented to
A PUNISH The Times.
The Times did not get the printing
contract despite the fact that it was, &C
cording to the opinion of its attorney,
the only bidder within the charter speci-
fications, and was PUNISHED.
The fact that we lost the contract is
we realize fully, matter of dollars anc
cents concerning ourselves, but the
MANNER IN WHICH WE LOST 1T is
we have to believe, of interest to every
taxpayer in Detroit and to every either
of Detroit who respects decency or whc
feels that the common council of Detroit
is a representative body responsive Il
decent sentiment
When The Times was found to be tht
only newspaper bidding for the contract
the red-nosed booze ring presented it
self before the printing committee Of
the council and began to lobby against
The Times, to PUNISH The Times fol-
the fight it has made against booze.
The distiler, whom we had displeased
was there
The brewer, whom we had peeved, was
there.
The representative of the Royal Ark
the grogshop proprietor against whom
we decided long ago, in favor of the
HOME, was there.
The politician with beer and whisky
interests to serve. whom we have de
nounced, was there.
The lawyer late in the pay of tn,
brewers was there.
All these lobbyists for booze wer
there, including the beer and whisk.
newspapers.
All around as thick as flies and as bus,
4 as bees, intent on getting their reveng
Z for BOOZE.
The committee reported against Tn
Times, or publicity for the acts Of Thu
aldermen, in favor of burying the pro
" ceedings in a class publication makinj
4 no showing of home circulation to Civ,
the acts of the common council publicity
And the report of the committee wa