The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-02-26


since the first OF the year. We see more
money.
Larson's Bakery We have noticed
no change because of wet or dry. We
notice good pickup in business at
the present time.
/ T.. Landfeld 1. Business Is about
the same. 2. Collections the same. 3.
General pickup in time.
Rezin's Business about the same.
Collections the same.
Crystal Pals Coop. Our business
was better this year than last. or
course l can't say this was due to its
going dry. l am sure that collections
are better, very much better, and
money freer.
Cannon A. Son l. Business is poorer.
@ Collections poorer.
| Jacobs Bros. /. Business is about
the same. 2. Collections were about
the same. Since the first OF the year
business has been good. We find that
when there is work and the people are
earning money, business is good. Col
lections good. no matter IL it's wet or
dry. It's matter OF labor conditions.
Andrew Apostle Business about the
same.
John Meyers Business is good.
| Nate Warshawsky Business is
good like the grocery business and
do not think will ever go into the
saloon business II the town should go
wet. This is clean, and a more
pleasant task.
Terry Behan Business has been
good with me. am satisfied and like
IT,
ID. VI. Ross a. Go. Business is good.
II is hard for us TO say on the wet and
dry issue
j. II. Flood Business is good II is
hard TO compare the wet and dry
regime. Working conditions are re-
verse Of what they were year ago.
". ". otOiutfE buSllltHS 10 dbOut lhS
same. Cannot notice any change be-
tween wet or dry. It's a matter Of good
times or poor times. When times pick
up business picks up.
One store keeper tells us one exam
pie of the good OF a dry town as fol
| lows:
I'VE had to continually refuse Mr.
- credit as we were unable to get
any money out OF him. When the town
went dry he came TO me and asked to
be trusted the first month, with a
promise TO pay IS each month on his
/ old bill and keep his new one up to
date. The result was he paid up his
old bill in much less time than he ask
ed and every pay day we cash his
check and he pays his bill in full"
Another tells OF three in one fam
! lily who were working They could not
meet their bills and credit had TO be
refused A month or so after going
dry they asked for credit and promised
to pay up what was owed. Each pay
day now little girl comes in and pays
the bill. She says I'VE have money
home now to pay our bills even though
they do drink they do not spend all Of
It each pay day in the saloon"
Another instance is OF farmer who
| raised enough each year TO just get
along and spent the remainder in the
saloons He was running behind every
year Finally he had to mortgage his
place. Last year he raised nearly 1000
bushels of potatoes, besides hay and
oats which he has been selling at a
good price to pay off his mortgage
Irving Ring, cashier VI. A. Hanna a.
Go. / have noticed that the fellows
who were addicted TO booze fighting
around pay days during the wet
regime and who generally lost few
days about pay day do not lose so much
time now | don't know II this can be
credited to the dry regime or to the
fact that work was scarce and they
wanted TO hold their jobs.
| should say that there is just about
as much drunkenness on our location
now as before local option. | can see n
difference.
must give local option credit for
one thing and that Is that at least four
or FIVE families that have in mind
now. American people. are better fed
and clothed since the town went dry
When 1t was wet the men took their
pay checks and went 10 town Saturday
night and stayed there until Sunday
night Now they go to town with their
wives and come home the same night
and / notice that they have better
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