The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-02
IANKER AND MERCHANT CALL.
"DRY" LAWS A FARCE
AND FkLLACY
TRADE DECL|M ES
business E.en. Farmers and
Taxpayers Suffer From Evil
Effects CT Sumptuary LoJi3-
Iation While TiuCh Liquor Is
C0nsumelaiEHcgmCuSpr.cCs

THE detrimental eject OF prohlbi.
Ion upon the business man, the tax.
aver and the farmer is shown in
mwspaper interviews with two bu5i.
mss men Of the dry" states Of Wash.
ngton and Idaho The Butte CNontD
diner, which printed the interviews,
ays:
Fred NJ. Hnklcy, a banker of
slarckston, Wash, who has been n
Butte on business, says that proaiDi-
lon in Washington f. not only a farce,
Iut that il has hurt business to
emarkable degree. Property values
lave deprecated, while there 1aB
Teen burden OF taxes taken from the
htizens, and the working OF the law
ecently voted by the people of the
tate is turning out in just the same
ashion as elsewhere in socalled dry
erritory, he said.
Can you get drink in Washing
on?" Mr.. Hinkley was asked.
Get a dr!nk?" Uh, you can get a
barrel of the rottenest stuff in the
world and little bit of good liquor
{ you want TO pay triple the price
hat ordinarily prevails, and the price
y being paid.
Bootlegsing Galore.
1.-The working of the prob Sition law
n Washington Ii the same as in other
ttates, not only In the west, but in
.he east as well. There Is bootlegginy
galore and the situation has become
sile," continued Mr.. Hinkley. FOR
Instance, the man who would never
lihink OF taking home with him a
huart OF liquor, but who would be
Satisfied with a drink or two at an
open bar, now must get a lot OF
JtOt gut in quarts and pints. The man
with money can, OF course, secure
bill he wants and at a fair price, but
the working man, the laborer with a
Family, who wants a little stimulant
kfter n hard days work, has to dig
down deep TO secure personal privi-
lege.
Not only that, in respect TO drink
ing, but the community is suffering
directly from the effects OF the law.
"A burden OF taxation will have to be
placed to meet the running expenses
OF every city, county and the state.
Idaho Man Talks.
p. w. Green, a well-knoWn business
man of Idaho, who makes his head
guarters in Lewiston, Ida, was also
in the city yesterday and had about
the same story to tell.
He says that it is getting almost
impossible to secure farm and orchard
labor in his locGlity, for the simple
reason that mon won't work In dry
territory, yet Idaho is far from being
dry.
"The farmer is suffering, the or
chardist Is suffering and the business
centers are suffering" says Mr.. Green.
People who vote for prohibition
don't stop to consider all the angles
The farmer and his help, who used 10
visit at periods some business center
find 1t unnecessary. They go there
Ionly to get what they actually need
to return home with most of the
money they brought with them.
H.H About Business Man?
n lDe lhTBCT ClllIS VI lhNiAb O. "D'S
llutely =, ad. Heretofore, when a man
would make a trip to the city from his
farm, with his money to spend, he
would also take along with it little
lrelaxation. He would take drink oI
two, go to a show, visit his favo?ite
merchants and spend his money freely
Nut judiciously, and return home witt
~ little bit Of the small amount o.
vhappiness dolod out in this world
Now it's all changed. The man wh'
has to go to town does his 80 per cen
less business, returns TO his farm ol
country home as quickly as he car
and leaves the business man or mer
chant standing sadly in the doorway
prohibition is the greatest fallac!
the world has ever seen among many
.. o.yar has worked and neypr will