The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-12
HOWARD WRITES
TO GEN. SHEAFE
CHAIRMAN OF DRY CAMPAIGN
SUGGESTS lNVESTIG ALTON
INTO NEARBY DRY

Aberdeen, :. y The newest and
most novel su ~ge zion made for got
ting accurate information TO the yot-
ers of the state regarding tin advan
tases or disc dNa.itasss OF prohibit
ton has been made by tie dry cam
paign committee OF the South Dakota
Anti-Saloon league through lis presi-
dent c. A. Howard of this city in a
letter TO General Mark w Sheale,
president of the South Dakota Local
Option league.
1 In this letter the dry orga nization
suggests that in view of the fact that
statements coming from the liquor
interests as we'll as those coming
from the prohibition advocates, are
open to the charge OF prejudice in
the minds of great many voters and
that the only way to get information
that cannot be said to be prejudiced
IS to have an investigation of condi-
tons under prohibition made by an
unnrejudiced committee
isr. Howard's letter therefore sug-
gests that the South Dakota Local
Option league select representative
business man, the dry campaign com
mittee select one and the two thus
chosen, select one and the two thus
chosen, select a third who shall visit
the various states of the west and
northwest now dry and examine into
all the conditions as they are affect
ed by the operation of the prohibit
ton law.
speaking of the offer that the drys
Il TO
saloon system, Mr.. Howard OF this
city said: 1.-The charge is often
made by those opposed to prohibi-
ton that prohibitionists are fanatical
and given to misrepresentation. This
OFFER of ours is made in good faith
and we wish TO demonstrate to the
voters OF this state that we are per
feetly sincere and Furthermore that
we are willing to rest our case OH
the appropriated testimony of repre-
sentative citizens in states that are
now dry.
In view of the fact that the South
i Dakota Local Option league has mix.
up its figures once or twice through
some characterization we expect thai
they will welcome this opportuuit,
4 w JUN Win us III all eH0ft TO thus
ind out how prohibition actually does
work. The state dry campaign com.
mlttee of the Anti-Saloon league is
J hghtlng consistently for dry state
I because in common with thousand.
OF voters in the state it believes tina,
The saloon system is not only wrong
morally bat that ii is a great econo.
i mic waste and social and politicaI
curse. We have made no state.
ments except those that were direct
ed against the liquor system and
have not attacked any individual OF
INDUCED in any personalities, no1
! do we intend TO do so. We believe
We can win by leaving out the per.
sonalities and sticking to our text"
I Mr.. Howard suggests that Colo.
RADIO. Iowa, Idaho. Oregon and Wash.
lngon be visited. and the business
conditions and bank deposits be ex-
ahmed. police court records studied
amount OF charity necessary investi.
gated, and representative people andd
public officials interviewed. Upon
the return OF the committee of three
Mr.. Howard suggests that report
be prepared and published in the
daily newspapers of the state, the
4 expenses of the work to be euuall,
divided between the drys and the To-.
cal option advocates. Mr.. Howard
asked for a reply from Genera,
Sheafe not later than October 10.