The sun., 1916-01-30

Blue Sky Laws antinsuranee legislation, and other repv.
accompanied by walls that they have
dence of national prosperity
New York State has than 5000, 900 deposors he
banks and they have the highest for each
deposto reported by the Comptroller of the Culency The
eighteen prohibition States have all together less than one half
the savings bank dpoors that New York has and the
savings of each depostor the lowest in the country These
eighteen States have population and less wealth than the
three of New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania They
have natural and industrious people but they have
the habit and whether be the dis
trbuon of the products of steel mills oil companies arc ads
liquors Their prohibitions of commerce and business enter
prise They against prosperity,
raid reacts themselves for the liquor trade annually r'
Sll3ooOooo to the farmers for grain ~
The of manufacturers the United States loo
five other industries representing capital than
machine shops Sl5+332 ,O0o iron and steel work and rolling
mills 81 oo ooo lumber about $1,000 100000 ur"e
and heating, S95.537 000 and mills, SS2580ol
The capital invested the of liquors 6o0
These great industries represented third the 0oo
600 capital invested IN manufacturing The capital invested
the manufacture of liquors pays so per cent on the investment
license but the highest paid by any
capital in the country These liquor imposed %
regulate the industry repress it but m
the Government when needed suppress Rb
The Government began with tax of twenty r1n
whiskey and spirits found collect and t
produced more revenue than other internal evcn, 'N
In few Congress advanced the 81 and then
gallon but soon discovered tn the large developed an t
trade in liquors and failed to produce much revenue ne
legislation reduce the sixty gallon and the
shown by the debate Congress M
time Senator Sherman said that whiskey had always been @
and used in this country, and could be made f,''
the kitchen stove 1t could be made in cellar close "
sootS
evaded the tax and Senator Sherman Contended that the Cove
ment should make the tax low enough produce revenue
discourage the illicit manufacture by making wSkoy
product, manufactured by responsible dsters G,S'rb
other distributed
or moral question about the Government The ycr'ot
imposed the tax when needed the conuc, the
The debt remained and the remained help III
debts 1t day the the Golt@'
is still paying debts the way Of Sl60 100000
pensions to the veterans Of Il baS
great and spending hundred millions the a
could find other their place g,a, p
defeated because failed imp
and another great party enacted laW
revenues to enable TO take off the but the l"
had deficit of nearly $50 100000 of the .
year and the deficit will be larger this year.
The leaders of the Anti Saloon League promised Nt'@
at their convention in Atlantic City workable "
whereby the Government could take
ot these secured from the liquors. The '
prohibition and formulating plans money for ''
organization and agitation They threatened utlnh.;r
with defeat if they failed to pl, lbitlou
ton would bankrupt the Government without
on other industries. They willing raid the Troa> "
United States raid commerce, destroy industry dC'
OF its legitimate reward and raid national prosperity a
TO be in the oi a moral the
the prohibition they demand would free iquoi, ," :
had before the internal laws enacted SOY
we had 81 900 population and produced ~
of whiskey. We have hundred millions popu
produce l39, 900 gallons of paid whkey The '
has multiplied by three and the paid
not doubled Do the prohbi,ionsts propose a &
to the conditions which prevailed before the Goverl. -
to tax liquors. when whiskcy free and IL capta 4p
tion was nearly double that Of to-day?