The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
BANKER AND MERCHANT CALL
DRY LAWS A FARCE
AND FALlACY
TRADE. DECLInE. E.S
Business Hen, Farmers and
Taxpayers Suffer From Evil
Effects OF Sumptuary Legis-
IatiOn While IiuCh Liquor Is
CJnsumedat EnormcusPriCes

The detrimental cTcct Of prohibl.
tion upon the business man, tho lax.
payer and the farmer Is shown I'm
newspaper interviews with two busi.
ness men Of the dry" states Of Washe
ing;cn and Idaho. The Bait, (Mout)
Miner, which printed the Interviews.
says:
Fred NJ. Hinklcy, banker OF
Charleston, Wash, who has been N
Butte on business, says that prOhibi.
tion in Was lington Is not oily farce,
but that II has lIrt basin TO
remarkable desrec. Proper, va.l,r
have deprecated. while ,.p has
been burden Of taxes 'oE,n Goa i.e
citizens, ana the work. oi a.! law
recently voted by inc people " tue
state 10 turning oGt in just trc Same
fashion as elsewhere In aogal.od dry"
territory, he said.
Can yol &c, a drink in Washing.
ton?" Mr. lIinsIcy was asked.
"Get a drink" Uh, yoa can got a
barrel of the rottoncgt atuu in tho
world and a little bit of good liquor
II you want to pay triple the price
that ordinarily prevails, and the price
Is being paid.
q" 6oot'oeginJ Galore.
"Tho working OF the prohibition law
in Washington is the same g1 in Otter
states, not only In the west, bat in
the east as well. There Is bootleg eng
galore and the situation has LesO.ue
vlle,' continued MIR. HinElcy 'Fol
instance, the man who would nc ,er
think OF taxing homo with him a
quart Of liquor, but who would be
satisfied with drink OF two al ~
open bar, now must get lat OF
rot gut In quarts and pint3. Tie man
with money can, OF covr.e, secure
all he wants and at fair price, but
the working man, the laSorer with o
family, who wants 4 little s,iMullnt
after hard days work, has 20 dig
down deep to secure . personal priv!
lege.
Not only that, In respect TO drink
ing, but the community Is suffering
directly from The effects OF tie law
A burden OF taxation will ha 20 10 ie
placed TO meet the running expenses
OF every city, county and the state.
Idaho Man Talks.
p. w. Green, n wellkRown busnecr
man OF Idaho, who makes LIS head
quarters in Lewiston, Ida, was alsU
in the city yesterday and had atcgt
the same story to tell.
He says that Il IS getting almo3,
impossible TO secure farm and orchard
labor in his locality, for the simple
reason that men wont work In dry
territory, yet Idaho is far from beiag
dry.
THE farmer In 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 tho anglcS
The farmer and his help, who used tC
visit at periods some business csnte'
find It unnecessary. They 30 there
only TO get what they actually nced
to return home with most OF the
money they brought with them.
H.H hheut BasIness Nan2-
4 NN iAA tNA N.hI'p VI ihot'N 50 +sf''
lutely sd. Heretofore, when NAB
would make trip to the city from his
farm, with his money to spend no
would also take along with 1t o little
relaxation. He would take n drink or
two, 70 to a show, visit his fayo!lts
merchants and spend his money freely
but Judiciously, and return home with
II
happiness doled out in this world.
Now it's ell changed. The man who
has to go to town does his o. per cent
less business, returns to his farm or
country homo as quickly as he can
and leaves the business man or mer-
chant standing sadly in the doorway.
Prohibition is the greatest fallacy
the world has ever seen among many.
1t never has worked and never Will"