Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26

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"A yes vote is . vote for statewide prohibition. A
yes vote is a vote for the protection Of the homes women and
children Of The state.
Prohibition Advertisement II sisseton
Courant, October 18th.
IT is TO LAUGH The hens Of the state have been asked to
lay eggs and work OVERTIME in ORDER that the Antisaloon
League may SPEND MONEY to TELL the PEOPLE Of South
Dakota HOW and WHERE they MAY OBTAIN LIQUORS, if they
will ONLY PLEASE Brother Folsaple and VOTE for Prohibition.
THINK IT OVER, VOTERS.
The prohibHionsts ask your INFLUENCE, your LABOR and
YOUR MONEY and then SPEND it to TELL. YOU they are NOT
IN EARNEST, NOT SINCERE, and if you WILL VOTE PRoHL
BITIoN, you CAN get YOUR LIQUOR in the USUAL WAY.
They tell you PROHIBITION is EFFECTIVE, and then show
you THAT IT is NO BARRIER to OBTAINING all the liquor you
wish IN THE USUAL WAY.
They tell you PROHIBITION prohibits, and then SPEND
MONEY to show it rs NOT TRUE.
They tell you prohibition RPoTEcTs the home, and THEN
in their EAGERNEss to secure votes. SPEND MONEY to show how
to GET LIQUOR IN THE HOMES.
They ask the FARMERS and PROPERTY OWNERS. Is stand
the ADDED TAXATION on property that RESULTS from pro
have all YOU WANT UNDER PROHIBITION.
The CONTENTION Of the Local Option League is UPHELD By
the ADMISSION Of the PROHIBITION ADHERENTs that
PROHIBITION DOES NOT PROHIBIT.
From EVERY SECTION Of prohibition territory COMES
ADDED TESTIMONY to the FAILURE Of prohibitory control.
Read the following from the DENVER POST, SUNDAY. OCTOBER
10, 1915:
eFrom one end of Colorado to the other there are MORE
than a thousand saloons, each doing a lively business not only
every week day, but on Sunday also They pay NO IL
CENSE, either GOVERNMENT, STATE or CITY, and every
cent they charge over the cost Of the ROTTEN WHISKY they
sell is clear profit, according to Robert H Kane, deputy dis
trct attorney. who is designated by District Attorney Rush
to try liquor cases in the county court.
90 cnnrdin "a thnsa looms arg antnmoIGInS4 hut
saloons nevertheless. They are OPERATED IN ALL
PARTS Of the state, said Kane. In most counties the au~
thoriies are doing all they can to suppress the business, BUT
ARE NOT ABLE TO DO so. These automobiles bring booze
from Wyoming, Nebraska. New Mexico, and Utah, whichever
state happens to be the nearest. Some Of them operate al
common carriers and make q pretense Of obeying the pro.
hbion law, but none Of them that ! have heard Of do obey
the law.
1xsThe profits from this business are enormous. One
wholesale bootlegger whom I tried and convicted in the county
court paid a fine Of $3.50 and costs. In addition he paid his
lawyer $50, making a total Of $500. He boosted afterwards
that he had made $4,000 by supplying small booHeggerss
with whiskey. He has quit the business, as far as I know,
but he MADE MORE MONEY Bookkeeping in a FEW
MONTHS than he could make IN a year with = LEGITIMATE
SALOON in q WET STATE"
The prohibitoniss ask you TO TRADE LOCAL OPTION, HOME
RULE, LEGAL. SUPERVISION and the REVENUE that OBTAINS
from license-in such communities AS DESIRE license,r-for the
ABOVE CONTROL and implore You. e FORBID the sale il South
what they seek to@ prevent. Now that the PROHIBITIONISTa
PUBLICLY ADMIT their AGREEMENT with the SOUTH DAKo-
Al LOCAL OPTION LKAGUk, lt livery VOTER JOIN j UP.
HOLDING
Local Option \ Temperance Measure ~
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