The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-12-09
HOWEVER, TIE POPULATION OF TIE MOlST QUARTET IS
1852, 1856 AND THAT OF The PROHIBITION
RECRUITS 4,e32325
USE OF LIQUOR RAPIDLY INCREASES
Federal Statistics Show Here Drinking Is Going Done How
Than Ever Before In 1885 When Over Hall OF the Union
Was Dry, II States Rapaiiated Prohibition

Joseph Dcbar, president OF tho Ma.
tional Wholesale Liquor Dealers As5O-
citation of America, makes the follow.
Ing answer to the utterancc given TO
the press BY the Rev. Puriey A. Baker,
national superintendent of tho Anti.
Saloon League:
THE statement made by tie Rev.
Baker that twenty.four states have
outlawed the drink traffic, Is mi3load.
ing and untrue.
only twenty.three states are dry
many OF these by act OF legislature
ard not by vote Of the people. In
March OF this year Vermont regu.
dated prohibition by two to one
vote. The population Of tho twenty.
three dry states !s only 32.G0G,3i1.
while the population OF the wet states
10 59,G65926. The population OF the
states voting dry lest Tuesday Is only
4,962,32s. The population OF tie
states voting wet 10 7,352,1S6 These
states are Missouri, California and
Maryland All OF these figures tell
their own story and SHOW that on Tues.
day over 100000 mere people voted
wet than dry while there Is still
twice as many people living in H.
cenacd states az in sc-cal,od prohl5i-
ton states.
Protect Individual Rl1llts.
The states referred TO have not out
lswed the driak tgaiEc On tie con
trary, they have IN various ways ar
ranged to protect and perpetuate tho
right to use wine, beer and whisky by
securing laws which designate the
quantity that an individual may bug
or receive for personal use.
"The further statement by the Rev.
Baker that most OF the territory IN the
remaining states has abolished drink
through the instrumentality OF local
Some dlstrlctS have voted against
licensing the saloon, but IN all III.
stances the right CT the individual 70
secure wine, beer and whisky FOR per.
sonal use has been protected By the
efforts OF Mr Baker and his colleagues
OF the Anti-SaloOn League.
THE Rev. Baker complains that
neither political party was willing to
declare for national prohibition, No
national party can in honor afford to
do this without providing compensa-
tion 10 the interests destroyed.
NO national party can go before the
people favoring conlscation of prop.
erty. -
Only $4,000 Prohibition Votes.
AS to the claims OF the Prohlbi-
tionists, Chairman Oliver w. Stewart
Of the Prohibition National Campaign
| Coma,.,tee, in an official statement
says nc does not hope for more than
$4,000 votes with the final count in
1916 election. When this is contrastel
with total Of more than seventeen
million votes just cast. It's lnsis.
niflcance is apparent.
Amy and all attempts OF tho Anti
Saloon League 20 show suppression OF
the liquor trallic and reduction of tha
consumption OF alcoholic beverages,
through the addition OF dry territory,
are absolutely controverted by the Of
fcial statements of the United States
Internal Revenue Department.
While II is true that four states,
Michigan, Nebraska, Montana and
South Dakota. voted our the saloons