The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
WOULD LOSS OF S325OOO 900 IN TAXES NOW PAID BY
LIQUOR INDUSTRY PREVENT ADEQUATE PRO-
LECTION AGAINST INVASION
WHO WILL MAKE UP THIS VAST SUM f.?
Joseph Debar of Cincinnati New President of Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Asks These Questions in Discussing Amer
icas Most Vital Topic, and Presents Other Plain Facts

Mr.. Debar was asked: "To what do
you attribute the continuation of the
present agitation of the prohibition
question:"
He replied: Entirely to a propa-
ganGa carried on by very small body
of agitators who control the funds of
their organizations, and who are profit
ing by agitation.
Sobriety Grows Apace.
"Sobriety has grown apace in this
country. Were it not for these few
agitators, we would not hear OF a
liquor question. The general public
is weary of it, Honest statesmen are
tired of it, and even the crooked poll
ticians, who have endeavored to ben
eft by it, are beginning to realize that
they are riding wind-broken and
spawned horse.
1.-THE methods OF the agitation have
been such that it has discredited st
self"
Concerning the policy of the Ma
tional Association, the newly-elected
President said:
1--WE will continue to extend our
publicity and educational work. When
the American people are informed
upon this liquor question, there Will be
no liquor question. They will realize
that true temperance can be achieved
only by personal self-control. That
the American people do realize this is
indicated by the fact that, while the
consumption of liquor has increased,
sobriety has increased in far, far
greater proportion Sobriety is trav-
cling apace with sanitation, with bet
ter housing, with better dentistry, with
all the better things that make life
worth living This has come about
by the better education of the people,
not by sumptuary and harassing legis-
/ lation.
Continue Temperance Teaching.
1T will be the policy of our Asso
/ citation to continue the teaching Of
temperance while opposing Legislative
prohibition.
1--WE believe that much of the de
| crease in excess is due to our constant
|! and combined efforts toward proper
Il regulation and strict control in com
pliance with the laws regarding the
sale OF liquor and to our publicity and
educational efforts along the lines O
personal moderation and habitual self
restraint These teachings empha
size the real difference between pro
hibition and true temperance.
I'VE believe that the exceptiona
I drunkard, (and in these days he is
happily, rarity), is the greatest asse
of the Anti-Saloon League aut
the heaviest liability of tn
: liquor industries, and that thi
same rare drunkard has prove
the biggest factor in creating an unjus
and unwarranted sentiment agains
the temperate use of those natura
. stimuants which have been used sine
the earliest times of which We hav
/. any record, as reference to the Bib
I and other anciens writings, will testif,
No Apologies to Make.
1--WE are proud of the defense W
h are making of the legitimate liquor il
, dustry, which came into existence i
response to a wide public demand Pr,
J. hibition advocates and Anti-Saloo
/ League orators blame the liquor indu
: tries for all the opposition they NEE
: with Why, these same liquor int
Il ests could not last for a day were
not that ninety million free America
y citizens are DESTROYS of purchasing ar
- using liquor in some form. The cor
e paratively few people engaged in Il
manufacture and sale Of liquor are n
j. the ones whom the professional az
a tators need TO quarrel with. The fore
10 that stand between their agitation al
N the total destruction OF the liquor bu
n ness are the millions of America
who want to buy and consume
H. There is something shocking in Z
IS persistent effort OF the Anti-Salo,
% League agitators to teach the pub
H. that the use of liquor invariably a
A. inevitably means drunkenness.
IL INJURIOUS VI lutuSduue 81 the 1T
homes in our land bottle of whis
az is kept in the family cupboard for ia
CT lily use, and the very thought of drur
of enness or excess of any kind would
in inexpressibly repellant TO the go
rs citizens who buy and use liquor in Il
"a way
&c lniquity Of Prohibition.
ne For over 100 years OF national Ii
IS, the government has induced men
lly engage in the distilling, brewing a
vine-making business with every Z
teStion and encouragement for
his dealer who complied with the COVE
re ment's laws and regulations and vi
Ill ing the severest penalties and punt
ro- ments upon those who disregard
them. Under these conditions, 1
lions haYe' been invested until To