The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-30
.KU[TUR WOULD BESTOW
FREE ROADS TO MICH.
New idea L. Sprung Upon Voters BY
Advocates OF Gcrmanism I'm This
Country.
WANT WINE AND BEER GARDENS
Would Take Revenue Resulting From
Sales and Make Fine Highways
without Cost to Farmers--Cry
Against Is "Rauscmittcm!'


conditions under prohibition in that
state and many of the leaders in vari-
Gus lines Of production have Appealed
40 the government to enforce war
| time prohibition, there arises stu In
tho state the booze question now be-
| ing fostered, so the people are inform
| ed for the purpose of improving
roads. The plan Is to reinstate beer
| and light wines for manufacture. sale
and distribution, the license money
resulting to be utilized in road con-
| struCtion and maintenance work.
II seems that the rummies would
| lay trap TO catch tho rural vote or
| Michigan no doubt believing that
! good roads without cost CD to the
! farmers would swing them back to
| the kaisers best ally In this country.
| 1t remains for the Cleaners magazine
| TO analyZe the situation as IT pertains
! to Michigan and. in following this
analysis, one is led through the 1ungies
of snake killing experience:
After campaign extending over
| the greater part of two years. during
which time the questions at issue were
fairly met. fully discussed and con-
| cientIously considered, the intelligent
| voters OF Michigan decided by ma
jority OF more than sixty-eight thou
sand that the open saloon must go
| The voters spoke in no uncertain
terms they were determine that the
curse that had been corrupting poll
tics, destroying manhood. cursing
womanhood and leaving only poverty
| and desoiation in it's wake, should be
| banished from the state forever
Those who fought the good light /
| gave due consideration for the men
engaged in the traffiC. and provided
that the new law should not go into
| effect until the ssloonkeeper was given
an opportunity TO dispose of the con
centrated damnation In stock. and
| honorabiy quit n dishonorable bust
ness But the old adage again proves
true. "A snakes tail Will not cease
wiggling until after shutdown" The
| booze dispensers are going To present
what they choose to call a good
! roads, wine and cider and beer amend
mont" at The next election.
/ The booze gang of Michigan must
! consider the voters consummate asses
! else they would not have used decep-
/ ton so generously in their efforts to
| hide the real issues involved. Ye gods
| think of II, Good roads constructed
| through revenue derived from an i1le
ultimate business Good roads with
foundation purchased through steal
| ing money from careworn mothers
| and by depriving defenseless children
! OF the necessities of life.
! Good roads. indeed: surfaced with
wrecked hopes. deprayed manhood
and hardened with the tears of wives.
| sweethearts and mothers. The open
saloon ia the curse of the nation. and
| II IL this institution which smells TO
heaven that the booze gang would
have restored to Michigan. The plea
that these malcontents are now max
ing for beer and light wines was
made for whiskey two years ago. The
finger prints of insincerity besmear the
whole proposition and Michigan will
| have none OF IL.
The men behind this proposition, II
| indeed they can he so classed. know
/ that the government Is engaged in
death struggle: they know that every
| ounce of foodstuff is needed for our
boys who are fighting on the blood
soaked hattlefields of France, and yet
| they would open the gin mills. ana
| consume thousands of tons of grain In
making beer. This element knows that
| many "A hearth will be cold this win
/ ter for lack of fuel, and yet they would
| rekindle the fire under the brewery
furnaces, and manufacture product
which brings suCcor to none and I'M
happiness to all These men know
| that the federal government makes II
| a crime to furnish either beer or light
| wines to the soldier boys and Yet they
have the audacity to ask the voters to
bring to the use of all civilian popu-
lation that which the nations protect
| ors are not permitted to use. Little
| do these fellows care what happens so
| long as they are permitted TO rake in
some easy money; another chance to
! set their webs and entangle their vic
Tins.
We talk much about disloyaltv 10
! the government: We condemn pro-
Germanism: chase the /, w. VS. out
| OF the country and do our best to
throttle the ''isms" which menace the
government in this hour OF the ma
tons peril How, pray tell. are you
going to classify this attempt TO handi-
| cap the state in Its efforts TO aid the
| federal government to win this war?
| Go to the bottom of the attempt 10
bring this troublesome question before
the people during the stress OF war
and YOU will find the trademark OF
the kaiser. Who are the booze
dispensers" of this nation? What
country. pray tell, has furnished the
pot hellied, beer-soaked. weasei-eyed
beer dispensers, who. while processing
love for the United States, are secretly
aiding the brute Of Berlin?
What about the beer Joints where
the kaiser's clan congregated at the
beginning OF the war and secretly
plotted against this country? Remem-
Der the fellows who were wont to
tell Of the benefits of German kultur;
sure beer had helped to build "su-
perman' in Germany. A whole ma
ton A.. stupefied and addle- pated
through the swilling OF beer-the stuff
you fellows want to foist on Michigan
through the open saloon.
"Rausmittem."