Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-16
LOCAL SALOONMEN.
PREPARING TO QUIT
BUSINESS JULY 1SI
OTTAWA DRAM
SHOPS MAKING PREPARATIONS
FOB CLOSING PLACES FoUE-
TEEN DAYS HENCE-SEE NO
RELIEF IN SIGHT.


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stfa" III d hope '''S " ~ '''' ~ ~ "
out OF business July J. pu' can ~
saved from their doom until national
n,obibitiop eoes into effect next jar.
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efs are solhs ''o"" "''N''s '''''i -
arations for the arld period "Hlth
now seems assured oi us Inception
only fourteen days hence.
Explaining their feelings as down
IN tho dumnsn is uniting il mildly
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tnr.I Nm nndar which nrobibiiiop .e.
cnrad its false fare and masquera. Ie
costume The President tried his
dnrndast IN get Congress ear to do
inst mat thing. but there are. accord
mo IN indications too many reaction.
aries down at Washington who hay,
sboyy, their WILLINGNESS 10 do any
tbiny ne long "a if is against Wilson
and now this one hope seems to haV,
gone a-glmmering.
One prominent liquor dealer, II
sneakinp 10 representative Of TIA,
free Trader journal. has practically
"thrown mn the sponge" and is layina
his u,ans for quitting business at !;
m on the night OF Tuesday, June g
otbars IN the same line are maxim.
IL, same plans. On July /. from yre,
ent indications, Ottawa will awake
To find itself diyested of its 'hol
ioirts" and then will omen the dry or.
which radical anti-saloon forces hau
long dreamed about and consistea
drinkers have worried over ever sine
prohibition blossomed into pendin'
reality.
There is nothing We can do bn
wait" said the saloon man, and q
far as can see there is little, if any
use waiting. The handwriting IS read
to be scrubbed ON the wall for the $,
loon business We have got to fac
our lot, and We might just as wei
make up our minds to 1t now as an
other time.
Il am ready to close my doors an
seek other lines of endeavor Just 2
soon as word comes July ! Is "a
starter on the burning thirst perlo'
Fellows in the same line feel as 1
about it. They, too, VIII go out
business without protest
There have been no nlee'i"ES III g
effort to stall OH promoltioH' as i'''
"a retail liquor dealers nave Openly ~
pressed the OPINION meetings ""U,
be or no avail All they can Il" -
trust something Will happen 10 PI''o"
their professional llNeS uH''l n'>' 80
uary at the latest
Does Not Violate Rome
Denials that the search and seizuI
law are aimed TO 'desecrate the san
tity of the home" as alleged in son
circles, the Anti-Saloon League toda
sent the following communication
the Free Trader-Journal showing VIII
three prominent Chicago lawyer
Judge c. :. Cutting. Robert McMur'
and Frank j. I.oesch, think OF the b
as In its present form;
.>vo hava examined senate bin n
,on Lrnu,n aa tho search ana seizur
,u IN o,dor to answer your auesti,
&c 70 ybatber ar moi this bill proper
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