Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
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of one cent per glass. because that
is what 1t amounts to when one con-
siders that a glass like a street car
fare is commonly associated with
one nickle's worth in the popular
mind. These four men expressed
different views, some of them heat
ed, some calm. One man said that
he hoped that the tax would stay.
The others wanted it off soon. The
opinions they gave were interesting,
almost as varied as the ideas as to
what will happen when prohibition
comes in, which were presented in
this column last week.
| THE soda tax is confomded
corrugated nuisance" said the first
man. 1T makes people mad; it cuts
my sales and it makes a lot of extra
work. If soda is to replace beer, its
a poor way to irritate the public
II hope the tax stays" said the
second man. TT does make us
some extra work, but it is not a bad
idea. 1t affects a lot of people who
did not feel the war. From several
viewpoints 1 do not think it a bad
thing. Let it stay on a while. We
won't have to change things around
again"
More people have come lin and
sdiu tnlnBS ABOUT my place because
Of that tax than anything else.
hope they get it taken off. The city
was just getting used to the six-cent
fare when along comes this six-cent
soda business and we have to work
a lot to get it. Have you any idea
what 1t means to us on a hot even
ing? Well, come around and help
get the tax" was the proposition OF
the third man spoken to.
Taxa bad. People getta milf. Me
not for, but Unc Sam he says so. L
GET was the lucid discussion of the
fourth man, who was born in a
country where tax is a tax.
In the course of the visits to OBJ
tain the basis for the above series
OF statements, the sum of six cents
was contributed to your Uncle
Samuel and the views of several of
the patrons of thirst emporia were
added to the opinions of the owners
or the plants. Without exception
they said unkind things about the
tax and suggested different ways of
getting money. Two men, oddly
enough, speaking a mile apart, said
: that they thought there should be a
: tax on collars. One, who was in an
explosive frame of mind, suggested
that automobile tires could be made
> to bear little more because in his
t opinion they needed standardizing
@ as to price. One man dropped into
an establishment while the informa-
uon was being obtained and asked
for iced tea. He paid a dime for
= what used to cost a nickle two years
e ago, but he grinned and said that he
, did not have to pay any tax and
{ liked it just as well.
y In opinion of some people who
y are familiar with things in Harris
" burg such occurrences as in Gin
cinnati on Sunday when the saloons
kept open all day and sold oceans
, of near beer, would be impossible in
u this State. 1t would bring down en-
forcement of the Blue Laws and shut
= up, as consequence, every soda
y fountain from Saturday midnight
= until dawn of Monday. The Ohio
situation was that before prohibition
went into effect, Sunday sales of
intoxicants were not allowed. Ohio
> now being dry" and the near beer
= not being classed as alcoholic, there
: was nothing to prevent the saloons
opening on Sunday and selling
:. suds," as the brewery men term
:, the near" product. Public opinion
in Pennsylvania would revolt at the
= idea of saloons being open on Sun
day to sell near beer and If they do
;. open for sale of soda water and
, coffee, it is likely that there will be
some recourse to the old laws in
certain communities. The coming
of the dry days in Pennsylvania
= is going to usher in an interesting
! period.
During Colonel "Joe" Thorn sons
speech before the Senate and House
), of Representatives the other even
ing, quiet individual in ordinary
business suit listened attentively. To
: those who did not know the gentle
, man, there was nothing unusual
about him. But to the few returned
veterans of the Twenty Eighth Diyi-
p sion, who were scattered through
, the audience, there was no mistake
: as to his identity. Lieutenant
Colonel Edward Martin, of Waynes-
burg, who commanded the One Hun
dred and Tenth Infantry during it's
! baptism of fire at Chateau Thierry
= and in the three-day engagement on
q the Ourcq river, was held in high
v esteem by every man and officer in
= the regiment. AS an organizer and
leader he was the best in the busi-
y ness, according to their idea. And
{ then, too, as it happens, he is the
n only man IN Jne ent1re twenty
! Eighth Division who has been
. awarded the Distinguished Service
a Cross with bronze oak leaf, for ex-
traordinary heroism in action at
Courmont, France.
Harrisburg needs some attention
~ to mosquitoes" declared an officer
: of the State Department of Health
n yesterday afternoon. The wet
= weather caused water to gather in
many parts of the outlying districtst
and the 'skeeters' laid eggs by theI
million. What this city ought to dol
is to invest in some gallons of kero-i
4 sene and go out and impregnate the
= water that is stagnant. 1t will save
e a lot of trouble for hundreds of peo-
= pie later on. And If DR.. Raunfck,
: gets started, it will encourage a. 1ot;
e of private enterprise a1org the same
= line"