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ALL MARION COUNTY
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GO INTO THE DRY COLUMN?
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t Would Be Consequent Loss of Revenues, Destruction of Property Values, Endless Litigation, Labor Unemployed
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and Unregulated,, Unlicensed Government Gallon Houses
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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALBM, OREGON, .SATURDAY, MAY 38, 1908
llll'.ITION A
BUSINESS BLIGHT
,. UPON OREGON
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lations and Industries That Directly
Indirectly Receive Support From
hufacture and Sale of Popular
'erages
snsntlonnlly Inclined ministers of tho gospel hnvo been in the-
lenounclng tho liquor trnfflo nnd those engaged in the enmo.
advocated prohibition n'ld hnvo1 gone so far a9 to deny all
saving graco of the Christian belief unless they held aloof from
trafllc nnd denied thcnisolvos tho privilege of Imbibing nlco-
jrc when used ns n boverngo.
wrong to manufacture, vf.l and consume alcoholic beverage,
Lust bo equally wrong for any ono to knowingly derive any bon-
kly or Indirectly, from tho snmo. Tho man, be ho minister of
or layman, who derives any benefit receives nny support or
nidi ho would not novo rjcolved were It not for the liquor-
fid holds tho views ns above Bet forth, Is nolther coiiBlstont or
bet. Even stronger expressions might be npplicnblo in many
Sowing Is n list of persons and their occupations who directly
cctly receive benefits owing to tho exiBtenco of tho manufnc-
tale of nlcohollc bovornges, and who morally as well ns flnan-
st consider themsolves part nnd pnrcol of tho same.
Itlon Is as much n blow to these Industries as Tf Is to tho actual
are nnd salo of liquor. If tho .people who derive boneflts
liquor trnfflo would tako tho snmo Interest In advocating roa
aeosurcg for Its protection and regulation ns they do la securing
revenue and support, there would bo little danger of prohlbl-
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p growors, whoso numbers In this Btnto aggregate at loast
jplo who annually are engaged In picking hops, who number
(0,000.
susands of people who otherwise help In the production of hops.
kp dealers and others who help In tho sale and marketing of
jilldcrs of hop kilns, manufacturers of hop cloth, hop baskets
hop polos, hop wjre, and such other mntorJnl which entors
(process of raising hops. .
rmcr who raises bnrloy for malting purposes.
engaged In raising grapes for making into wine.
rons eugnged In tho malting business, directly and Indirectly.
unufretmers of malting mnqhinory, and all material that enters
(irocesw of making malt.
sons engaged In tho manufacture of cooperage for tho liquor
hie also Includes the farmer or Jogger and. sawmill that sells
Dr other tlmbor for that purpose. r 4
rons engaged In tho manufacture of ' older ' presses and wlno
corks, bungs, iron hoops, and the hundreds of various nrtlcles
Ml o used In tho production and sale of beverages. All per-
iged in tho various manufacturing concerns such as ice ma-
iron pipes for cold storage, engines, boilers, and, In fact, an
or machinery that Is directly or Indirectly used in the construe-
operations of plants that manufacture or sell liquor of any kind
"ons engaged In tho manufacture of g'.ass bott'lss used for
W glassware used In dispensing tho tame. All retail and wnoic-
ers in glnsswaro who sell ame to the liquor trade or to In-
-ivhcso purposo Is to-uso Bamo for drinking alcOhoMn beverages.
ow much glassware wou.d a dealer sell If It wora not for the
W drinking alcoholic beverages?)
ft ns engaged In the manufacture and sale of bar fixture,
a "ill furnishings for saloon,
npaged In cold storage plants, railroads, steamboati, express
a .1 transfers nnd many-other ageneios through whloh bev-
1 U l"d products are handled nnd transport!.
n, thousands of nersons who aro glvaa mpioymem owing io
Jfa"ure and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Is vlo rent their bulld'lngj to saloons and' wholesale liquor deal-
p owners who rent dwelling housss and apartment to personj
Ive their livlne ami sunnort from the liquor business.
ty owners who rent buildings to persons engaged In such buslr
ch could not Mist were It not for the business and revenue
llrectly from tha llnuor hunlness.
ty owners who rent their land for the purpoeof raising hop-:,
Rpes and other products that enter into the production of al-
everages,
Power and water companies who sell to the various Instltu-
R make up the general lis: of concerns .that gner into ana
meats dlrectjy and Indirectly from the manufacture ana sate oi
beverages.
1 and wholesale concerns that sell or enter into any business
with the llqaor traffic an d from the earn derive a prot.
WHAT PROHIBITION
Will DO TO MARION
AND POLK GOUNTIES
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Will Render Worthless Millions of Valu
able Farming and Business Property.
Will mnko worthless Threo Million Dollnra of valuablo property.
Will deprive 30,000 men, women and children of employment In hop
ynrds and otherwise.
Will cut off Two Million Dollar's paid annunlly for labor and supplies.
In nnd about Salem In Polk nnd Marlon counties. .
Will throw hundreds of unemployed men on nlrendy overstocked In
dustrial labor ninrkot. i
Will lower rents In every city.
Will decronso tho taxnble property, wlpo out tho revenues nnd conse
quently rntso tho tax levy on remaining property.
Will put sixty saloons now doing busnc?s In Marlon nnd Polk countlos
out of business nnd In their plnco -stnbllsh twlco tho number of "blind
pigs," "boot-leggers," drugstore, etc, JnBt ns It has done In every "dry"
county. ,
Will Increase tho consumption of whisky nnd tho more nrdent liquors
nnd drugs, nnd nlraoBt wlpo out theconsumptlon of tho mlldor bovornges
such ns beer.
Will destroy homo industries and sond thousands of dollars annunlly
out of tho homo counties.
Will mako hypocrites and lawbreakers, catiBO neighborhood Btrlfcs and
feuds, engender disrespect for laws nnd build up a system of Rhnm and
mockery to tho laming detriment of humanity,
Will keep out tho very bost clnss of settlers, necessary to tho building
up of tho fanning communities nnd drlvo out those who hnvo any lovo
and regard for exercising their right of personal liberty.
All of which could bo oovlntod by enforcing Just nnd reasonnblo laws
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NOT LOCAL OPTION
BIT PROHIBITION
-.' IS NOW CONCEDED
regarding tho sale of liquors nnd establishing
and more rcputnblo basis.
tho saloon on n hlghor
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ARE BLIND PIGS,
GALLON HOUSES
A SUBSTITUTE?
What Right Has One Class of People to
Confiscate and Destroy the Property
of Another Class
Marlon county hns 892 hop growers, as shown by tho register of tho
Hop Growers' association. Those G92 growers aro cultivating 13,207
ncros of hops. The fair valuo of an acre of hops, taking Into consldof.1
tlo kilns, poles, wlrss, warehouses, land, eje, Is 1250.00
per aero. Tho land Is valued nt $100.00 per aero, and tho
Imiyovoindntt at... $150.00 per aoro. If Morion county goes "for
Prohibition" It means tho absolute destruction of 1 150 per auro on
J3j2G7 acres of hops, .or n total of $1 990Q50rf or Two Million Dollurs.
Nearly all tho hop growers of Polk county do their business through
Salem, and as that county has -1,903 acres of hops the, loss in that di
rection would bo about 1750.000. In other words. If Prohibition carrion '
the combined loss of actual property nasals to Marion and Polk coun
tis and U Salem In
Throe Million Dollars.
Policies of a Small Minority With No
Public Sentiment to Uphold Enforce
ment of Law Wet Juries for a Dry
City Will Not Convict
(Edltorlnl from Tho Daily Capital Journal.)
This paper opposed, tho local' option law nt tho tlmo It was adopUM
on tho ground that It was not what It purported to be real local option,
Wo charged thnt it was a prohibiten law, with very unfair provi
sions TO RRING AHOUT PROIIIRITION CONDITIONS IN THE NAM1X
OK LOCAL OITION.
Its chnmplonB said it wns really nnn truly n locnl potion measure iutr
dor which each community could enjoy tho roynl Amorlcnn prlvllogo of
locnl seif-govornment In tho matter pf denllng with tho liquor traffic.
Tho Cnpltnl Journnl then pointed out that tho law had u number of
very unfnlr provisions thnt were cnlculnted to put A RUHDKN AND EX
PENSE UPON TUB COMMUNITY.
This wnB all conceded by Counsel Chns. Corby In his nrgumont In thot
8ubllmlty nnd Jefferson portion cases btforo Judgo Galloway,
Mr. Corby very frankly nnd fairly stated thnt tho local option law
wns not whnt Ittt nnmo purported but wns purely n prohibition act,.
AND WAS TO RE KO CONSTRUED.
Ho contended thnt thoro wcro no provisions In tho law but such a
wore Intended to benefit Prohibitionists.
Ho showed thnt tho Inw was drawn by Prohibitionists and should be
construed IN TIIBIH KAVOR AND KOU THEIR HEXEFIT.
Ho snld It was got up by tho ministers nnd worked like a whlpsaw
It cut but' ono way and that was for prohibition,
Tho Cnpltal Journal wishes to thank Judgo Corby for his honesty and"
frankness IN TELLING TUB TRUTH AROUT THIS LAW.
Let everybody undorstnnd thnt In voting for It they aro voting for a
most Btrlngont, one-sided prohibition measure.
If Mnrlon county votes ngalnst this law, as It probably will, and" the
local option ndvocntos carry this city of Balom dry, HALKM WILL K
UNDER A PROIIIRITION LAW, AND NOT UNDBR LOCAL OPTION.
It wo had Prohibition oftlclalB to enforce tho law, Prohibition Juris tc
try' tlic cases, nnd Prohibition judges to construo 1U provisions, R might
bo enforced,
Dut In tho nboonce of all tho exjcutlve nnd Judicial and actmfHfetra
tlvo mnchlnory, 8UCII A LAW WOULD RB A KARUB IN TIHH CTTY..
Wo know that with tho rest of tho county wot, nnd Salem dry, limner
would be Klilpped In hero, lllegnl sales and llllolt' distribution wohM
tako plnco hero on a largo eenjo.
Tho city would lose tho revenues nnd Its govornmont WOULD LOtiK
ALL CONTROL OK TUB TRAKKIO, whllq there would ho a county gov
ernment and tho great body of tho pooplo of tho county opposed to Its
enforcomont.
It Is euBy for the avorngo local option ndvocato to got up In his,
pulpit and MA KB OUT A CAHB AO.UNKT TUB BALOONB.
Dut tho ndvocato novcr allows tho facts about tho other sldo tt
como out TUB KAILUHB OK IX)CAL OITION.
They do not nllow tholr honrors to know that In Lnno county there
nro 90 govornmont rotall UcenHos to sell liquor against 89 when the
county was wet.
Thoy do not toll tholr hearers that Lane county has spont over $15,
000 trying to onforco locnl option nnd has mndo on utter failure.
They know that tho cities Iri'Lnuo county voted ngalnst local option
but tho country precincts, FOHWD IT ONTO THE C1TIKH THAT CAN
M)T KNI'XHICB TUB LAW.
Judgo Corby's statement thnt it h not a local option Inw, but a pro
hibition law, which Is utterly Impractical, will opon tlo eyoa of many
sensible people.
LOHR, TOO? CAN THKV HUflGRHT KVK.V AN INDUHTRV TO TAKK
ITS PLACK, ONB NOT ALHI.'AHV OVBRDO.NB?
Home pertons may aJvanco tho statement that hops will bo raised"
anyhow, ven If Marion nnd P'k counties go dry. Tht man that nmlcoK
that nrgumont Is like the hopgrower who voto for prohibition; ho r
ns odltorlally stated In tho "Oregonlan." not nlono InconslEtont, lint
dishonest. Prohibition wno out the hrowiiiK buslnoss. ami when that
particular as a cur of trad would bo almost l' Ke oiH " not requlrwd, escop In luflnltelmal qunntltlos.
i .Marion county goos proniumon
WHO AND WHAT IS GOING TO ( OMPI5N8ATK TUB PKOI'Ij:
AND TUB TAA'PAVBRS FOR .THIS LOSS? WHAT PART, IK ANV,
WILL TUB PROIIHIITIONISTS MKB GOOD? HOW MANV VIURS
WHJi IT TAKB TUB PKOPLB OK MRION COINTV TO RKPI('B
THIS LOST ASSBT OK ALMOST THRI.B .MILLION DOLLARS? .M"AR
ION COL'VrV AND SALKM, IN PARTK I LAR, IS SPKVDIXG THOU
SANDS OK DOLLARS TO ROOST KOR PROGRKSS AND PROHI'BRITV,
VBT PROIIIRITION IN OXB INSTANCB WOULD WIPB OUT THRBB
MILLION DOLLARS OK WHAT WE ALHBARV HAVE.
The average crop of bops per cro Is 1200 pounds. It costs about 8
cents per pound to ralso and harvest hop). This money Is spent In cul
tivation, picking, drying etc., nnd is jt 'nto circulation n(8alem and
vicinity. This Is dons every year, irrespective of the price at which tho
grower sells. OX THIS RASIS OVER ?I,KOO,OW.00 IS PAID OUT AN
XUALLV TO OVER JW.000 PERSON'S ENGAGED IN CULT1VATIXG,
(PICKING, DRYING AND OTHERWISE GETTING THE HOPS READY
FOR MARKET.
IK MAIIION AND POLK COUNTIES GO PROIIIRITION WHO WILL
MAKE UP THIS ANNUAL LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE RU81NE8S
HOUSES QV SALEM AND THE VVRI0U8 TOWNS OK THE TWO
COUNTIES? WHO WILL ANNUALLY SUPPLY THE 30,00 PICKERS
AND OTHERS ENGAGED WITH WORK TO TAKE THE PLACE OK
AND TO MAKE UP THEIR LOSS OK PAY WHICH COMES TO THEM
EVERY SUMMER? WILL THK PKOIHRITIONISTS MAKE GOOD THIS
every hop Hrm Jn thin city wlH
Heok othor locations. There uro flbout 20 firms represented hero, who
occupy from tvo to five olllcos onoh. Nearly ovory member huu hlrt own
horn and Is a heavy taxpayer. Much moro could be said regarding the
vast loss that Marlon county would dlroctly tuffor through prohibition,
Asldo from tho hop Industry the raising of barley would nlso suffer
greatly. The cherry crop would bo a drag on tho mnrketlf It wus not
for the good prloe paid annually for tho Quson Anno ohorry used for
Marasolno liquors.
This article has not attemptod to touch on tho direct loco caused by
Prohibition by the ubolshlng of the uiloons, whloh occupy over lift)
Uore buildings In Marion county. Tho destruction of the brewing busi
ness In Salem, which has spont over $150,000 In Improvement nnd
pays out about $30,000 annually In wagot. Tho several hundreds of
thousands paid out by this business nud tho total! trado to tho various
other commercial Interests of tho county for supplies, rent, etc. Tho loss
of between thirty and forty thousand dollars In revenues, which wilt
have to bo mndo up by the remaining tax payors. Much could bo sal'P
along this line, but in conclusion this question coma? to tho mind of thct
average citizen:
WHAT RIGHT 1IA8 ANY XUMIIEIt OR CLASS OK PEOPLE IN OUIC
KREB AND L1HEHTY-LOVING COUNTRY TO VOTE FOR ANY LAW
WHICH MEANS THE ARSOLUTE CONFISCATION OK MILLIONS OK
JKLLAHS OF PROPERTY ACCUMULATED RY FELLOW CITIXKNS
IN AN 1IONORARLE WAY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THK LAWK
PK THE COUNTRY? IF THIS CAN RE DONE UNDER TIIK, GUIHK
OF LAWS, WHAT WILL IT END IN?
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