The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 15, 1914, Page 2

THE, STAR—TNURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1914. —~ UNVOUUOUAURAOOUHUUGEUGAAOECGEECOAEUG AEA AEA RAY, iE RU w UDGMEN HAT is judgment? Judgment consists of those mental powers that enable us to compare the merits and the demerits of competitive plans pre- sented for the determination of public questions and the settlement of private disputes, and after comparing and considering the true and the false, to decide the issue right- ly, doing justice to others as you would have others do justice to you. We will state a case, and call on you, dear reader, to render judgment in accordance with the true meaning of the word as we have defined it. Our manufacturing plant has grown to amazing pro- portions. The natural conditions of climate for making good beer have contributed to individual efforts in plac- ing our unexcelled products in the markets of the world. The direct effect of the great beer export business of Puget Sound is to attract like a magnet the money that comes from abroad to pay for these big shipments of Washington-made merchandise. The larger part of this foreign money circulates in Washington to pay for the material and labor consumed and supported by these immense industrial institutions. Millions of dollars are invested in the liquor business in this State, for which the people are justly and moral- ly responsible. The national, state and municipal govern- ments profit from the business in the form of big revenue taxes and large license fees, and the licensee assumes all the hazard and risk with his capital invested in the trade. The product of our enormous plant gives vigor and strength to the body, and the greatest moral teachers ap- prove its use in moderation. We have been and are giving support to any rational, regulative measure for the distribution of liquor to the people. * This is a fair statement of our case. Our opponents, who do not use liquor, say that they, will not allow any one to use it, if they can possibly pre- vent its use. Their plan, in brief, is to gain the political power in the State, and use that power to coerce the peo- ple into an adoption of their views and practices in the matter of drinking. They say that the present laws permitting each mu- nicipality to settle the question for itself shall be annulled by changing the law of the State from regulations to pro- hibitions of the traffic. The policy of a great city like Seattle regulating the question to suit itself shall be swept aside if the prohibi- tion propaganda can succeed in foisting itself upon the people. .. urns The spirit of our adversaries, as expressed by some of their leaders, is that they are glad to have an oppor- tunity to undertake to destroy these vast manufacturing plants, putting thousands of people out of employment and stopping the flow of foreign money to the State for its further enrichment and development. This is their case. We ask you to judge us rightly, rendering the same quality of justice in your decision by which you would ex- pect to be judged. Our reputation for making good beer is world-wide, and you should order a case of that delectable product of the brewer's art, Rainier Pale Beer. Rea SE COTTE MTL TT por gers “ods Nc S 7)