The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1914, Page 6

STAR—MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914. PAGE 6, PROHIBITION MAINE ELECTS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR UPON A PLATFORM DECLARING For HIGH LICENSE AND LOCAL OPTION MAINE WANTS LOCAL OPTION Efforts have been made by the prohibitionists to show that the recent vote in Maine was prompted by a desire to endorse the administration of President Wils« Reading the} ’ platiorms of the Republican and Democratic parties in Maine gives another view point The Republican party in Maine, as it has done for many _ years past, endorsed state-wide prohibition, while the Demo fatic platform contained a plank repudiating prohibition, @emanding a resubmission of the question, and also a repeal ) of the state-wide prohibitory law and the enactment “of local eption.” 3 The Plank in the Democratic platform making these de | mands was as follows: “The Democratic party believes absolutely in tem- perance, in law and order and in the enforcement of law. It believes in prohibition wherever prohibition is practicable. RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION IN MAINE HAS PROVED IMPRACTICABLE, we demand the sub- mission of the prohibitory amendment to the people, and demand its repeal in order that the city or town may be substitutcJ for the state as the basis of laws designed to control or abolish the liquor traffic.” On this platform the Democrats elected th [with a majority of over three thousand and “enough members of the Legislature to control Augusta, Maine, with 13,211 population, according to the 1910 census, shipped in 56,984 quarts of liquor during May, June and July, 1914. This record includes only legal ship- “ments and takes no account of the stuff manufactured by boot- | Teggers and sold as liquor in the vicious haunts and dives abound in all of the towns and cities of that state. This record was compiled by The Portland Argus to be | meed against Governor Haines, who was a candidate for re-| | @lection on an enforcement platform after two years’ expe- fience with prohibitory enforcement. Maine repudiated en-| forcement by refusing to return Haines to the executive office According to The Argus’ estimate, every man, woman and child in the prohibition capital of the oldest prohibition state spends $7.50 per year for liquor legally bought outside of the State and shipped in for legal consumption within the State, | to say nothing of the illicit use of illicit liquor The Portland Argus of September 12, 1914, further states: “The subjoined statement shows the amounts of hard liquors, beer, ale and porter which have been shipped into| Kennebec County and consumed during the three months| of May, June and July of this year. The record is authentic and is taken direct from the books of the express companies| doing business in the city of Augusta. This record of receipts| is confined entirely to the capital city and does not take into account shipments received in any of the other three cities of| Waterville, Gardiner and Hallowell, or any of the towns of that county governor 1 elected int session “The total amount of liquors received in Augusta alone ich tl At this rate, and May, during these three months for wh is valued approximtaely at $25,000. and July are average months, the gr gate $100,000 a year. “When it is remembered that ¢ figures are given 88 amount would aggre- the three other cities of Kennebec County have a combined population about two and one-half times that of Augusta, it is fair to estimate that the total amount of liquor, beer, ale, porter, and so forth, shipped by other the into the county, to say nothing of that which comes than that aggregate $350,000 a year. “Tt will be nc evidently anticipated the Independence Day thirst, for on the means express, and w directly to towns, ted that the dispensers of ‘rum’ in Augusta four days previous to July 4, the shipments largely increased On June 30, it was 80 gallons of liquor and a larger amount of beer and ale. On July 1 120 gallons « on each of these days beer and ale in proportion “The follos “May 1 1 barre! ale. “May 2 beer “May 4 barrel beer. , 153 gallons of liquor; on July 2 f liquor, and on July 3, 84 gallons of liquor, and list taken from the books of the express companies s 58 gallons liquor, 1 case liquor, 10 dozen ale and 30 gallons 1 barrel beer and 40 dozen liquor, 24 gallons liquor, 24 bottles ale, %4 barrel ale, 3 “May 5—23% gallons liquor, 1 case ale, 10 dozen bottles \% barrel ale, 1 case beer “May 6—70 gallons liquor, 1 case whiskey, case beer, | case whiskey and “May 7—25 gallons liquor, ale, 2 cases ale, % barrel ale 44 barrel ale and 1 case beer “May 8-45 gallons liquor, 3 cases beer, ! case ale and %4| barrel beer “May 9 10 dozen bottles beer, May 11 cases beer and % barrel ale. 26 gallons liquor and 1 case beer. ~35 gallons liquor, 10 dozen beer, 1 case ale 54 gallons liquor, % barrel ale, 86 bottles beer 67 gallons liquor, 20 dozen beer and % barrel 24 bottles beer, 3 cases beer 10 dozen bottles ale 82 gallons liquor, 46 gallons liquor, 20 dozen ale, 10 dozen beer, 2 “May 15 ale “May 16—58 gallons Hquora, 20 dozen beer, 20 dozen ale, 1 beer, 3 barrels ale, 1 case porter “May 17 “May 23 “May 25—37 gallons liquor, dozen ale. “May 26—62 gallons liquor, 1 case ale, 1% barrels ale “May 27—52 gallons liquor, 30 dozen ale, 23 gallons liquor, 4 barrel beer, 4 barrel ale 1 case beer and 3 cases ale % barrel ale, 1 case beer, 30 gallons liquor, 10 30 dozen beer, 10 dozen ale, 5 barrels ale, 4 cases beer, 10 dozen beer and 1 case ale. June} 4) REPUDIATED “4 | “May 3 barrels ale “May 29. 1% barrels ale “May 30-64 gallons liquor, barrels 28 gallons liquor, 50 dozen beer, 5 cases beer, 42 gallons liquor, 4 cases beer, 10 dozen beer, 90 dozen beer, 7 cases beer, 32 gallons liquor, 45 gallons liquor, 2 a June 1 M% barrel ale 5 | June cases beer, 20 dozen ale,| 10 dozen beer 3—76 gallons liquor, 10 dozen ale 55 gallons liquor, 1 | “June 5 cases beer, case ale, % |barfel ale, “June 4 % barrel “June S—43 gallons liquor, M barrel ale liquor 35 dozen beer, 10 dozen ale, ale, 2 cases, beer 1 5 dozen beer, 7 cases beer, case ale, % barrel beer, “June 6—82 gallons 3 barrels ale, 30 dozen ale,; 13 dozen beer, 1 case ale, 1 case beer “June 8—30 gallons liquor, 2 cases ale, 5 dozen beer, 1% |barrels ale “June 9-47 gallons liquor, 4 dozen ale, 20 dozen beer, 1 case beer “June 10—59 gallons liquor, 42 dozen beer, 4 barrel ale. “June 11--53 gallons liquor, 71 dozen beer, 4 cases beer,| |154 barrels ale | “June 12—55 gallons liquor, 6 dozen beer, 10 dozen ale, 1 rrel ale “June 13 gallons liquor, 20 dozen ale, 3 barrels ale “June 18 t 7¢ 1 case beer, ‘ 2 cases beer, 80 dozen beer, 25 gallone liquor, 21 dozen beer, %4 barrel ale 42 gallons 1 barrel ale, § dozen beer. ] “June 17—35 gallons liquor, 5 cases beer, 2 barrels ale | “June 18—42 gallons liquor, 1 dozen porter and % barrel) _jane 16 liquor, | | ale “Tune 19—78 gallons liquor, 2 barrels ale, 45 dozen beer, | 1 case beer | “Tune 20—82 gallons liquor, 68 dozen beer, 2 dozen ale, 7} cases beer, 5 barrels ale “June 22—16 gallons liquor, 1 barrel ale, 30 dozen beer,| 10 dozen ale “June 23—45 gallons liquor, 2 cases beer “June 24—69 gallons liquor, 3 cases beer, 3 | “June 25—61 gallons liquor, 2 cases porter, 24 dozen beer, 23 dozen ale, 2 barrels ale. “June 26—75 gallons liquor, 35 dozen beer, 2 cases % barrel beer, 3 barrels ale “June 27—72 gallons liquor, 95 dozen beer, 50 dozen ale, | 5 barrels ale. } 10 dozen beer, “June 30—80 gallons liquor, 3 barrels ale, 8 cases ale, 10 dozen beer, dozen beer. 1 case beer, ale, 10 dozen ale.| 134 dozen ale, 1 case beer | . | 55 dozen beer, “June 29-42 gallons liquor, July 1—153 gallons liquc |4 cases ale, § cases beer, 7 barrels ale “July 2—120 gallons liquor, 4 barrels ale, 49 dozen beer, 20 dozen ale, 7 cases ale, 6 cases beer r, 34 dozen ale, 3 dozen beer, 4 dozen beer, “July 5 \% barrel beer “July 3—84 gallons liquor, 5 cases ale, 5 cases beer 74 ale, 4 barrels ale. 84 gallons liquor, 5 cases 74 dozen ale, 4 barrels ale dozen “July lc, 5 cases beer, 44 gallons liquor, 10 dozen beer, 2 barrels ale, 1 case beer, July 7—28 gallons liquor, 4 cases beer, 1 case ale “July 8—35% gallons liquor, 1% berrels ale, 10 dozen ale, 3 cases beer, 1 case ale. “July 9—35 gallons liquor, 1 barrel ale, 40 dozen beer, 2 | cases beer. “July 10—49 gallons liquor, 5 dozen beer, 1 barrel ale. “July 11—25% gallons liquor, 1 case beer, 4 dozen beer, case ale “July 13—24 gallons liquor, 1 case beer, 4 barrel ale. “July 15—55 gallons liquor, 3 cases beer, 30 dozen ale, 1% barrels ale, 20 dozen beer. “July 16—66 gallons liquor, 3 cases beer, 30 dozen ale, 1% barrels ale, 20 dozen beer. “July 17—44 gallons liquor, 20 dozen beer, 1 case porter, 1 case beer “July 18—66 gallons liquor, 12 cases beer, 2 barrels ale, @& dozen ale, 2 dozen porter, 2 cases ale, 10 dozen beer. “July 20—20 gallons liquor, 1 case beer, 13 dozen beer. “July 21—50 gallons liquor, 3 cases beer, 1 barrel ale, 40 dozen beer, 20 dozen ale. “July 22—49 gallons liquor, 1 case beer, 1 barrel ale, 10 dozen ale, 1 dozen beer “July 23—52 gallons liquor, 20 dozen beer, 2 cases beer, 1 case ale, 55 dozen ale, }4 barrel ale. “July 24—77 gallons liquor, 5 cases beer, 2 cases ale, 1 barrel ale, 15 dozen beer. “July 25—57 gallons liquor, 2 cases ale, 2 barrels ale, 6 cases beer, 38 dozen beer. “July 27—42 gallons liquor, 10 dozen ale. “July 28—30 gallons liquor, 2 cases ale, 9 dozen beer, % |barrel ale, 15 dozen ale. “July 29—5O gallons liquor, 4 cases beer, 20 dozen ale, 40 dozen beer. “July 30—31 gallons liquor, 2 cases beer, 15 dozen beer, 2 dozen ale “July 31—53 gallons liquor, 4 cases beer, 7 dozen ale, 1 case ale, 20 dozen beer, 1 barrel ale. “The shipments above total: Liquor, 15,636 quarts; beer, | 22,042 quarts; ale, 19,306 quarts.” If it is no crime to consume this liquor in Augusta, why should it be a crime to make and dispense it there under proper and decent regulation? If prohibition, after 68 years, prohibits no better than it |does in the Capital of Maine, why destroy industry, confiscate | property, throw men out of employment, destroy revenue and raise taxes in order to get it? ANDREW J. GALLAGHER, LABOR MAN, ANSWERS SOME PERTINENT HE following questions whici have been suggested by the so-called arguments of the “drys,” are answered by| Andrew J. Gallagher, one of the best known union labor lead-| ers. He is a consistent believer in the regulation of the liquor | traffic; believes that the human mind is sufficiently intelligent to regulate it properly; but does not believe that prohibition will regulate it: Q.—Isn’t it true that the leaders of the Prohibition move ment, in this county, state and national campaigns, have un- ceasingly advanced the argument that increasing numbers of employers are demnading prohibition? A—Yes Q—lIsn’t it true that men like John D. Rockefeller have given generous support to the prohibition A—Yes. Q—lIsn’t it true that Prohibitionists have urged upon the employing classes the argument that they may procure greater] efficiency from their workers by barring alcohol? | A—Yes | Q.—Considering these arguments together, cause? | does it not} appear that the greater portion of the Prohibitionists’ appeal|his pipe, wages would fall the price of the pipe and the to-| tt out of the country they are arrested as vagrants has been to and for the exploiting classes? A—Yes | Q—What do politicians, fake reformers and hypocrites) do when they address an appeal directly to the workingman?| A.—They tell him that because the M. & M. Association| of California are opposed to Prohibition he must be against it. Q.—Is this true? A—No. Prohibition is a matter of morality, of principle, for both the worker and the employer. Prohibition is the in fringement of everybody's liberty. It says to both rich and poor, “You are not man enough to manage your own affairs The police officer will manage your habits.” Q—If workingmen vote California dry what effect will it] |can spend “his dimes” as he wishes. jit for drinks; but HE HAS THE DIMES. Wages must fall jafter prohibition. | Wages are determined by that standard of living which work-|W¢ live. have on the worker? A-—Incalculable harm. 1.—It will hurt a man’s moral character. man gets a drink—an act in which he sees nothing wrong—he will have to do so by stealth, pretense, lying, trickery. 2.—It will hurt his health. In every prohibition county | or state the simple, harmless drinks are replaced by high per cent alcoholic drinks and drunkenness is prevalent as ever. 3.—It will lower wages. Those workers out of employ- ment by the sudden change will compete with those already at work in other lines. Under an open license system a man He Is not forced to spend For wages follow a stern economic law ingmen can enforce. If they of themselves lower their stand ard of living, if they give up anything, wages fall to just that extent. Under the license system the dimes can be spent for an automobile, a moleskin for the wife, a movie, coal, a trip| to the seashore OR a drink! Under prohibition the wages) fall a dime. It is an economic law. If a man would give up bacco. Q.—Is this assertion borne of the economists out by| facts? A.--In Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee and West Virginia many unions have been put out of business. The Cigarmake Union report 1,247 members lost their jobs following prohi-| bition, while sixty-nine unions belonging to the Cigarmakers'| International Union say that the cost of living has increased and there is a general tendency in wages downward. Q.—Is it liquor, is it this dime of the workers, that keeps| a man poor? A-—No. A rich man does not get poor because he spends two dimes a day, or $72 a year, on It is lack of money Whenever a/ |drink. A man ought not to have to deny himself $72 a year! jin order to get one more cheap cotton suit, brother, one more| cheap cotton suit, five children, one more cheap $6.40 cotton | suit. Seventy-two dollars is little enough for extravagance. | Q.—Does drink keep hundreds of thousands of men out | of work? | A.—No; absolutely no! For the one rare man who lost a |job on account of drink, there are a hundred sober, temperate | men clamoring for his job, There are fewer jobs than men.| | More men who want to get the average $480 a year than there are jobs for them. There were over 3,000,000 men out of work | in the United States last year. Was that caused by liquor? It is the cruel, wasteful system of production under which | In the winter season there is always less work. The | harvests are gathered, the timber is cut, the fruit is packed. | Building and construction work is at a standstill. Seasonal joccupations release thousands upon thousands. Our system | of production requires that vast armies of men be unemployed in order that the occasional work be done. Kansas requires |17, 000 men to help gather her harvests, and then if they do not The 1900 |census shows that over 6,000,000 workers were employed only | |part of the year, | employment Q.—What is the condition of labor in prohibition states? | A.—In North Carolina, child labor; in Tennessee, no! unions of any strength, “poor white” labor; in Kansas (agri- cultural), 17,000 floaters imported to care for the most vital industry—the crops—later to be chased out as “vags” and to | become professional strike-breakers of the cities; in West | Virginia, the horrors of unorganized coal mines. In Maine, a prohibition state, statistics indicate a degree of drunkenness | unexplainable except by the fact that prohibition has caused a concerted attempt to obtain that which is forbidden because of the seasonal character of their| PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISING Q.—Have the prohibition forces ver taken part in any of the workers’ struggles for better conditions? A.—Hardly ever, to my knowledge. Q-—Did they work for any of labor’s demands, such as the eight-hour law for women, in California’s Legislature? A—No. Q.—Did they come to the rescue of the homeless miners in Colorado? A.—No. Q ment? A.—-It is two-fold. It is conducted by well-meaning per- sons, abetted and supported by some wise, far-seeing employers to whom labor is already giving its heart blood. Employers back the sentimental cry of prohibition “to save the boys and girls.” Thereby they think to increase the industrial efficiency of the workers, gaining greater wealth for themselves. Moreover, in all ages masters have sought to control the personal habits of their workers. It makes for greater dis- cipline, greater service, greater obedience, subservience and pliancy Q What is the real meaning of this prohibition move- What should labor do this fall on the question of | prohibition? A.—Vote “No.” Labor unions have been a far greater influence for sobriety, have “saved more boys and girls,” have |made more homes than the prohibition movement, or any other so-called “uplift” effort. Are the children of the cotton mills poor because they drink? Are the little breaker boys poor because they drink? Are the sweat-shop workers of New York and Chicago poor because they drink? The only drunkenness in Italy is found in her manufac. turing cities. Poverty, monotony, fatigue—drink}