The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 6, 1916, Page 13

STAR—MONDAY, NOV, 6, 1916 PAGE 15 PAID ADVERTISEMENT THE TRUTH Without Prejudice! So many untruthful and intentionally misleading statements have been made by the alien ‘“Anti-Saloon League” and its zealous band of fat-salaried agents about the actual provisions of Initiative Measure No, 24 that the friends of this meritorious substitute for the present farcical law feel compelled to give the public the real facts. Our answer to the slanderous attacks is the law itself, as compiled and offi- cially set forth by the Secretary of State at Olympia, which we quote literally, sec- tion by section. "T>> Study it carefully, keeping in mind all the while the abominable condi- = sl Pact tions admittedly existing under the present impractical permit system: keeping in mind also the difference between mild, wholtsome, harmless 4 per cent beer (see Section 1) and the dangerous, brain-crazing dope whiskey so easily OFFICIAL obtainable in almost every city, town and hamlet in Washington. b a => Observe particularly the rigid penalties of No. 24 (see Sections 11 and ~” 19), and compare them with the nominal police court fines under the present law. Read Section 18 and compare it with the vicious permit system, which al- lows any person who can pay the small fee to have any kind of hard liquor. Then, if you think No. 24 unworthy of your support—vote against it! WORDING INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 24 Note: Part of the text of some sections, technical only, is omitted fordack of space. All important details are printed in full, with our comment following in blackface type. e term “beer” shall be held and con- | other funds in the permanent highway fund are appor- str a fermented bev e contain. | ing not less than 1 per cent nor more than 4 per cent of bn 10. The manufacturing plant and property of alcohol, a wholly or partly from barley-malt and hops actu and all books of account, memoranda (Note Beer shipped into Washington from outside or data pert. to such business, including the quired to be k Governm atallt t in accordance with the Unit ernal Revenue Laws and regulations, yon to inspection and examination by the ia deputies, the attorney general or the rney of the county in which such head of breweries contains as much as 7% alcohol.) ly to manner of complying with Section the provistc Se Any manufacturer who shall fall or refuse {tional use with » state treasurer t nm the time herein Hmit hall be guilty of a state gross (The word “barre used in a technical sense only. sdemeanor. Any manufacturer or person who Under No. 24 all bee be sold in bottles, thus doing shall knowingly swear falsely to any report required by away entirely with keg and barrel beer. Se ction 12.) | this to be filed with the state treasurer shall be guilty Section 5. Relates to application for permission to | of perjury in the second degree, and shall be punished by manufacture beer, location of plant, etc. imprisonment fn the state penitentiary for not more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, (What brewer in the state of Washington wil! risk « (Under this act a brewery can have but one plant or headquarters from which to manufacture, sell or deliver Ite | product, No branch agencies, warehouses or salesrooms can be established in the same city or elsewhere in the five-year term in the Walla Walla penitentiary? Is It not state.) fair to assume that the law will be strictly obeyed?) Section 6. Relates only to issuance of bond by State | Section 12. Beer shall only be sold direct to a purchas. Treasure’ | lcensed manufacturer and delivered from Its er by a dul at his residence, which shall "i resort (This provision shuts out the notorious Clancy road- house, and other places of similar character.) All beer for consumption within the state shall be sold in bottles and in quantities of not less than one dozen pint bottles, export size, nor more than six dozen quart bottles, export size, or ten dozen pint bottles, export size, in each order. ont of Treas 7. Relates only to annual report of beer manufact filed with Sta urer | Section 8. Relates only to collecting of delinquent a counts. Section 9 ured and sold, to be All funds collected under the provisions of this act shall b to the permanent highway fund of the state and sh distributed for expenditure upon the highways in the respective counties on the same ratio as Each package shall | large letters, “Thin packa, v iington,” and shall also have marked thereon the ui of the manufacturer and the name and full residence ad- dress of the purchaser, and no other stamp, a ment or permit shall be required on such package The manufacturer shall have printed or Mthographed on Its trade label, which shall be pasted on each bottle to be used fn this state, the inscription, “This beer is made for use in Washington, and contains fot more than 4 per cent of alcohol (Only 4 alcoho! as against 7% ainly marked, in ed to be kept in accordance with the United States Internal Revenue Laws and regulations Such manufacturer shall procure and keep as a part | of the records of its head office, a book in which shall be kept a record of each order for beer; which book shall contain the name of the purchaser, the date of sale, the res- idence of the purchaser, stating the street and house num- ber, if there be such, the quantity sold, and the method by which delivery was made The manufacturer shall keep on file in its head office and more in beer for a period of three years from date of sale all written chipped In from outsié © the permit sys- orders which it shall receive for the sale and delivery of tem. Does not this » ce?) beer Section 13. Relates only to outside breweries, how they | Section 17. Relates to advertising, etc. may transact business tn the state, ete. Section 18, It shall be unlawful for any person to Section 14. Any purchaser m as his needs require, knowingly sell, give, furnish or deliver beer to an intox!- buy beer manufactured and sold under the provisions of cated person, a minor, an Indian, a person who has been this act without first appearing before the county auditor adjudged a common or habitual drunkard, or to one whose and obtaining a permit to ship and transport such beer, and wife, or husband, as the case may be, shall have objected may possess and keep such beer at his residence, which to the sale, gift or delivery of beer to such individual by a shall not be a place of public resort, tn such quantities as written notice served upon the general manager or person he shall deem proper, and may consume the same himeelf in charge of the head office of a manufacturer. or give the same to his family or guests for consumption Section 19. Any person or manufacturer, or employe on Re pres thereof, violating or failing to comply with any of the pro- (Thie means that the beer cannot be taken from one visions of this act, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, place to another-—it ean only be used at the point of origh- and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not lees nal delivery.) | than $200 or more than $1,000, or be imprisoned in the Section 15 county jail for a term not less than 30 days nor more than ages. one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 16. Each licensed manufacturer shall maintaia Py ia one head office at {ts manufacturing plant, in which shall Section 20. Provides for funds for purpose of paying expenses of administering the act, ete. be kept a copy of its state manufacturers’ license, all books of account, documents, memoranda, data and other infor- mation relating to its business, including the books requir- Relates only to shipping and marking pack. Is this not a fair and reasonable measure? Will the Alien Anti-Saloon League Please Explain? Why are you afraid to print an exact copy of Initiative Measure No. 24 in your paid advertisements? Why are you AFRAID to give the exact wording of the recently passed British Columbia And the law you framed for California—to be voted on next Tuesday? Is it because you fear public criticism and the denouncement of the sincere church peo- ple whom you are misleading in framing and working for a law that permits California to manufacture not only beer but wines and vile “bootleg” whiskey for shipment into “dry’’(?) Washington? And do you dare deny that you framed, worked for and actually passed a similar law for ish Columbia? s —all to the detriment of Washington’s industries and Washington’s taxpayers! Here is the proof of your inconsistent, insincere methods. Here is indisputable, printed evidence of your close and friendly relations with the whis- y interests of California and British Columbia. The following are exact and complete extracts from the British Columbia “Prohibition” Law: (48) “Nothing in this Act shall prevent any brewer, distiller, or other person duly 1i- censed by the Government of Canada for the manufacture of spirituous, fermented, or other liquors, from keeping or having liquors manufactured by him in any building wherein such law? | | | | | manufacture is carried on, provided such building forms no part of and does not communi- cate by any entrance with any house or building mentioned in section 3, including clause (a) thereof, or from selling liquor therefrom to a person in another province or in a foreign coun- try or to a vendor under this Act.” i (57-2) “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere— (57-a) ‘With the right of any person to import from without the province for bona fide use in his private dwelling-house.” (11) “Except as provided by this Act, no person by himself, his clerk, servant, or agent, shall have or keep or give liquor in any place whatsoever, other than in the private dwell- ing-house in which he resides. (12) “Except as provided by this Act, no person shall use or consume liquor in the Province, purchased and received from any person within the Province, unless it be purchased and received from a vendor. But this section shall not apply to any person who within a pri- vate dwelling-house innocently uses or consumes liquor not thus purchased and received.” CALIFORNIA'S PROHIBITION MEASURE NO. 2 It may also be interesting for many to learn that “Prohibition Bill No. 2,” to be voted on in the State of California this fall not only permits the manufacture of beer, wines and whiskey, but particularly and especially provides for the sale and exportation of such products, as well as the delivery of fame to the consumer at his residence. WILL THE SEATTLE DRY COMMITTEE PLEASE EXPLAIN? How do the citizens and taxpayers of Washington like this discrimination? Was it fair to deprive our state of a $5,000,000 export trade? If it is legal to drink beer in Washington, why should it not be legal to make it here? Are we to be guided by the self-interested, non-resident, non-taxpaying, alien Anti-Saloon League workers who get their orders from Washington, D. C., or the successful business men who have both the moral and financial welfare of the whole state of Washington deeply at heart? We make no apologies for Initiative Meagawe No. 24. We believe it to be a true temperance measure—a practical solution of the deplorable conditions actually existing under the present misfit prohibition (?) law. We leave Initiative Measure No. 24 to the intelligence of the fair-minded, unprejudiced voter.