The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 30, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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LIQUOR PAYS
f WAR BILLS
J. WALTER FREIBERG POINTS
OUT IMPORTANCE OF
INDUSTRY
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This Vast Sum Is Paid In Taxti
To Federal Govornmont
( $800000000 Invested In
Business Output of Eng.
1 land's Distilleries Groater
Now Than Ever Before
la an address nt tho 22nd Annual
Oenvoutlon of tlio National Wholasale
Liquor Doalcro Amioclntlon at tho Ho-
tel filnton J. Walter Krolbors of On-
alaaatl u miMihor of tho Exocutlre
dtoeamlttuo of tho organization pointed
it the Importuuco of tho tnxoB da
rtrtd by tho Unltod Slates Government
Hdi tho lliiuor Industry.
Tho liipior industry ia tho fifth
largest Industry In tho nation paying
Mere than ono-lialt a billion of dollars
ft tttioH ntinually which amount la
var unu-thirtl of tho total incorno of
Ue United States (lovornmont. Theee
aaaio tnxeH pay tho hulk of tho pon-
atons roanltlnx from tho Civil War; tfea
we tnxon holpod build tho Panama
Canal; helped hnlld our army and nary
M& aro luatrumontnl In all tho vaat
workings of tho nnlloual xovcrnmont.
"When tho Unltod Stntoa wont to
mr with Gonuany. tho liquor Interests
wwta contributing to tho Kodoral (Jot-
rksiont J217.000.000 n yoar in Internal
lawun taxcn or about onothlrd of
MM national normal Incomo. Under
tke war ta.xcn tho liquor lntoroita
will Ktvo Undo Sam rooro than $600.
0000 n year to holp win tho war an
asako tho world nnfo for democracy.
talmlf billion of dollarn would pay
4 par cont Interest on I12.C00.000.00O
wwrth of Liberty IlondB which Is over
t7.000.000.000 moro than tho dovcra
paant hua thin far planned to Issue.
"Tho Import nnro of tho liquor Indus-
try an an ally and n ino.inn for rulslng
necennno rovonuo lias boon recognlzc-d
y CoDKroiu nnd tho nntl-Snloon
Ijmkuo fltnls It olf In a quundary Ths
ctlon o' ( .niRresH In koIiir to tho liq-
uet interest tor moro mouoy Is regard
4 by thlnKlug peoplo ns an Indication
Uut tho national legislators do not
want thlfl Rroat business to porlah.
"Nono of tho warring nations of Eu
rape conuldor It nocosHary to enforca
VrohlbttlKti durlnp tho war. In fact
the output of Mugland's dlstlllorlea la
ow greater than ovor before
"It Is estlmatod that approxlmataly
M00.000.000 of capital In Invested In
tfce llqvor Industry National prohibi-
tion -would confiscate thoso Invest-
ssvidts and in no way compensate the
wncr.
"Katlonal prohibition In tho United
Mates would only mean tho shifting of
tfce burdeu of taxation from tho shoal-
4ara of tho liquor men to those of the
tobllc In general. If you take away
Ike rovonuo deilvod from the liquor In-
4atty tho tnsjmyorn must of noconslty
Miumo tho additional burden of taxa-
tion. It must como from tho farmers
whoso main property is in land; from
Uie homo; from the merchants and
esockholdora In nil utilities; from the
auks and corporations and from the
wago oarucro."
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USE OIL STOVE FOR
MAKING BAD LIQUOR
Illicit Distillery Cut Up Near New Bern
Presents Sonio Now Feature.
Now Horn. United Btatea Deputy
Marshal Oconto 1). Waters and Police
aoan A. A. lpoclc located and doHtroyed
a Illicit whlskoy distillery noar IHck-
elor'fl creek bridge on tho Nouse road
yesterday mornlug. It was locatod la
e tobacco barn on tho farm of Major
Jackson colored but no arrests were
made. Tho otllcors accompanied by
Chief of Pollco C Lupton went back
V$ tho negro'n homo last night but fee
was not thoro.
Doputy Wat or u rocelred information
slut a still was In operation in the vL
cisUty of tho Uacholor crook bridge aad
yestorday morning he wont in search
of it. Tho woods in that auction were
eJosoly Bcarchod without result. Ia
AMlng a tobacco barn Doputy Water
BcUcod that tho door was fastened
with a pad lock. This aroused his sua-
alrlon and ho pried off tho lock opened
fee door nnd found as ho expresed It
"eae of tho cutest lltUo stills I ever
aw."
Tho furnaro was a two-burner ol
tove and tho boUors ware two large
Mn cans with a capacity of about fif-
teen gallons each. A small quantity of
eer and halt a barrol of molasses aad
tea equipment wan destroyed.
' After destroying tho plant the oftV
ears -wont to tho home of the nacre
which was only about two hundred
yards from tho barn but ha was sot e4
homo. Kalelch N. O. Mwi tad
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YOUR country's interests and YOUR interests are bound together inseparable. YOUR duty in to YOUR
country FIRST yourself second. You can combine your country'- interests and your own through tho
purchase of United States War Saving Stamps and United States Thrift .Xrr.irs.
Your country borrows your money the money that you save that wculd o"fl:!r.ri!y be spent for little things
things really of no value this "saved" money the quarters the lu.b' doUi.rs the dollara you lend to
your country and you not only know that j-ou aro saving your money but that you will get it back and
get more with it. Your country pays you good interest on every do'iar you lend her.
YOU CAN EUY UNITED STATES WAR SAVING STAMPS
AND UNITED STATES THRIFT STAMPS AT YlUft POST-
OFFICE. YOUR BANK OR AT MANY STORES THROUGH-
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 30, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1918, newspaper, February 16, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70238/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.