County-Wide Prohibition
The last Legislature, at the request of a great
many citizens of this County, passed a Special Act
prohibiting the sale or manufacture of intoxicating
liquor in Independence County, provided the bill!
should be submitted at the General Election in 1910
for approval or rejection by the voters.
This question will appear on the official ballots in
this County, and those in favor of County-Wide Pro
hibition should mark out “Against County-Wide Pro
hibition,” and leave “For County-Wide Prohibition”
on the ballot.
The Reason For This Law
Inasmuch as this County has for a number of
years been voting against license, each time by in
creased majorities, some may ask why the necessity
of such a law? Section 5093 of Kirby's Digest of the
Statutes of Arkansas prohibits the sale of intoxicating
liquors by any person without he first procures a li
cense from the County Court; provided, manufactur
ers of alcohol, vinuous, ardem, malt or fermented
liquors can sell in original packages without license.
Provided, further, such original packages shall not
contain less than five gallons.”
It will be observed that under this laws manufac-!
turers may sell without license in so-called original j
packages, which has been construed to mean any
kind of a package, provided it is from a manufactur
er and contains not less than five gallons. Under this
section of our State Lawr, a number of distilleries have
operated and sold their product in this County since j
the people have excluded the open saloon.
A Matter of State Regnlation
This is a matter of State regulation and control
entirely. The Federal Government does not guar
antet the wholesaler the right to sell liquor in viola
tion of a State Law. A Government License is sim
ply a permit to engage in the business, in so far as the
Government is concerned, but does not attempt to
protect the one to whom it is issued in the carrying
on of the business Every one knows that a Federal
license to retail liquor does not protect the one who
does it in the violation of a State law. No more does
a Federal license to a manufacturer or a. wholesaler
protect the one to whom such license is issued as
against a State law. Many States have wholly pro-,
hibited the manufacture and sale of liquors in any
quantity, therefore this is a matter wholly within the
control of the State.
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The Purpose of the Law
The purpose of this law is to make the will of the
people effective and put all men on an equality. Our
people have emphatically declared themselves against
the sale of liquor, and yet it has been going on all
this time. The man who dared to sell a pint or a
quart has subjected himself to a fine and possible im-1
prisonment, but the large manufacturer who has sold
in five gallon packages has set the will of the people
at naught. If it be wrong to sell a pint or a quart, is
it not even a greater w'rong to sell five gallons? To
put an end to this manifest inequality and absurdity
is one of the main purposes of this lawr.
Another purpose of the law is to render it un
necessary to make these contests every two years.
()ur people have made up their minds definitely that
they are opposed to the sale of liquor in this County,
and there is no good reason why these contests should
be necessary at every general election. The approval
of this bill will finally and definitely settle the liquor
question in this County.
The Wholesaler vs. the Saloon
There is not the reason or argument for the so
called wholesale of liquor, which, by various subter
fuges has amounted to practically retailing it, that
there is for the licensed saloon. The two great argu
ments of the advocate of the open saloon are, first,
Revenue, and second, Regulation. Although the
temperance people think these arguments are spuri
ous, they are nevertheless the two great arguments
for the saloon. Jn the case of the so-palled whole
saler, we have neither Revenue nor Regulation, in sq
far as the gtate aptl County governments are con
cerned, Under the guise of a wholesale business,
liquor has been practically retailed all these years and
not a cent license has been paid to the State, County
pi: City. Thqse engaged ip this business figve hafi q
moRoply of the traffic without the expense of a license,
Mr. Earnheart’s Circucular
A circular signed by R. YV. Earnheart, headed
“Aimed at One Man,” has been industriously circu
lated over the county. An issue of this kind ought
to be discussed from the standpoint of the public’s
interest, and not the interest of any private individ
ual. The law is general in its application and applies
to one man no more than to another, except as he
engages in the business it would prohibit. It would
prohibit Mr. Earnheart just as it would prohibit every
other person.
Property in Danger
Mr. Earnheart endeavors to create sympathy in !
his favor by repeatedly stating that “valuable prop
erty would be rendered worthless.” This same argu
ment could be advanced by the saloon keeper who has
a stock of goods, bar fixtures, etc., on hand, but has
never been considered convincing. However, since
Mr. Earnheart has raised the question, we call atten
tion to the value he himself has placed on the prop
erty alleged to be in danger.
The fractional quarter section of land upon
which this distillery is located is assessed at $960, al
though a portion of it is river bottom land; and this
assessment is exactly what it was twenty-seven years
ago-before his distillery, or “valuable improve
ments,” were placed on it.
So we see, according to his own estimate, the
land has not been increased in value by the property
alleged to be in danger, so far as the tax records
show. In his personal assessment, which he swore
was true, there appears not a cent for materials or
manufactured articles. The following is a complete
statement, as shown by a certified copy of the tax
records for 1909;
Five horses, $250; 20 cattle, $200; 17 mules,
$1275; 325 hogs, $650; § vehicles, $200; 1 watch, $35;
2 pianos or organs, $200; goods and merchandise, $200;
other property, $650. Total, $3660.
It will be observed there is nothing for manu
factured materials, and this he swore to, and he cer
tainly cannot complain if we accept his statement as
true. He has sworn that he had no manufactured
articles, so we see, according to his own statement,
his so-called plant has added nothing to the value of
his real estate, and he has no manufactured liquors
on hand. To put an end to such business would not
be much loss to anybody. If he has such valuable
property as he insists, he stands self-convicted of
tax dodging.
Property Not Exempt From Taxation
But same may say that the Government owns
the land on which this distillery is located, and that
the manufactured spirits are not subject to taxation.
Neither of these statements are true. Section 3262
of the Revised Statutes of the United States requires
that a distiller must be the owner of the land in fee
simple, or obtain a permit from the owner, or give
bond to protect the government, before his bond can
be approved. In no event does the Government own
the land. Likewise, the whiskey, if it had any value,
is subject to state taxation, the same as any other
property.
Mr. Earnheart’s Advantages
During the past twenty-three years that Mr.
Earnheart has conducted his business, he has enjoyed
the following advantages over the ordinary citizen
engaged in the same business but not a distiller:
23 years State license at $300 _ _$6,900
23 years County license at $5QQ __ 11,500
Clerks’ and Sheriffs' fees on above 368
4 years State license in Batesville at $300 1,200
4 years County license in Batesville at $500 . 2,000
4 years City license in Batesville at $1000 __ 4,000
Clerks’ and Sheriffs’ fees on first two above_64
Total Advantages__$26,032
Thus we see he has already enjoyed special ex
emption to the amount of $26,032.00.
We have referred to these matters only because
Mr. Earnheart has forced the issue, We have not
made a personal attack upon him, but have only
given the facts. With our splendid College and two
State Orphanages, we ought to prohibit this contam
inating business in4jiis County. Let every friend of
Temperance work and vote for County-\Vide Prohi
tlon’ COUNTY TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE.
T, B. Padgett, President.
Sidney Pickens, Secretary.
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