THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class mailer, Sepietn
ber l.ih, 1918. ai the tost Office, ai
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Aci of
to arch i{. 1S79.
C. F. M. COLE. Manager
M. >1. COLE Editor
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8 ituni i\ Nov. 1*JHi |U21.
A MJUuLOTION TO SOLVB |
THh LdQlJOti PtiOBLKM
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To increase the enforcement)
of the hone dry law next year!
Congress will be asked lor an
appropriation of ten million dol-1
Jars. W hen this armour c< 11 ( nt:
was madeby Prohibition Com mis j
sioner Baynes, one wonders,
wnat the thoughts of the prohi-!
bitionists were, at such stagger I
ing amounts being asked for
■when every other department'
■was trying to retrench.
They certainly did not realize
that in addition to their vote it
•would require millions of dol
lars to eradicate the liquor
question. This is only one item, j
what will be required lor the |
next .year and the ytars to
come? and w ho is to pay for
this entorcement? The long
suffering American public!
The more appropriations tie!
more prohibition officers will
be on the payroll and these of
ficers are going to draw some
good salaries, out of th's ten i
million dollar appropriation.
As long as the public can payt
the government will undoubted
ly continue to appiopitaU , from
taxpayers money and not from
any revenue derived from liquor*
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| which is being dispensed and
trafficked all over the United
States Furthermore, there has
been a general stamped* to Can
ada since prohibition went into
effect in our own country and
more lenient laws were made
over tnere, consequently hun
dreds of Alaskans are now win
I tering in Vancouver and Victor
ia, not entirely for the climatic
| advantages
The revenue derived from
these people is not going to
help our appropriations for en
forcement of prohibition.
The prohibition party started
something which it is unable to
finish and no solution seems to
be offered.
Pour years of practical de
monstration of prohibition as
she is prohibited in Alaska has
quite changed the views of a
lot of people who thought they
had looked on the matter from
every angle
The only excnse for the old
time saloon is the laot that it
paid a licence and brought rev.
enue to the country, the bulk
liquor sold was always tested by
an agent of the Internal Rev
enue Department, One Revenue
agent being able to perform his
duty over a vast amount of ter
ritory at verv little cost.
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The old saloons have gone, j
which is proper, but the eight
teenth amendment has been
proved a joke, there is liquor to
day and plenty oi it all over the
States and its territories, the
vendors pay no licences or other
revenue to the government and
they peddle rank poison most
of the time, as is evidenced by
many mortalities in our terri
tory alone.
An outline which might bring
revenue and yet uphold the law
would that of re-establishing
distilleries and breweries, but
only under the most rigid of
tests and a high revenue tax to
be charged.
The product to be sold only
in government liquor stores at
a reasonable rate with a high
sales tax added.
ouR SYSTEM OF BANKING BY MAIL
U.-.INGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
l\» oijei. in account, place the amount of your deposit
in in envelope and mail to us. B.v return post you
will receive a bank book showing amount of your deposit.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
THE CONCRETE BANK
ESTABLISHED 1909
DRAFTS OR ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, MONEY REMITTED BY WIRE
TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED 8TATE8 & CANADA.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt.
F. W. SOMMER Agent.
A permit good for one year at
a cost of Five dollars to be
first obtained by the intending
purchaser. This item will bring
in over one hundred thousand
dollars in Alaska alone, over six
times as much as is allowed for
enforcement of prohibition in
this territory, and about two
hundred and fifty million dol
lars yearly in the States.
The Sales tax would run into
the millions, helping co reduce
other taxes. Prohibition officers
would be out of date and inci
dentally this large appropria
tion would be saved, not only
for next year but for all years
to come.
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Public Real Estate
Transactions of all Kinds
legally arranged.
Cordova. Alaska
JOB
PRINT
ING
GOOD WORK
News OFFICE