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last summer w^- sav/ thg saloon figdit the same way ddv/n in Texas where the state all but went for Prohibition. And this fall v/e saw them concentrate their efforts down in ^*%ine where the out co.-^^e is still undecided. ' '' y i ' If we could see this liquor traffic as it really is v/e would see going out from every saloon in the countrji a cord that connects it up to soiTie brev/ery av/ay of in the distance and from every brewery you would see enun-ierable cords that connect it with every other brev/ery in the country anA all these cords go to eake that one great cord that c-erta^s-ts to getheb thia great organized morstor/ the legalixed liquor traffic of A-rsri-ca. Tfttwb/you find that if you touch-a*pr-sr^art ot-t^i^'^iimij&^^j^r^ fo'oA^JtjMy i-n-^^taet' not--w±thr"'tTTe"~l?5ri:'t that yon 4rhii)k yuu—toch~ but with--the enti'SPe fee—-st . ti;al nas over \/2 \\ a billion dollars at its disposal and stands ready to spend every cent of it if.it need be necessary. If tb.e one rrile bill that v/as up before the legislature at Madison last v/inter,for th.e extensior of the dry zon<^ around the oniversity from aft^ mile to one Tile,had passed, it v/ould have effected very immaterially the business of the milwaukee brev/ers ,for tbe s^aloons that would have been throv/n out by this bill were not saloons that hot their heer of the Miiw.aukee breweries ,but of Hausman and Fauerback the Madison brev/ers. But before these milv/aukee b-reweries '?.aiai^ see any encrouciiment whatsoever on -tim^ sacred privalege to sell beer,they hired the best speakers that there brewery money could buy ir Milwaukee and sent them; IjfVW-i to Madison to tell the representatives of the people that theonly way to make good and uprigirit grud.C^itB out of i*^ students is to surround them v/ith temptations,saloons in this case, inorder that when
Object Description
Page Title | Selected Anti-Saloon League of Wisconsin Records, 1917-1918 |
Author | Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League |
Source Creation Date | 1917-1918 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP489000 |
Description |
The Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League was established in 1897 to unify anti-alcohol sentiment, enforce temperance laws, and advocate for prohibition. Presented here are nearly 300 pages from the organization's unpublished records, consisting mostly of detectives' reports and correspondence from 1917-1918 investigations of "blind pig" cases (surveillance of businesses that sold liquor illegally). The first group of records (box 1 folder 4; ca. 150 pages) depicts alcohol use in Delavan, Walworth County; the private investigator's reports describe a carnival-like atmosphere of wild dancing, excessive drinking, lewd behavior, and prostitution. The second group (box 1 folder 13; ca. 130 pages) contains detective H.W. Hubbard's reports of his undercover investigations in the northeastern Wisconsin mill town of Oconto Falls, Oconto County; his account includes detailed descriptions and diagrams of the Flatley Saloon and a "John Doe" legal action against John J. Flatley. These detectives' reports are accompanied by correspondence with Anti-Saloon League attorney James J. MacDonald, whose prohibition speeches (box 3 folder 7) comprise the third group of records. Two ephemeral pamphlets published by the organization (from box 3 folder 9) are included at the end of the collection. The materials shared online here are only a small portion of the entire collection of Anti-Saloon League records (just 4 of nearly 50 folders); for a detailed description of the rest, see the register to the papers. Selected issues of the Anti-Saloon League newsletter, The Wisconsin Issue, are included elsewhere at Turning Points in Wisconsin History. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Anti-Saloon League of Wisconsin. Records (selections). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1703 |
Document Number | TP489 |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1703 |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | Mss 604; WIHVA1635-A |
County | Oconto County; Walworth County; |
City | Oconto Falls; Delavan |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Sub-Topic | Brewing and Prohibition; |
Event Date | 1917-1918 |
Event Years | 1917-1981 |
Food Industry and Trade | Breweries; |
Social Relations | Prohibition; Temperance; |
Service Industries | Prostitution; Resorts; Restaurants; Taverns (Inns); |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 6 |
Author | Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League |
Source Creation Date | 1917-1918 |
Language | English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Digital Identifier | TP489275 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | Mss 604 |
Full Text | last summer w^- sav/ thg saloon figdit the same way ddv/n in Texas where the state all but went for Prohibition. And this fall v/e saw them concentrate their efforts down in ^*%ine where the out co.-^^e is still undecided. ' '' y i ' If we could see this liquor traffic as it really is v/e would see going out from every saloon in the countrji a cord that connects it up to soiTie brev/ery av/ay of in the distance and from every brewery you would see enun-ierable cords that connect it with every other brev/ery in the country anA all these cords go to eake that one great cord that c-erta^s-ts to getheb thia great organized morstor/ the legalixed liquor traffic of A-rsri-ca. Tfttwb/you find that if you touch-a*pr-sr^art ot-t^i^'^iimij&^^j^r^ fo'oA^JtjMy i-n-^^taet' not--w±thr"'tTTe"~l?5ri:'t that yon 4rhii)k yuu—toch~ but with--the enti'SPe fee—-st . ti;al nas over \/2 \\ a billion dollars at its disposal and stands ready to spend every cent of it if.it need be necessary. If tb.e one rrile bill that v/as up before the legislature at Madison last v/inter,for th.e extensior of the dry zon<^ around the oniversity from aft^ mile to one Tile,had passed, it v/ould have effected very immaterially the business of the milwaukee brev/ers ,for tbe s^aloons that would have been throv/n out by this bill were not saloons that hot their heer of the Miiw.aukee breweries ,but of Hausman and Fauerback the Madison brev/ers. But before these milv/aukee b-reweries '?.aiai^ see any encrouciiment whatsoever on -tim^ sacred privalege to sell beer,they hired the best speakers that there brewery money could buy ir Milwaukee and sent them; IjfVW-i to Madison to tell the representatives of the people that theonly way to make good and uprigirit grud.C^itB out of i*^ students is to surround them v/ith temptations,saloons in this case, inorder that when |
Event Date | 1917-1918 |
Event Years | 1917-1981 |
Type | Text |