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Show I 1 BIlPDET OF THE COMMISIORBU 0s IMLIN ~ ~ l l t 1~1 . . Seizures were as fdlowa: Plots WBiaky .................................................................. 5,370 Beer .................................. .-.. ................................ 4,668 Wine .................................. .: ..... .;. ........................ 1,504 Ak a. ............... .. .............................................. 169 BiUem. ............................. ,.. ................................ 86 In the early stages ofhisWwk in this field Mr. Johnion found :it impossible to obtain the cooperation of state officials in manj locali-thin pwventing the-oiolation of the liquor lam, bat during the past year he presented the Indian .proljfem to many tocat officia;ls in vsEiou8 S t a b in thia wsy: That the I n d h is located in the county attd will conhue to live there. Even .though they are not now taxpayem, they or their children soon wid be; but whethor they shall be industrious, progressive, desirable citizens, bearing their fair share of'the. burdena of government, win largely be determined through the solution of the question as to whether intoxicants shall be kept from them; that if they remain. sober they will ultirnatdy take up agricultura1 pursuits,. their lands. will b e subject to taxation, ind they will become self-supporting;but if, on the other hand, intoxi-cents and other demoralizing influences are allowed to do their complete work, the Indian will become instead a public chsrge, a factor of disorder, and a menace to the peace and d h r e of the com-munity. Many county attorneys and other county officials hevesesn the force of his argument, and instead of being a hindrance to him they have become allies, and his work is being greatly aided through . . the cooperation that he has obtained in this manner. The same line of argument resulted in obtaining new and much more drastic laws regarding' the sale of Iiquor to Indians from the legislaturesof the States of Nebraska and Washington.' A bill of shiIitr character passed the house of re~~resentativeofs the Wisconsin . legislature, and had been reported favorably by the committee of the senate whieh had it in charge, but it was defeated during_ the last hours of the swion. Through enlisting the eooperation of the local officials, nine saloons that had been opened upon the PuyaUup Reservation, Wash., were closed, and a considemb1e number of sdoons hnve been closed for the same reasoa in various States of the West. . . , . . . Large portions of the States of Minnesota, ~iscon*inN, orth and &h Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska were formerly In& ter~itory. When these lends were ceded 60 the Uniged &at;- proviaiona were included in each treaty prohibiting the manufacture and sale of iataxicating liquols within theae arms n&il such time as this p~o-hibition was removed by act of Congreas or by.the President. |
