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Show How Liquor Controls - l-,.- ... The Piess of the Country ; It appenrs tha t the liquor interests either control or silence the press of the country by the fabulous sums they spend for advertising. Just now when a demand for prohibition is growing grow-ing they are pouring out money like water for the "artistic" ads in the newspapers and magazines. In four years after repeal, re-peal, hard liquor manufacturers and dealers spent $75,000 000 for advertising and the brewers S6, 000, 000. Readers may judge from this just what influence they bring to bear on the press |