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Show SULZER FAVORS TAX OF $1000 PER GALLON ON ALL LIQUORS -- Pittsburgh, Feb. 23. A tnx of ?100n n gallon on all alcoholic liquors wns ndvocated by former Governor Wlfinm Sulzcr of New York in an address hero beforo tho Pennsylvania State Prohibition Convention. Ho assailed tho principle of local option and condemned tho Hobsson prohibition prohibi-tion nmendment. "Loral option is a frnud," said Mr. Sulzer. "It is llko a dog chasing its tall. It Is llko squatter sovereignty. Tho thickest way to abolish this liquor liq-uor trnfllo Iniquity is to pass a law through Congress taxing It until you kill it. If tho Hobson bill Is passed It will retard tho movomont of prohibition pro-hibition for years. It only prohibits tho salo of alcohollo liquors." Tho ticket decided upon was headed head-ed by W. P. Forguson of Frnnk'dn, as candidate for Unltod States Senator Sena-tor nnd tho platform among other things Indorsod woman suffrage, com pulsory arbitration of labor disputes nnd tho public ownership of utilities |