Anent The Liquor Traffic

Editor Registee: Your editorial colom iis last week were made to say that the U. S. supremo eo int had not decided "that the liquor business s il!e_rul." Perhaps it luis not in set phrase, but note: In a recent case, California vs. Christisen, Ilie court aays: "Tliere is no inherent right in a citizen to sell intozicating liquors by retail; t is not a privilege of a citizen of a state, or a citizen of the United States." How much doesthis utterance of the supreine court stop short of a complete outlawry, on common law principies, of the whole saloon business? It at least knocks into flinders the whole "personal liberty" argument of the saloon defenders. Unclk Jonathan. The ladies of the Gerrnan Aid society of the Zion Lutheran church wish to thank Messrs. Blitz & Langsdorf for their generous gift of $12.50.