Image 4 of Deming graphic (Deming, N.M.), July 17, 1914
author: Anonymous
source date: 1914
availability: public_domain

Eaanal Carter a traYslinf hi for u facta fine who corera this terriiocy arary year and well known ia tie Cat west iu a Deming vis itor CJa week stopping ovtr km aa Us way to tfca T aeifle eoaat I woaier said Mr Carter if tka people am atop to think how UtUa aa tkara ia made of intoxieat inf Uqaara by tka present feneration of ao a talal travelers Some twen ty yean ago tka largest item of a traveling mani expense aeeonnt was for wet goods to stiunlate trade It was supposed to be necessary to taka a customer ont and show him the town and to try and drink np all the whisky they eould find bnt that kind of eampaiirning for business will not do now There isnt one trav eling man in a hundred wko uses intoxicants on the road today and there is not a firm in existence that will allow such items in the expense aeeonnt Even among whisky and wine drummers the rule of abstinence applies Prohibition is gaining nationwide power and the inmates of many of our prisons are aiding in the movement Out of a total of 1478 prisoners