The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . Montana, South Dakota, Ne-braska and Michigan. In California the voters are facingtwo prohibitory propositions, one for theclosing of saloons and prohibiting thesale of liquor in clubs, cafes and restau-rants to take effect in 1918; the otherprohibiting, also, the manufacture of al-coholic liquors. The latter would gointo effect in 1920, giving time for thegrape-growing interests of the state toadjust themselves to a change. Thefriends of the latter measure hold thatthe fears of the grape-growers—a largeclass in California—are unfounded, asit is in table gr
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . Montana, South Dakota, Ne-braska and Michigan. In California the voters are facingtwo prohibitory propositions, one for theclosing of saloons and prohibiting thesale of liquor in clubs, cafes and restau-rants to take effect in 1918; the otherprohibiting, also, the manufacture of al-coholic liquors. The latter would gointo effect in 1920, giving time for thegrape-growing interests of the state toadjust themselves to a change. Thefriends of the latter measure hold thatthe fears of the grape-growers—a largeclass in California—are unfounded, asit is in table grapes and raisins, ratherthan in wine grapes, that the statesprofits lie. The other amendment, thechief effect of which would be to closethe saloons, is said to have a much widerfollowing than the more drastic measure. Montana is voting on a referendumwhich, if adopted, is to become effectiveDecember 31, 1918. South Dakota,which has 400 dry towns to 92 wetones, is voting on statewide prohibition. Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer. And Nebraska, also under local option,is voting on a statewide measure. Michigan, which is being watchedwith much interest because of its auto-mobile and other large manufacturinginterests, is facing two constitutionalamendments. One, designed to prohibitthe manufacture and sale of liquor,makes no reference to importations fromother states and is being attacked by thewets as a measure not intended to pre-vent the well-to-do from importingliquor, while it would deprive the poorman of his glass of beer. The second,initiated by the wets as a backfire,would change the basis of the presentlocal-option law, under which 44 out ofthe 83 counties of the state are dry,from county to township. Perhaps the liveliest campaign of allis on in the dry state of Washington,where two initiative measures, oneknown as the hotel-mens bill, the otheras the brewers bill, are up. The firstprovides that any hotel with more thanfifty rooms may get liquor in any quan-tities a
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