“The Raines liquor law is infamous. It takes away nearly all the profits of the saloonkeepers, and then turns in a large part of the money to the State treasury to relieve the hayseeds from taxes. p. 84”

—  George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 21, Concerning Excise

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