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MAY · 1 907 To Charles Woodroph Hare NewYork,May~,~go7 Dear Sir: I am very glad indeed to see, in The Tuskegee News, an account of the movement to get rid of the dispensary. If this can be brought about it will result in Macon County being one of the cleanest and most orderly counties in the South. It is my opinion that the colored people will see that ''blind tigers'' are not supported if the dispensary is out of the way. It is bad for an individual to be engaged in the sale of liquor, and it is much worse for an entire community to be engaged in the traffic of liquor, through the agency of a dispensary. The money derived from the source may accomplish some good, but the presence of this evil in a community, and the harmful influence it exerts over the growing lives of young men, will more than offset the good accomplished. I hope to be home in a few days and confer with you about several matters. Very truly yours, tBooker T. Washington] TLc Con. 36 BTW Papers DLC. To William Howard Taft Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. May 2~, 19~7 My dear Secretary Taft: This note will be handed you by Mr. Charles W. Anderson, Internal Revenue Collector for the Second District of New York. Mr. Anderson is one of the wisest and strongest members of our race. He is an ardent admirer of yours and has often expressed an earnest desire to meet you, so it is for this reason that I am taking the liberty of giving him this note of introduction to you. You can talk with Mr. Anderson freely and fully regarding any matters. Mr. Anderson is a member of the New York State Republican Committee and it was through his lead that an action, which 2