'Wet' or 'Dry'?

'Wet':

 “Nine breweries, all equipped with the most modern machinery for the manufacture of the highest grade beer and ale, are located in the city and add materially to the standing of Dayton in the industrial world.  More than 200,000 barrels are made annually and to the workmen employed in the different departments $3000,000 is paid each year in wages.”[1]

'Dry':

The Western Christian Advocate states: typical working-class men in the early twentieth century earned ‘a dollar and quarter a day, [of which] thirty-five cents will be spent for beer, leaving ninety cents for the support of a family of five children.”[2]

Which side would you have been on in 1908?  Are you Protestant? Lutheran? Catholic? Where does the male of the house employed?  Are you in favor of Women's Suffrage?  All of these would factor into your decision.

[1] Dalton, Curt. Breweries of Dayton: A toast to brewers from the Gem City: 1810-1961. Dayton History Books. http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/1636305.htm, 1996. (accessed February 24, 2012).

[2] Lantzer, Jason S. Prohibition Is Here to Stay. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009. p 94