The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-08-27
TmE EARmEa AsD THE SALOON.

The great argument used for licens-
ing tho saloons is that revenue 10 thus
secured TO lessen taxation license
money will build sidewalks, support
SC hoola and do many other things
which otherwise would have to DO paid
for directly out Of the pockets Of the
taxpayers. Professor Foster aud Dr.
HeTrick johnson have Ia These columns,
80 we'll shown the faIlacy Of this claim,
we spend no tins on IL now. Thele il
another phssa of the question to which
ws wish to call the especial attention Of
our farmer friends. II il this license
money does not decrease your taxes one
cent but the saloons do increase your
taxes enormously. Yon are not taxed
to build sidewalks, light the streets, or
do any Of the things IL ia claimed the
license money does for the town. Hut
you are taxed, aad that right heavily.
to pay tbe county's bills for courts,
jails, poor housss, cate OF the insane
aud things like thai. The land You
own PAYS the bulk OF the county taxes .
oesids that, you are often taken from
your work at the busieAt season Of the
year te sit. on grand or petit jn,ies. two
three or fons weeks at time, wher
every days absence foots up dead loss
to you.
| What do these courts do I? Examine
the docket Of any oounty where liquor
is sold and see il whisky is not at the
bottom Of fully one-half the criminal
cases A man goes into . licensed
saloon, ges4 drunk, COMES out raving
lnnatic, murders another man, and yoa
cry, cosvics, hang him, OF uut him in
Iprison for life. Such case ia my Own
county lately coat in court expenses
$4,000. The county, which means
mainly the farmers, footed tho bill while
the city pocketed tbs Thousand dollar fee
f,r the license which allowed he liquor
that did the deed, to be aold.
Again. 80 have jus. built so, 900
ljail. ard it is pretty we'll filled ~i,h
fruits Of The saloon. Iou paid larg-
sr proportion Of the $4,000 than he
city did il aifa,ds accommodating
20 very few Of your class, and ga re-
ceive not cent Of the Iicenss fee paid
by the saloons that had the higgest
share in filling il. The poor-house ana
farm are just outside the CITY iimils
and you feel hatssrsd when the s;ste
authorities report il The best kept in.
stisution of the kind in the state. Wei
yon may, for you are back OF that in-
stitusion, 50 far as money goes, fos the
taxes you pay, in large measure, ,sustaia
it. But its physician, himself drink
ing man. not . temperance fanatic, re.
ports again and again, u your super
yisors, that At least threo-feurths Of IL,
inmates come there through driekiaG
habit, either ia themselves or Others
As though 20 substantist' ii, opinloe
counties where no liquor Is obtaiu.hi'
sh5w few Inmates 10 their poor houses
and their jails often stand empty.
The case ia q nutshell il this i
there is any good coming hom iicens'
which We deny--the city gets IL
while for all tie mischief the saloons
work tie farmers foot the heaviest part
of the bills.
Infinitely beyond any money consid'
GRAFTON IL tha danger pits tbs licensed
saloons of the TO xn dig for the uawary
feet Of your boys. From lack Of fami"
isrity with their enticements farmers
boys are more liable to fall victims "a
the saloons when brought under sheir
influence than city boys are. Where
municipalities have po wer to grant drau
shop licenses you have no power L
hinder the city's digging pitfalls fol
your boys. State and Normal prohibi
tion, enforced by party pledged 4
sustain it, Is the only thing that cal
relieve the farmer from unjust taxation
TO sustain the fruits Of theliquor traffic
or make our couotry a safe place 70
his boys and girls TO grow up in.- =
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