Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-27
THE PROHIBITION SIDE.
An Armament Against Ia saloon, TO
Which sbt. suehsr s,pns HIS Nae

An Against th. saloon, to
which the susher signs HIS Aa~s.
Ie ths PEsas aed D8kotaiaD: Is il
asking OK much OF your papsr to pre-
sent q contribution from Ia local option
BY mpathizef?
II not l will first partially respond to
"Oitizen."
First Mr. "CItizsn' why do yon not
chow a corresponding sense and gentle
manly fairness in your article OF Ost.
24.h, that was manifested by the Several
OF orr honorable gentlemen of our city,
IN their remarks Monday night, and not
retreat behind an anonymous name and
efttlcise indivldup' expressions? The
difference between the seventy five busi.
ness houses that Mr.. Teller spoke Of and
and the seventy five saloons which "Oiti.
zen mentions, is that what business
the first did do, would be an equivalent
exchange of things beneficial to man
kind for what they receive is from their
patrons, while upon the other hand the
saloons W ,uld receive payment for some.
thing that does mankind but q very little
1t any good. hence the saloon trade is
void of b true principle of honest bust
ness. In regard to Mr.. CANDLES state
ment, referred to by Citizen, 1 have but
to refer "Tax Payers" first and second
proposition to snbstantiste MI. G's
veracity in regard to what be said. In
regard to Mr.. Scougal's assertion it re-
quires but q moments reflection for n
i~nteliigen person to decide in regard to
probabilities.
lat. Who earns the greater amount,
the man who drinks or the mau who
does not?
2rd. Who is the most honest, the
man who drinks or the one who does not ?
3rd. Who usually pays, the one who
has the money or the n who has paid
it o for something worthless?
In regard TO Rev. Wards statement it
speaks for itself and Mr.. CitiZen's'' state.
ment In reference to it is all that would be
necessary to show the fitness OF his state
ment, l would like to know why the
saloon men are SO persistent in follow
Ing their business If but a "very few are
making any more money than to pay
their way" etc? And again, supposing
the merchants, laborers aud mechanics
OF this CITY are getting every dolllr they
take in over the COUNTER" sc, where
does the money come from to she
counter? Again, supposing that it does
''revert back to the consumer" does be
get it without paying for it? SO where
dues the gain come in, to the patrons
OF saloons OF the saloon keepers? You
say, first the saloon men make no
money, theI etore il is no inducement to
them. Second, the customer can pay his
portion of the tax that saloons pay for
him and have q portion left to invest
and earn something more.
The saloon keeper was not found
fault with because he was not rich
enough to own his business property y
by DR.. Ward or any other speaker on
Monday evening. II the saloon keepers
path is such q hard one and they are SC
"Willing to sell out and quit the busi-
ness," &C., why do they stick to it SO
earnestly and SO many ready to go into
it. suppose the saloon keeper "doet
provide for his wife and children" what
does he give in return for the money
that he obtains from the support oil
other wives and children?
1 will now refer to Mr.. "Tax Payers
! proposition. His first and second have
been referred to above. Thirdly, please
state what per cent of the saloon pat
rcn's money goes to pay taxes ? and j!
those who do not patronize the saloon
are willing to pay their portion of the
tax it is evident that they are not urgipa
prohibition for personal gain. Oan yor
say as much for the saloon keeper? II
you can why are they so ready to rIst
their fines for running "hoIes in the
wall" ''blind pigs" &c?
If those who are so DESTROYS to drink
can get all they want any way, why d.
they oppose the closing Of saloons?
Surprising it does run out one hundred
times the number of men that il will d,
providing the local option does carry
what loss is it to the community? The,
do not furnish any useful value for whs
money they obtain to subsist upon. Th.
community would be Just as we'll of tt
feed them in the poor house, IL they ar
such o helpless lot as not to be able {,
earn q living by some plan by whicl
they can furnish a value for what the.
receive. Admitting that "a second Gov
ington is built across the river" &c. vii
the taxes in Yankton be any higher as
whole? Do moi the people of this vici
nifty furnish the saloon men the none
to pay their taxes2
In conclusion I ask, what real valu
does the saloon business furnish to an
town? If the saloon bushes does retur
, real value for value upon the true prin
ciples of business to the community the
they are sinned against and it is time fo
friends of right to step in and protet
them, but II the merchandise which th
. saloons give in exchange for the value
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