The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-01-20

ton of the blacks. prohibition i,
not dead. We are not at all dis
couraged."-Senator Colquit.
These could be duplicated by hun
drels. II by any possibility Loca
Option should be defeated in chi
county it will be by the class tha'
defeated it in Atlanta on Nov. a6th,
And TO be defeated by that class
would indeed be stigma on Shia
wassee county
And yet IL is said that temperance
law in Shiawassee county will be a
commercial, calamity. To whom,
then? To the homes where women
and children shiver with cold these
bitter January days because the
saloon has gormandized on the
fathers earnings? To the young men
who loose their positions through
drink? To the stores where food and
clothing and fuel and comforts are on
sale, and which because Of the saloon
are compelled either to refuse credit
or charge up large percentage of
their business to profit aud loss? One
of the largest retail stores in the
county, doing heavy credit business,
has said that nearly 10 per cent. Of
their sales for 1887 are a loss. The
delinquency Is largely due to the
saloon" If their volume of business
for 1887 was $roo 900 the loss would
be $4,000. Would temperance law
ruin them? To but one business can
the s4th of January bring CONNER
ciai calamity and that is to that
blight, that hydra, that monster of
woes, that fountain head of crime
and poverty-THE SALOON.
THIRD OBJECTIoN.-IT WILL CUT
OFF THE REVENUE OF THE COUNTY AND
so INCREASE THE TAXATION OF THE
FARMERS, ETC.
This is the argument most used by
the emissaries of the saloons who are
making still hunt agains; the pas
sage Of the law in our county. Prob.
ably every doubtful voter in Shia-
wassee County will be accosted with
this argument ~ before January "a
This argument rests on the basis
that our farmers are Judas, willing to
sell their principle for blood money.
But it is no nearer the truth than
either of the foregoing so called ar
guments.
Notice the following from the
Rhode Island Chief of State Police:
"The commitments to the State Work
house, whose inmates are largely victims
of The Incorporate use of intoxicating lidl
uors, for the first six months under pro-
hibition as compared with the correspond
ing period under license show a falling Off
OF more than one-haf and resulting in the
large saving to the State of more than ST.
800, 900 per annum in the item OF board
alone. G. r. BRAYToN.
Chief Of Stale Police.
When we destroy the saloon, we
eliminate that thing which makes our
taxes The saloon tax for Michigan
is 81, 200, 900, furnished by the con
tingent of criminals and paupers. Her
saloons cost the State Of Michigan
for 'maintainance of prisons, poor
houses, asylums, ETC., $4,000, 900.
The tax on the saloons of Shia-
wassee County nets the county for
local purposes, So 800; but over
$500, 900 are paid into the saloons of
our county for the privilege. .F1,
every d0llar that gees int tie 0eaI
treasury Of eur county 0ve1 tWeHfy
dollars are pail int tie ill Of the
saloon. These figures have been be
fore the people of our county for
eleven months and have never been
disputed or even publicly contra
dicted.
This claim, then, that the farmers
and business men who vote YES for
local option, will be voting none,
out Of their own pockets, is a most
falsehood 1t can be char
acterIzed by no milder words. 1t j.
more than willing delusion; it is a /
falsehood. The voters Of the county
will not be duped by it. The saloon
IS waste. 1t is nothing else. In
lime, comforts, social purity, money,
license, taxes, law, economy, and
morals Tie Salon is a 7UaSte, drain |
and no argument can be adduced to |
prove the contrary.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The crisis IS
lpon us. II we will, we can hurl off |
he malignant presence OF the saloon.
The history of last spring proves this
L we do not it will be because we do
lot come to the polls and there de
:lare our principles. Every voter
Who remains at home jeopardizes the
:ause Of temperance in our county.
Remember: the arguments before the
supreme Court at Lansing last week
Jan. 10Y in no way involve the con-
titutionality Of the local option law
which We vote in January 24th. Let
10 apologst for the saloon deceive
'ou. "rhe local option act is no,
involved in the pending proceedings"
= argument OF counsel before
supreme bench.