Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-02-12

to open up three in a short time.
The Guard says tn at with these
saloons, prosperity will again re-
turn to BatrsvlIIr. that the Ark,
,,nsas College will receive a new
impetus, and their morals greatly
built mp.
How can saloons bring prosperity
to BatesvliIe? They do not build
mp new industries Neither can
they attract more trade to that town
for the reason that whiskey Is sold
there. The Guard says without
them whskey can 0e had there at
any time and in any quantities.
They do not cleate wealth, They
do not increase the circulation of
money per capita for the reason
that the money which viii! go to the
saloons is already in circulation,
Their patrons, very large majority,
are men who labor and have bnt
little money to spend. With open
saloons, this little will, many times,
90 for drink, when 1t is, without
them, spent for the EeceSsarles of
| lie, and taken home to gladden. the
hearts Of wives and needy children.
The saloon will enable Its owner to
get money and live in luxury, but it
will take from the iabOrer and his
family bread and give III It's place
a cup of sorrow that none but the
eternal God can measure. If saloons
are licensed in BatesviIle we UNDER
stand that each will he require! to
pay $500 city, county and state
license. If three are opened they
will have s. 100 invested for license
to say nothing Of equipments, rents
etc, which will certainly equal tn Z
amount of the license. THIS will
make the sum of $40, 200 On II is sum
profit must be realized, which will
make sum Of not less than SI6,>
600. For this whlSkev must be
sold The Guard says that this
will bring prosperity to that city,
but there Is no correct premise
from which It's logical editor can
argue, to prove this proposition.
The closest investigation by cities
where saloons have been abolished,
show that the money spent with
the saloon Is, without them, spent
for the necessaries of life. 1t goes
to the grocer and other merchants
and ls kept IN circulation, Instead of
prosperity, the saloons will give to
the city of Batesvllle paupers. .
How can saloons do more to
build up the Arkansas College than
"bllnd tigers?'' Not IN all their
history, can the Guard polnt on; one
instance where they have endowed
a college, erected church, or built
an orphans home. They are not
in their nature harblngers Of cnl'
turc, What thinking father would
send his boy to Batesville where
they have saloons where he would
not do 50 without them, The
Guard says that whiskpy was sold
there winch was in open violation
of the law, Would it not be reason
able for the soEcitous father 70 say
"f the people of BatesvlIle and
their officers could not ehforCe the
law against the "blind uger" when
the reputation and prosperity Of
noble institution was at stake they
cannot enforce 1t with saloons?
The officers are az much bound by
their oath to enforce the law I'M
der the one condition az the other,
How can the saloons improve
the morals of BatesvlIle, 1t does
not take whlskey to make a people
moral; If it does the people Of
that city, are already as moral as
whlskey 'can make them for the
tnard says that II IL there IN abnnN
dance without the saloon, The
mission of the saloon il not to build
up the morals Of the people, The
thousands who fill drunkard's
graves, the manhood it wrecks, the
homes 1t destroys and the paupers
1t turns ont upon the cold world
annually, all unite, IN one conuuu'
0us wall IN condemnation Of It's
work.
what spectacle The splendid
lttlo cny of Batesville, renowned
for it's great and good men an d
women, ITS culture and lts morals,
40 fallen AZ to legalzc, thing the
very mission Of which il TO DIES troy
them ALI Putting the cup to her
neighbours lips, which CAT the last
btelh like a serpent and sting eth