The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-03
SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF F.
The Licensed Saloons Always
Speak for Themselves, 10 tho
Detriment of the Community In
Which they are Located.

The following from the Worthing.
ton Herald of last week. ..S .1
! About one year ago, when ths pres
ent village council took charge 81 the
city's business and finances there vas
an indebtedness in overy day,f,lnning
accounts of s1367.32. During the
past year this has all been wiped out,
and it is also expected that the two
old winter bonds, $500 each, ske rom
nants Of early indebtedness, Will be5
taken up berore the close ofths prees I !.
ent village year. This will make u
decrease of nearly $500 nths city'a
debt in a single year, aS,showing
which speaks for itself to tho citizens
of Worthington. .sH
The above is ono of tho slkuments
the license supporters look g 10 their
main strength to carry this village to
their interest, and in must be said the
argument thus, far, carriss great
weight, and influences a numbor Of
voters who permit themselves to be
influenced without taking into con-
sideration all the facts of the matter.
The revenue the village municipal
ity derived from the saloon the past
year amounted to $3.50, which was
paid by number of our citizens in
the village and residents of the coun-
ty. The saloons of this village have.
caused the county to pay b. taxation
those arrested for drunkenness and
crime committed while intoxicated,
for arrest, witness, justice, board at
county Jail, and aid for those render.
ed destitute by reason of their sup.
porters' earnings being spent in the
saloon, therefore many of:the tax.
payers are paying the same bill twice,
the license fee and tax caused by
saloons, of course only small per
cent. of these costs are paid by the
residents of this village, because OF
the whole expense being thrown on
the county.
The saloon is said to drsw business
to town, and it is but reasonable to
suppose that if business ofa town is
increased, the valuation ofsthe town
will be increased but statstics pro.
cured last week md given A:. r.
hall Sunday evening show unqaes-
tionably and conclusively that tho
village of Worthington has decreased
in value in comparison with the
countys increase outside of the vii
lage, this fact is: arrived:at by a COM
parison with the village of Window
who has had no license for twelve
years, yet this village has increased
in valuation over the county, and
over Worthington, while tho two
counties increase is nearly the same
Window has also built 100 houses
during the past year, while Worth
ington did not build to exceed ton
houses. 1t does not look very we'll
for village to hold out as an induce
ment to come and trade therein, the
saloon. It looks like a confidence
game to get the people into town to
patronize the saloon, to increase the
| mercantile business and to pay taxes
in other words the saloons are wanted
so that the farmers will pay portion
Of the village expenses through the
saloon. When the residents of vii"
lage hold up this argument, they are
imposing upon the people of the
country, by endeavoring to throw the
burden of their. taxes upon those from
the country, in addition to the tax:
alton Of costs resulting from acts
traceable to saloons.
| There is not a business man that
can truthfully deny the: fact that
many customers of the mercantile