The Taney County republican., 1901-12-19
MODERN ATTACK ON SALOON.
New Methods should he Employed 70
Brrak Its Hold Upon the Commun-
tiles Where u IL Entrcnchcd.

thorough understanding Of actual con-
di'ions. TO lead u successful assault
un the camp Of an enemy, one must
know exactly the number and character
of the Notifications. the source of
supply. aud the secret OF It's strength.
In our efforts To diminish the evils aris.
ing from intvmpcrancr, and to dlS.odgc
the saloon a. Il exists IN our American
cities. /; Is necessary to know precise
.y how II has obtained and continues
TO ho.d the patronage of so large
number uf the population.
In 1875. an investigation in the city
OF Boston estimated that abou, .2j.'
GOO people daily visited The saloons IN
that city, or approximately i0pcc cccnt.
OF the entire population. y siili more
recent inquiry in Chicago iiX, d ia, daily
patronage in the saloons OF thGt city
at som, thing over gUu,UUO, ar 0''r 80
per cent. of the population. The qucs'
zion to be carefully considered is:
Why does ore out Of every woptrsons
in these cities ,isi; the saloon?
Close investigation has revealed that
The -g'uuu has cntrcuched Itself firmly
iu the ;nia. nf the life of the CONF
wui .iy,anu ministers tu many desires
besides The thirst for drink, The
American saloon to-day is rot only a
agiah.ng.p.arr. II /, % sarial r,udy1.
v,u,. the center for gu.sip and fellow
! ship Tor many OF It, patrons. 1t Ills
the place of the club of he rich man.
II Is political headquarters, rs many
,aioons openly advertise by their
| names. II Is the only restaurant which
thousand, of worklngmcn ever IRE.
qupui and hN iis IRE, meal, offers ire
| S,tih.c attractions FOR many who 9th
| ,rWisc would not enter. II san amuse
/ mont center aud offers the baseball
scores. the pupli.iic news and ,audc'
/ ,i.lr entertainment. all free Of charge.
| II i, labor bureau. a post office, sumc'
times even n lodging house and always
- convenient place to spend Il hall hour
| aud 10 meet ones friends.
The literature descriptive of this
asprr, of the liquor que, Ion iscompar'
ati,c,y recent. Readers may recall an
article in late number of The out
look. on "WLv Workingmcn Drink"
Thi, vivid narrative clearly sets forth
the firm hold of ,hc saloon on working
prnplr. Prof. Wykoir'S "The Workers"
and the last volume Of the Committee
Of Fifty on Substitutes for the Sa'
looms" are other contributions in
which this aspcct of the saloon is set
forth. The conclusion To which these
inyrstirotions MI point is that the
saloon can never he dislodged until
other methods are devised for supply.
ing the varied opportunities Of the "a.
.oon. Places of popular amusement,
rcnding-ronms, cheap lunch rooms,
mode, lodging houses, clubs and gym.
uasiums-all these need to bc provided,
free oi cost or at normal rates, for the
working people. without the drink. By
this means the great hold which the
saloon now has ON the affections and
LOYALTY of the people will he weakened.
and the saloon itself can either b, ban.
ished entirely or It's capacity for harm
greatly diminished.
IN inns Work ut DTONltlnW Spcinl AL.
fractions for the people rs rivals I o tbs
snloun, the Wuman's Christian TEN.
p,rancc Union can he OF the greatest
assistance. Ecnding.rooms can he
npencd along our streets: Gye.cent
lunch rooms can he operated in the Vi
cinily Of factories, club rooms can be
offered to labor unions at very low
rates, gymnasiums for young men ca
be opened at small cost, and will never
tail To he filled. In these and kindred
ways nn attack will be made on the 50.
p loon AT most vulnerable point. Ia
closing this article. reference will be
made TO the experience Of n union in
Denver. which succeeded by this
means in c.osing two saloons, which
were having mos, harmful influence.
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