Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1904-03-03

Walted Tor saloons to build these build
ings, they never would have them. When
people want these puolic works executed
they go down in their pockets and pay
for them. Granting that the revenue
derived from saloons would be sufficient
to make roads, is it not fact that the
people are paying for them anyway?
Where does the revenue placed on the
roads come from? From the pockets of
| those who drink the liquor and in many
| cases from those who can i'll afford to
spend morey on roads or for anything ex-
| cept the necessities of life for their
families. Building roads by the saloon
method is actually building them by
taking clothes from the backs, shoes
from the feet and even bread from the
| mouths OF many children who live in the
| community that does this business, and
the curses OF these helpless children
| should rest upon those who advocate this
| business.
In my Judgment, saloon is more
dangerous to community than a blind
tiger. My reason for making this as
sertion is, that the saloon offers greater
temptation to drink and sells liquor to
more people. Saloon keepers hang out
great catchy slgEs and make their places
OF business very attractive in order to
catch the TNayfaring man. Blind tiger
men do none of these. There are only
two Classes of men the tiger man will sell
TO giz: travelling men and frequently men
who when called before the prosecuting
attorney to testify as to whether they
bought liquor from Mr.. 80 and so, say
they don't know if it was liquor or what
it was; fellows who get drunk and don't
know if they bought liquor or not. These
are perjurers and these are the customers
OF the blind tiger and in selling to these
| fellows the blind tiger man violates the
law, But the saloon keeper is not re-
stricted to these fellows. He sells to all.
His license gives him the privilege of
doing business with Whomsoever he can.
! He sells to old and middle aged; to the
strong and weak and violates no law but
/
does violate the law. Blind tigers do not
| offer the inducements to drink that the
saloon does. Giving d man the right to
| sell liquor seems to fix in boys minds the
| idea that the business is equal to other
| business and he sees no reason why he
should not as we'll step into the saloon
as into store. Boys know nothing of
blind tigers likely until they become
almost grown but they can't remember
7Hhcn they learned the first lesson of the
saloon.
Saloons don't pay the county that
.creates them; the man who runs them
nor the men who patronize them.
| take the position tina, it costs more
to- prosecute criminals, made by the
saloon, than the revenue amounts to and
therefore hold that it doesn't pay the
county. Judge J. L. Fort of the 22nd
j judicial district stated, after having ex-
a mined the records in his district, that
81 per cent of the crime committed in
til cat district was caused directly or in
di rectly by the liquor traffic. He further
sta ites that during one year the saloons
of Stoddard county paid into the treasury
St2 900 revenue and that during the
san le year the criminal prosecutions
cost the county in the neighborhood of
S23,, 800. If his first statement is correct
we zee that the saloons of Stoddard
coum y cost the taxpayers about $4,000
or 49,, 900 more than they paid. Does
this pi " county?
Does the liquor traffic pay the saloon
keepert No, selling liquor places man
in a posi- ton inferior to that of his friends
who eng, age in more legitimate business.
Socially. he ostracises himself and
family fol 1t IS fact that good people
don't asso, .iate with saloon keepers nor
their faniL ;es. Furthermore, it deprives
him OF man y privileges which his fellow
men enjoy. No church of protestant
faith will all ow it's members to engage in
the pusiness4 and no saloon keeper can
become an e edd FELLOW. OF. a. Masou. l