The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1906-08-31


AGAINST LICENSE.
lst The saloon is dirty. vile. inqui-
tlous place, a breeder and fosterer of
crime, the greatest ally Of the Devil and
the wide open door to Hell.
I'd. The saloons demoralize citizen
ship. they try to destroy the best citi-
zens and too often succeed. They work
hard on boys They give whiskey to
them because they know it means dol
lars IN the saloon cash dr. wers after
awhile They begin early and work all
TIM time to corrupt men, women and
children
Bird. The saloon coTupts politics We
hear the cry of corrup politics on every
hand. The principal agency therefor is
the saloon
4th The saloon is an expense and
not a source Of profit to the city, county,
state and nation True they pay license.
But the license is not drop in the
bucket compared to the expense. Strike
the balance sheet any time, anywhere.
The mere money figure will tell the tale.
Pile ON top of this the loss of manhood,
the loss # Legitimate business, the woes
and heart aches OF widows and orphans
which they make. and the result is APP
palliug
9TH. The saloon diyerts money from
the legitimate channels of trade and
places it in the hands eff gamblers, dive
keepers, wholesale liquor dealers, muir
derers and the like. A dollar spent for
sugar. coffee, meat, cotton goods or any
useful commodity, goes on its way do
ing good and making happy the one
who buys and the one who sells. But
the largest part Of a dollar spent for
whislzey is forever taken from the legiti
mate channels of trade and leaves for
the buyer and his family nothing but
sorrow, tears, anguish, poverty and
death
9th. The saloon has proven itself IN
comfortable by the officers of the law.
Some say the saloon is better than the
blind tiger because the saloon Is under
the control of the Police Department.
Inc truth Is the saloons too often control
our Police Department They care not
for law. They violate it at will, week
day and Sunday They successfully
handle the police department so that the
police department does not bother them
much, Some time before election, or
during some moral wave spasm, they
get brave and talk about putting on
the lid, but the lid is off far more
than it is on.
18th. A moral sentiment that will
vote the saloon out will keep it out a
Blind Tiger is an outlaw and a coward,
d vile, dirty, mean, low down coward
All it takes to put a Blind Tiger out of
business is enc good, brave officer. Then
with a good, moral sentiment to back
him 1t is very easy matter to do away
the tiger.
Sth. The saloon is the greatest enemy
of our homes. They tear boys from
mother hearts and send them to hell
They turn fathers into brutes and de
mons. They rob girls of virtue. They
tarn widows and orphans homeless and
friendless to die. They take everything
that is sacred and dear from home life
and leave nothing but woe, despair and
death.
9TH. The saloon is the enemy of the
church of God. Why pray thy King
dom come and then vote for the great
est enemy the Kingdom has in the world
The time has come when every member
and sympathizer of the church must
rise and say by his vote the saloon must
go.
10th. A vote against license is a vote
for honest elections, good government
PROSPEROUS buslIess anu udppy MONIES.
Let the voters of Independence county
increase its majority against license on
election day.
SALOON KEEPER TELLS THE TRUTH.
\ former correspondent of the Argus
who is now in Poughkeepsie, New York
sends the Argus the following which
appeared in the New FORK American
under date given. If there is an incor-
rect utterance in it. the Argus would