The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-07

/ to the open saloon, and it will never
be seen here again 1t is a curse N
any decent community. The ltrIa
city of Canton, only twenty-eight
miles from us. only recently went drv
by 4 very large majority, even in the
face of a phenomenal business in that
line, but while the Whiskey peoDls
We're making lots of money other
lines were barely sustaining, and the
town was TetTOgrading.
Look what Jackson, Tenn, did soma
time in April-went dry by a larsa
following.
VicksbuFg is, | believe, now begin.
ming to realize that that is the cause
of slow growth. 1t has been the curse
of that city for years.
The most prosperous towns and
cities all over the country are those
that have done away with whiskey
or rather the open saloon" All Of
the travelling men will tell you So il
he is not a lover of the stuff, and even
same of them admit it.
%NOw about the blind tigers and the
clubs they talk so much about
will admit that We have the clubs and
some blind tigers, but as We have
laws sufficiently strong to rid the city
of all blind tigers, they have never
bothered Jackson to any alarming ex-
tent. We have a chief of police now
that is attending to this class of VIC
lators, and he is thinning out their
ranks very fast 1t only takes the
enforcement of rigid laws to destroy
that sort of business.
The clubs are somewhat harder to
reach, but even the clubs are afraid
of the law and have to carry on their
business in a very watchful way. and
these clubs are usually located in the
top story of a very tall building ont
of the way of public gaze, so that it
does not affect those who do not be-
long to the club, and there are
great many men who do not belong
to these clubs who would, however,
patrOnize an open saloon to the extent
of his injury. l think that the next
legislature is going to fix it so that
even clubs cannot do business of an
Illicit character. These things come
by degrees and the Improvement is
noticeable here aIi Of the time.
OF course you will find it a hard
matter for a few years, unless the
good citizens join hands and insist on
the enforcement of the laws Put good
men in office, especially your mayor
and chief of police, and demand Of
them the enforcement of such laws az
apply to the sale of intoXicants. The
people generally should aid the Off.
GERS in every way, especially should
the grand juries do their part. The
judge of your circuit court could aid
very materially
For many years, now and then,
some drink was put on the market
and called by some name and adver-
tised as a cooling temperance bever.
age when in reality it was some mix
ture containing intoxicants, and OF
the cheapest kind, and most injurious
to the stomach, but as fast as they
came they were put out of business.
1t is simply absurd for any man to
say that prohibition does not pro-
hibit. The fellows who say so are
usually the fellows who are reaping
the harvest, and they would not have
It any other way, but they have 10
violate this law to enjoy their pros
perity. 1t prohibits to that extent
that is alarming to them, and thev
see it getting tighter and tighter all
The time.
/ would like to write more on this
subject now, but as it is getting late
must close to get it in the mail To-
night
Respectfully.
(Signed) B. C. BEAULLIEU.
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