The independent., 1907-02-14

Gus lOWI Call De Dullt up oii tile anu
saloon plan.
my father Rev. c. S. Harrison, set
tied in York in H. said Mr.. Harrison,
land commenced helping to build the
community with what we now call the
York idea in his head.
He had a strong sentiment against
saloons then as he has now, from a
moral standpoint, but he had al that
time what all'the business men of York
have now the more modern idea that
towns can be built up and can grow
and prosper without saloons
'"The old idea was that saloons in a
town attracted the farmers and each
little town in the early days ambitious
for its own success was afraid to op-
pose the saloon for fear that the other
towns would encourage the saloon and
thereby attract more farmers and more
business
MY father believed that town
could be established and maintained
without submitting to the coldblooded
domination and the reckless waste and
immoral effects of the saloon, and
when | see the town of York. now
prosperous and progressive as it is,
and think of it in connection with this
idea, it looks pretty good to me-"
Asked about the financial condition
Of York as a city. Mr.. Harrison said:
Our municipal Indebtedness is less
than that of any other town of its size
in the state. Our tax levy for city
purposes is very low. l cannot now
give the exact figures, but ! am quite
sure that there is no other town in the
state of its size that can compete with
it in respect to that. We have only
one policeman. Our Jail is empty.
There is no disorder in York People
are attracted to York, and to the sur
rounding country, and farm lands in
the vicinity Of York are now selling as
high as $40 an acre. The Nobes farm,
240 acres, sold within the last year for
$3.50 an acre. Instead of the town be-
ing magnetic and attractive by reason
of a large number of open saloons, it
is magnetic and attracts the very best
class of people for it's god order, and
for the safety there is, and the pleas
ure there is in living in such a town.
"The laboring man in York is a per-
manent fixture. He has his home he is
an orderly, well-behaved man, he has
the best opportunities for church and
school privileges and he gets higher
wages than are paid in many other
parts of the state"
Asked if there was any sentiment in
York for saloons, Mr.. Harrison said he
knew of good many men who had
come there with the open saloon the
Dry in their minds who had changed
their views since living in York. About
fifteen years ago an effort was made
to work up a sentiment for open Sa-
looms and to test the public feeling in
the matter, vote was taken in York
1<fA 1.r
the SALOON idea five to one.
Mr.. Harrison said that the influence
of what he called the York idea had
radiated out over the entire county, so
that among the farmers there was
general consent to the anti-saloon
proposition. 1.-The farmers" said Mr..
Harrison, "have come to see that the
saloon in it's immoral effects reaches
out into the country and affects the
whole community. They realize now
that they have a right to say whether
there shall be saloons in the town, be-
cause they are compelled to pay the
county expenses, and the farmers who
have sons going to town once or twice
a week for recreation feel that they
ought to have right to reach the sa
loon with their votes in self-protec-
ton.
"The farmers and property owners
have come to understand that the sa
loon system doc\ not attach value to
property, but on the other hand, low
ers the value of property as well as
the morals of the people"
OMAHA. Neb., Feb, 7.-How the
American Cereal company wiped out a
factory at Seward by means of the
prenium plan and thea boosted the
price of package goods in Nebraska.
was told by Fred Goehner Of Seward
at the hardware mems convention
Thursday.
eve had plant at Seward that cost
$50 anu were doing a nice business
until the American Cereal company
got after us," said Mr. Goehner. 1--WE
put five pounds of actual goods I'm
package. while the American company
put I'm three and one-half pounds and
made up the remainder of the five