The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-29

an Opponent of the Liquor Traffic.
When the Shreveport Progressiv,
League issued Progressive Shreveport
i'll which Shreveport and Caddo parisl
and North louisiana were advertised il
the most tlatterlng words, it was said
Shreveport. the metropolis Of Nortl
Louisiana. was founded in 1890 on tn,
Red river. which is nayigabe all tn,
year round, with tributary coast lin,
Of one thousand miles Shreveport i
now an emporium of 10000 inhabitants
Has. first class electric railway reaching
into the suburbs. electric lights. gas anc
water and sewerage systems. the bes
fire department in the South, and a doz-
en- or more good hotels. three of wlicl
are new
And then follows under appropriate
heads references to the banks. CONNER
cial institutions. railways. streets anC
alleys pave and their mileage. sidewalks
cemented. health and sanitation, indeed
all that which is necessary to impress
favorably is printed i'll this Annual OF
the Shreveport League. This presenta-
ton of Shreveport IS commendabe 1t
was splendid advertisement.
The Shreveport Journal in its ann,7al
edition was equally felicitous in its ref
erence to Shreveport. Its many advan-
tages were elaborated and presented
with convincing effect. All the Journal
said was good and in keeping with the
facts.
The Caucasian in writing of Shreve-
port and Caddo parish and of North
Louisiana did not neglect to enforce in
its most favorable style the many ad-
of a section unsurpassed on
earth, offering ideal aAsS5>t'lties for
the industrious and thrifty homeseeker :;
and its editor, being i'll poetical mood.
declared that so generously has nature
smiled on this lovely land of milk and
honey. SO genial is the climate where no
billiards are experienced, that the mock
bird has no winter in his song, no sor-
row in his years
And this was the picture, unvarnished,
presented to the world before citizens of
Shreveport and of Caddo parish an
nounced their determination to favor
prohibition. believing that the condi-l
tions, while good, coul be bettered.
And who can or will question or doubt
this assertion?
When it was announced that the
saloon, the groggeries and the dives
were not desirable and not necessary to
the welfare Of the community, the op-
position having recovered from theft
dismay at the boldness of the pros, an
and had published an address
to the W :ers, in which they attempted
to demonstrate with figures that if pro-
Flibition prevailed. the city of Shreveport
and the parish of Caddo. but Shreve-
port in particular, Notwithstanding all
its natural advantages and possibilities.
as enumerated, in the keague's and the
press advertisements, would go to
'shoel' if the revenue, about $4,000,
obtained by license from the saloons. the
lives and the groggeries was cut off.
Some of these well meaning but mis-
guided gentlemen have been able to pre-
sent but one plea in favor of the saloon,
he dive and the groggery, and that is
heir need as revenue producers. Be
yond this plea they can offer no excuse
or apology for the existence of the
saloon and the breeders of crime
These gentlemen in their zeal for rev.
,nue are plausible. In three distinct ad-
lresses, prepared with all the ingenuity
If skilfull attorneys, they have submit
ed arrays of figures which are intended
o. befuddle" and fill with awe the man
" Ho Is easily iiltiiiHNidtId vi pei SlidttIb
It the bare mention of the valuation of
dollar being impaired. which is i'm
possible, but with all their glttering
and lastly in their Appeal
o Reason and Common Sense all that
5 heard is the Jingle of the dollar.
Remove from their vision or touch
he dollar and their pleading is gone
As if to impress with a paralyzing
troke those who peruse their addresses
hese misguided gentlemen submit the
tatement of banks. which are so very
avorable to present conditions that it
5 surprising that they should have in
ulged in such an array of figures which
nav he aDDIied adyanta oeor,s1v To the