Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-03
LICENSE LEAGUE
TO SALOON|STS
President Gilmore of Organization
Addresses Letter
TO EVERY MAN ENGAGED
IN LIQUOR BUSINESS

IN LIQUOR BUSINESS
Says People Are Opposed to Lawtsss
Saloon, n the viii Of the public
is strons-saloons Must Obey Az
Laws-Must Not Sell to Drunkards
or Minors-Should Aid Good Work.
Louisville. Ky, Oct. The Nation
al Model League, an organization o.
di~stiliers, brewers, wine makers
wholesalers and retailers, with head.
quarters here, will begin on October
Q, the distribution Of an address To
the saloon keepers Of the United
States. An attempt will be made to
place the address In the hands OF
every retailer in the country.
The address is written by Mr.. T.
M. Gilmore, president Of the National
Model License League. Every re-
taller throughout the nation Is CALLED
on to obey the law and to meet the
will of the people. Atte ntion Is called
TO the fact that the people are OPP
posed to the lawless saloon and to the
evils which have been connected to
a greater or less extent with the sale
Of alcoholic beverages. Saloon keep.
| ers are warned that they must elther
respect public sentiment and obey the
law. or lose their legal right to do
business.
The address Is as follows:
To Saloon Keepers Of United States:
The prohibition wave that was
sweeping aver the country uould
seem to be- On the wane but the pro-
test on the part Of the people against
the lawless saloon, the dive and tAAy
gambling resort Is not subsiding. but
is exhibiting its force in local option
conflicts.
The people are demanding and prop
erly that their laws shall be obeyed.
Society Is moving forward and the
saloon must move forward or be out.
lawed. The edict has gone forth that
men must be sober if they would be
free and few men will now contend
that a man possesses an inherent
right to overthrow his reason.
The edict has gone forth that sa
looms must obey all laws-that they
must o sell to intoxicated men, nor
to habitual drunkards, nor to minors
that they must not exhibit improper
pictures, nor connect themselves with
gambling resorts-in a word that the
saloon must not be a nuisance.
The rress OF the country has SO
declared; the ministers have so de-
clared; the law and order leagues
nave so declared; the great conserva-
tive element is society has so declar- |
ed.
These forces for good are all power
full in society and our trade cannot
afford to oppose them,
1t would be foolish for us to OPP
pose them eve though we could do
so successfully, because the demands
they are making are our demands
Our trade needs a house cleaning
and we should aid the good work
along. The saloon that Is run in VIC
lation of the law or of decency should
be put out of business and the bet
ter element in the trade should con-
tinue to Head in the reform.
A saloon should be a decent re-
sort; it should be the working mans
club; it should inculcate real tenn
perance; it should give thought, first
OF all, to the welfare of its patrons,
it should consider the home. the wife
and the children; it should seek to
elevate and not degrade those who
visit 1t, and II it is run in violation
Of Law it's license should be Cancelled.
Could such conditions do harm to
the business? Is 1t Improbable to be
decent; to be law abiding; to be kind;
to do unto others as you would have
them do unto you? We think that all
OF this would pay-and 1t would re-
lieve the business of odiun and It
would permit prohibition to die a hap
and peacef,a death.