The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-12-23

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made to secure expressions from
representative men in other Mime
sofa towns that have voted dry"
Here are a few of them.
ATWATER
Dear Sir: / shall give you some
information comparing business un-
der the saloon regime and without
saloons. Our business men agree
that their business has been at least
10 per cent better without saloons
and from Is to 10 per cent better
for collections. Respectfully,
G. O. SCHoBERG.
AtWater, MINI.
CAMBRIDGE
Dear Sir: We find that in the
six months, July to December, 1907,
we did nearly Is per cent more bus
mess without saloons than we did
in the same six months in 1906. with
saloons, and the trade conditions
otherwise being the same for both
said years. Yours truly,
GoULDBERG & ANDERSON Co.,
By d. O. Anderson.
Sec'y. and Treas.
Cambridge, MINI.
WINNEBAGo
This is to certify that we can
truthfully say that the saloons are a
detEment to our business in more
ways than one. Sincerely yours,
GERMAN PRODUCE Co.
Winnebago, MINI.
Dear Sir--In answer to inquiry
regarding volume of business during
license and no-license years, would
say that during the twelve years
which we have been in business we
have had, with one exception, our
best years when we had no license.
We make this statement after con-
sultlng our book Of inventories and
taking the yearly earnings of the
firm as a guide. The year men
tioned above, our town had the mis-
j fortune Of a bank failure, oil failure
and a copper mine swindle, many
thousand dollars being lost through
them. The past two years have
been the best of our expert nee
and both no license years.
Yours truly,
GEO. H. ANDREWS,
! Firm of Andrews & Stevenson.
! Winnebago, MINI.
!, From Cambridge comes also re
port from A. B. Hallin, cashier o:
the First National Bank, that thu
average bank deposits increased
more than $4,000 during clever
months of last year without saloons
) as compared with the same periot
of the preceding year when Their
were saloons.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE TOWN.
: That is the issue. Let it be un
derstood that the refusal to gran
saloon licenses does not antagoniz
the legitimate rights of any individ
al. Listen to this from "The Amer
lean Brewers Review" one of tn
leading liquor journals. 1.-The SO
called personal liberty argument il
behalf of alcoholic drink loses NOR
and more of it's force. Considers
ton of the public welfare continue
. to grow and overshadow the right
of the individuals. The drink ques
ton must be fought out upon th
J ultimate foundation of morals, by
giene and social order. in othe
J words, the public welfare. If tn
public welfare requires the sur
preston of alcoholic drink traffic,
should be suppressed.
How, then, does the saloon affec
the public welfare? Here is tn
testimony of another witness, VIII
has shown himself on other occs
sions, to be friendly to the liquo
interests. 1t is Professor Muenstel
berg of Harvard university. in a re
cent address i'm Philadelphia. Nv
all agree, without doubt. that tn
American saloon is the most afro
: cious insult to decent social life. an
J. that its influence on corrupt polite
: and on Incorporate habits is detes
able"
Thus the saloon is convicted b