Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-01
Prohibition notwithstanding their
Does hurt protest that prohibition
The Saloons. does not hurt their bust

Prohibition notwithstanding their
Does hurt protest that prohibition
The Saloons. does not hurt their Dusl-
ness, Notwithstanding tho
fact that internal revenue figures snow
increased sales OF malt and splrltuous
liquors In 1907 over 1906, brewers, dis
tillers. and wholesale LIQUOR dealers
are girding their loins. Never netOie
nas any one been able to make the
liquor Interests stand together ON
anything, but common danger mas
Drought about common Interest. Brew
or and distiller are shoulder to shoulder
TO dispute the open territory left to
them. The brewers are especially ac-
i've. and the brewers, among the larg
en- interests, are mainly responsible Tor
the degradation OF the American sn-
loon; the small. local brewers, that Is,
not the big ones who ship their beer
lar away. As the brewers deal VITA
The lighter and less harmful form Of al
uoholic beverages this bad leadership or
influence bears the look OF paradox.
But the manufacturers and distributors
OF spirits, making an mperlshabIe anu
comparatively concentrated product,
are in only distant touch with the sa-
ioonkeepers. while the brewers, with
their bulky and perishable goods, must
maintain close touch. This contact
with their customers, together with an
Incorporate race for business among
breweries, has begotten system to
which many of the increasing evils of
the saloon business are due. When
few years ago the saloonkeepers OF
Chicago made q declaration of their
business, as required by state law, 5000
out of 5000 stated that they were
agents for brewerles." II is the conse-
quent degradation which has driven
drinking men. south and west. to
cope with the Prohiibtionists, for moth
ing is more certain about this ''prohibi-
ton wave" than that 1t acquires its
great strength not from pure hatred OF
strong drink, but from hostility to our
system of distribution-the American
saloon.-Colller' Weekly.
When We AreSome men are pitched to
Pitched TO minor key. They
\ Minor Key. probably do not realize
it; but there is n down
ward tendency In their thought and
conversation. Everything Is down
business poor, prospects dark. They
are always seeing snags ahead. They
see tendencies in American life which
are sure to undermine our democracy
and end in revolution. Nothing is as 1t
used to be when they were young.
They cannot get any more decent
help. Everything is In deplorable
thing to get into such mental hab-
1t. | know some of these people.
Their letters are always pesslmlstic
They go through life like tornado
cloud, carrying blackness and threat
ening disaster wherever they go. Every
thing depends upon the way we look at
things, Near these calamity howlers
we find people living practically I'M
der the same conditions, who see beau.
ty and increasing goodness, and an up
ward trend in civilization everywhere
What an untold blessing to form early
in life the optimistic habit of seeing
the best instead of the worst! Thinl;
how much more those get out of lie
who are always courageous. hopeful.
always grateful for every god thing
that comes to them, and who have
great faith in the goodness of hu-
man nature and in the honesty of most
people.-Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine"
Many Ills 1t may Mt once be stated
That Flesh that this article is not
Is Heir To. nigh-fl appreciation
of some Invaluable po-
ton which for generations past has
conferred an enormous boon upon
poor humanity by discomnting the
virulent attacks of all manner of ma
lignant microbes and malevolent bac-
terra, and has conferred renewed youth
and vigor upon all who take a few
doses Of 1t; or of some absolutely In
fallible bolus which If taken in sufli-
cient quantity will cure anything and
everything from n chilblain to a brok-
en- heart But what a different world
would this be II these varied ills to
which poor mortal flesh is heir were
banished from off this earth: if sutfi-
GENTLY increased power were con-
ferred upon those benignant 'phago-
cites" those scavengers of the blood
whose function 1t is to combat and de-
YOUR those varied noisome and pesti-
lent organisms. which--each ailment
having its distinct genus-swooping
down upon its victim. effect an en-
trance into his vital fluid, and then.
after a fight to the death with these
beneficent little guardians of our
health, If victorious, multiply with in
credible rapidity. batten upon their
conquered foes. and strike down even
Hercules or Samson, leaving him
helpless as a babe. And when these
malefic invaders. after sanguinary