Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-02
SALOON LEAGUE ISSUES EOICT
 OF DECENCY
Proprietors Plainly Tod By
 Their Own People That the Sentiment of the Country Is Against All LaWIeSsneSS.

LOUISVILLE, Oct 1.-The National Model License League an organiza- tion of distillers and brewers, wine makers, wholesalers and retailers, with headquarters here, will begin to- morrow the distribution of an address to saloonkeePers of the United States. n attempt will be made to place the address in the hands of every retailer in the country. The ad- dress is written by T. Nj. Gilmore president of the National Model License League. Every retailer throughout the nation is called upon to obey the law and meet the will of the people. Attention is called to the fact that people are opposed to the lawless saloon and evils which have been connected to a greater or less beverages.
 Saloonkeepers are warned they must either respect public sentiment and obey the law, or lose the legal right to do business.
 The address is as follows: To The Saloon. Keepers of the United States:
 The prohibition wave that was
  | seem to be on the wane but the pro | test on the part of the people against the lawless saloon, the dive and the gambling resort is not subsiding, but | is exhibiting its force in focal option | conflicts.
 The people are demanding and prop erly that their laws shall be obeyed. l Society is moving forward and the | saloon must move forward or be out lawed. The edict has gone forth that l men must be sober if they would be I free and few men will now contend 1 that a man possesses an inherent i right to overthrow hIs reason. The edict has gone forth that sa looms must obey all laws-that they must not 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 Q word that the saloon must not be q nuisance.
 The press Of the, country has SC declared; the ministers nave so de clared; the law and order leagues have so declared; the great consery ative element in society has so de clared.
 These forces for good are all pow erful in society and our trade can not afford to oppose rnem-
 It would be foolish for us to oppose them even though we could do so sue cessfully, because the demands they are making are our demands.
 1 Our trade needs a housekeeping and we should aid the good worl along. The saloon that is run in vio lation of the law or of decency should be put out of business and the bes ter element in the trade should con tinue to .ead in the reform.
 A saloon should be a decent resort 1t should be the working maR'sclub it should inculcate real temperance it should give thought, first of all, tt the welfare of It's patrons; it should consider the home, the wife and the children; 1t should seek to elevatt and not to degrade those who visi it, and if it is run in violation of law its license should be cancelled.
 Could such conditions do harm t' the business? Is 1t unprontable to bC decent; to be law abiding; to be kind to do unto others as you would have 1 them do unto you. We think that al of this would pay-and it would re lieye the business of odium and 1 , !
 py and peaceful death.
 l do not write this letter tnrougT
 any fear of prohibition, because al
 experience of more than half cen tury tells us that prohibition will no prohibit, and common sense tells LII
 that prohibition will not prohibit ant
 the statistics of the internal revenue
 department show conclusiveIy tna prohibition does not prohibit, but
 write because think the saloon i
 liable to be superseded by unlawful
 sellers of alcoholic beverages, as i the case now in all prohibition teritor. and because I think the salc1n ca be and should be desirable asId no an undesirable factor in society. write it because I think the pres Is right, because think the law an order leagues are riEht, because think the ministers wno teach wna ihe Pible teaches are right, becaus I think the great conservative ei' lS ment in society is right.
 RF I write 1t because know that tn larger majority of saloon keeper