Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-02

make their protest effective was
brought about by the recall election.
One of the men most actively engaged
in reforming the liquor traffic in the
city is Henry Laub, president of the
Old Plantation Distilling company, do
ing a wholesale liquor business on
Broadway. He is a prominent and in
fiuential member of the Wholesale
Liquor Dealers association, and took
the lead In preventing that association
from throwing it's influence in favor
of the opponent of the recall candi-
date at the late election. In view of
the result of the recall election, Mr..
Laub and others who were associated
with him In the effort to reform the
manner in which the liquor business
was being conducted by many persons
in the city, renewed their efforts in that
direction.
Calls Meeting Of Dealers
After the article entitled How Win
Los Angeles Solve It's Liquor Prob
lem?" appearing in The Herald of day
before yesterday, Mr.. Laub arranged a
meeting of a number of the prominent
liquor dealers and brewers whose pur-
poses were outlined in a letter which
he addressed to Thomas w. Roulo,
president of the Royal Arch, and which
is as follows:
Fifth street, Los Angeles Cal:
My Dear Sir-If you will remem-
ber, several weeks ago l broached
the matter of a meeting to be ar
ranged between us and (naming
two gentlemen who have been
prominently identified with the re-
cent movement for the betterment
of civic conditions) for the purpose
of discussing the best ways and
means of conducting the liquor in
terests of Los Angeles on a footing
that all of us can stand upon.
l have arranged this meeting for
IL o'clock, and on a separate sheet
please find the names of a few
people whom l would like to see at
that conference.
We have many of our members
whom would like to have at that
meeting, but believe a few are bet
ter than so many. Therefore kind
ly phone those mentioned to be on
hand promptly and let us see if we
cannot arrange some equitable
basis whereby we can eradicate the
worst elements ana stop the many
abuses heaped upon us by the few
for which the many must suffer.
We must assist in taking the busi-
ness out of the hands of the ire
sponsible element who harbor all
that is vicious and criminal and
place 1t in the hands of those who
respect law and order. The dive
and the lawless saloon and the So
called Sunday restaurant must go,
as also the blind pigs and vile So
cial clubs and dance halls where
intoxicating drinks are sold.
When this Is accomplished our
business will deserve and merit the
same consideration that other lines
receive who live within the law. If
we want this wave of prohibition
to come to an end we must, one and
all, clean up and remain clean. Do
not let political bosses to lead us
to follow some one of their choos-
ing instead of selecting for our
selves the man fit for the office.
Must Quit Politics
The political saloonist must get
down and out, so must the saloon
keeper who violates the law and is
the greatest menace to our busi-
ness. The burden is on us to purge
ourselves of the elements that low
er the standard of our business and
drive from us the support of those
who believe in the personal liberty
of every Individual. We must make
good our promises, no matter whom
we hurt. When that is done we
can leave our cause to the judg-
ment of the people and feel shat
our rights will be protected from
the assaults of those who would
destroy them.
Therefore let us get together on
a basis of common sense and stop
forever in Los Angeles the dread OF
a coming prohibition election. If
you drive out the vicious, the joints
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