Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-01
Prominent Salt Lake Medical
Man Riddles Arguments OF
Saloon Champions.
COURTS ON VESTED RIGHTS
What Chief Justice Field Says in His
Decision ON the Much Dc
batcd Question

a mastery paper declaring strongly
| for prohibition and IN which every
phase OF The liquor question is ably
! discussed by man capable Of such
analysis, was read by Or. y. v. silver.
before the Salt Lake Medical associa-
ton at meeting held at the public
! library
After calling attention 10 the fact
that more than l000.O 900 people spent
the whole OF last year In making. dis
iributlng and selling Intoxicating H.
quors, ont Of the product OF which not
81 was added 20 the wealth OF the ma
Ton, the doctor goes on 90 show that
the general sentiment among am hon
oiable classes OF citizens Isl for its
adjustment Opinions OF leading sur
geuns, pathologists. and physicians con-
uemnatory of the liquor evil were gwen
ana statistics showing that in 90 per
cent OF the area OF the United states.
the saloon is Illegal or the 1000. 900
people living On these states 40 600 900
are living IN territory from which the
saloon has been legally banished Re-
ierring Go the argument that prohibit
uou interfercs with vested rights the
speaker quoted from the decisions Of
the leading iurists OF the nation. i'm
Guiding chief Justice Field. who has
this TO say. 1T is undoubtedly the
right OF every citizen OF the United
states % pursue any lawful business
under such restrictions as are imposed
upon an persons of the same age, sex.
and conditions OF life The right TO
sell Intoxicating liquors. however 80
far as such right exists. is not one OF
the rights growing out OF citizenship Of
the United States other eminent
lurists confirming this opinion were
quoted. as were the views expressed BY
many leading students OF the question.
The speaker called attention TO three
plans which have been tried with more
or less success by those who have at
tempted 10 modify the liquor evil,
they are The dothenburg system. H.
cense and local option.
The Gothenburg system places the
whole liquor traffic under local or
company control with the feature Of
profit eliminated. does not allow the
selling place to be made am attractive
place Of resort, and brings about such
condition Of things that the bar
Keeper has no personal interest in his
sales All revenues are used for pub
lic improvements. and IN brief while
this system is an Improvement on the
saloon 70 by no means furnishes "a 500
ution or the question. Where ID has
been tried ga the southern states IL
has been disappointment
WHY COMPEL A LICENSE
Speaking OF license the speaker
asked III the saloon evil Is right. and
not crime. why compel a hconseg"
Licensing was most severely scored
by the speaker Local option Was
handled m a scholarly way hv Dr.
Silver and les potentality al am odu-
Gator up 90 absolute prohibition point
cd out. Absolute prohibition however
is the only successful means OF cope
ing with the liquor cvil according 10
the speaker when the people are suf-
hCicntly educated t0 lts need prohi-
billion does prohibit De affirmed.
and the attempt 90 control the drink
habit by anything that falls short of
the same has proved itself 90 be- but
very partial SUCCESS The doctor
closed his address with an earnest ape
peal Go the federal government to en-
act prohIbItory legislation governing
the District of Columbia. aud Tho subs
mission tn tne people of Hu enactment
to the Constitution prohibiting the
manufacture sole. Importation DN-
portltiOu OI transportation lr alcoholic
beverage, within tho United States
Also tne repeal of taa Internal
revenue tax 600 alcohol. Liquors and
the prohibition 0i tH. interstate come
MERGE therein.