Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-04
SALOONS ARE "oN THE nun.


In the March American Magazine
William Ali,n Wfita writing of varl
cis reforms Of the past few years sum
~ the progress made Nv the tetnpefanc
G0vement ~ follows:
'Tn spite Of the fourteenth amendmen
- tha Constitution Of the United states
persons and corporations having mil
lions Of dollars invested in many Of the
BtAtcA are being deprived Of their pro
rerty without dus process Of law The
s1pstng Of the race TRACKS In Missouri
'.and New York. which has been followed
stby . slump In race-trAck gambling oil
.Uver the country. has deprived thous-
'nnds Of people Of property which they
considered Just a. sacred as DO the rail-
ruad holders Of coal mines in Pennsyl-
wanna and probably With about as
much equity. And when ono estimates
tire amount Of property destroyed by
the growing sentiment against gambling
In every American State during the ten
years now passins. It Is hard to realize
that tho fourteenth amendment should
sand Idly b. and SEQ all this wrong
done, willis Il n 20 active IN behalf Of
Sa1e public service corporations! But the
greatest destruction Of property In the
country without due process Of law has
been done in the brewery and saloon
Rusiness
.srhe aY,fi-saloon sentiment o. the ma
don seems to have gone TO work about
tsn years ago, and worked without
much result for half a decade. But since
seOl results have been coming regularly.
Statewide prohibition now prevails in
Alabama. Georgia, Mississippi. North
Carolina, North Dakota Oklahoma.
Kansas adopted prohibition in 1880 but
d.. not enforce II rgidly in the larger
cities until 1896 and Maine has gal
van,yed her old law into new efficiency.
Prohibition now has abolished the sa-
loor. In majority Of the counties In
Arkansas, Missouri Texas Connecticut
Delaware. Florida Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa. Kentucky. Louisiana. Nebrnska.
New HAMPSHIRE, Ohio. Oregon. South
Carolina. Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia And IN every one OF these
States excepting New Hampshire and
Iowa, where prohibitory laws were re-
tsealed In 1903. there Is strong move
x1ent for Statewide prohibition, en-
doreed moro or less definitely by one Of
tho two ruling parties In the election
Of 1908 tho Antl-Saloon League made
gains in New York. 1llinotA South Car
DINA, Washington, idaho and Ohio The
move n1ent Is strong IN southern Califor-
MIA. and Is moving rapidly up the coast.
In Colorado the saloon has been abo'-
.shed from % towns within the past
two years. In Massachusetts in 1--WE
years there has been a gain OF 10
towns for tho anti-salocn territory. and
worcester Is said TO be the largest pro-
hfbhion town in the world. In Michi-
gan there AFRO now II prohibition coun-
ties and 7(O prohibition towns, as
against counties and 400 towns five
sears oan In Minnesota fve years have
seen the prohibition towns grow from
4oo To i.611 In New Jersey. whore there
has been a warm contest for four years,
the temperance people have secured
Sunday closing. And a Statewide cam
paizn for county prohibition is wagnS
In Pennsylvania
"The movement against the saloon IS
gaining headway IN every American
s3sate, And sentiment now differs from
sentiment thirty years ago, there IS lit
Tia etpotanna1isu in this movement 1t
n ss1ftect 70 no reactions Tho people
eSern TO feel that tho saloon IS a law
hreaxsr: that is 4 business extrava-
rance, and that Il corvupts politics. and
keepr the people from accomplishing
Their endA Hence capital invested IN
Ghc NquoS business II not restricted, AS
capital invested n public service cor
porattons, not divided a. all capital Is
divided through the tax-laws OF the
State, bat destroyed without duo pro
cess at law. and without recourse o.
rs1uaxe from the R1atA~