The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-31
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lea. no knew. he said. and they were
9e ~ his. but still he favored the
iilyt;bition movement, because IL meant
,r,-estest good to the greatest num-
bef ..t-,,, - low the renort on
a ,sbie. and the result was p noes
w "a ayes. The final vote was q
sI INST fbe minority and IA in its favor.
inns the Real Estate association de-
1t.-sd against prohibition
rTbe following Is a copy of the major
- ranort which viii be presented to
the legislatures
The Majority Report,
The Real Estate association of salt
Re Citv. standing always for the best
interests Of the pseb OF Ssit L@Ss Ti9g
eelsnv millions Of investments in Utah, and
i-iieyinz in the perfect sincerity OF our
l,-rnakers hereby declare ourselves unal-
-.-sblv opposed to the present bills Of
s--s5 I'm the house and senate Of this
80 on the question of the manufacture
- sale Of liquor within its borders. We
- 40 opposed to any measures lead
i,- IA the further restriction Of the liquor
.-sffc within our state, believing that the
resent laws are sufficient if properly en-
For the following reasons: First-That
.rs neoule Of this state were not properly
s5rise5 Of this question before the last
lection. and have had no opportunity Of
---srassing their wishes on the subject; il
- mo- part Of the state party platform of
snv political party appealing 10 the SUI
F~spist Of this commonwealth
SerOrd-It has been demonstrated IN
,,arv instance where prohibition laws
5,ve been enacted. that prohibition BY
law does not prohibit but that on the
r,rtrarv. such laws are harmful TO the
.7,rsn Of temperance and have left in Dir
frsiu consequences in the way TO a disre-
In for an laws and a serious menace To
- honest standard Of citizenship. and
i,ss been harmful IN every instance to the
Esvelopment Of the resources and bust
- interests Of the communities which
I've been brought under the control OF
s-.b laws Therefore without doubt viii
h. disastrous to the business interests vi
ererv section Of this state.
rd.-That a growing and developing
gtsta like Utah. appealing as II does 20
outside capital for investments, can III
efford to enact a prohibition law WnlCh
s-.rid operate directly to cOnflScate WIN
vs. condensation. millions of dollars OF
yaiusble property and would necessarily
.l-rou- ont of employment many thousands
Of temperate. law-abidtng and properly
owning citizens. Further that such con
Gscat0ry legislation viii deter future cap
tai from entering this state.
Fourth-In thus memorializing you, this
sssociation declares itself to be unaiteT-
abv opposed to a spirit OF lntein per ahce,
but indisputable statistics snow tnat We
15ve Tor the direct results of prohibltory
iorislstion the encouragement and use OF
cocaine morphine and other similar sum
Mating Misunderstanding drugs.
Utah Has Had Enough.
Tifth-Utah has had enough of misun-
Outstanding and sorrow, aud handicap IN
me past. After sixty years Of insulation
f-9m tbe friendship of the American peo-
pie-after sixty years Of being summed
bv capital and evaded. and the motives OF
her people misunderstood, and their con-
duct n1isrepresented- Having Just tn
umphantly emerged from the most disas-
trots panic Of modern times, having sur
mounted the difficulties entailed by the
depreciation Of our metals, and various
other industries. and having survived the
usual viCissitude Of a national campaign
always detrimental TO business interests,
and is now emerging from her long ira
vail into the first warm rays of pros
nervous sun we do not want this proposed
legislation placed upon her to handicap