Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-23

set them upon the rock and put ne
song" shut your mouth. you o;
hypoerite, | don't believe it." Yei
friends. IL Is true, II the lower llnl
the poor old drunkard goes to he
the upper link does not the poor oil
drunkard can stand on The crest q
the waves OF hell and cry Unjust
Unjust, Unjust until he would tea
down the pillars of heaven. But.
says a man, I'VE must operate thi
traffic to help pay our taxes" Blu
never was there bigger lie originate,
in any town than that bringing in
saloon Will lessen taxes, but suppose
that 1t did lessen taxes, have We got
ten SO low down and so deyilish In
this country, that we are willing to pay
our taxes with our boys? A delega.
tion met Representative Allen of Iii.
nois at Danville, the largest city in
his district. to protest against the 10.
cal option bill The spokesman said.
Mr. Allen. this bill, If It is passed
and Is adopted viii cost Danyilie sixty
thousand dollars year" Mr.. Allen
replied. III by knocking the whisky
ont of Danvillc | can save your boy,
il is worth sixty thousand dollars to
me, If II * not worth cent TO you. -
There was nothing more to be said
Well" hui you say. I'VE must have
the license money to help run our
own, to pave It's streets and build side.
walks. Wen, now you have twenty
aaloons in this town paying you 5000
oacn. that would be $4,000 ! under
stand that your population Is G.OO0. so
that would be just two dollars for each
citizen. How much is a 200-pound hog
worth? Some one said Si4 So then
in Durango hogs are worth Sli and
folks only So Say, men, don't you
pny your taxes with your boys, would
you, eh? Oh you rascals. If the
devil doesn't get you 1t will simply
be because he doesn't want you If
some of you fellows don't go to he'll
II win simply be because the she-bang
burned out before you got there The
devil Will get the whisky soalls. boot.
legeers and booze fighters OF this town
by the train load, but thank God he
won't get much when he gets some
Of you. Now let us see about how
much money this town must spend
to keep up your saloons.
Suppose that the saloon keeper makes
SO 13 per cent they would need to sell
: / 800 worth of liquors for each sa-
loon to pay their license, that would
mean that to pay their license alone
they must sell $4,000 worth OF liquor;
hey must clear another thousand each
10 pay their rent. help. etc, that would
mean 5000 each, or for the twenty
saloon 100000 more. then they would
have to clear another thousand each
al least to pay them for continuing
the soul destroying business, that
would mean another $4,000 for each
saloon or another 100000. In other
words at the least calculation there
must be Sl66,000 going over the saloon
counters that would naturally flow
the channels of Legitimate
trade, Investigation In any saloon
town would show that these figures
are far too small
Hurts Business.
You say saloons help business why
then don't the real estate men adver-
tise In their literature the number
of saloons that you have in your city.
Simply because your business men are
ashamed of the whole business but
lot OF you have backbones like n Jelly
FISH and haven't got moral courage
and stamina 10 stand for what you
nnow down In your heart TO be for the
best. No, the devil and his gang
comes around and threatens TO boycott
you and many OF you draw back into
your shell like snail and do not
dare TO open your mouths, but ] thank
bpu ludl tutTt are soIuc uoutuS lhht
are not for sale,
You Say Regulate.
"Oh." says one, Il believe In regu-
lating the liquor business by high IL
cense." You might just as wen talk
al II trying to regulate powder fac
20. in he'll well" says. another.
Il believe in personal liberty" Did
you ever notice the demons prayer
in Luke 4:34, Let us alone. That
is a much used prayer today, the de
mons OF the earth are saying. Let us
alone" The prayer has become the
idol of the DEVILS crowd. They don't
want any interference by the laws OF
God or man with their business OF de
stroying the souls and bodies of men
Prohibition Don't Prohibit.
One of the fayorite cries of the II
quor gang Is that prohibition dom
| proniblt, and that the laws cannot b,
enforced. Yes. prohibition does pro
, hibit and the laws can be enforced
where officers are not a lot OF pusil
Luminous towards or perjured Williams
An agent of the SchlilZ Brewing con
pany said. Anybody who says tha
prohibition does not prohibit IL cithe