Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-09

! the money invested in the liquor traffic
/ into legitimate trade, and nearly twice
/ as much of the income win gO to labor.
| Again. the value OF the liquor product
/ compared with the capital Invested was.
/ in a given year. i.22. while the product
| of the 10 leading Industries compared
| with the investment was 90 per cent;
/ SO it is easy Co see that II you invest
/ the liquor money I'M other business. the
| result viii be q prOporuonate increase
| in the wealth produced Of % per cent
/ of which nearly twice as much goes to-
| labor and whatever benefits labor is
/ OF the greatest possible benefit Co busi-
/ ness at large. for after an the laborer
/ is the greatest consumer of the world.
ABOUT KANSAS.
Mrs Shepherd then picked Judge col
burn on Kansas. us she said che had
q few documents also on that subject
| She quoted Gov. Hoch's published state
mcuts as to the immensely reduced Jail
population increased educational fa-
Cilities and church population since
Kansas adopted prohibition with i'm
creased savings and lesscned taNatiou
She also quoted from reports from
Georgia and Alabama iu support OF
the claims OF improved conditions there
Mrs. shepherd said 100000 fallen women
laid their ruin 20 liquor. $50 per cent
OF crime came from drunkenness Reg
ulation does not regulate. ss may be-
proven by the police courts, with crime
increasing gt am alarming rate The
traffic Del menace to- health. The speak
en- concluded amid much applause.
MAYS MAKES FORcEFUL TALK.
Agency Director j. IT, Mays of the
New York Life Insurance company
made a telling forceful address He de-
plored the spirit OF helplessness evil
denced Boz Rev. H.. l. Goshcn's talk
Thank OF minister OF the Gospel
acknowledging the weakness of hu-
mainly In tlat way. 10 was once argued
that slavery had existed since the
dawn of history, and could not be put
down Has that argument proved
good? No! I dislike 10 say we must
regulate the liquor evil and are help
less 20 stou DO. The reverend gentle
man claimed we can not maintain a
law directed against action that is
not crime per So. The law against
betting ON horse races is not a crime
per sc. but 10 Is unlawful i'm New
York. Selling drugs TO minors s not
a crime per se, but 70 rs not rcgUlat-
ed. b Is forbidden Why are the liquor
men raising millions TO fight prOhi-
btion, b. Il does not cut off the con-
sumption of liquor Why raise money
TO buy mp newspapers and corrupt
the public They know 10 will reduce
Consumption and their profits. should
"a contagious disease De regulated? No
more the liquor traffic. i lived in
Kansas for years. Judge COlhoru brings
out telegram from an unknown CN-
judge. while Peck of Milwaukee is
nothing but q joker and ina the employ
Of tho liquor interests Prohibition
viii help legitimate business. What
is injuring business, is this continued
state OF uncertainty as 10 the inn
mediate outcome here. Ninety per cent
of the people OF this state want
prohibition
Speaking OF government licensing.
Mr.. Mays held IL ls disgrace for the
government TO license a man 10 violate
law, Il lived four years iu Emporla
and never saw one drunken man.
have seen as many drunken men IN
Salt Lake In one day as ln 20 years
in Kansas" The speaker referred II
Judge Colborn as "a second Sherlock
Holmes In his endeavorng to find
liquor on a dining car. which brought
down the house. MI Mays then got
iu parting shot az the judge. by call
ing attention 20 his remarks at the last
debate in which he affected 90 make
fun Of a mothers desolatiou over her
drunken son. and held that a man who
would speak thus is hardly competent
TO advise legislators.
PROHIBITION IN MAINE
Rev. Andrews of Murray. and for
merly OF Maine, made "a short defense
of the operation Of prohibition there.
contrasting lts drunken condition prior
90 prohibition. and the present even
with liquor being run iu from Boston
m violation ui the law.
Hebcr j. Grant read an order from
the b. o. o railroad prohibiting drink
ing ou or on duty by employees. lie
then raspod "a previous assertion from
Judge Culhoru that Sprlngvlle was not
"a prohibition town because of the SIX
government licenses there, by stating
that "ot the gallant six. four skipped
tho town, and another is in the state
prison. Prohibition prohibited boo other
places in the state. and Do win here We
are "a weak lot BE- we can't enforce tho
law. The governor of Kansas says 10
is enforced, ana the general manager
of the santa De road says IL has proven
ot Immense value 90 tho company 1
don't want any softer snap than t1
meet Judge Colbou on any platform .n
debate on this question"
Mr. Grant loGclhy denied The report
th1t De had attempted t0 influence
members of The les. stature Neither
tfo Mormon church nor thc Methodist
tHN''H were ln lNt NENl as OTEtuIlI-
lions, ana then hr denounced au sdI-
tur.W boz "a local paper referring 90 hm
as "a director In u. A.. ~. l.. and thp
alleged dosiro of tho corporation 90
mouupulza ihe whisky business. Mr
Grant stId hC bad only 500 worth of
stock boo Z. g. a. d. and me poss.bIu
pI1ut he had mad. from what lltua
liquor was sold in tho corporation drug
store WHs MOE over "a uT per cent I'D
/ tno 5000 derived from such saIas Mr.
Grant in response 90 questions said he
favored sending people with UHysieIaua
| prescriptions tU the brHNtrIes dIr..t
and forh.dd.ug drug stores t1 handle
liquor ut uN.
COLHOHN CLOSES
Judge DoIb0u closed for ODE defence.
/ nrst taking 3D. long duuk-uf Nat.r. FD
] claimed the ErHat decrease n fH. Iu-
] ieIuN revenue Haa due NOT only t1
/ decreased consumption of uuu1r. bat
] uf tobacco HHa oIrHuHrgaHue BAL at-
] tucked Colorado Springs claiming
/ thoro 1870. un uuunI. n getting aII 81
] NIuH wanted fH.u. Tho sueaE.r
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