The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-11-10

business which brings me no good
and in which | have no voice or vote
The trainers of our Declaration of
Principles. said taxation withou- rep
resentation is tyranny" 1t is oe this
tyranny that I complain.
Thirty Seven Thousand in the Hole"
Mayor Armbruster says eff the sal
oons are closed, and the revenue from
that source cut off. we will be s2T.-
0oo in the hole" What can w do?
tie does not know, but it looks dark TO
hlm. Well suppose we close up tire
saloons, stop the extra expense caus Il
by the saloon business, such as extra
police, board in the city prison. and
other expenses traccabIe direcrlN to
tn" saloon. which figures up $40 600
more than the saloons bring - the
city in rentals taxes etc. cut ont that
waste, and subtract the $4,000 that
the mayor says we would be in the
hole, and we viii be out of the hole
and $4,000 ahead. OF course we do
not expect the advocates of the saloon
TO be able to figure that out. because
they seem able to see but one thing
and that is where to get their drinks.
Science ana the saloon.
Science is the discovered working
of natural law. 1t is the nature Of
things in their modes of operation.
Nature has no pets; no molly coddlas;
but she promotes and DESTROYS abso-
lutely without favor or mercy. except
as her subjects keep or violate hor
laws. Physiology teaches, tina. the
use of alcoholic stimulates affects the
digestion, weakens the heart action
and otherwise so Injuries the body
that many die annually as re suit of
it's use, and insurance companies re-
gard users of alcohol greater risks
than others Why should | pay t.
keep up that process?
Psychology teaches that the effects
of alcohol upon the human mind are
to vitiate the IDEALS. blunt the tnorlI
perceptions. weaken the will, blur the
memory and often to produce lelir-
ium and insanity. Why should l be
taxed to produce these effects?
The science of Economics teaches.
that by the liquor business in the
United States. one billion two hundred
million dollars, are taken every yea,
from the channels of productive in
dustry, and turned into the channels
of destructive industry. Why should
be taxed to support that waste?
The L. s. Department of Labor
statistics show, that 100000 men en-
ployed as manufacturers of liquors
saloon keepers and bar tenders. are
taken out of the channels of prodlc-
tive industry. and placed in the ranks
of destructive labor Why should I
vote a tax on myself to support these
destroyers?
The laws of hereditary descent
teach, that physical, mental and moral
Weaknesses descend from parents to
children as a result of drunkenness;
that millions are cursed before they
are born and that they suffer all
through life as criminals, or imbe-
Giles, or malformed on account of tho
evils fostered by society for revenues
derived from the saloon. Why should
| vote a tax on myself to keep up
prisons. hospitals. and poor houses
when | can remove the cause and
make this class productive rather than
productive.
The science of sociology teaches,
that whatever inures the Individual
Injuries society or any collection of
individuals. If it is not good for
merchant TO pooHe, IL is not SoOd TOT
a thousand to booze. If the saloon is
a temptation to one man to become
q drunkard, it is a emptation to
society in general. If one salon brings
40 persons to poverty, the 100000
saloons in the United tSates will bring
100000 to poverty. and the "a sal
oons in North Yakima will furnish
their quota, by bringing $50 men to
poverty. Now just how the poverty Of
these persons will be the prosperity of
society in general, sociology does not
teach, and we cannot see. 1t takes a
politician to see that. or some one in
sympathy with the saloon.
What Biology Teaches.
Biology is the science of life. 1t in
cludes plant life. animal life and all
he forms from the lowest To the high