Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-15

nave Two OF thru. murders % uttf 'ii'
thc city Do al bad as ever D have ben
spending some time thls month In tle
Cook county hospital Chicago. 10 ms
ll0u beds fun aI the time. and hcll
up hy taxation 1f the people over %
per cent of these patients. come more
as direct result of the use Ol alcohol.
les Thousands Of patients are treated
free every year at This hospital TOT
vencreal disease. patients who Do n'l
stay in The hospitals, spoken ul Ha pAt
PATIENTS this foul diseae, tne u.a'A
plague of this age, goes hand ih hiHA
with the saloons Boo Chicago, JUST Is
30 does Boz Salt Lake City. lu the .ht.
dreu'a WING or this Immense h.sNllal
] was horrined to see .0 girls under
~ years of age. suffering with lnis
lOHthaume disease This disease Win.l
n0urshes along with whisky druhnsf
and as a direct result of 10 m many
cases, causes 90 per cent OF an ono
blindness OF newborn children. li
makes necessary t5 per cent OF an ln +.
mutilatiug operations Ou women. it
the tax payers only knew hali tho
evils of the liquor question, there
would Doe the greatest rebellion against
the whisky power. that ever was
known ln this world. suppose On.
blind children in our cities should
ask this question. viii you Taxpayers
vote 90 allow mon 10 make moro thl-
drcn blind like we are, and vote TAX
money Co build homes Tor us; or viii
you vote like men, and stop the sale
of the poison that made as ollnd
Every year in the United states, there
ure 10000 children lott homeless ANA
deserted by their parents. and IL Us
dreadful 20 state that SD per cent OF
them are thus cast out t0 b. cared Tor
hy the charity OF the state. because III
drunken parents or guardians. over
90 per cent OF the Inmates of aN our
poorhouses are there because they pee
sonany have beer given to drink; this
lis not counting the untold thousands
OF miserable halfway paupers, whose
numbers are increasing every year
Tax payers. this means that YOU ought
tu sit up and take notice You AFRO go-
ing to Dee asked To- establish home
for the blind, and you ought 90 90 t.
You are going 20 be asked for 90 home
for cuileptics and fceblo-mIudeI pcr-
sons, and you ought To give IT, You
VIII be- asked Cor more reform schools.
and we need them. You viii be called
upon for more accommodation lu our
jails. and you viii pay out the money
for them. You viii ho asked for more
taxes. for the insane a-yIums, ana
like true citizens, you will gladly vote
ie.t reads and don't Oct anyone de-
ceiyo you; alcohol causes brain dis
ease, kidney disease. disease OF the
heart and blood vessels diseases Of the
stomach and liver You an know this
without asking % doctor, and you all
know that doctors make lot of their
money by treating these diseases.
which make men less able 90 pay
taxes. Let as read into plain English
the meaning of these well known facts
| The more whisky. the more disease,
| the more doctors bills and drug bills
and the less money for taxes; the more
whisky, the more jails; the more
courts, the more policemen, the
more taxes. The more Wliskey, the
more insane asylums, the more taxes.
l The more whisky, the more poor
houses. reform schools. and homes for
the blind. the more taxes. IL the army
OF saloonkcepers and bartcuders, and
saloon Ioafers were out farming, stock
, raising, or mining, they would be add
ing more wealth TO the state, and i'm
creasiug the amount and value OF tho
taxable property, and thus reducing
taxation on all the people Last SUM
/ mcr. tho Busch Brewing company OF
ST. Louis. sent out 200 carloads OF beer
every day; I ask you taxpayers who
paid for it2 The wage Farmers Of
| course. The taxpayers cannot De fool
| ed AN the time. They can see that an
| these millions Of dollars, that build
| the breWcries. that build the palaces.
| and the elegant homes, and country
! Clubs of the liquor dealers, that buy
4 the automobiles and yachts the silks
/ s3tins and diamonds Of this class of
| people, come from tho wages of the
/ toilers of our land. They can see that
| these millions represent the blood and
| sweat OF the working men; that q
| the working men kept this money
! they could have better homes, they
| could have better clothes, and food
/ for themselves and families and could
| spend more time and money for edu-
| cation and travel.
! An over our nation. the working
| men are waking mp to the fact that
| they have been I'm slavery and bondage
| 20 the whisky power, "A power that
| mercilessly grinds the sense, and
| deCeucy and health, and lives out of
| millions OF human beings yearly, a
| power that takes tho hard earned
| dollar out of the hand OF labor, that
| takes the money that should buy
! bread for starving children. and with
I 70 buys Legislators, TO pass laws %
[ keep the working man o. slave. and
/ makes his children slaves % the
/ worst curse this world has ever known
I The intelligence Of our age, the man
| hood and deceucy within us. am dee
| mand that we take this question ont
/ of tho hands of "a few women, and
Z preachers. and temperance lecturers
| and give 10 &c the best thought of
| au the best men and women of the
/ State, and Nation.
MIR VIM Baity. business man. who
| knows conditions In Missouri said ia
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