Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-02
No One Found Who Could Say
Drinking Of Liquor Is Of
Profit.
NO MAN GAINS BY INDULGENCE
Travelling salesman Tells of Ills EX-
Pcricnces During Many Trips
Through Utah.

Of "a speech by Governor Hanlcy OF
Indiana. delivered at a state conven-
ton and being directed at the liquor
traffic. TO my mind this is tho
strongest arraignment OF the liquor
traffic l have seen.
Being personally interested I'm the
question % prohibition, / have often i'm
my travels throughout this state dur
ing the last few months entered into
conversation with leading business men
Of the towns outside OF Salt Lake on
this question. and have found the senti-
ment strongly In favor OF prohibition,
and the fact that so many strong bust
ness men today favor this movement
is very encouraging indeed.
PROHIBITION IMPROVES.
Recently on the train I met bust
ness man from Oklahoma, and who, by
the way, employees several hundred
men, and this man stated there was
distinct Improvement In the material
condition Of the families Of these men
since prohibition went into effect: the
children better dressed. the surround
ings more cheerful; wives could now
he seen occasionally going with their
husbands 10 the theaters who formerly
would hunt them up i'm the saloons.
! have had the pleasure recently OF
reading a general letter from the presi-
dent OF one OF the largest and most
progressive business houses In this
country, a man who has several hun
dred travelling men ON the road. a man
OF keen observation and life experience
in the handling Of men and withal OF
sterling integrity. This is what he
writes to his mon;
MISERY CAUSED BY DRINK.
81 am not teetotaler cannot even
claim TO be a prohbitionist. but no man
in business today can help seeing the
| tremendous material loss and the mis-
cry and unhappincss that is caused by
| the excessive aud Incorporate use OF
| Intoxicating liquor. No good salesman
can afford to be a drinking man. he
cannot afford 20 be even what Is known
as moderate drinker." II you have
a weakness I'm the direction OF drink.
your only safety lies in cutting out
absolutely"
The business man Of today does not
want the drinking man, tho railroads
| do not want him; ] have been told that
| II is about as much as n mans position
| Is worth now for men employed by
some Of The leading railroads 70 be
| seen going 10 a saloon
Sitting AT tho table with the sheriff
| from one oc the counties of eastern
| Utah not long ago. the talk drlfted INTO
| prohibition and a sighting remark from
someone brought forth this rojonder
! from the sheriff.
II do not claim TO be teetotaler. I
take a drink occasionally. but / tell YOU
after having been sheriff OF this county
for three years ] find 30 per cent Of the
cases / have 20 handle attributable TO
HHsl D n a.
prohibition. and will hail the day when
Il becomes a law in this state
Now, Il may be that in times past
prohibition has failed 20 bring the de-
sired results, due TO ineficiency, no
doubt, OF the local officers. but am also
convinced that experience has taught
men how 20 handle Il, and that with
a strong public sentiment, efficient ON
GERS and recall Of those who fail 70
do their duty prohibition can be made
| a splendid success in this state, and
furthermore believe il to be the duty
Of every man who has the welfare OF
the community at heart 20 work and
vote Tor this measure n measure OF SO
vast interest to countless wives and
| children who now must suffer untold
misery, want and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
men viii drink or have not power to
leave Il alone.
our modern civilization. under the
name of pleasure and, sorry 20 say,
also under the protection OF law, has
so multiplied the facilities for destroy.
ing the character OF the young as 70
cause the thoughtful 10 tremble and
fear FOR the responsibilities Of parent
hood and are we 70 have no relief The
Sunday show TO desecrate the Sabbath.
the licensed slot machines and race
track betting 10 encourage gambling;
the obscene book, the suggestive postal
card and tho problem play 70 UNDER
mine the morals; and tho king OF them
all-the liquor traffic-the agency along
whose line are Etrewn more human
wrecks than that Of any other agency
In the world today: all protected by
law or az loast tolerated. Approxim-
ately S1.l00 900 900 is spent annually an
liquor in the United States and for
what purpOse-tO destroy the man
hood Of men and virtue OF women
ana yet some men will hesitate, yes
even those claiming respectability win
openly advocate legalizlng the brOthel.
WAITED FOR AN ARGUMENT.
] have watched in vain for one solid
argument ia favor OF the liquor traffic,
but an / have noticed so far when
simmered down simply mean dollars
and cents W. manhood aud virtue
We need more men Ike Gov. HOka
Smith OF Georgia who choerfuny gave
his influence an favor OF prohibition AMI
signed the measure making II a law
although this meant financial loss ~
him OF $4,000, FOR Dc then held a two
thirds interest In the Piedmont hotel
Atlanta, Georgia, and had given
three years lease on a basis OF $50 900
per year without bar and II with bar
$4,000 per year We need more men
like Gov. Hnniey OF Indiana When
some time ia the future men and wo-
men viii discuss the motives that
prompted communities In the dawn o.
the twentieth century 20 tolerate and
give the sanction Of law through license
20 agencies that have been the cause
OF so much human misery and woe
win they not be- Justified IN asking the
question Were an men then without
honor, or were they for sale2" What
answer shall We give
r. NICHOLSON.
The address of Gov Hanloy referred
10 by Mr. Nicholson follows:
Personally. ! have seen 30 much OF
the evils OF the traffic ln the last four
years. so much ~ its economic waste
10 much OF 10 physical ruin. 80 muoh
of ~ mental blight. no much Of ~
tears and hoartache that I have come
90 regard the business az one that must
be- held and controlled by strong and