Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-11

/ dough from the fellow who takes bi.
| drink, who ~ the man that paws LII
| the bills ga tho final end2
10. Are not the largest maiorit, no
the men who drink Of the poor Won
| ing and wage class. whose farGtn.
need this money much more than IT,
! federal, state, county. or muniri,.'f
governments, and in every case tbe,
are in much greater need than n.
| brewery and distlllery concerns ..
! the man to whom they are pa,..r.
| their money over the bar? was ra,
this revenue system OF the eoverr
ment war measure levied on tb..
article AZ years ago, which has bosp
great source of income to our ransr...
government; collecting a total sur, 20
81 666 1866 061.7S Ga these As wears ID,
revenue from the manufacture AMI
sale of this article-this does not n.
Cludc the license money paved to 3D..
states counties and citios-which rrr.,
be added TO the cost of the v..I.'
along with the profits OF the dcalerI
o. Then add TO this vast sum vbIl,
the federal government has collected Ip
thes As vars, $40 to every one doi8r
paid out to the general govprnmsrt
which Is about the amount the de4I.r
must have 10 enable him 10 operate.
would we not have "a total sum 10
S51.330, 05l ,6S057 that the drink b4hIt
has cost our nation in the last q.
years This vast sum does not fr.
clude interest nor compound interest
on this total amount. This amount has
been collected so far as we can cstI-
mate from this traffic.
%. Should this amount OF money bays
been deposited i'm the treasury of tho
United states by the people. tho.
could have had last year an incom.
OF S24l3,2O0.62722 out OF Il at a per
cent interest, not 90 mention the Inc
terest and compound interest of ths
preceding years.
%. Would this not have been a bet.
ter and "a more just and humane way
for the lawmaNng department To- oN-
act the pco' money than TO mako
statute law allow this traffic b,
collect fro people OF the United
states. son ming over $1,4O0 for each
voter boo o. United States last year.
money than can never stand 90 the
credit of the man, who spends it for
drink. nor 20 his heirs?
"a Does il not appeal TO any ration
al mind that this system OF raising
revenue and taxes Is an unjust affair
10 say the least OF it2 And the legis-
lator who is found voting, for the
maintenance of the system when his
constituents ask for the repeal "
such "a law.
land area OF the United States and
nearly go per cent OF the population
prohibited the saloon traffic already?
Are they not as intelligent as the
people who allow the traffic?
%. DO not the people OF Utah nav
their part Of this vast sum OF money!
Then should not the voice Of the poo-
pie Of Utah, be heard like the voice Of
the people Of other states, who have
voted it out Of their boundaries
~. VIII the legislative body of Utah
Kindly submit 20 their desires, on win
they suffer the wishes OF the people of
this state 10 go down TO defeat9
2S. II they do viii they not ignore
a principle very sacred to our nation
as we'll as 20 our state, county and
city governments. the privilege 70
govern ourselves by the voice Of the
people,
20 Should they not have the right
TO repeal or prohibit any statute laws.
that prove 20 be OF great detriment %
them Ike people Of other states TO
the Union2
80 Does it not endanger our fun
elemental laws. are not our national
laws founded upon this principle. the
voice or the people? What is our Con-
stitution for?
81. WIN our lawmaklng department
be the first legislative body 20 trample
under foot the wishes OF this state.
or the Constitution that we as peo-
pie prize so muCh2
We sons Of Utah. have We SO soon
forgotten the day when others made
your laws, regardless OF your wishes
or voice, I'm the matter? viii you II
this early date treat your constituents
I'm the like manner? May God forbid
Yours truly.
JOHN w SULLEY.
Murray
A saloon man at one time.