Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-30
BOARDOF TRADE GO ON RECORD
 vS. PACE BILL
Resolutions Adopted al Meet ing Yesterday, Setting Forth Reasons Why Members 0p- pose Movement.

At a meeting of the Board of Trade held yesterday afternoon at the city lLail resolutions were drawn up ana passed protesting against the passage of the Pace bill. now before the legis- lature, which provides that a town or eouAiy may be voted dry by 8 msior- ity vote, instead of a two-thirds vote, as aS present There was a fairly largo attendanco at the meeting, and the resolution. after some discussion. was passed without a dissenting vote. Among the arguments nIaee against any change in tae present law were those to the effect that unless two thirds vote WAS secured 1t would be impossible to enforce the law; that the city of Bisbee secured from s22,- GOO to s25.00o annually from the sa- looms in license tax toward the sup port of the city government; that they favored strict regulation or the liquor traffic. rather than absolute pro hibition: that saloons and saloon men were among the largest contributors to charity. and that they took care O. the floating population; and finally tha. 1t was through the saloon that the business houses were able to eoIE- mand a higher rental.
 The resolution passed by tho board follows-
 Whereas, A bill has been iatrodaeed in the legislative assembly of t1e teT ritcry of Arizona providing for a ma jo-itY .votn in elections called for -las purpose of submitting the question oi local option to the citizens cf any county. and
 Whereas. The said -neausre is being urged in this community by persons with little, if any. property holdings or business interests and whose ioF lowing is principally transient or per sons who have recently come to tl' community and have not the genera business interests of the ccmmunit, in mind, and are attempting 10 lore their perscpal opiniCrs upon the peo pie of this locality. and
 Whereas, Large amounts CT monel have been invested by people Of tali city in property and buildings for t1' sale oF liquors and the passage o such act and an election thereunde in favor of prohibition of the iiquol traffic would materially affect the business interests of this district an'
 Whereas, IL has been demonstrate in such places as prohibition has bee tested that tie adoption of such law does not accomplish the result claimed for 1t by the advocates O such law, and especially in such place as Bisbee, Arizona, on accoun of it's situation and peculiar cond tions. such as its topohraphy, and II tions, ssch as it's topography, and II SonDra line Unouestiolably 1t woui be fmposs .bls- under the proposed la' to preyeut the illegal sale of liquor within the district, and large nun bers of the inhabitants would trast across the line to Naco, Sonora, an the money now spert in the distric in ulaces Of business conducted strict accordance with the law. woul be expended in cheap dives on m other side Of the line. without -furill $ ing any revenue for the ent5reeDet of the law on this side of the eoan' ary line, and
 Whereas. The liGDor dealers in th city contribute about S25,Vov per 7 2, toward the revenues of this elty, Whle said revenue very materially assis in the policing and lighting CT U city
 Now therefore. he it resolved by T Bisbee Board of Trade that our re resentatives. Hon. Ben Goodrich, The council. Hon. Neil Bailey, ho Fred A Sutter and Hon. Osear R0 erts in the house Of representative be and they are hereby requested vote and work against the ga d pr posed law providing for a majori vote in cases of local option in the tt ri-ory of Arizona.