Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-02
WOMEN MEETING
IN OPEN PROTEST
Gathering at Salt Lake Theater
Today With Prohibition as
Their Demand.
WHERE BUSINESSMEN STAND
Hurt tho Town" Argument Is Re
garded as a Mere Brewery Slogan
Intended Beyond Bcfutation.

Today is woman's Prohibition DAY,
The big mass meeting OF mothers.
wives. sisters and daughters is on at
the salt Lake theater this afternoon.
and women from an parties. classes
and creeds. by tens and hundreds arc
met together 20 voice their protest
against further continuance OF the
evil that has brought more suffering
Co women than an other evll agencies
combined. Mrs. G.. IA. McMahon. pres
lueut of the Momans GIVE league. is
presiding over the gathering, ana some
OF tho best musical talent lu the city
has been secured Tor the occasion.
Nepm l.. MOTIFS, hcv. l.. 3. Fuller,
superintendent OF the Anti-SguOon
league ot Utah. and Mrs. Ruth Al.
FOX, ana Mrs, Peter Simpkin. are the
principal speakers. JIG is the hope OF
the women iu charge OF the present
gathering that seeing and hearing of
the interest being manifested by tho
women of the capital. other women
la the outlying clues OF the state will
Doe led To- call similar meetings, and
thereby create such n sentiment m IA
Nor OF prohibition that tho uouotIUl
members of the legislature Will be
forced To- yield to the views and wish
as OF their constituents. This feeling U.s.
perhaps best shown in the remdrk oil
prominent business man living lu
Utah county. 1.-THE women have ocou
mos. actively interested in circulating
petitions down our way calling upon
the Legislature 90 enact a. pronbltiOn
law, ana only one person thus tar has
declined 20 sign them, SO the women
presented the petition 10 the memucr
of tnC iegisittuie fpOm our district with
the remarK that nc couIu vote 1or what
they wanted, or next election content
himself WIN the one vote of the tcilow
who refused To sign
REAL ESTATE MANS VIEW.
Tho persistent cant about the dlrotul
cnoct of prohibition upon salt Lake
city from a business standpoint aud
the refusal of men OF means 10 invest
capital here Tor fear OF proniDitOn. is
branded as ignorance or Wlltul mis-
representation by many OF the leading
businessmen Of the city. In an inter
view this morning, one of the leading
real estate dealers OF the city. a man
who has devoted many years OF his
hte 10 buying, selling and renting prop
erty, SAID The nu-pronibluomsts
talk about The many buildings there
would ae IDLE ~ prohibition were
enacted into law, why, we have on ME
ia our office right today over 70 applica-
uuns for store room ON Main street iu
this city. some OF these people are so
anxious 10 get room that only ycstcr-
day we offered one business man $1,000.
as premium. besides agreeing 10 pas
a much higher rent than he Is payIug
now, III he would relinquish his place.
and the man refused Ne have three
letters iron, eastern men on ME at the
present time in which they tell US
money is not "a serious consideration,
but " We can possibly get them a store
on Main street la TINS city. 20 secure 1t
at once. Now IL an the saloons in this
CITY were closed two weeks would not
go by before every one of the places
they vacated would be- occupied by
some good, legitimate producing bust
ness. TINS tax OF hurting the town"
is being circulated by the brewers, VINO
care absolutely nothing about the town
outside OF their own selnsh interests,
ana some of the business men or the
city are foolish enough TO begin 90
give credence 20 the OFT repeated cant.
There are approximately l25 saioons
i'm salt Lake cry. that II prohibition
were put an force would make room
for lust that many more clolhing
stores. hardware houses, grocery
stores, CtC.
other business men confirm the sem
tmeut expressed above and many OF
them are not backward In their EXPIRES
sious of disgust when the hurt the
town argument Is heard.