Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-26

| 49,, .,.' oiAA Wii!cil ne says, Is against
men. One firm In the city or Ports
mouth is paying $500 a year more
u u =, wages ss since the abolition Of the
saloon. The men do more work by tho
piece and get more money!,
| E.i,YerSWShere the labor forces are
turning against the liquor traffic and
are giving more help than ever to
wipe it out. 4
LICENSES AND INJURIES.
The license fees received do nat he-
gin =. 70 pay for the injury done by the
tralilc;Slt has been said that the clos
ms OF the saloon means an increase
n N taxes, Experience has proved that
the wealth per capita increases rapid
" Wien there are no saloons and the
expense ,I,eI' OF furnishing delinquency and
CRIME is greatly decreased. The speaker
then told Gof conditions in four popu-
ious rum cursed counties or Ohio
where the wealth per capita was on1y
$a.9S. In IS counties that had fewer
saloons the wealth per capita was $50
and III counties which had no saloons
the wealth per capita was $685.. or.
ten times that of rum-cursed coun-
ties. IS
1t Is easier to raise taxes upon a
citizenship which has per capita.
wealth of s95,9s.,
THE cost of crime means more than
paving the judge or jury. The GRIM
inai is sent away and a producer is
gone. In the four big counties men
toned above. there is one person in
the penitentiary for every IS of the
population. In the 28 counties with
few saloons there Is one for every
$780, and in the others the authori-
ties have not had a man in the pen
for so long that the sheriff hardly
1ntxrt.G y1,npo II >ic,s<,
Elm his report for 1 906 the super
Eintendent OF the workhouse in Cleve-
land, said that9of 1910 inmates S2,951#
were there through drink
The speaker told several incidents to
show that fewer arrests are made
when there is no saloon and then
said:
NOT IN GODS PLAN
"God never made the world so that
revenue had to be got from such a
source OF misery and crime as the
liquor traffic, There need be no WORRY
about taxes and means to run the
state when the saloons are gone. All
along the line the tide has set. in
against this un-American traffic. Our
enemies realize it and say4if they are 4
let alone they will cut out the lowest
saloons. But we know they will not
close one soalong as they make money
and a man would die Of old age before
six4would be closed by them in all the
United States. They realize that the
hand Of public sentiment is against
them. The moral forces of the country
are moved. In the past 16 monthe
thousands of saloons have been voted
out.
He was amazed he said, at what he
saw in Oregon where y OF the. 81
counties are dry. Similar conditions
are found in other places. "There VIII
never another year go without
another state comes into the new
union Of states.
5E A map was held up to the audience
at this iuncture which showed Ohio to
he nearly dry. a few black spots on
the mass OF red represented the liquor
trade, land we intend to brush them
off soon said the speaker.
ITO do what has been done has en-
tailed a tremendous struggle and much
sacrifice with many prayers. 1t was
said that the saloons in some parts
could ont be voted out, but. the women
assisted and paraded the town $500
strong in one place and success was
.obtained.,'
"Just before tile close of that cam:
spaign n salonn-nan's wife who ems
ploped a colored woman to do her
washing, said: "Dinah, how Is your
husband going TO vote ~ She answered.
i'lSIueSSl EsIttStuS Is 4 WIN W NulS ~ y.
The saloon mans wife said: IF he
does we can't hire you to do our wash
ing then" Law, honey. you don't
need to worry about that, If your hus-
band quits selling my husband liquor
we'll have money and you'll wash for
u.s.
TRIUMPH Is PREDICTED.
In conclusion Attorney Wheeler pre-
.dicted successful conclusion of the
fight against the liquor traffic and
urged those present to take part in it.
Your children and mine cannot have
the pleasantest memories If we sit idly |
by.
The cards were then passed round.
during which a number Of people went
out.
When the cards were gathered in Dr. |
j. G.. Brooks, superintendent OF the
schools of Boston. delivered a short (
and pointed address on education, I
which he said consisted of three things;
first, the attempt to form good habits;
second, to assist the judgment: third.