The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-31

.--,,,zyirs is the full text OF a paper
fo M, r V. Silver last WedneS-
IfsO .-.e1inz before the salt Lake Med
dsy sesocistiou at the public library on
- - snbiect Prohibitions;
uis 80 before I'm the history OF the
-, has il been 50 evident as now
c0ul ne American people are intent on
ina -s,linu if not actually destroying,
conn., ,.-,,,- traffic. This movement has
tS -bsTacterized by the united action
p r. peepIe. who, having common
o. - are ready to compromise on
ouJee and means. 1t is a manifestation
N.as-,,bIir opinion which is registering
o. .is i, words and deeds, and is meas
- bv votes. laws, public discussions
,1'iffcal platforms. The brewer, 10
az e.N 5Hierrav. is measuring 1t in hts beer
vats. ... e.. ,s,;,,,-
,.hi, are gigantic. Thousands of lives
q bonseholds are its victims every
~, whoever takes sides with the
'.Ioorlzeeper is blind to the colossal
-, which alcohol has and is bringing
IN the whole country. More than l.
"a ooa reople spent the whole OF last
,-.sr In making. distributing and sell
- Intoxicating liquors. The product
~ their labors did not add one dollar to
81. ,ssIth Of the nation. Had the man
,'t,cturc and sale of these liquors been
-tonned this amount of capital, $1,000
o6o o68. would have gone into the homes
n the Iaboring peop-- to feed, clOthe
and shelter them.
In preparing this paper, I have made
b1t few references to ten perance, and
vii not presume to bring before such
q body as this statistics or facts to
show and to prove that alcohol is a
noison-a depressant, not stimulant.
Ne shall simply quote three leading
authorities by way of refreshing your
minds On this fact.
Authorities Quoted.
As a leading surgeon, DR.. LOrenz OF
Vienna writes: Il cannot say ] am a
temperance agitatOr, but / am sur
seon. NV success depends upon my
brain being clear, my muscles firm and
nv nerves steady. No one can take al
coholic liquors without bunting these
physical powers, which 1 must keep al
WAYS on edge. As a surgeon, l must
not drink"
As a leading pathOlogist, DR.. William
H. Welch of Johns Hopkins writes; "Al.
cohol is d poison to all living organisms
both animal and vegetable"
As a leading physician, DR.. Z. G
Janeway of New York City writes
The worst poison you can put int
drinks is alcohol"
As evidence Of the ncn-paTtisanshiI
Of this movement against the saloon
We find that the south. so rapidly going
IN the north the larger part of local op-
zion or prohibition territory is Repub
lican. The prohibition state of Kansas
is Republican, while the adjoining stat
If Oklahoma is Democratic by a larg
majority.
What has been accomplished up t
this date? In 20 per cent of the are
Of the United States the saloon is lille
gal of the S5,000,000 people living j
these states, loco, 200 are living in ter
ritory from which the saloon has bee
legally banished. OF these 100000
people live in the prohibition states Q
Maine, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakots
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Mort
Carolina and Tennessee. Local OPTIC
laws freed the other 30,000,000 from tn
saloon. Last year thirty-fouT legisla
lures passed laws against the Hquo
traffic, and it is probable, if not certain
that this year every state legislator
now in session, including our own. wi
have before it measures for the restric
ton if not the abolition of the entir
alcoholic traffic.
Prohibition is the enforcement of a
law against the liquor traffic. Let III
quote the words of the prohibition plat
form.
The widely prevailing system of Ii
Censed and legalized sale of alcohol
beverages is so omiHous to individua
interests. so inimiCal to public welfare
so destructive TO national wealth an
so Subversive to the rights OF the grea
masses IF our citizenship, that the dc
StTuCtiou Of the traffic is and for year
has been the most important questio
IN American politics. We, therefore, de
clare ourselves in favor of the impair
tlal enforcement Of all law and a nor
intimate relation between the peopl
and the government by a wise appiica
ton of the principle of the initiativ
and referendum"
Prohibition of the man4sactuTc an
sale of intoxicating liquors is withOJ
doubt the ultimate solution OF the 81
loon question IN any city. village, cOuT
Is or state in this nation This Qnl