Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-29
Prohibition Arguments Pro and Con.
FOR.
Some reasons uhy The sale and manufacture of liquor
should be suppressed BY lao.

industries are. as a rule. patronizcd
hy the very Same uuclcan. lcnrOus
creatures. and the saloon is ever ready
to aid and abet the other two weaker
enemies of mankind in their efforts %
escape detection and punishment
How many virtues can the apologist
credit up 20 the saloons3 Is there
single one of any import2 DE- there n
single necessity On any community for
the saloon? Does the saloon offer any
good or ncedful thing TO- any man.
woman or child in the United Statos9
ls there one saving and cxaiunE olo-
mont among It's frultagcs2 And yet the
saloons and their foster sisters come
mand and control moasurelcss treasure
and influence. Why hesitate for one
moment to forever especially as far as
Utah S. concerned, abate This death
and damnation dealing heartlcss and
pitiless monsteri
still. men win insist that there arc
two sides 60 the question OF prohibition.
Largely the good alcohol does iu
medicine is tentative and coniectural,
while the terrible and universal curse
IL entails on mankind as "a beverage
is palpuble. unmistakable and omui-
present Nothing problcmatical about
this last conclusion. The patent facts
Only need 20 be stated 90 rivct con-
viction.
How infinitely better st would be for
the brotherhood of man 90 an the treas
ure the saloons of the United states.
directly and Indirectly control wore
cast into the sea than put to the use
Of destroying the bodies and souls of
Gods children, as at present
Hence prohibition now and forever
for dear and law-abiding Utah, Leels-
lators. awake from your slumbcrs' Let
me beg OF you 20 come 60 the rescue
of the wounded bleeding and terribly
afflicted and outraged mothers and
children Of our grand commonwealth
Let humanity and the Great cod pre-
vail over this monumental and iufam-
Gus evil and defiant octopus,
II is urged that millions viii Doe lost
to the city if prohibition becomes "a
law This is am illogical saloon OUT
cry, because. say They the capitalists
viii not invest whore the gin mills
and their kindred death traps have
been routed. Capitalists are not sap
tents, they are well united that their
Investments arc safest where law and
order are maintained and where fne
criminal classes do NOT cost the GOV
cruments millions ever, decade.
II the saloon has not a single virtue.
and i challenge IFS apologiSts TO uar1c
even one. and It's direct and cous--
quertial cost to the people is SO moa-
ureless In money and sufierings. is
there any reason, logic Justice or exc
Cuse whatever Co permitting it ID CON
unue the sale OF the liquid damnation
lt o. dispensing To weak minded pco-
pie. II rs hard for mo % believe that
amy sane person would favor such
course. What a heartless proposition
TO pit the sufforinge of women and
children against possible financial de-
preston that ii Is claimed might fol
low prohibition!
The apologists never cease asserting
that the revenues from the LIQUOR traf-
tlc are needed to meet the expenses
Of government. What id,0Cyi When
il Is well known that the direct and
consequential criminality. which the
traffic creates and promotes. far ex-
ceeds the revenues derived from liquor
licenses, etc.
Is there one or a coalition OF agen-
cieS so destructive of human life and
| happiness like unto the saloon. and
| yet il is said, that some of our law
makers invite IL 10 continue in its ave
tul mission Of deah and destruction
I The Savior says: Fear not thom which
| XIII the body, but are not able 10 Kill
| the soul: but rather fear him which Is
| able 10 destroy both soul and body hi
| hell Is there combination OF
agents on Gods earth as absolutely en-
| gagged IN destroying both the souls and
, bodies of men i'm hell and that. too in
| countless numbers. as the saloons arc
/ daily doing year in and out?
Verify, mans inhumanity To man
| makes countless thousands mourn"
Personally I have no quarrel with
/ saloon men as citizens. but LET there
/ be unrelentlng war 10 "A finish vsRed
/ against their damnable commerce IN
| the human flesh and souls OF their
/ weakest of weak fellowmen. in.
slst that every right thinking man and
woman is under moral obligations ia
| engage in this irrepressible conflict and
I demand its immediate and complete ex-
unction. A. MILTON MuSSER.
] Salt Lake city. Jan. 2S. 1909