Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-11

VI A'h0AOcpCNiO' AAOTS are Two bdu-
pie verses:
When insurance goes up and prop
erty down,
With never a Job for a man in town,
When the market Is gone for the
His corn and barley-when the
town goes dry2
I'll tell you. friends, It's a serious
Some Of these fanatics to the town
The only thing left when they stop
the cup
Is to inhibition our suspenders and
go straight up.
(The comment on the poetry was
exceedingly witty and pleasing and
brought forth many storms of APP
plause and laughter.)
The amount Of corn consumed in
the manufacture of intoxicating liq-
uors every year in the United States
Is about one pint for each man, wo-
man and child In this country.
Just think, citizens, OF a great
big, broad shouldered American far
mer who loves his God and home and
country whining like a sick kitten
lest he lose a market for his pint
of corn! Where is the farmer who
is willing to sacrifice his boy to Sc
cure a market for corn, barley and
rye?
But In the last verse he says:
The only thing left when they stop
the cup,
Is to unbutton our suspendes and go
straight up
Now, our friend, the poet, never
stopped to think that they don't go
that way, Not straight up, but
straight down.
Another one OF the opponents of
local option says:
The moral effect OF local option
Is all twaddle; gold is our god and
whisky Is king; dissipation is what
makes business
That is the meat OF the argumen,
for the saloon. submit 1t without
comment to the Judgment, heart and
conscience of every good citizen. An
other man says;
Our business Is our first consid-
GRAFTON and ultimate wish. He
claims that the adoption of local op-
ton would cause the exodus of many
good citizens, and the reduction OF
rents, building, etc He also de.
clarest hat SO per cent of the men
who talk business with him smell
OF beer or whisky. All such obiec-
lions to local option were threshed
over In Kansas quarter of a cen.
tury ago and are now threadbare.
The truth Is. the result of the
use of intoxicating liquor as a bever-
age is wholly bad. challenge the
whole world to name single In.
stance where manFind was made bet
ter, boys safer, and homes happier
and purer by such use. am inform.
ed that COeuer d'Alene has IS sa.
looms. Can YOU tell me OF single
blessing they have ever bestowed on
this city or it's homes.
The axman cuts down a tree. and
saws 1t into logs. Thus he adds Ia
the wealth of tho country; the mill
man saws 1t into lumber and thus he
increases the country's wealth. Oui
OF the lumber the mechanic build.
houses. aud thus he adds to the
wealth of our country: white the
product of the farm helps to swell
the aggregate amount.
Now. tell me II you can, what
the saloon produces that adds to on,
eOuntry's wealth: Now. remember We
are considering the saloon from :
business standpoint. Kansas City
Kansas, the largest city In the state
hada hard fight to suppress the n
legal liquor trafic, but In 1905 ths
last liquor joint as they were called
was closed. The city then had a. 90,
population. Now with liquor tram,
suppressed the population has IN
creased TO 100000, have a state
ment here sworn to by Carl Dehone,
aud endorsed by city oficials, lea,
ing business men. bankers and man,
1 others, showing that since saloons
were closed business has increased
bank deposits show big gains. ans
the city Is growing as never before