Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-11
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s.sisonsor D. nave what - csiied anti
sslsan serrstoryS Is - besser ioT the
business lsseEesss 81 the tswn II
csnnlson o. have license ca NO b.
cepse,
for great MANY wears tsese
gaestsors nave engaged tse thoaTn;.
researsn and Investigation II tbe
peeple - the asied States. rIch and
poor. educated and unedsessed.
Theory has been applied ~ these
questions aud after careful consider
sllon. opposite views have resulted
IRON the study a the sublect by
equally learned aud equally moral
Inve=tsesturs The true test ~ nui
the resah derived bs theory, but ~
evidence gained from actual experi
eHce a. o. eoudluons where there Is
salson license aud where there :
what IS known as auti-sal0on tern
torv
An anti s.aloon wave has for a
number oi wears been sweeping the
coautrv. North aud South. and u has
been fashionable Of late Tor a CERTAIN
class II mnraiIs,s % oppose licensed
Saloons an the theory thai the closing
Of saloons will stop the use Of hqaor.
Bat experience teaches that the clos
ing OF licensed saloons tends 10 IN
crease. rather than diminish, the use
of hqgor. Although II ~ difficult
10 set the leaders OF the temperance
movement ia the sections where no
license has been tried TO admit that
II has been and is failure, the con
servative element in these places,
though originally advocates Of no
license, have been forced 10 admit
that prohibition does not prohibit.
These same people say that by ex-
perience 1t is shown that 1t ~ better
for the morals of a community to
have saloons conducted in a public |
place, under the supervision of the
poilce regulation, than to have liquor
shipped direct TO individuals and
sold by stealth in cellars, alleys,
dives and even private residences.
That men who drink liquor will get
II as long as IT 10 manufactured, and
VI they cannot secure IT IN the pub
lie saloon, instead of getting 1t by
the drink, they will buy it by the
pint or quart, usually Of inferior
quality, and drink the whole Of it
and become intoxicated, disgracing
themselves and their relatives. The
records show that In towns which
have voted no license, arrests for
drunkenness have doubled and often
trebled. That the courts are crowd
ed with "Boot-legging" cases, in
some counties TO the absolute exclu-
sion of all other kinds of litigation.
While the cost TO cities, towns,
counties and states should not be /
considered, if no license by practice
as shown to be beneficial To the NOR
ais of a community, it will be admit
ted, or If not admitted, it can be
easily proven that the expense in
endeavoring 10 enforce the Law in
Anti saloon territory Is MANY
times greater than when the same
territory is conducted under license
Our young men and boys, who
would not be allowed to drink in a
saloon and who would not think of
trying to do so. would consider it
something to be proud of to get hold
OF Bootleg liquor and to deceive
the authorities by drinking 1T ON the
quiet, IN places the most Gisreputa-
bic. Ii saloons are closed it has been
found that soft drink parlors and
billiard rooms spring up where the
boys and young men are allowed 10
60 and learn 10 gamble, drink Near
Beer and form the worst possible I
associations which the law eanno:
interfere with.
We have been more than surpris-
ed 10 notice an article in a recent 1
issue OF the local papers purporting
TO have been written by Editorial J.
Committee of the anti saloon party, !
which endeavors to deceive the vot-
ors Il IL -.