The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-12

smoot machine would stand between and any at
Il is not Believed that the constitution Win per,
NIT the licensing of saloons by the state But If 1t
were done there is ample law foret municipality to
protect itself and protect its revenues.
If the federal bunch attempt such an out
rage upon Salt Lake City, there is sufficient
power yet remaining with the council to res
plenish the revenues that would be lost through
saloon licenses by fixing a license for occupa
tion or otherwise, that would fully compensate
for the loss.
If merchant can be taxed if a pawn
broker, an insurance agent reel estate dealer,
loan agency, employment agency, or any
other mercantile establishment can be taxed
then the municipality may also reach both
wholesaler ard a retailer of Intoxicating
liquors, or the landlord who rents his property
for the purpose of conducting such a business
deny a municipality such right And the liquor man
9G d is ie M @ usf6sr
millstonc before such controversy shall have ended
The proper step for The city of Salt Lake to take
as early as possible is to strike out at least onehaf
solely to men who will obey the ordinances and who
will abstain from, perpiccus political activity, The
revenues required by tho municipality. and at the same
time time n1 Imab the remaining rSaeps & of oH9r % to con-
greater profit thai ls possible under the system now
The supreme court of the state has opened
the way. It has blazed the trail. 1t has placed
calcium light in the path by which all nlunici-
palities may be guided in restricting and in
regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors
The restriction should not only be confined to
number but to districts where the police authorities
properly keep surveillance on these districts That
decision sweeping that the council is not obliged
TO give any for refusing to grant reject IL
Every license expires at the end of each quarter
The present licenses expire the thirtyfirst day Of
December, 1910. The retailer who does not have IL
censc or a renewal of his license on January l. is pro-
hibited under penalty of law to sell Intoxicating LIQUORS
and after that day.
The people demanding that some action he
taken this great question, and all good citizens
who believe i'll limiting the number of saloons, requir
ing better class OF men for the handling of this
evil without destroying the business ITSELF (snee the
law permits such busIhGss); ought TO get behind
ton that shall not fail because Of the Vaccinations
of the corrupt and yrann ica political machine whose
head the president of the Mormon church and whose
mouthpece is the inordinaely INSCRIPTIONS and ambi
tious apostolic senator.
The dsrcputabe orgau of that disreputabc political
machine has charged bad faith against those who are
seeking TO regulate this business That newspaper
against The better class of people of this state when
it SAYS the movement is made in order TO exact
ributons from the saloons 1t knows that it deliber
atey lies.
If the American party had carried out the
wishes of the liquor element Of Salt Lake and
stood for open Sunday saloons and all-night
saloons, and reduction in the license, the
American party might have been the benefc-
iary Of the votes Of all of the saloons. Bit
common decency prohibited the making Of such
contract, and it was refused The result Of