Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-16

closed. kApNiauSe.l we nave lQNof
1icense--thcre Is no use 70 talk loua;
you can an hear--we have liquor
license and reguie tion IN hte city Of
Portland, and have had II during my
six years residence here; bit you
know thss for years under this
license regulation we have d d a
blind pig for every lega,iEei saloon.
Every woman ir the North End.
every house pretty nearly tailos ous
q liquor license and Is selling Il now
en- violation Of the city ordinances
ard without paying a dollar cf
revenue 70 the city. and our city Of
ficers. from the mayor and the chief
Of police on down to the man who Is
stationed opposite those places to-
night. All know it (Applause.l
Another thing. our saloons not on
iy have allowed the blind pigger to
open the blind pig establishment,
but they have sold for years. until
receatly. shamelessly. liQIor TO girls
they have sold liquor to minol s. and
are corruptlng the future generation.
They have linked themselves With
the houses OF shame and they are 50
close together that you can't hit the
one without pounding the other. zap
plauSe.l The have corrupted our
city government uQtil it reeks. They
have taken a public school. a great
public school. built a brewery with
in the prescribed limits OF it, and
when It came question Of the en-
forCement Of the law they worked
on the school board. and the school
board has moved the school and let
the liquor establishment stand. It.
has power TO go TO the street, car,
the advertising company that runs
the ads IN our street cars. and ohiect
In such an effectual way - the signs
that the young people had a six
months contract for. that they re-
fused 70 put up another one after
this month. And I was there when
Or. H0liiugsh0ad asked question 0f
an officer Of that Institution that
made him confess that he went 20
Paul Wessinger's office and asked
him about the effect Of our signs up
on his business Numerous cries %
''Shamel" throughout the audienCe.l
But why deal with sh, Sc surface
matters. j want to come now 10 the
core Of this question. Somebody
viii say Isn't the liquor traffic
legitimate business. and are we not
heaping upon Il abuse. are we not
calling q to 800 strict an account.
Doesn't the liquor dealer have the
same right Gs any other dealer while
he Is engaged In this businessF"
Fundamentally / want to say that
the liquor traffic is not business
az all, GApplausel
A voice, Amen.
Or Wilson: All human activities.
so far as ] know OF them. are divided
into three classes. Business. Charity.
Crime.
what Is Businesse Business is so
much commodity for so much profit
What Is charity9 II Is 50
much commodity without anv profit
What Is Crimeg II is all the profit
without any commodity or service
(Applause
Take the gambling ,rade. A man
goes into a gambling establishment
puts down his money, he expects
either 10 get something for nOthing
or else nothing for something. IL he
gets something for nothing he is
thief; u he gets nothing for some
thing he is a fool (Laughter and ap-
plAUse-l And the courts Of this
union. and the supreme Court OF
this nation has decided that gambling
Is not q business. that it has no
q
collect its debts in our courts. that
nc promise made over che gamblers
table can be enforced by law that no
contrast will be recognized in the
courts because the courts cannot be
used % help I'm the pevpetratioi OF
a crime, Ia
am going To maintain that Just
as ssawaw and d0eling. an ~ which
have heen legitimate. slavery and
duel.ing aud gambling aud pTt1e
fightirg have been put On the list Of
crime by the upward trend 81 our /
civilization. 50 the whole LIQUOR
business which legitimately and logi
eaily belongs in the category ~
crime isf going TO be put there.
cloud applause aud eheersl The
State Of Oregon was founded by mis-
si0nsries 10 has mOre schools. more
colleges than any other state IN this ;
aulOn ln proportion 20 It's population.
it has hean bidding for the best peO- /,
pie % this nation. and it has been
getttng chem az a rapid rate. swelling
cur Numbers every year. We could !
build up s great civilization here u
a were n0t for a frownins fortress
~ he'll gisink into our lines AL the
time and breaking down the four
rorntf posts az our CIVILIZATION
namely. business Integrity, sabbath
purity On home life and
Seua apsranee tn habits Hut the
hcuor traffic centers ia four great
evils The gambling mania, Sab
bah deseersston. impurisy among
xhe Uen aat the vcuiel who treQueat
the dives usade possible BY rum rale {
tn Portland and On salem and in the
other cities glauRhtcr and SpplaDsel.
and tzsenpsrsnso. 50 that our ssFeess
.sfc sometimes lieed with trunkards-
would like 20 take Coionel HCter
tonight on a eRF ride through Port
aAn1 and through burnside Street
aut les him see the staEsering mcn
ccYaO oet cf here wFeurks oi IN
raanity. because os the sAloNcs that
We aeceut people have tQC Ions
teEati1ed hy cur vote tapqlauseA1
Al vcioes Htt 'eu again. IN
nr WSlsaas The trade az teaiinE
lu that phlth IS aenDTmL ta it's
profits ard Vgciocs On las tendencies
IS not a business On a CAristi1u na-
t,On. hut lt ,s a Criu,e Whtch has soo
t0ns egkn tolerated fcr tire prlce