The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-24
QUOTES BUSINESS MEN Of WENATCHE[E
DR.. Stevenson Gives Strong
Sermon on Local OPP
ton Question.

ing many standing that could not Sc
cure seats.
He said in part:
"Why is there so little in the Bible
against drunkenness The Semitic
nations, to which family the Jews
belong, have never been family of
drunkards. The BedOuins. the Ara
bians, the Mohammedans are all pro-
hibitionists, and the Jews drink rela-
lively little. In former times even
less, so the Bible being written to
the Jews first needed little instruc-
ton on this subject, but if you will
take your Bible and read it critically
you will find that over and over again
are the readers warned from even
looking on the wine when it is red.
Wine is a poison Of dragons. Put
away wine from thee is said. Woe
unto them that rise early in the
morning, that they may follow strong
drink; that tarry late in the night
till wine inflame them And the
Bible says, No drunkard shall in
herit the Kingdom of God. Truly
the Bible speaks in no uncertain tone
in reference to wine and strong
drink.
81 have interviewed a great many
men in the last two weeks and l now
agree with Mayor Gellatly when he,
standing where l now stand, said,
If we could make heroes out of
commercial towards, the problem OF
the open saloon would solve itself.
Many are dry who will not come out
into the open and be counted. If all
who are dry who do business on We
natchee avenue, would step out, the
fight would be won without blow
being struck"
Next Sunday evening the theme
for discussion will be Whom Will
You Have to Rule Over You?" which
will be a discussion of the candidates
who present themselves for election
this fall.
The doctor then read communica-
tons from eleven prominent business
men of the city and from city off,
Gals. These were practically un-
animous in saying that business was
better than last year, when we had
the saloon; that collections were bet
ter; that saloons do not help bust
ness, and that they were not in favor
of the return of the saloon. The
reasons given why these gentlemen
we're not in favor of the return OF
the saloon were interesting and
| showed great versatility.
George r. Fisher said: "A saloon
never produced a new dollar and ii
takes money from the pockets OF
those who can least afford to spend
| it for the qualification of an acquired
appetite. and turns it over opeople
who produce nothing of benefit to
the community. The farmers and
fruit growers, upon which this city
depends for it's support, are almost
every one opposed to the saloons and
they are sending their boys and
girls to the business college and
other schools here because we have
a dry town. / have heard many OF
them express themselves on this
subject, and I think it is we'll to con-
slider the opinions and wishes OF
those upon whom we depend for our
support"
Gunther Carlberg said in part: 81
am not in favor of the return of the
saloon. No, no. Why? Last year
we had a great deal of trouble every
pay day to get men working on our
property at Valhalla to return to
work in a sober condition. They
would also bring along with them
from Wenatchee whisky for treating
the rest of the men. thus demoraliZ-
ing the entire working crew. The
class of workmen that we had last
year were very undesirable COM
pared to the class of men that we
have this year, for which reason we
are very much in favor of keeping
lieve the saloon an evil and a tempta-
lieve tn esaloon an evil and a tempta-
ton that we, as fathers, do not dare
throw in the way of our sons"
Reports and statistics from the
city officials showed that there had
been only about one-third as many
arrests and the cost of caring for the
arrests was only one-ffth what it
was when the city was wet" In his
own original way the speaker then
showed that ten saloons would cost
this city in loss of lives, loss of days
work, money paid over the bar.
criminals to be prosecuted. DRINKS
to be cared for, drunkards' families
to be supported by charity, not less
than $299,900, and that they would
repay the city and spend in the city
but $4,000. so that on account OF
their presence in the city. this city
would be the loser to the extent of
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