Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-07

Interesting literature ON the subject
of saloon reform is contributed by DR.
Lyman Abbott and President r. A.
Gilmore OF the Model License league
Here is what the trades most prom
incut rcformcr thinks about the drink
curse:
Feb. H. 1910.
Dr. Lyman Abbott.
Dear Mr. Abbott-Your very interest
ing letter of thc sth just, received,
and have read the same very care
fully Practically. / agree with AN YOU
say iu this letter
agree with physicians that the cx-
ccssiye use OF alcohol Us q prolific cause
of disease. with s0CiOlogists, that IL rs
"a prolific cause of crime. and 1 agree
with you that mankind should bee edu-
Gated either 20 avoid the use Of alcohol
altogether or 90 use 81 In moderation.
agree with YOU that "the moral and
educational reform is more important
because more fundamental than legis-
lltlVe REFORM" and / agree with YOU
that each locality should be left free
to adont such method OF reform as
public opinion viii support and en-
force"
Very respectfully yours. ..
H.. NJ. GILMORE,
President National Model License
league. Louisville, Ky.
This Is the latest utterance Of the
well known editor of Bouforts Wine
and Spirit circular in his final word
OF some interesting correspondence be-
tween himself and the editor of The
outlook. (NcW YorlD. which is publish
ed in full in that magazine, March ~,
1910 under the headline can the
Saloon be Reformed
II would be- hard for Dr. Abbott 20
md much comfort IN TINS episue OF
agreement with his own conservative
views on the liquor question. II the
best known champion Of the liquor
traffic declares SO emphdtically FOR So
called local option" as does Mr.. Gil
more we believe the time Is close at
hand when the friends Of prohibition
and moral reform SHOULD come up
higher" To the loftior and more logical
level Of definite state and national
abolition of the liquor traffic.
In this amazing correspondence in
The outlook, the famous editor OF that
well known magazine presents am al
most pitiabe sgcCtacle as hc finds
himself by his own choosing in exactly
the same position toward the liquor
traUic as that taken by the trades
most celebrated defender.
The surprising thing about this cor
respondence is that neither correspond
ent gives the slightest recognition to
the complicated relations OF the liquor
traffic TO an reforms which demand
not locf, but state ana national treat
mcnt Of the curse by organized public
sentiment.
The absurdity Of giving Ito every
locality the power TO prohibit II alto
gcthcr." while the ramincations of the
trade run from every license city TO
the ends Of the nation. Is self evident.
The OutlOok's correspondence Is Of
interest merely as Illustrating the
dangerous Indifference and superficial
ity of so many otherwise sincere men
to the current phases OF a question
which is already stirring every section
Of the land. DIR. Abbott do you think
that "a thousand towns and cities In
score Of states, now at the mercy OF
interstate liquor trade from Chicago
brcweries. have no rights or interest
in the protection Of the traffic In this
great metropolis of the west?
The liquor trade knows full well that
local option" would mean eternal
perpetuation Of It's traffic They call IL
segregation" but they don't adver-
tise the fact
There are thousands. wrote Thoreau.
hacking az the branches II evil To- one
that is sTiking az the roO~
Which are you'