Gunnison news-champion., 1910-02-18
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mosey NOT spent iaf the Beeessssies.
the eomforts ana eouvensences. oT
the e.eGanc,es Of LIE Ii L. mosey
therefore diverted IRON the man
channels ID business. The hqsos
bsil 1T aRy cogsmussiy rs SO Hsueh
ssbtrscted from the volume Of basi-
ness that mi9ht he doae. aud thai
sooner or later probably would b.
done. an the ordinary lines Of trsd~
). Money rPen, An the ordinary
lines II TRADE coutrlbuses 10 the
welfare of all classes in the coamSs-
Bty--the wouseu AID chlldren ~
we'll as the men aud to the MP
bsiidsneof scheols charches. lodges.
clubs and all the pablic and social
institutions Of the whole people
The money thai Is spent ior drInk
benehts osly a portion of fam
Ily-the male members while the
rest Of the family has a harder time
because of it, There Is. therefore.
somethIng essentially aud necessar-
Ily unfair about the saloon business
IN that IL does not-llke the other
leading lines Of business serve the
interests and needs Of all classes
and conditions in the community
And as regards the pubhc instItu-
tlons ct a town or city, whsle Indi-
vidaal saloon keepers may be and
often are liberal supporters, the sa-
loon business is almost universally
TO be injurious 10 the ed
moral and social interests
Of q town. Saloons are nov here
ornaments 10 the life of
a community. Ii is only ia the mat
ter OF revenue received from license
moneys that they can be considered
as rendering any public benefit.
Otherwise they minister to the salts
faction of only class or section of
the community TO the remainder they
are only burden, an offense or a
curse, and in many cases all three
4. In the case Of young men
without family ties or responsible
ties, drinking habits interfere with
habits OF industry, faithfslness, saw
aae 'aoaey, prompt payment Of debss
and with business enterprise and
pbysscal and meatal efficiency
Drinking hsbits inserfers with the
very thiass upon which business
success depends They tend to i'm
poverish the Young manhood of .
which is the most i'm
portant public asset.
The danger and the frequent re-
suit OF the drinking habit 10 confirm
cd Intemperance in The individual.
poverty and manifold wretchedpess
IN the family, and in the community
an alarming increase of divorce, ja-
venIle delinquency and dependency,
crime and public disorder, and con-
seqaent increase Of taxation.
y. 1t is through the recognition
and legal protection Of liquor selling
as lawfsl and reputable business
that the army Of liquor drinkers is
cons'naally recruited instead of
gradually diminishing and diving
out. IL Is not expected that the all.
oI't'cn OF the saloon will prove
panacea and an instantaneous cnre
Tor all the ills Of society, but it is
that it is a public meas.
ure that powerfully aids the cause
of temperance, that discouraces the
oanefal custom Of treating. and in
many ways makes the formation of
drinking habits among the Young
dlihcult and unatractive instead 81
Easy and almost inevitable as at
present.