The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-15

Their or not it was fact So many peo-
pie gulp down this statement about
the prosperity OF Newark and other
rum towns in d:sparagement of our
Their it be fact or not | challenge
the truth of the alleged fact. In what
particular is Newark more prosperous
than Elkton. Has she more or more
successful industries? Are her people
more cultured or her homes happier
or better in their appointments? here
is a test that is conclusive from the
business side ON this point compare
the statements OF our Elkton banks
with those OF Newark and you will
see that our Cecil institutions are lar
and away ahead If Newarks prosper
ty is due to whiskey, our banks show
that we are better off without it-that
it would be business folly to vote it
back AS to the effect upon general
| business, the licensed bar is the foe
fevery legitimate place OF business
Listen Should license carry in No
vember, it will mean the opening OF
TWENTY-ONE drinking places i'll
the county The twenty-one highly
favourcd and elect citizens will have
to psv rents for their places, if they do
not own them they will have to pay
from $I5o to 5000 for license i'll adj
dition to the United States license and
Counsel's fees, for the privilege OF
engaging in this business. These men
are not going into this business for fun.
| Everyone OF them is going into it for
GAIN and the most gain he can get
out OF it. They expect to recover
their license fees and other expenses,
pay their high rents, make good liv-
| ing for themselves and famiies-and
SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF
PROFIT BESIDES. Suppose that
! bars is only $4,000 a year. (Do you
know that the average earning OF eGch
OF the more than 100000 saloons in tne
; United States was $87oo-the dreadful
drain upon the earnings OF the peop.e
! being $24 every day OF the COS for every
! saloonO shall be very conservative
and put it at $4,000. This multiplied
by SCI will be $4,000 a year for the
bunch That is snug sum. Whence
comes this money? 1t comes out OF
the pockets OF the people OF this
county. 1T is money that would other
wise find its way to the savings bank
or to the building and loan association
or to the grocer or shoe dealer or
clothing merchant. Every bar means
just SO much god money withdrawn
from legitimate business and trade 1t
means poorer business for me and my
ieliow-merchants. All that talk about
our people buying their goods where
they can get drink OF whiskey is
simple rot! 1t is a foul sander upon
our people and it is well-known that
those who sncnd much money for
on credit. \ help to business. 1t is
a filthy parasite on business. 1t pro-
duces nothing. renders no service. Ii
is opposed to it. And when think OF
he return the saloon keeper makes
for this money. When man pays me
his money, give him fair equva
lent in groceries. shoes or clothes. The
whiskey dealer gives what only harms
demoralzes. nt,apac tates for work.
and ultimately ruins, physically, iinan-
cialy, socially, morally"
Undecided Ciiizen--"You do seem
20 hav" right and reason on your side
But i YOU are right, why do not all
tie BITS ness men nf The county apply
simple business auditing methods to
the liquor business and oppose it as
you do: | do not see how they can al,
be III favor OF license as the whiskey
advocates declare"
Business Man--"My dear man. that
is another OF their easy-going lies that
so many people are gullible enough
to accept as fact 1t is simply NOT
TRUE that the business men OF the
county are all N favor OF license Let
me read you this list of business men
who declare themselves on the score
OF business AGAINST license and in
favor OF the continuance OF the pr.s-
cnt prohibtory law: eve have moi
space for this list which is long one
this week, but will give t next week
Ed
Undecided Voter-"Y ou' almost take
my breath away! After what you have
said and shown. there is nothing lett
for me as an honest citizen to do but
to vote AGAINST license and start
at once to do some earnest work
among my friends and neighbors who
are harboring the same false notions
OF which have been the wiling vic
tim, in the effort to persuade them to
do the same
Business Mani am rejoiced al
your conversion and conviction OF
duty, and to complete the Job | have
only one other thing to say from my
standpoint as business mana thing
which perhaps you have overlooked
You said something momont ago
about preachers and temperance
cranks interfering with peoples lib
crty Has it occurred to YOU how