The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04
PROPOSED DRY
Law EXPLAINED
Rev. A. c. Bane Gives Views on
Restricting Saloons to
Business District

In explanation of the charte
amendment proposed by the Anti-Sa
loon league of California, and in ar
sWer to those who oppose it, Rev. A. {
Bane, ID. d., state superintendent {
the league, issued the following state
ment yesterday:
An effort is being made by the
Anti-Saloon league to submit
charter amendment to the voters of
San Francisco which provides that
no liquor shall be sold in the resi-
dence districts of our city, but that
such sale shall be limited to the
business sections, down town below
Larkin and Ninth street and in ELL
more and Mission streets.
The league is not attempting to
close the saloons, nor asking the
supervisors to close the saloons,
but it is merely asking that the
people by their votes may be per-
mitted, as the charter provides, to
amend the charter in this regard,
if the majority so choose. Let the
people decide whether or not they
want liquor sold in the residence
districts.
CITIES MAKE RESTRICTIONS
Seattle allows saloons in only
per cent of her territory; Chicago
allows saloons in but three-eighths
of her territory; Portland, Los An
geles, st. Paul, Boston, and other
great cities forbid saloons in their
residence districts.
The purpose of this amendment
is to, safeguard our homes and our
of saloons by confining them to a
smaller area to attract home seek
ers TO San Francisco by assuring
them that they can find pure
children. Vice has a larger quarter
of this city where virtue seems
excluded; give virtue aNQuarter
where vice is excluded.
raised by the liquor men to this
proposed amendment the Anti-Sa-
loon league declares:
j. 1t does not forbid the loca-
the dry territory, though all admit
such institutions should not be To-
Gated in the residence districts.
Such institutions should pay a Ii
cense.
2. If the amendment requires
wholesale liquor dealers to pay.-a
license lit. is but just that they
should.
about 100 saloons to leave the resi-
dence districts. but most of them
Will continue business in the wet
territory, though the city could
we'll spare about 200 saloons.
A. Grocers who are selling IL
qior are doing the worst injury to
the family and the home and
should not be allowed to sell liquor
and all those in the wet territory
should be made to pay a license.
None of them now pay for selling
Bottled goods.
BUILDINGS VACATED
5. Twenty five hundred store
rooms Will not be vacated. Seven
hundred buildings in the dry ter
rltory. VIII be vacated to be occu-
pied by other business, and 700
other buildings in the wet terri
tory will be occupied.
3. The city will lose no reve-
nue., most of the saloon keepers
viii continue business in the.wet
territory and grocers and whole
salers will pay q license who now
pay none.
I, RESTAURANTS in the dry ter
+ rltory will have to serve meals
without liquors, which is proper.
8. All licenses will terminate
quarterly, as they did in this city
until the 1iquormen amended the
law last November They are now
perpetual. which is an outrage
FMS amendment z is but a mild
8 regulation to give mothers and
fathers better chance to rear So
Der boys The issue is the home or
the. saloon. We ask all who love
more than they love saloons to
sign TINS initiative petition when
II Is presented, and to vote for
the amendment at the polls.