The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
LiCenCe or no License.

A%ASSAhS~ VI AbO AA$ho~
Now that the election is over |
wish to say. what | would like to
have said before the election, but
did not do it, because thought it
would be best to let the prohibition
lists have the whole field and fight
out their game single handed.
[ do not know who brought out
this question Of ''license or no
license" out | presume hat it clme
from the prohibitionists, or from
some one who has no interest lie this
city, who has no property here. and
pays no taxes. Whoever it Was
that sprung the license question, we
must admit that he succeeded in
getting plenty of help to wedge it.
Even Ministers of the Gospel came
in the field. to partake OF the politi-
cal question License or no license.
OF course they have a regal right to
do so if til V see tit. But [ always
was vi LLe oplit.tn That il Minister
mad work aud ..ap nsluillly enough.
to take care of his church and con-
gregation, without going into poll
tics. But now that they are in it,
we will meet theII, discuss politics
with them. and in general, give
themt the same respect as we would
give any other politician. 1t is
however quite an amusement to
listen to them talk about saloons.
and saloonkeepers, what they are
doing in a barroom. etc. They
don't have to say much before one
who is acquainted with saloon work
discovers that they speak of some
thing they know nothing about. l
am in saloons quite often, but it is
very seldom that l see prohibition
lists and Ministers in there, and if
they are not in the habit of going to
the saloons, than they are ignorant
of the true conditions in them, and
it would be we'll for all concerned if
they were wise enough to hang up
the receiver before they exposed too
much of their ignorance.
We don't hear any more about
"That Boy" that was SO hard to
wake up and get to school. That
Boy" that they we're trying so save.
Poor little Ole could they save him?
Or was he lured away from his
father and mother on Monday April
4th. to be kidnapped and used ia
tx streets as a political advertise
ment? They are after Ole alright.
Let us try and save him! We can
do it, just as easy as we saved
/ Washburn from ruination, yes ruin
ationl These anti-saloon experts
have not offered any kind of income
for the city to make up for the loss
Of the license money, and the finan-
cial condition in this city at present
is such that we can not give up
$40, 900. without getting something
in return. We could not get any
thing in place of the money. But
we could get something in place OF
the saloons. Because human nature
is the same everywhere.
The abolition of the open, lawful
saloon is everywhere followed by the
setting up of "blind pigs" ''speak-
easy's" and all kinds of demoralizing
resorts. Young men find their way
into these hidden places, and are
tempted to remain until they drink
themselves drunk. All sorts of vile
and poisonous connections are dis
pensed in these low. down dives.
The prohibitionist tell US that the
open saloon is a constant temptation
to the young,-well, be that as il
may, what does prohibition do? II
removes this one temptation and
substitutes in its place a great many
temptations infinitely worse. My
advise to parents is this: If yor
wish to keep ''Ole" from drinkir g
to excess: don't send him to a pre-.
hibition state or to %no-license town.