Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-29
CLOSE THE SALOONS.


GIrarcc which ought 90 have been role
gated to the refuse heap long ago. Tho
question b. among other things, OF sX-
tending the time during which IL shall
be lawful for the saloon to keep open
and distribute damnation. According
10 the present ordinance the saloon can
DO business tnl midnight. many
of them are kept open as
long as the grace Of the police can be
obtained for IL. The saloon men. how
ever. are not satisfied. they ask for AN
extension Of the legal time TN O'Clock
q. m. though what good that can DO
The diyc-keepors who never stop q
en- Ider what the law says. is beyond
apprehension.
uut in an seriousness. is there any
reason n the world why the saloon
should be kept open any longer than
other places Of business? Or why they
should not be Kept hermetically closed
on Sundays? 20 not the bar tenders
need early closing just as much as the
,lerks that are serving the people in
legitimate stores? And are they not
entitled 20 the same privileges as other
clerks? And then again. would II not
be 20 the advantage Of all kinds OF
legitimate business 20 have the saloons
closed az an early hour? AS il IL now
the saloons are doing business with
money that ought to have been spent
in the other stores for food. clothing,
etc.. but which is not spent there be-
eause the stores are closed and the sa-
looms are open. That this is a detri
mcnt 70 the business men engaged In
legitimate business needs no argument.
II we had city fathers who deserved
that title they would close the saloons
at o'clock pm, especially on Satur-
lays They would zee 10 II that the
ordinances we're enforced. There are
many reasons why the saloon traffic
should be curtailed as much as posi-
BILE. and there is not one. outside Of
considerations that the conscience OF
any Christian must condemn, why 1t
should be fostered In any civilized com
munlty.
Some time ago we pointed out that
'arge percentage OF insanity is due 10
alcoholic drinks. Today we can point TO
other fearful consequences OF that evil.
also noted b. men capable Of passing
Judgment on such subjects. In an ad-
dress az Philadelphia delivered on the
jth Of April. by DR. T. A. McNichou
the lecturer gave the following striking
comparison between the offspring Of
two groups OF families:
Through a long line Of successive
generations 1 have made a study Of
two separate groups OF families. one
group, OF children OF drinking parents;
one group, OF children Of abstaining
parents.
In ten families with parents OF
drinking habits, there were hfty-five
children. Thirty died In infancy. three
Of heart disease. four were insane;
seven were anemic; eight we're tuber-
-ulous, one had diabetes; three had
very poor teeth three had adenoids.
only four Of the number we're normal.
In ten families or abstaininF par
ents, there we're seventy children. Two
died In Infancy, two were neurOtlc and
anemic, one had rheumatism one was
tuberCulOus and siNty-four were nor
NAL. In study. ffty-six were excellent.
ten were fair, only two we're deficient.
of the children OF total abstaiuing
families, 30 per cent were normal. Of
the total Of children OF drinking par-
rnts. 30 per cent were abnormal
Eighty per cent OF the children OF
regular drinkers have commissions
while teething OF children dying from
such diseases as measles, whooping
cough. scarlet fever and other infantile
disorders. a large percentage are chill
dren Of drinking ancestry
Let us hear another witness. Or. r.
J Mays, consumption specialist, In
an address before the conference Of the
American Society for the study Of Al
cohol and Other Drug Narcotics, de-
clared that inebriety was very closely
associated with consumption. The for
mer ne said. destroyed the vitality OF
the body and permitted disease germs
to gather and grow I'm the lungs In
cbrlcty and consumption are twin dis
eases the one following the other. The
disease germs Of the latter would not
flourish iu the lungs N the brain and
nervous system we're strong enough 70
throw them on Alcohol not only FREE
quonuy causes tuberculosis but there
are many cases whore the children Of
drinkers develop the white plague a
consumptive patient frequently pre-
sents himself, I'm whom the most dill
gent search fails 10 reveal the slightest
trace OF family consumption. The con-
especially In girls, who. after careful