The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-26


cFines 20 town and spends his money
for necessities of life, c.othing. etc.
and returns better equipped to pro-
duce wealth. Witn the saloons some
men come to town and his family gets
the devil when he returns home. The
! saloon is parasite to society The
only business that is legitimate is
something that takes your money and
gives you something in return"
That Tax Proposition.
The speaker then spoke on the sub
iect Of taxes. Some men who are not
wet" figure this way; I'm not in
favor of the saloons but the taxes
are heavy the saloons will help to pay
them ask you. can the saloon pay
your taxes any more than they can
pay the grocery bill or the meat bill ?
There Is no reason why honest men
should whine for the saloon keeper
to pay his taxes for him. I believe
in the direct tax where the man digs
into his pocket and pays his share
Of the public upkcep IL is good
thing for man to share the common
burdens because he takes more of an
/ interest i'm the expenditures Of the
mCney and becomes n better cit-
zen.
Suppose the city needed $5O,001 and
80 saloons como into the city bring
ing men who should ta section hands
or in any other line of business which
would produce wealth. There will he
al least two men connected with the
saloon. Each saloon will have five or
six hangers-on or loafcrs VINO are non
producers. The saloon will throw out
lines in the community weakening the
working efficiency of the people de-
grading men and women and blight
ing the coming generation
What the People Pay.
The speaker then summed up the
different things which the people had
given to get the $4,000 i'm taxes. They
had paid into each saloon $1,000 or
$4,000; supported the saloon keeper and
the bar tender: supported the five or
siX-hang2rs-on; weakened the work
ing efficiency Ct the people, etc.
docs 1t pay?' he asked his hearers
"The saloon Is the greatest piece of
'bunkum' i'm the country When they
come back saying that tEry will pay
your taxes YOU are getting gold
brick. Don't think that you are ever
going 70 get something for nothing"
Rev. Clark then told Of his exper.
fences with confidence men and stat
cl that he had bitter memories Of
such men. There are certain laws
made when the world was made and
cannot he changed by legislatures.
one Of these is "By the sweat of thv
brow thou shalt earn thy daily
Tread You can carry the taxes like
q man or you can dodge. If the SIT
looms come back the symbol of man
hood viii come Lack as q symbol Of
degradation. The saloon Keepers tax
Cs degrade the man who allows him
to pay them. NJ man can stand by
ana see an injustice committed and
not iieht against it. you viii lose IT,
He then spoke of the quantities OF
liquor consumed when the town was
wet ana when ii was dry. 't have
my suspicion that some men have had
a drink duri ng the last three years
and that there is some beer and
Whisllcy I'm Your city. Men nave ac-
Guired the habit ana viii not rid
themselves of II in a day. ..
The. Institutions tie Thing.
"If You want To- take drink that
Is not my business. It's tae lnstitu-
ton that tcmpts men to drink that
ann fighting. In my opinion, the man
who says that there is as much liquor
drunk in the last three years as Ice
fore simply lies.
"rhc saloon keepers claim that 1t
destroys their self-respect when yoi,
I.causc them to sell ON the sly and
Violate the laws by voting the COM
Inunlty dry. sympathize with them
for their self respect Is such a deli
cate affair. / do not want to abuse
the liquor men. Some are manly fell
lows and do not consider their husi-
ness wrong as they have been
1 brought up that way.
"Saloon keepers say that YOU can
rot enforce the dry laws. An insu-
tuition that has been built mp for de-
cades can not be changed In a few
! \ cars. Appctites have been created
and they must DE satisfied They say
you can't stop the liquor traffic. Why,
IL would take the good God some time
tc make a decent world out Of this
one. 1t needs a lot or trimming mp.
Next Wednesday YOU are going to
set up a standard Of thinking ana "a
standard of conduct and you are gu-
| ing to say to your boys whether Il is
as respectful 10 De brewer as TO lac
La lawyer or any other profession or