The Republican journal., 1911-09-07
VOTE NO.

TSIudlil SledQ1dSl W ohuOA
which she has greatly prospered. 1t has
been an unequal contest. On the one
hand have been the friends of law and
order, of temperance and morality, and
on the other hand the allied forces of
the liquor dealers and brewers of the
nation, with their tainted millions. The
temperance organizations, the women,
the churches, and the Grange, have done
all in their power to avert the threaten
ed evil and to protect the homes; but
opposed to them has been a victori-
Gus, fully organized political party,
with unlimited money at it's command.
The temperance forces on the other
hand have lacked leadership and even
paign by legitimate methods. Arrayed
against them also hes been a subsidized
press, whose falsehoods, scurrility and
blackguardism should, with thinking, in
telligent people, defeat the end they
have in view; but. to the credit of Maine
journalism be it said, a great majority
Of the newspapers of the State were
not to he bought and have battled man.
fully for the right
1t is easy to understand why those who
want to sell liquor, to rent buildings for
saloons or who see some other way in
which they may profit pecuniarily Eat
the expense of the community should
vote yes. But the business man who
votes to admit the saloon will simply
give up certain percentage of his bust
ness to the saloon keeper and will have
to pay his portion OF the increased eX-
penses caused blythe drunk enness, pauper-
ism and crime found everywhere where
license prevails There is so much
money goes into circulation in a COM
munity, and whatever percentage of
that money finds its way into the pocket
of the rumseller is taken from the chan
nels of legitimate business, from the
ord fro,,, 4ha
The excuses some give for ranging
themselves against prohibition are MANY
and various, and none Of them have any
tenable basis. One complains that pro-
hibition is expensive, and expects
through revenue from license to have
lower tax rate. But if he would take
the trouble to inform himself he would
find that liquor selling entails upon
community an expense ten times greater
than the arount received from licenses.
Another wants pure liquor, and has
much to say about the vile stuff sold un-
der prohibition. But the same vile stuff
is sold under license. The liquor dealer
is not in business for his health, but for
the money he can get out of it, and as
long as alulterated and manufactured
liquors afford the larger profit he will
sell them. Not many months ago sam
pies of liquor were obtained from the
gilded saloons of New York city and all
were found on analysis to be adulterated.
There will be more liquor sold in Maine
under license, and it will not be pure
liquor. The assertion that less liquor
would be sold under license than under
prohibition is too absurd for serious re-
futatior. Everybody can not send away
for liquors to come by express. Many
who might be tempted by an open sa-
loon are not likely to become patrons of
the pocket peddler or the speak easy.
Many who never drank, and had no de-
sire to drink are liable to be led astray
when there is a saloon on every corner.
1t is for this Increased market for their
wares that the liquor dealers and brew
ers are con+ending and, that is why they
are putting out their ill-gotten money to
defeat prohibition in Maine.
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