Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-23
ANTI. sALooN ORGANIZATION
MEETS 70 HEAR FINANCIAL
sTArEMENr READ.
Bus,NEss 70 BETTER
SINCE SALOONS CLOSED
Lens List q Merchants oivs Personal
Testimony A = improved cend;.
items ia MarshaIltown Since Saloons
Had clessd-T..R. and Its Editors
Receive Rising Vote Of Loyalty and
ApprovaI.

A rousing meeting Of the stockhold-
ers Of the Marshall County Citizens
Association in the nature Of ratifi-
cationsmeeting was held in the dininG
roomto the Baptist church Wednesday
evening for the purpose of hearing the
financial report Of the association read
and for the purpose of exchanging ex-
periences assto life in a dry town. If
the word Of dozen speakers is to be
believed business generally in Mar
shalltqwn has materially increased
since the saloons closed. Bank depos-
ito have gained.
" After q $3.50 o'clock dinner President
Arney had the financial report read By
Secretary Mueller. which was thor
oughlt discussed and explained. ]. E.
Stanton then made a few remarks In
humorous vein. He told Of having
trouble with his drayman about delay
In transferring goods from the railroads
ito his store and was met with the re-
ply that this drayman was swamped
with his meat contract. It seems that
while formerly he, could haul all the
meat ihippeo into Marshafltown by the
big Chicago and Omaha packers with
three teams It now required five teams
to do the work
oroesrs Selling More Food.
Mr. "A. II. Sheldon had found that his
grocery business had materially in
creased since the saloons were closed
and he had taken the trouble to can
vass the grocers and had found that
nearly all of them were doing more
business than they ever did and that
while their customers We're no more in
number the amount purchased had
greatly Increased
Farmers Want Dry Town.
W. p. Maulsby. whose business as
auctioneer takes him among farmers
all Of the time, related that the far
rners generally, whether liberal In their
habits, or not, were approving Of the
closing of saloons in Marshalltown.
One 0ermsn had admitted that he and
his friends would drink too much in
Marshalltown and was now glad that
the saloons had closed whereas he had
threatened never to come back to
trade.s
Benedict Says Business Has Gained.
Mr.F. r. Benedict. testified that re-
tail business IN the dry goods line was
betteEst than 1t was with saloons but
to hin that made no difference. II 1t
had cost him rs per cent less business
he would have taken his medicine be-
cause of the principle involved. He
branded as q lie the street story that
he would give $500 to get saloons back
in Ma-shalltown.
No More Old ssidiers Drunk.
Col..C. c. Horton. OF the soldiers
home, said that the closing of the sa-
a IN oil NUT E}c S,,S< ~
out Of business because since the sa-
looms had closed he had had only two
cases, Of drunkenness before him.. He
said that only per cent. of the yeter-
ans ever did give him any trouble but
now the nuisance of old soldiers being
drunk had been eliminated from Mar
shalltown.
eoSzs Lost Money For Moldsrs.
r. II. Mcdowell, superintendent Of
the foundry department Of the Lennox
Furnace Company, told the audience
that he had seen the, results Of closing
saloons in his shop where the loss in
breakages and careless molding had
been reduced from maximum Of
nearly $50 per week to almost nothing
largely as the result Of cutting out the
booze for few men, He spoke in be-
half Of the wAge worker and predicted
that many . labor union man would
join the association In, the fightsagainst
the oAen saloon II he were only made
welcome.
Devins AppIauds T.-R.
DR.. w. s. Devine said :, that he
couldn't see as the closing OF saloons
had helped his business any but he be-
hevedS that his cure for stomach ache
would be just as effective for the man
who signed a saloon petition as for one
who did not. He protested against
permitting the big round dollar becom-
ing the object Of attention in discuss
ing a moral question like the saloon
question and he wanted the men Of the
association to appreciate what the
Times Republican. and Fritz Norris
md the newspaper men associated
with him had done for the cause. He as
serted that business considerations did
not weigh In the Tines-Republican Of
flee when q moral question was in
volved He thought that the attacks
mader upon Mr.. Norris had been so
despicabie that men who stood for the
better things In life should not sit back
and say that that was Norris tight but
should get into the game on the street
corners and in the shops and stand up
for the man who was not afraid to
stand a newspaper UP for the right.
The result was rising vote OF 10y
atty: 10 the Times Republican and all
the men associated in its production.
John Bristol told an anecdote Of
shop man who had not liked Mayor
Jones' but who would now vote for him
bkcause he thought that the present
attack was dity politics.
s4s Ausiness eotxSr in Musoatine.
c. T.. Urine read some letters from
merchants In Muscatine who all stated
that business had been much better
since the saloons had closed.
Morris Q9otss Bank Figures.
ID. w. Norris, Jr. was then called
upon. to speak about business in dry
town. DR.. Devine's stunt had pretty
thoroughly confused him but he thank
ed the men for their kind expression
Of confidence and likened the news-
paper; IN fight Of this kind to ba&-
terry a.of long guns placed upon a
prom6nitory Tor the purpose of Smelling
the 6nemy;s wosks while the infantry
waited for 4 breach IN the breastworks
ara rid that 10 or his newspaper IL
sss.es wade Ders6nal issue In personal
attAek ana ahuss 1oe the same reason
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