Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-11
THE LICENSED SALOON.
Rev. Malcolm Dana Tells What II
Means-Facts from East and West.

| in Maine means to adopt one or the other
| Of the above methods of regulating the
| LIQUOR traffic Both methods mean lhh
LICENSED SALOON. Apart from 'he
practice of drinking, the rights ana
wrongs of IT, the question OF aulil't'ihs
THE SALOON is one by ltself' WIN
member of the Boston Auto Party WISH
the people of Maine Comprehended 1nliy
what THE SALOON is, what II STANDS lot
and does in community. ] give. in part
the facts of the case as ] know them 10
be east and west-and everywhere, Tor
that matter.
% The saloon possesses no common
law rights or those inherent III cl'i%eh
ship. The U. s. Supreme Court declares
the saloon business to be one attehueu
with danger to peace, good ofaef' Hhoia's
and welfare of the community anu pos
sessing no inherent or common Jaw
of citizenship since these can CONFER no
right upon any person TO DO anything
destructive to the fundamental purposes
of government.
90 To engage in the saloon business -
not to pursue an ordinary Gaining or sen
ordinary commodities. Liquor seihhs
has not, nor can ii claim, the rights OF
legitimate business. The highest courts
in a number of states agree that hauof
In its nature is dangerous TO morals sooo
order health and safety OF the people anu
is not to be placed on the same 1ootlhR
with the ordinary commodities OF ME,
mich Indiana decision) 10 sell ihtoAi-
eating liquor is not natural flsh' To
pursue an ordinary calling u. tafoiifi
Supreme Court)
(0 Prohibition is the natural ofuer anu
other methods are unnatural. me uhlted
States Supreme Court has declared III
common law prohibition exists ana pre-
walls except when revoked and nalhned n3
statute"
(D The saloon is in every respect
dangerous business 1t is almost uhlNei
sally in the hands of morally incofhpe-
toni and dangerous class Good men Will
not go into the business. GOOD society
does not fellowship the saloon keepei'
bartender or their wives Reputapie
lodges and other like organizations are
closed 10 them and oppose the inteHpef
ance resulting from their business IL Is
generally a last resort business OF the
morally defective or depraved
IN The licensed saloon is drink openly
asgrassivelv and backed by law. seeking
the drinker 1t is drinking made easy
drink seeking the drinker without cauti"ii
or conscience. II takes one BOY OUT Vi
every FIVE families TO keep the saloons
going.
8l The licensed saloon. does not dis
place but is feeder of every liiesaI FORM
of LIQUOR selling. Pocket peddlar' poo'
logger blind tigers are fed bN saloons
Those engaged in such illegal enterprises
spend their profits in the saloons that
send them out. The Business Men
Temperance Society incorporated sSVo,
Waterloo, Iowa. declares through one Oh
its members-"We have been able TO
proye that there is more drug store tramc
in saloon towns by very large per cent
than in towns where there are no sa
looms In fact We have been able TO ap-
solutelv demonstrate by the records,
county bv county, here in Iowa local OPP
tom that the whiskey drug store IS
partner of the saloon.
IN To admit the saloon is to make
simple task complex Under prohibition
all liquor selling is illegitimate. one
thing only needs watching and to be
prosecuted With the saloon must come
a mass of restrictive legislation, laws
governing doors, blinds, stalls; selling
hours, drunkards and minors, women ana
children on the premises. gambling. etc,
etc Every point must be watched
..Teehnicalities, =. the, resort of the saloon
la W breaker can be urged at these many
points.
81 The saloon increases the yolumn of
drinking and does not improve the quail
" of drink One large saloon in Boston
than all the blind tigers and drug stores
in Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner COM
bined All for open sale. With rents.
taxes, a high license. and within re-
stricted trade-a tremendous amount OF
liquor must be sold Therefore adultera-
ton, poor and cheap liquors.
f9)The licensed saloon represents organ
lied unrighteousness in the community
For the most part saloon Keepers are Ia
territorial and continual Iaw-bredkers.
Here only will they cooperate and assist
The saloon is either one and the SANE. or
it is co-operator with. and feeder TO, the
gambling den and brothel. The saloon is
the rendezvous of the dangerous elements
of community. There passions are IN
famed crimes conceived and planned;
and from them they are often carried out.
The fight for law, order and decency Us
harder in saloon town than any other
The citizen, the politician, who advocates
temperance measures is a marked man.
Nothing puts temperance so quickly,
| completely and persistently into politics
| as the presence of the saloon Each sa-
| loon keeper is captain and his patrons a
company Let a campaign for civic righ
eousness come. an army of as many com
panies as there are saloons is instantly
mobilized to oppose. The fight will not be
fair or in the open. Every method, fair
and foul, will be used by an enemy VINO
| never knows division, fights in the dark,
strikes from behind OF all trusts and
| Hobbies in the world that of liquor inter-
ests is wealthiest. most persistent and
vicious.
| d0) The saloon is never constructive
put always a destructive social. political
| ana economic force in a community. 1t
| does not make for public health but the
| opposite. 1t does not make for a clean
| and refined society. 1t does not produce
| good citizens and citizenship. nor aid in
securing good laws and their enforce