The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-30

SoUlc StDSts
what is the price OF a saloon?
They say, IF you'll let us come back
here, we'll pay you $1,000 for every
saloon.
Now, right there's where you want
TO get suspicious. If factory were
to come here, II it's owners would say
to YOU, Wei expect you TO put UP
SO much money for the privilege of
having this factory htke. But.
here's a factory which comes here
and says well give you $1,000 for
every saloon. Now, use your heads.
Don't that look suspicious? The very
foundation of the saloon is profit. A
saloon Keeper will say: Il never did
like the business, but / might as well
have the money as anyone else"
They operate on the same basis as
the white-slavers. Some one is going
TO seduce the maidens, and they might
as well be making the money out of 1t
as well as some one else. have a
new definition FOR the saloon. THE sa-
loon is the place to manufacture re-
gular drinkers. The drinker says a
man has q right to go down and buy
a drink when he wants IL. Now, let
me give you my solution of the saloon
problem. Establish your saloon, keep
the doors open and put an honest
man behind the bar. When a man
comes into the saloon let him ask
him. Have you an acquired appetite
for drink? III the man answers in the
affirmative then the honest bar tend
er will say. Then you can't come in
here. That is the solution Of the sa-
loon question, for II they depend Tor
their sale of liquor on only the men
who want an occasional drink, they'll
go out of business in three weeks.
They manufacture a desire in the man
to come back, and that keeps up their
saloon profit.
What's the reason anyway for the
saloons wanting to come back They
say they sell more liquor now in the
blind tigers than they did before.
You've all heard that. Now. use your
heads. Why do bney want to come
back and pay the $4,000 tax If they
can sell lust as much liquor without
paying it. They're lyingt They say
there lots more whiskey bottles ly-
ing around. I'll say II I'm asked the
difference that If we're going to have
the whiskey sold, 1 want it out in the
open.
Now. I'm not advocating drunken
css, but / do recognize that we can
get rid of the liquor question all at
once They say to me. do you be-
live in blind tigers? WHAT is a boot
legger? He rs man who Is selling
liquor contrary To law. You've got
them and you'll have them for some
time but get to work and get rid of
than. Tney Will always exist as
long as the desire for drink remains
in the old topper. Hell get 1t some
way.
Now, in reference to blind-tigers.
I'll tell you the difference between
blind tiger and an open saloon.
When the country BOY, clean and
manly, comes to town, he doesn't go
out of his way 20 hunt up saloon.
No, he gets his trading done, goes to
a moving picture show and goes home
to do the chores. But, where you
have the open saloon, he'll say, well
pa voted for it, guess it can't hurt
, me- I'll just go in and have look.
Another difference between the
saloon and the blind tiger is that
! the saloon has the backing of the law
The boot-legger has no backing, he's
criminal. You can't go down to a
saloon keeper and say, Look here,
why did you sell my boy liquor?' He
can answer you that the law gives
him the right to. Then the saloon
has It's gambling table, and It's rooms
for prostitutes. now the bhnd-tiger
can't carry these too. 1t has enough
to keep itself shady without these
other questionable businesses"
The speaker ended his discourse 10y
an appeal to the voters To use theii
heads next Wednesday and vote with
! senses.
SUNDAY NIGHT At THE TENT
| one of the most effective of the
dry meetings was conducted list eV-
cnlng at the tent on the corner oi
! Church str,et and Olney avenue
Emerson EuEard, lecture, lawyer ano
( local option speaker made the address
cl the evening,
| John Balm presided rs chairman of
the meeting. In Introductory rem rli'
NJ Balm spoke of the unpleasant
quarrel at the courthouse square
| Saturday eveninE He made n strona
e,ppeal to the hearers, asking If they
could sanction such an element -
howling mob that demands the very
life Hood cf this city" 10 return ano
overrun the city.
Mr.. Ballard made II magnificent Inn
prosNon ON the audience, In speak
ing he Is cool Logically and kindly
In his talk he cndesVored To dcmc =
no one, "If / nave an enemy among
the vets" said he. Il don't know Nit
III have made an untruthfully state
nent in my address this evening
shall be glad 10 put my name To a
rcfutauon" In personality he w1s at
tractive and it did not fail To win ai'
men.
In opening he spoke of his expert
ence in local option, work in his Owl
town. lie stated thar. ne had worlleC
ttere, faithfully, for the cause. Tho
he had given his time. money ant
whatever talent he possessed and tn
he would continue to do so as Ions
as he wed
Mr.. Ballard discussed the nnancia
side of the local option question. a"
loVa baan in many towns - said ne