Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-18
T,uo Kinds Of Social Clubs


did envy them all these beautiful
things.
In the place of allaying my animosity
toward them it seemed to kintlle the
fire still more. said to the man that
was showing me around, If had such
a beautiful place as this to come to,
would never go back to my dingy club,
the saloon. It must take a wealth Of
money to retain a membership in thrs
club. Such grandeur and luxury, any
time, day or night, s65 days q year,
when can only go to my club about
800 days a year as the saloons have to
close Sundays and holidays. He said,
not necessarily, does g. man have to
spend such great wealth as you might
think. The members have access to all
privileges, use Of the games, and ev-
erything, and when they have a friend
come to town bring him here and en-
terrain him without extra charge, and
quite often we have social entertain
ments for our members and their fami-
lies, and the membership dues are $25
a year. Twenty-Five dollars cried,
you don't mean to tell me that you are
being entertained in this manner tor
only $25 q year! Man you must be
mistaken, that's less than the price OF
two glasses of beer q day even for the
days the saloons are open. II that's
all you fellows are paying you are
lot of cheap skates. We are paying
lots more than that for the privilege of
our club. 1.-THE saloon" One hundred
OF us laboring men could go together
and for the price OF one drink Of
whisky, and the poorest at that, or two
glasses Of beer day, could maintain
a club just as fine as this one. And
look at the money we pay for pool. bill
lizards and other games that come in
addition to the drinks we buy in the
saloons, that I'VE would get here. Well,
we are q lot or dubs. We are paying
the saloon keeper about $3.50 a year
each to keep our clubs open for us.
and do not have the privilege OF q
table, chair, carpet, or anything else;
locked out on Sundays, and other days
the saloons are forced to close, and
it's costing @11.5o more than II costs
for membership here with all these
privileges, and that's only figuring on
two beers day.
Ten cents q day over the bar OF a
saloon for q year amounts to $685. so and
If 100 of us would go together and
form q club and pay that al member
ship Zee It would amount to $3.50 q
year. -Four hundred at 5 cents q day
would be $1,000 year. Say we would
have more money than we would know
what to do with. We wouldn't want
that exhibit room, we could 1T It up for
our families with the surplus and have
reading and rest room Cor them
when they come down town. Say we
are q big dot Of d,Jbs for spending our
money over the bar Of the saloons ana
getting nothing tor 1t, and you can get
all this pleasure for one-fourth what
we pay the saloons, and to tell you the
truth, 10 cents day don't near let us
out loafing around the saloons. don't
envy you fellows any more. It's our
own fault II We don't avail ourselves of
the same opportunities you fellows do.
TN tell you am thru with the saloons.
and they will never get me to sign that
petition to have the chance or robbing
me. am going to get some boys to
so in with me and form club, and not
pay some beer gnssler ten or sweeney
Eprices 70 take care Or 1t Tor Us, s1ust Is
keep him from getting out and doing
AN honest days work viii never
aien the saloon petition