Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14

wish to make 1t plain that there
are just as many good men in proper
ton in the ranks OF labor, as there are in
any other line Of business or profession
Because fortune has smiled upon some
and they have been successful in ac-
cumulating enough OF this worlds
goods, or opportunities have been such
that they have been able to prepare
themselves in life for some professional
calling, does not make them any better
than the man who tolls and earns his
bread by the sweat of his brow. For
work Is honorable, and a man Is a
man irrespective of his calling in life
The man who has been blessed with
plenty OF this worlds goods, and on ac-
count Of his financial standing is given
a place in society, and does not make
use Of his position in life for the moral
and social uplift OF his fellow man, is
more detrimental to society than the
man who has not had these opportuni-
ties in life.
I am writing this article to make
clear that it has been with no dtsre-
spect to the man who tolls that I am
contributing these articles to the
Times-Republican, but to show my
brother laboring man the true relation
the saloon bears to labor.
I do not want the impression to pre-.
vail that the success Of the saloon Pc
tition Of consent depends wholly upon
the la'boring man. There are men In
all walks In life, men who have had
the opportunity that most men toiling
for a living have not had, to study the
social questions of life, and the men
who have had opportunities in life
should realize their responsibility to
society, and assist in the upbuilding Of
their less fortunate brother, in place Of
pulling him down for the sake Of the
them.
There Is many a business and pro-
fessional man who has signed saloon
petitions, fully realizing their degrading
effect upon society. but for fear that
they might lose a customer in business
he has disregarded not only society,
but his own family as well, signed the
petition. and become a party to busi-
ness that money could not hire him to
conduct personally.
The man who signs the saloon petit
ton should also stand for the man who
engages in the business, and make a
companion Of him and his family, and
allow them the association and COM
partnership Of their family and society.
No, they will not do this. But if the
business is SO degrading that he and
his family are made outcasts from So
ciety, why do you become a party to
the business, for that is what you do
when you sign the petition Of consent.
When you make an outcast Of the
saloonkeeper socially. on account Of his
business. you are, by your own acts
condemning the saloon and liquor bus
mess for the immoral and degrading
effect It has upon society.
Then why sign the petition Of con-
sent, and allow Its degrading influence
to come into the lives Of your own
families? There are few of you but
who have children. You should con-
slider them If you don't society.
The business and professional man
who signs the petition Of consent is far
more detrimental to society than the
laboring man who signs, for the bus
mess mans position in life Is such
that his name on the petition will in
fiuence others to sign, for they will say
he has social and financial standing. it