The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
BUSINESS MEN
FOR WET TOWN
Representative Ogden Citizens
Take Up the Fight Against
Prohibition.
STRICT REGULATION OF
TRAFFIC IS FAVORED
Early Closing of Saloons and
POolroomS to Be Urged
on Council.
snerial 70 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN, May 3l.-Nearly sou prom!
nent business men OF the city, represent
ine All lines OF trades and professions
perfected the organization OF the Ogdei
Manufacturers and Business Mems as
sociation at a rousing meeting held n
the Weber club tonight The officers o
the new organization were elected ano
Installed. following which addresses were
delivered by prominent men relative to
the issues of the LIQUOR campaisn. Johl
PIngree presided. with Carl Allison as
secretary
The casting of ballcts resulted i'm the
unanimous election Of the following OH
GERS and directors; u. NJ, Conroy. prest
Allison. secretary and treasurer; John
Pingrec. NJ. s. Browning. j. w. WILCOX
\. r. Haywood. j. S: Carver. carr G.
Rasmussen and Z. " Ellis directors.
facturers' Association of America was the
principal speaker. He declared that he
was not present as the representative OF
either the prohibitionist or the anti
prohibltionist but in the interests OF an
association with q membership OF 1000. :
ooo representing the leading manufactur-
ine concerns OF the country lie strongly
advocated a strict regulation OF the liquor
traffic. declaring himself in hearty accord
with the recommendation OF Mayor VIII
liam Giasmann that the saloons Of tho
u
NJ s. Browning Talks.
NJ s Browning followed as tho next
speaker and declared that II prohibition
were allowed 10 obtain. the sudden
change would be disastrous from busi-
ness point of view. He expressed the
opinion that rentals would be reduced
and hundreds of men thrown out of en-
piovment should the sale OF liquor be
prohibited. He also declared that in such
case. lust as much liquor, in his opin-
ion. would be sold formerly, only in
other WAYS and through other channels.
In closing his remarks he urged strict
regulation by carly closing OF the sa-
looms. limiting the number OF liquor firms
and Increasing the amount OF licenses
6 j. ). .Ablcs. John f.. Bagley, III. {.
Bigelow and others addressed the as
semblage along the same lines. Mayor
Glasmanu, who was present. also made
short talk later in the evening endors-
ing the remarks OF the other speakers.
declaring himself as opposed 10 pro
hibiicn and urging the regulation Of the
liquor traffic rather than the prohibition
of its sale. which he said would not
prove OF actual value or worth in answer
ing the purposes OF its hackers.
Resolution Adopted.
AS the last speaker concluded, the
following resolution by. NJ. s Browning
WAS introduced and unanimously passed:
Resolved, BY The Ogden Msnutac-
turers' and Business Mems association.
that We hereby approve the action OF
Mayor w illIdm Oi7Smann IN recommends
ing TO the city council the passage OF
an ordinance fixing The closing hour of
saloons not later than @ O'Clock AT night,
and we hereby urge the city council at
its next regular session 10 so amend the
ordinances as 10 meet the recommenda
ton made by Mayor Glasmann. and be IL
further
Resolved. That VIC hereby record our
selves as emphatically In favor OF law
enforcement. proper restriction and posi-
tive regulation. which tend to regulate
the evils now complained Of
To Draft Ordinance.
J. II. De Vine. w. s. Burton and
Arthur Kuhn were then named as =
committee to draft an ordinance for
presentation 10 the city council next
Monday night. requesting that body TO
close all poorooms in the city al an hour
not later than that upon which IL should
DC decided TO close the saloons.
The chairman WAS authorized to ap-
point q committee OF twenty-five mem
bers TO walt upon the city council at It's
next meeting To urge the adoption OF
both propositions. The chair announced
that the appointments would be made al
an early date. The secretary WAS in
structed 10 publish the names of the
sisners of thc original petition calling
for the organization OF the association.