The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

him out OF his money, his brains,
health, strength and character. 1t
clubs him out to work, when 1t has
clubbed the strength out Of him to
properly perform his labor As long
as the poor man makes the saloon
his club he will never be anything
else than n poor man.
All Of q poor mans wealth is in
vested in his children. The poor man
sacrifices his whole life to raise his
children and hopes that when they
grow up they will be help To him
in his old age. If the rich mans
| children goes to the bad the rich man
still has money to support him, but
when the poor mans children goes
to the bad all his wealth Is lost ana
ne Is left in his old age TO life of
misery The saloon is an institution
that robs the poor man of his chill
dren and he ought to be against it
NOR so than the rich man.
The rich man will not live whore
there are saloons. They will have
the land deeds fixed up so that no
saloons can be established. or they
VIII have laws made to bar out sa-
looms. Some Christian people ease
their conscience by having laws made
to keep the saloons away from the
church doors: but when You drive
the saloons away from the rich mans
home and the doors of the church.
you drive them to the homes of the
poor people-the least able of all 60
Withstand their raVages. The poor
man cannot drive the saloon away
from his door with money like the
rich man, for he has not the money;
but he has "A vote and with that vote
he can, and should, drive the saloon
from his door.
II is not necessary for a man TO
be a total abstainer in order to vote
against the saloon. Many drunkards
Will vote against the saloon. knowing
that with the saloon out Of sight
there viii be a chance of saving
themselves from drunkards graves.
Many moderate drinkers, who have
no Intention of becoming teetotalers,
Will vote against the saloon because
of the evils that go with the saloon.
But there are many men who really
believe that drink is good for them,
and who intend to vote for the sa
loon 80 that it will be easy for them
TO get drink. a total abstinence argu-
ment is necessary 20 convince them
that intoxicating liquor is neither
good nor necessary for them.
No-Liccnsc Good for the People.
They tell US that prohibition does
not prohibit, and that If you abolish
saloons there will be more drinking
and more drunkenness than ever.
Why, If that were so the liquor peo-
pie would be the most enthusiastic
prohibitionists in the land They are
in the business to sell liquor and
make money and If they could sell
more under prohibition, depend upon
it they would be out for prohibition.
But the way they fight prohibition
and local option laws tells plainly
that they take away the profit OF the
liquor traffic. When the state of
oklahoma abolished saloons, the
Anheuser- Busch Brewing company,
of 81. Louis, said they lost "A million
dollars. II the brewing company lost
It the people of Oklahoma must have
IL, 1t is good for the people every
time that the liquor traffic anywhere
loses money.
Going TO Hell.
They tell US that IL you drive the
saloons out of your city there will be
people who will so a long way to get
liquor Wen, it's long way to hell
and there are some people going
there, but that is no reason that you
should make "A hell Of your city for
their accommodation.
They tell MS that there is more eN-
element In drinking towns than in
temperance towns. Yes, and there is
more excitement at slaughter house
where cattle are killed than out upon
the pasture where they live ana grow
Drinking towns are slaughter towns
OF the human race. The man who
wants fun and excitement by the
destruction of his fellow beings
place in the same category as those
people of old who gathered in an
amphitheater and had human beings
torn limb from limb by wild animals
for their amusement
$ $ = Reason.
But there is a most important rea-
son in the minds Of the people for
retaining the saloon, and it Is the
greatest obstacle that the temperance
leaders have to contend against II
Is because too many people worship
the almighty dollar instead of wor-
shipping Almighty God What shall
we do to make up the money we shall
lose in license fees when we outlaw
the saloons2 Wen, where does the
saloon get the money that It turns
over in license fees? The saloon
takes the money from the people. and
many times over the license fee. The
average American saloon takes from
the people an average of $4,000 a
year. Oh, what bargain; give the
saloon $4,000 for the purpose Of get