Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-05
Outside Point of VIEW

Some one Is sending out lot OK
printed matter" concerning license
laws. prohibition. etc. At late hour
the distilers and brewers are using the
publicity style OF influencing pubic
sentiment Printers ink has long been
a powerful weapon for the prohibition
ist Reading some Of those received
pamphlets, we find that the liquor IN
terests are now making honest enorts
to improve the place. j. e.. the saloon
where intoxica ting liquors are sold. II
they can work this reform the saloon
of America will no longer be the refuge
Of the criminal. or the headquarters OF
the disreputable element Of the COM
naunity. SO far, so good. Every one
will rejoice at the success OF their ef-
forts, no matter what the motive Is.
Much of this work along the line OF ed
ucating the people of this country TO
the advantages Of the legalized saloon.
over "the hole in the wall" and the inc
vitabe presence of the bootlegger IN
prohibition communities. is because
these dealers in intoxicating liquors
realize that a new foe to the saloon Is
abroad in the land They did not fear
the work of the sentimental lecturer.
the Incorporate words Of the ill-advis-
zation in every state. All of this work
was words. empty words" They did
rot fear the union meetings on Sunday
night. with every preacher in town on
the platform. AS an illustration. in a
town where $500 votes was big rec
ord on a Sunday night preaching cleo
ton day. temperance meeting for
"nen only" was held and brought out
an audience of 1900 men and boys.
It is safe to assert 1000 voters were
present. And the preachers waxed elo-
quent the audience actually cheered,
and amen brother" was heard all over
the church. And ringing resolutions"
were passed and published in the daily
papers But within forty eight hours
"a whiskey candidate an open friend
Of the saloons. was elected mayor Of
that town whose majority proved con-
clusiyely, that many who attended that
meeting ''resoluted" one way Sunday
night and voted another the following
Tuesday. Let it be repeated the liquor
interests Of this country were not
frightened by such meetings and the
inevitable resolutions.
But when a new foe, called the Bust
ness Mems Association, began to be
organized in many places. with paid
up caSn Capital, an lECOr pOrdteU cOH.
Germ. ITO sue and be sued" whose
avowed object was to close the open
saloon. the LIQUOR interests "sat up and
began to take notice" And this hard
heade lot Of business men left out the
sentim entail part they proposed to tight
the place. not the use OF what Is sold
in the place. They tell no pathetic
stories OF the drunkard's return home
to abuse his wife and family. They do
not preach against the beer-lunch, nor
the wine suppers. 1t Is true az business
men they refuse to employ those per-
sons thet frequent saloons or habitual-
" use intoxicating liquors. but this Is
action rather than preaching They
propose a crusade against the place
where men can buy liquors and beer by
the glass, and use such places to be-
come intoxicated. It is also true many
members Of this business mems Assoc
citation keep liquor, wine and beer IN
their houses use It themselves and
give II to their friends. It can be
stated another way. II the leKalized.
licensed billiard room. produced the
same results In a community, this as
ISOLATION world stfll have a mission 70
perform. II IL apparent the motive Of
this association IN closing saloons 10 a
selfish one. in that they are looking out
for their own interests which they are
jeopardjzinS in many ways by the open
saloon. But equally true IL It, that they
are working an they see It for the
greatest good to the greatest nln0blr.
While they are protecting theiF bust
ness interests by fighting the open 50