The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-12-13
v. c. |. j. DEPARTMENT
Mrs. e. Van Hood, Editor
Saloon is Liability, not an Asset

Saloon is Liability. not an Asset
That the saloon is a business la
hility, rather than an asset, was the
POINT emphasized by business men of /
roth temperance mass meeting at /
the coliseum one night last week.
1t is estimated that fully 1000 /
people attended. Temperance lead j
ers declare it was the largest gather
ing ever held in the history OF the
cause ever held in Iowa. |;
The meeting was opened by the |
singing of America" by the entire i
Wallace offered prayer. Following
number by a double male quartet, /
". J. Pinkington introduced H. L. |
Litchfield, president of the Waterloo
| Business Mems Association, and
/ head of one of the largest manufac-
turing plants in that city. Mr.. Itch
field as chairman of the evening,
presented his colleagues to the audi
ence. The speakers and the facts
which they quoted to prove that Wa
treloo is prospecting as a saloonless
city follow:
Superintendent of Schools Talks
A. w. Chamberlain, superintend
ent of the Waterloo schools: They
told us that when we were talking
of going dry that the people would
leave us. The census shows our
usual normal increase in population.
Arrests for drunkenness have fallen
Ifrob 1000 to 544."
Emmons Johnson, president of the
Waterloo Savings Bank, and a men,
Der of the Levitt & Johnson Trust
Company: THE report of the over
seer of the poor house shows that
from 80 to sc per cent. of our pau
perism is caused by drink" Mr.
Johnson quoted actual instances of
Waterloo families pauperized thru
the saloon. He noted that many
men whose families had been sup
J ported by the county during the sa-
loon days are now paying their own
, bills
Few Empty Business Houses
Mr.. Hostetter, real estate deal
err: There are only % empty BUSH
ness houses in the whole city. The
saloonists predicted there would be
: 500 They said building would stop.
e during the last year 76 20-foot front
t business buildings have been erected
: beside fine new theater and some
; cffice buildings
F. NJ Wilson. shoe dealer: no
+, saloons means more shoes and less
= booze. Ny business shows a. sub
6 stantial increase over last year fol-
: every corresponding month but
e two"
g W. o. Tanreuther, preacher and
q farmer: 4 represent a church that
owns $2,500, 900 worth of good farm
Il land The saloon keepers lie when
d they say farmers won't come to q
: dry town"
l. Advise Substitutes
K F. A. Ferguson, president of the
Iowa Life Insurance Company, adj
! vlsed picture shows, bowling alleys
game rooms and other places o.
amusement to take the place of the
Z sa loon.
& L. E. Park, real estate man: ''Yor
d will still have a big job on hand:
o when you get rid of the saloon" Mr.
s. Park told how the bootleggers ant
: whisky drug stores have been prose
- cuted in Waterloo.
= James Black, head of one of the
IS largest department stores in Water
l. leo: '.Twenty-one years ago the sa
T. loonists told me wouldn't last Ions
J. if I didn't sign the petition. Well
u IN here yet. employed two clerk:
T then; l have 200 now Any bushes:
= man who signs a petition because
=. he's afraid not to ought to get into
&c the peanut business where he be
D. longs
Is SANDER on Laboring Men
J. E. Johnson. secretary of thu
"a Waterloo Gas Engine Co.: Labor
RI ing men are not leaving Waterloo
because the town is dry. It is
SANDER upon the laboring man t.
say that he prefers the saloon
IS The factories of Waterloo pa.
u 100000 annually in wages. For
- mer1y s1,000.000 OF that amour
- was spent for drink Now the work
"a men are buying homes. Building an;
IF loan association increased thei
a. stock 1892 900 in the last year.
n S. B. Reed, attorney: Water1o.
IL has prospered 80 per cent NOR