The Parker post., 1913-08-23
ADVERTISEMENT
KEEP OUT THE SALOONS
Editor Post:

Editor Post:
! wish to use your paper to make
an earnest appeal to our voters to
keep the saloons out.
First | call this election inoppor
tune. 1t will not be fair test of the
wishes of the actual residents of
Parker on account of the absence Of
many of our citizens on their sum.
mer vacations especially our women
voters who are vitality interested and
affected by the saloon question.
We know that every town has it's
floating population, or thirty day vo-
tiers, usually of a class who do not
take life seriously. We feel that
their vote will have a telling effect
in the absence of SO many of our act
uaI home-makers.
To sister voters who are here, |
beg of you to take an interest.
Don't help to saddle this blot On the
face of civilization, on cur town.
At present | am proud to say,that
women, and little children are safe
in any part of our town, with Win
dows ra ;sed and doors unbarred but
experience teaches US that such will
not be the case when the saloons are
open, and the vicious element which
always follows the saloon and it's in
duIgerces.
Don't be misIead into the idea
that it will bring prosperity to our
town. Such is a fictitious prosperity,
a prosperity that undermines itself. 1t
increases crime, it will add to our
taxes, it will break up our homes it
will drag our young men, land older
ones, too) down and unfit them for
the business Of life. 1t will be a
constant menace to the decency and
we'll being of our town.
The liquor dealer may invest and
and throw some ready money around,
making a ST oW of prosperity; but
who pays the money in the long run;
our own people, our fathers, brothers.
husbands, and sons. And it is money
which should go for better purposes
than to enrich the saloon keeper.
Some say, better the open saloon,
than the"boot logger" who they claim
so often escapes prosecution. say
NO! The "boot logger" is bad
enough the open saloon is worse.
The "boot logger" caters to the
drunkards, or one so far on the road
that he will go to some trouble to
secure his liquor. The saloon lures
new material in and keeps the sup
ply of drunkards coming on. How?
BY every trick and device possible
to increase his trade, keeping the
doors swinging on an enticing place,
with music, games sociability,' the
welcoming smile, the glad hand mot
for charity, not for public welfare,
not for any disinterested purpose,
but for the money, and we all pay,
directly or indirectly for the saloon
business.
can point to towns in a sister
state on this coast, Of several thous
and inhabitants, miles of street paw
ing, beautiful parks, street railways,
good schools, churches, banks, etc,
and no saloons, They have learned
to be prosperous without the saloons,
or rather they have learned they
cannot be truly prosperous with sa-
looms.
Let us profit by their experience
and build our town on a solid found
alton. Let us leave out the weak
spot, the saloon.
And in closing let me say that if
you intend to vote this "Wet'', you
are getting the ''the cart before the.
horse" You should get your Jail
first, and be prepared for the saloon
business and it's consequences. You
should secure an adequate appropri-
alton and build good large strong
Jail, where you can confine your fell
low man securely, after he has been
sold enough liquor to render him U
fit or unsafe to appear among his (,
low beings.
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