The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-28
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Legitimate industry viii rise up from
its ruins
"They told the people Of Georgia
that when Atlanta went dry 1t would
be ruipSd set look into the govern
mentI ecords. and you will find no city
that had more substantial growth
from 1900 to 1910. In Kansas City,
KanEas the first year after the state
went dry the building industry in
creased 200. per cent; savings bank de.
posts inceased AZ per cent mostly,
coming from the working men. The
number OF savings deposits doubled in
five years.
Takes place Of Necessities.
For every dollar paid for booze an
other dollar is taken from the neces'
sites OF life. Carroll D, Wright, gov
ernment statistisian says: The
amount spent in liquor ii spent in any
other line, would mean the employ.
ment OF from Z to 10 times as many
men. The great cry is made, if we
drive out the liquor business we will
kill ths grain narket. secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson says only 2 per
cent of the grain raised goes into
lliguor. OF every ten dollars spent in
liquor only 40 cents goes to the farm.
In another state a paid advocate OF
the LIQUOR interests said 10 the audi.
ence. what would you do withouta
market for your graln?" One man in
the audience replied I'VE would raise
more hogs and less hell"
DR.. Lyon in referring 10 how much
money is put into the liquor business
for what is gotten out Of it related
the story Of a boy who was once
asked to tell how long it would take
cat to get out of a well II it jumped
lup four feet each day and jumped
| back eight feet each night. After
covering all sides OF his slate with
figures the boy answered his Ques'
toner that II he had another side 10
his slate he would have the cat In hell
in three minuets. .....
Indirect Cost.
THE cost i'm crime makes the indl-
rect cost of the liquor traffic greater
than the direct cost. | hayee no CON
trcyersy with the saloon keeper who
admits that he is going to hell, as the
scripture says no drunkard can enter
the Kingdom Of heaven and the man
who makes the drunkard certainly car
not. the liquor men are not in the
business for fun, they are in it for the
money. have more respect for the
saloon Keeper who says he is going 70
hell than have for some Of you chick
cn.livered church members The
man who is afraid to be aggressive
against the liquor business because he
is in public position is mol fl to run
glue factory In hell.
Devil Gets Greatest Hold.
Isn't It true that the Devil gets
the greatest hold on the mostlibcraI
hearted fellows? Isn't It true how
many a good fellow vii spend his
last cent simply to be a good fellow?
Working men haven't you been buying
porter house stake long enough fol
the other fellows wife and family
while your wife is wearing her fingers
out on the washboard and is gettins
gray before her time because the man
who Jed her to the alter and promised
10 love and protect her is spending
his money over the booze counter.
Want License.
"some say We want the money that
comes from license to pay the taxes.
You can defy anybody who says this
and ask them to point to any city
whose taxes have ever been reduced
through license. How many saloons
are thers in Fairmont? Somebody
answers eighteen. What license
| do they pay? The answerc was $1,000,
You don't mean to say the voters OF
this city have been selling themselves
Ifor 81 a piece Why you couldn't go
out into the MS ana ouy t"il SIG'
Ihog for that much.
Trying to Disguise.
MANY people are trying TO disguise
under the ruse Of personal liberty
| The liquor interests never comes out
In the open but use some such titles
as the Business Mems League" Per
sonal Libery !" etc. W. J.Bryan
once said: "a man may have the
right to run horse as fast as he wants
to on the prairie, but would he have
the rights to run down one of our
crowded streets?" .
Imagine a man wanting to put d
smallpox pest house on the main
street and pay a license Of two hun,
dred dollars; or put house or prosti'
tuition beside your city building or onc
of your churches. There is only one
solution to the saloon business and
that is no saloon. You might as we'll
try to regulate a rattlesnakc bite or
set off a key Of powder by a slow
process.
SAY, fathers have you any boys