La Junta tribune., 1914-09-26
APATHY THAT nELPs sA1ooxs.

III only drinking men were allow
- to vote on national prohibition.
Ievery saloon In the country would
- put out Of business I'D the next
thirty days"
The man who said this recently In
Kansas City, stood with his foot
on the brass rail and glass Of whis-
~ on the bar in front OF him.
And what do you suppose was the
answer Of the saloon keeper! Here
Il is. exactly as he said II. with .
hitching up Of his shoulders as he
spoke:
Why. Of course: we all know
There is no argument worth 4 damn
In favor Of booze. except the argu-
ment Of the man like myself who sells
Il for living; but you'll never see
the saloon put out OF business in
this country because the. church peo-
pie don't practice what they preach.
They talk temperance. but they do
not work and vote II. so we are able
TO put 1t over on 'em every time"
1t is fact that the great majori-
" of men who drink. whether they
drink little or much. are In favor OF
national prohibition. NOT only OF the
sale but Of the manufacture Of liq-
uor and beer. This is because they
see enough OF the ''inside" OF the
traffic to know that II is the great
est curse the world has ever known.
1t is not the vote of the drinking
men that defeats anti-liQuor meas
ures; 1t is the apathy Of the men who
never go into saloon-of the
churchgoing men. They do not come
Into direct touch with the evil that
drinking does and they are too apt
to take no part In campaign against
the saloon or against whisky con-
troll in politics.
1t is an old saying among local
option workers in every campaign:
"If we can only get the church men
TO come out and vote we will win by
q big matority."--Kansas City Star.
Once upon a time there was sa-
loonkeeper In La Junta who made
almost the same identical observa-
tion that is credited to the Kansas
City saloonkeeper. and he meant ev-
cry word OF II. for he was man OF
his word In more ways than one.
There isn't n single argument that
can be made In favor Of BOOZE" said
this particular saloonkeeper. land
II you cant afford II you'd better cut
II out. for booze'll get you sure II you
stay with II. I'm In the business OF
selling booze for the money there is
In II. and that's ALL This saloon
keeper was also q wise man In his
.day. He predicted that La Junta
)sssid 20 dry in.two years and II did.
but the saloonkeeper wasn't here
to Witness the drouth. He sold out
and departed for fields green and
pastures new. where he has been liv-
ing happily ever since.
II Colorado does not 20 dry this
fall Il will be the fsult Of the
church people and dry business men
who want to play To the crowds on
both sides Of the fence. II the men
who support the churches will come
out and work openly and above
hoard for = dry Colorado this fall.
this state will 90 dry.
Two years ago there were s.7o3
votes cast for the various candidates
for governor In Otero county and
only 3.322 votes for and against
state wide prohibition. There were
1881 more votes for governor than
for and against state wide prohibi-
tion. In the entire state there
were over 5000 voters In Colorado
who did not express themselves one
way or the other on state vide pro
hibltion. Most Of this differsnce
was caused by the traditional apathy
Of the church goers In campaigns Of
tbs kind.