Arizona republican., 1914-08-10
LIQUOR ROBS LABOR

What does the laboring man want?
 A fair chance. Steady employ
 ment at good wages.
 Who makes the fair chance for the
 laboring man?
 The consumer. The man with an
 appetite to satisfy and something U
 spend that it may be satisfied, the
 man who clothes his wife and chli-
 dren well, builds a comfortable home
 and pays his debts.
 Without him, manufacturers must
 shut down and labor walk the streets.
 Without him, retailers must close
 their doors and their clerks go
 hungry.
 He is the one who keeps the fac
 tory busy and the sign out, More Men Wanted,' and it is the manu- lecturer who must employ the MOSI men to make one dollars worth or
 goods who is kept in business by
 the SOBER man.
 Jeff Jones, eminent member of the
 British parliament, said: "I met the finished product of the saloon. He was lying in the gutte. He had on no hat; the hat trade was suffering. His coat was Hull or holes: the clothing trade was suffer ing. He had holes in his shoes; the shoe trade was suffering. He had on the remnant of a shirt; the woolien trade was suffering. He had on no socks; the hosiery trade vas suffer- ing. I can hardly mention a uselul industry that was not suffering be- cause of that, mans insobriety.' The SOBER MAN maintains the SOBER industries. He has needs and money to meet his needs. He IS well clothed; the clothing trade pos pers and it's workingmen prosper with it. He is well fed; the grocery trade, wholesale and retail. prospers and it's men prosper with 1t. The DRINKING MAN maintains the drink industry-and-and nothing else. And the drink industry em- blows fewer men to the million or capital than any other leading manu- featuring interest.
  in the manufacture of lumber f1N l. HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE men are employed. For every million dcllars invested in the manufacture of textiles, FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT men are em-
 ployed. For every million dollars
 invested in the manufacture of leath-
 CT products. FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE men are employed
 And for every million dollars invest .
 eG in the manufacture of liquors.
 SEVENTY SEVEN men are em-
 ployed
 If the workingmen overthrow the
 traffic in liquors. they will force the investment of the money now giv- ing employment to mere handful into channels where it will employ about FIVE TIMES AS MANY MEN. And they will lift the finished product" of the saloon out Of the gutter and make him a buyer of food and clothing and home and education for his children and the
 market for the products of Americas s foreign trade.
 The liquor traffic keeps hundreds of thousands of men out Of Work! Americas money spent for beer
 means Americas workingmen tramp ing the streets, seeking employment at any wage they can secure. Americas money spent for legiti- mate products means America workingmen constantly employed and well paid.
 During the panic of 1907 when banks were failing and business was crumbling and wages were being raid with clearing house certificates l when they were paid at all, $96'oo0,- 0O0.00 in gold was imported from Europe to relieve the stringency. Only $96, ,0OO, 100000, but bank failures stopped, business revived, the work ingmen had money again. Last year. Americas drink bill was 1 something more than $2,OO0,O 100000. l, More than two billion dollars spent for something of no value, something