Arizona republican., 1914-08-11
THE LICENSED SALOON

Do YOU believe in the licensed sa- Icon? Whether you do or whether you do not we have right here Tn America a rule that puts upon us burden of more than sixteen bii- lion dollars for purposes of destruc- tion and degeneracy.
 If the economic loss were the only ravages then I should not ca'e, but in the case of man the line Of eVo- Iution is in moral advancement. II character could be measured by per centage then we would have to es- innate the loss in average character at 50 per cent. It has become an axiom of history that if the average standard of character is below a cer- tain minimum level nation cannot enjoy self government. You need no | illustration.
 The government belongs to the peo- rle. therefore we cannot blame 1t all on those who drink. The monster IS at your door.
 When Quakers, Puritans, Hugue- nots and Covenanters broke away l from decadent civilization in Europe and came to America they found q i virgin continent For two hundred years they remained rural and frugal. During this period, without alcohol, and the process of nature in full op- eration, they produced the noblest race of men America has ever known.
 About the middle of the nineteenth l 0f dgripnl- l. tural machinery released large pop . lation from the farm, thus giVlng advantage to manufacturing. causing q flow of population to the city
 Today about 30 per cent of our population is engaged in agricultural pursuits
 To help the decline of the nation iu 1862 the iniquitous liquor license system was adopted. In 1850 the consumption of alcohol per capita, was a little over four gallons, now it is about twenty-five gallons per capita.
 1 We have reached the beginning of the second stage of American lfe' we are making the last stand Of the great white race, and substantially ot the human race.
 Suppose that America should go down before King Alcohol, would there be a rural and frugal fragment to start a new empire? and whither would they go to start! History leaves no hope in the east, and there is no longer any west. We have reached the shore of the last ocean. Here the star of hope finishes the circle of the world.
 Our government should require to- tai abstinence in all public servants. This disease is organic and chronic. it has been running for centuries, hence the treatment must be organlc treatment. Superficial treatment never will reach the case.
 The people have a right to vote on such vital questions and a majority have right to rule
 Liauor men say that prohibition does not prohibit If that is true, why not have prohibition?
 If more liquor is sold where there are no saloons. then why should brewers. distillers and wholesalers, who own 75 per cent of all saloons, pay license rent, taxes, insurance attorney fees, and contribute large sums of money to influence the press publish and distribute literature maintain five national organizations
 all to lessen the amount of it's sale
 as they have claimed.
 Certainly prohibition will not pro-
 hibit. unless there's a man behind
 the gun.
 It takes an artist to make the piano play. a sailor to sail the ship Land a man behind the gun to make it shoot.
 It takes just three men to enforce
 the law: a judge, a sheriff and a prosecuting attorney You can get
 an injunction from the judge to sup
 press any illegal business. You don't
 even need jury.
 Liquor men are crying out "Regu tlation." You can no more regulate