Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-25

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At the Municipal League meeting in Moline. March
begin refute my charge that prohibition contrary
human equality, immoral proposition ALLOW basi
promise
Realizing that he had utterly failed to meet my argun
become of the subject under discussion
tinent and submitted solely for the purpose aki
looms, fully fact is
in principle Christian in character effective ened
of his friends would have the public believe quest
nnitted by Mr.. Wood:
Are you in favor of saloons being owned by Brew
2. How many saloons in Moline Independent of
Breweries?
g. You'd you favor law prohibiting breweries and
distlleries owning saloons?
&. What does manufacture of wills
key; what part of the is paid for manual labor;
sale price of gallon of whiskey?
What does it manufacture 81 gallon barrel
OF beer; what part is paid for manual labor; what
part for grain and what is the wholesale price of
What is average daily gross receipts OF
age Moline saloon'
quenting the saloons?
g. Would you prohibit gambling in the saloons?
Would you prohibit harlots soliciting in the
looms?
Why do bre~eries and distuees oppose closing of
saloons if they sell liquor in dry territory?
II. BY whom you employed in this campaign and
Questions and 3, have dowith prin-
ciple of prohibition, the question of whether brew
keepers distlers have black blue eyes.
part their hair middle and cake.
Ownership determine the morality
immortality of business The question of confscation
of another mans without indemnity,
moral question that far vital than the identity of
the The question of whether brewer shall
saloon rs his own business.
Questions q, and 8, indicate hat
be combination brewer distiUer and saloon keeper
Only expert with practical experience and technical
knowledge could those questions correctly but
he could, the would prove that
dry that prohibition is right The question
OF and profits be used
that did when he drank and made for
others drink. If profits be used to condemn buS
only prove failures moral
Question to the point So far
should be left their Judgment.
1t prohibit good from fire.
qUentng bad saloon. The good saloon cannot hurt
bad Nobody defends the bad saloon. Mr.. Wood
would defend a bad preacher. No person will
condemn the good because of the bad Children should
be kept of the saloon because they fSE children 1T
insult to measure grown men and women by the
child standard You associate the idea of guardian
ship with child, but with a real MAN real WO-
MAN.
a saloon church, but that does
mean church ought be abolished Only ONE
party a gambling deal gets what he wants When a
spends for liquor both parties to the traHsac
ton ger what they want.
Number is a daisy Certainly would prohibit har
lots from soliciting in saloons. Sane people VIII
able distinguish slight difference between
virtue of and buying SnIt OF beer
destroy the social evil?
Number stock question that figures in all pro-
hbition speeches. Brewers and dStWerS oppose prom
they prefer do business with response
saloon keepers than bootleggerS and blind
pigs. they thar If 1t wrong for saloon
keeper to liquor wrong for them to make It,
ing put out of business of foreign brewers
dsIers and mail order They all object to