The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-10-09
TO THE TEMPERANCE FORCES
Antl-Llcense Committee Issues An
Appeal.


PEOPLE OF CEcIL You are about to
vote FOR or AGAINST Rum in this
county. Your vote will determine wheth
er the existing condition of law aud or
der, home happiness and business pros
perity shall continue, or what Judge
Constable rightly calls calamity
shall come-the opening Of TWENT
ONE LICENSED RUMSHOPS.
Anti-License voters be warned The
whiskey people are busy, very busy
They are expecting town. They are al
ready counting their unmatched chickens
--inquiring about properties for saloons
and wholesale places, seeking places on
the Board of Liquor License Commission
ers, etc. The sent ment of the Countyis
undoubtedly overwhelmingly AGAINST
the return of this calamity" but that
sentiment must be expressed at the polls
Women of the. County-You are tre-
mendously interested in this issue The
saloon is acknowledged to be the worst
foe of the home. The whiskey interest
seeks to establish twenty.oue Of these
enemies whose business is to ruin as
many of the homes Of the county as they
are able to reach. Do you prize your own
happiness, the comfort and peace of your
home, free from the intrusion of the
demon of drink ? Then use your utmost
influence to induce every Anti License
man of your acquaintance to work aud
vote against the return OF the saloon to
our county.
Business Men of the County-You have
big stake in this matter You have al.
most unanimously declared that it would
be gross business blnnder to return to
license. A very simple calculation will
show how great the blunder would be. If
License carries, the least possible cost to
the citizens of the county for four years
OF the twenty one open bars Of the lin,-
tied whiskey trust will be as follows:
The labor of at least twenty-ore bar
tenders withdrawn from decent and use
tui occupation. each worth at least ST. so
day, for four years, SAG, 500. The gtoss
proceeds of ri bars at $3, 900 year each
(the average income of the licensed bar
In the United States is $4,000 for four
years $252, 900. This makes a total of
S3oI.So Deducting from this sum the
net amount paid into the County Treas
ury for FL Liceus IS for four years at
$225o per year for the 81, viz, 10000, we
get $2o2, 300, the least cash cost to the
county OF four years of License. The
actual amount would be much larger.
probably doubled.
We have about $500 families in Cecil
county. This means that every family
would be taxed for the support of the
whlskey trust at least $54. ~, or $I3 so a
year. Whence comes this vast sum that
our people are asked to vote into the till
OF the saloon 1t comes from the hard
earned cash of our citizens 1t is money
that otherwise would find its way to the
Savings Bank OF the Building and Ian
Association, or to the grocer or shoe
dealer or to the clothing merchant
Business men Of the county, will you
allow this parasite, this foe Of legitimate
business, to come back to the county? IT
means for you diminished business, long
credits and bad debts. Protect yourselves
by not only working and voting against
the return Of the saloon to Cecil. but in.
sisting that your neighbors and friends
assist you in the protection of the homes
and business of our county by working
and voting Against License
PRESS COMMITTEE.