The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-28
SPEAKER EXPLAINS
REASON RICHMOND
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have written in their constitutions
that none of their members shall be a
saloon keeper. Would you people
want to associate with a man who is
restricted from fraternal organiza-
lions because the lodgemen think his
business a curse to the spirit of fra
ternalism?
"On fifty-six doors in Richmond
you have written the words "A Lawful
Institution, but l say close those
doors; nail them shut. My definition
of saloon is a mandatory which
turns out regular drinkers. In adver
Using your town you never publish the
number of saloons although the letter
heads of your commercial bodies will
itimize the number of factories,
schools, churches, banks and other
legitimate business houses.
Business Proposition.
Legitimate business never pays a
city to operate it's business. Beware
of man who brings his stock to q
city and then pays the city fee for
selling his goods, for he will make
back the money paid for the fee, ten
fold. You will raise a half hundred
thousand dollars to aid in the loca-
ton of factory, but you never heard
of a city paying a saloon to locate
within it's borders.
"You people won't get very far into
this campaign unit the matter of
taxes will be thrown at you-that is
the vets will say that when the sa-
looms go that $4,000 Of money will
be minus from the citys treasury.
1t is lie that taxes will be higher
They will not In Montgomery county
that was the plea of the vets but at
this time the taxes are lower than
formerly with the exception of one
township where a large amount of
money was spent on gravel roads.
Even if $4,000 is paid into the
city's funds, a couple Of murder trials
would son eat that fund.
Explains Reason.
The saloonists don't talk in pub
lic-that is, they don't hold big mass
meetings. John or what ever the sa-
loon keepers name is will get one of
his prospects down the alley and say,
now look her, you don't want to vote
me out of business: you would not
want me to do you a trick like that
if you were in business
although I suppose at some times
even a bartender gets down in secret
prayer, but you never heard him pray
that his son be bartender. They
also will whelp about blind tigers and
all have to say about that is that if
the officials can not suppress the
blind tigers, turn them out and get
some men in office who will.
when the vets say that IS per cent
or any other per cent of the leading
business men favor the saloon, it is a
lie. They want to keep out of
wrangle consequently they don't want
to say they are against the saloon
The business men have customers on
both sides, hence they don't want to
get into an argument. You can't say
the ministers, the doctors, the school
teachers, or the women are for the
saloons. In a matter of this nature
think the women of Richmond should
be heard.
Gives Solution.
1.-The vets will also ask the proper
ty owners what they will do with the
f1fty-six empty rooms if the saloons
60 l venture to say they will soon
be occupied by legitimate business
houses.
"Now, in conclusion ask you
people to close the doors of the open
| saloon, so that the glare of the bright