The Dolores star., 1914-02-20
". c. T. U. NOTES.
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The liquor interrsts ere asserting that
the result Of national prohibition wtli 10
. lsbor panic. How can such ~ asser-
ton b answered?
Rev. Charles 5texle, an authority
upon labor problems. says:
"If the 81 500, 900, 900 nov spent for
liquor were TO b. spent for bread aud
clothing II would give employment TO
uear,y eight timer - many worker~,
who would collectively receive i've aud
. half times - much wawss, " nearly
e20O, 00O. 600 more. hut this 10 not al,
Tor the Gust of the rae material neces
sary to produce u, 800, Oo0,0 worth of
bread and clothing (retAil pvicel
instead Of liquor, would he over $780,
OO0. 900 more than the liquor industry
nov uses. THIS means the employ
n,ent Of tremendously large number
Of workers."
Are taxes lower In license towns?
Mayor Bennett Of Rockford, H., .
dry city Of about $1,000, has this to
say concerning taxes IN license and no.
license cities: II have looked up the
records and I lind that out Of rfie~n
cities Of Its class R4sckford has the low.
est tax rate for the last year Of any.
This includes all taxes. A man who
owns . 5000 home iu Rockford paid
1855 IN taxes last year. The tax on
the same home In Freeport IVES o66.65,
and In East 81. Louis, the most heavily
burdened with saloons Of any city IN
the state Of Illiuois, the taxes at the
same time on . $500 home were
SO 70"
Are the statements Of billboards and
ne~spapsr advertisements regarding
the Dutritive properties Of beer true?
Beer, sometimes referred to - .'liquid
bread" 10 rather, according to the YER
dict Of phi ysicans aud scientists. Liquid
death" Dr. Hugo Hoppe. the famous
nerve specialist Of KonisberG. Ger
many, says: "Becauss the symptoms
o. chronic aicohoi'sm appear more
slowly aud are ien rapidly observable
In the heavy bser drinksf than In the
whiskey dripksr, the susmes y more
fseqSs0ssy met tnaa the 'sssf. mt
sho0sands aud tens II Thousands Of
49, who take thsls daily pint ass
ssopsos my 80 oy
49, - ssoonosem 10 esesnl
sows" we Uss'eucs " '0s oouy 70 ="
osse ~ ,nJun"& "'os /" '"e ess."s
snc ness'" w. 'as c"s' oansss ID tne
eeoefsi Widespread oss On user. Toe
oes.n iron, "ves o'sessss among oees
err 70 Ens's"o !" 'oose toa" oo0O's
tees 10 "nes ocoePass""s
II the ''quos 'fsmc necessary . On
employer o. 'soof'
Tns n'snais''or OF INTOXICATING
"qoon seqasrss oos 'ew Sosk "se0 ~
oonpsi'so" WIN .ns csPl.Ai invested
~ the lno0s.fy. ~ conditions 10 tue
User city OF Aissosee, Alfred Ray
mond 1ohns. 10 volume entitled,
S"c'a''sni' 40 strength, week.-mrs.,
ffoose's's snl FusuFs,' says tnat
with more than one'nfth OF the total
capital OF Milwaukee Invested, the
ii7uor Interests employ lever than one
t~snsy.th'rd the no'n''ss Of n,sn snd
pey ssss IMAM oos-nth the per cent IN
T.. a..
600 nov Invested In liquor. making In
Milwaukee were transferred to some
other line Of Industry, the city would
rsc~,vins more than On. 0oo, 600 p-s
yesr In wages. When Milwaukee wo~s
dry then viii the city really pr~p,s.n
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