Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26
WHEN sioux c,1rs SALOONS GO.

| The Sioux City journal having ca
pressed tine idea that when the saloons
are gone from that town the former
patron will srend the money he had
devoted to saloons with the movies, at
billiards and for cigars, the FONDA
Journal corrects its contemporary and
namesake who expects that the saloon
building viii; be given over to cigar
stores, picture shows and the like thus
! supplying tenants for the vacant
buildings. The Fonda paper says:
The Journals argument that the av-
, e-aSs si..oo.. pa::s:. can afford to spend
| his money for booze and therefore VIII
spend it on other amusements alone
would indicate that he is not famiilar
| with the class OF people that patrohze
! the average saloon in Sioux Guy OF
any other saloon town, who happens
| to be the man of small means, the
! small salaried man and the .aooTer'
! who spends money ir the saloon when
| should be spent on his family, not Tor
| the entertainment he gets oat of IL but
10 satisfy habit which the journal
writer admits gradually SHOWS upon
him and gives him the artificial ella
ton which he can get out Of the Wet
goods p:.r. eyed y, -hs saloon. Inc
| average man Of means VITO can aIloF0
to use liquor drinks il In his home,
not in the public saloon, as . rue Inc
, point we are trying 10 maze, "a the
| enc that the Journal ignored, IS that
some OF this money, a. least, WAich is
| now being spent III the saloon VII. De
! spent for the more substantial aecsssi-
ties of life. and as consequence some
| Q fthese vacant rooms VIII be occu-
pied by the butcher. the baker. the
grocer the dry goods merchant, exc.
| Sioux City has prospered with the sa-
loon and her growth IN the past ten
years has been phenomenal but we
predict that without her six.y-odd sa-
looms TO hamper her. the next ten
years will see a growth the quasi-sa-
loon element Of Sioux City will now
tell us is Impossible.
Thus out Of the columns Of a week
| ~ paper cometh forth prophecy that
the Sioux CIT. paper and Sioux City in
general may take heed. For the Fonda
paper is right.
There is a great deal OF unnecessary
worriment ard borrowed trouble over
the exit of the saloons in cities where
the LIQUOR tra fife has been source Of
revenue to INDIVIDUAL property owners
and has been considered an anchor OF
city finances AS the Sioux City paper
suggests the chances are that the NOV
ing picture shows will gain by accre-
ton. Tina is natural. The man VINO
spent dolla: at the saloon on his way
home will take his family oftener TO
! the picture show than formerly He
will have nickels to give the children.
| II is to be supposed that he may spend
some of those nickels for cigars In
stead of beer and if he has the loafing
germ in fui, development he will per-
haps play billiards and thus find con-
genial company and place to linger
and avoid home and responsibility. But
these are minority.
Here's VIVA. will take place in Sioux
| City. The bargain stores will enlarge
and multiply The Sioux City Jour
nal and otner daily papers will soon be
sending its collectors monthly to men
who had to pay in advance before the
paper would be left at the door even
| for a week. Hundreds of them. The
coal dealer Will be taking orders by
men who were wont to come in and
beg for a standoff on dollars worth
| Of slack. Men who had no credit al
| the grocery will be welcomed as they
enter. Families who moved to avoid
paving rent will be paying for homes
F.! on the instalment plan. The building
! and loan associations Will thrive.
Where one residence rose while the sa-
| looms existed five will grow when they
are gone. That is the experience of
| Marshailtown IL is easy to verify.
| The men who mistakenly defended the
saloon as business proposition VIII
gladly give the information.
| We have come to a period OF growth
! Of Iowa towns. The automobile and its
Ia pid development has had its part in
| the increased business and growth OF
| the drw towns; but that is drawn en-
! tirely from the country trade. Beyond
| that Is the vest trade diverted to the
merchants, the builders and the legiti-
mate channels Of commerce and trade
which formerly went to the sinkho!e
| OF the saloons. K is clear gain and
clean profit 1t means millions to bus
/ iress ENTERPRISES in Sioux City as 1t
has meant millions to Marshalltown.
The saloon sites will be picked up
! quickly. They are usually desirable
locations for trade. They will profit the
community instead of bleeding it.
| The Fonda Journal is telling the
Sioux City Journal something. The
sooner the Journal gets on the highest
seat Of the water wagon for Sioux City
the better service it can do it's city and
its contiguous territory. It's long
1 way from Me, Powers honkatonk to
a department store but most of the
distance has been covered.
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