The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-04-03
Hold TO your
Pocket Book"

Local ontionists base most of their argument in their
zeaousness to vote Iron County dry on economy appeals 70
the pocket book which generally the most valued treasure
human beings wet or dry may stand SANDER abuse
rdcue ignore his ormenor but hit his pocket book ana
So local optonlsts strong on pocket DOCK
talk because it attracts attention
Let's consider local option economically from another
viewpoint anayze this issue before the voters OF Iron
County from purely dollars and cents basis
we are to believe Bible and most ofus do wines and
liquors have used beverage well for
purposes the beginning of time King Solomon was not
only ancient philosophers but also the greatest
hnancier He built the magnificent temple and palace
ever constructed and he did without local option or the apo
on of liquor Doesn't seem reasonable that II apohton Oh
the LIQUOR traffic was the for the ills of mankind that
Solomon in his wisdom would have abolished when ne could
have done so with wave OF his hand?
ALL SOLOMON EVER SAID ABOUT WINE WAS TO BE
TEMPERATE BUT DID HE NOT ADVISE TEMPERANCE
IN ALL THINGS?
Doesn seem reasonable to YOU Mr. Voter that aboi
ton of the liquor traffic such an enormous advantage
civilization as local optioniss claim is that OF the wise
men, philosophers scientists nanciers would have recon-
mended its abolition?
ed so much building up civilization to where 1t STANDS
today, fools?
None of our great men of today who leaders of in
dusrial and social progress associate the hquor tc WIZ"
their economic reforms.
1t really when you cool off and stop to think OF
this ever present question of economy For instance when
local option campaign past and forgotten ask one OF
these ardent local option campagners VINO Is hepupnca
what is the cause of these hard tmes7''
Now mark his answer:
''This Democratic administration
Ask Democrat during Republican administration what
hard times and he will shout at the top OF his voice
''This high prohibitive Republican tariff!
You never in your life heard great Republican or Demo
cratic statesman in the midst of political campaign lay the
ills of the pocket book the liquor traffic It's the tariff the
trust octopus silver any old hing just long as 1t vii
make YOU grip your pocket book little tighter and vote the
way he tells you for fear you will lose what little have in it
]. HOLD ON TO YOUR POCKET BOOK
That is the slogan that the vote catcher And did
that all this shouting about economy is 10 cater
votes nothing This local option campaigns In tn
hands of expert campagners who paid enormous lees
make dry votes and then they will leave Iron County with tn
ngng their pockets and Iron County to wreste with
dry than it has experienced
It's economic for these outside fellows alright TO be dr
and come here to tell you who have lived in Iron COUNTY
great many years what a how ought to run you
Town business and how you ought to vote.
They shout economy the pocket book but whose poke
book bullying while the shouting is going on and AFTER IL
over yours or the shouter's?
Now do you the economic side to this locai opuo
campaign?