Evening journal., 1916-01-24

days work in years. what do you
want?" said the merchant to the sa-
loon man. "Well. | guess l will tave
TO take a piece OF liver" Have not
some OF you men been buying por-
terhouse steak for saloon-keepers
long enough. while you and your fam
lily have had to exist on the poorest
fare.
/ want to say to you working men.
who have toiled hard day after day
in the shops or mill or factory, and
have spent your hard earned dollars
over that liquor counter, is IL not
true. that there is no wife or chill
dren more worthy to have good food
and good clothes than your own? That
wife OF yours has been working her
hands to the bone, the burrows have
been growing deep in her brow. and
she has worn an old faded dress
while the dollars that ought to have
brought her comfort and Joy. have
been worse than wasted. That wife
that you led TO the marriage altar
and promised TO love. honor and
cherish, that wife who would die for
you. you haven't treated her right.
Man. answer me. is 1t not the truth?
J OuNe not played lalr.
Then there is another phase OF this
question that deserves consideration.
More and more the great business es-
tablishments OF this country are put
ting the ban upon liquor drinkers. A
half million choice jobs are absolutely
, barred to those who use intoxicating
; drinks. The great railroad systems
. are declaring that their work is so
, important and responsible that they
cannot risk the lives OF their patrons
| by the employment OF liquor drinkers.
The largest wholesale mercantile es-
, tablishments of Chicago stated over
/ their signatures the other day, that
81 whenever they find that one OF their
, employees even enters a saloon, II is
} basis for instant dismissal
5 Fifty years from now. they will look
] back upon our civilization as almost
5 barbarous. To think that We have
Q allowed two hundred and fifty thou
G sand places to do business In this
S country, that even their most enthusi-
i astic advocates have never claimed
e brought any real uplift to civilization
D but existed simply to pander to the
!, lowest passions and appetites. I can
10 imagine that in the years to come
o some OF you younger men, having
!. homes of your own, will be holding
p some evening your grandson on your
S knee. and he will say. "Grandpa.
was over the other day 10 that town
s where you used to live ] saw an old
}. building that they were tearing down
8 had on II a sign with the word 'Sa.
e LOOM Say, grandpa, what was a sa.
It loon?"
u "Why. my child. a saloon was
. place where in old days they used tC
e sell booze" Grandpa, what's booze p
y "Oh. booze was a drink that made
5 people drunk and crazy" Grandpa
q why did they have places where they
sold booze that made people drunl
: and crazy7" oh, so that they coulS
= get money TO run the town" but
y grandpa, we're they so poor In thos'
II days that they had to license places
o TO sell booze to make people drunl
:, and crazy so that they could ge
money to run their towns?' The fac
/ is my friends. future generations will
n look back upon us with amazement.
= They say that we need the none
y that comes from saloon licenses Z
l. furnish revenue for our cities. Yo
can defy any one to show you a cit
o. in America where the taxes were eve
OF reduced by bringing in the saloon
II They tell me that the revenue receive
III from booze would average about eigl
De dollars for each voter. DO you mea
p to tell me men, that the citizens {
Ks this city are selling themselves OF
IL TO the liquor devil for eight dollar
ST apiece? Why you couldn't 90 out
p the country and buy a fair sized no
20 for that amount. They say We nee
ID the license money with which to paw
u our streets. II is a well known an
le undeniable fact that the streets of sa
le loon ridden cities are the most poorl
" paved. Talk about paving you
ID streets. would you pave the street
ne with the purity and virtue OF you
Is sons and your daughters?
ID You have heard OF the familiar 4
u Illustrations of the different kinds {
a. mills. A man comes before the con
~ mercial club in a certain city wit
OF the proposition to start a paper mil
~ The members say to him, "S'ir, whi
!. is the raw material which you use i
ne your mill?" He replies, Straw an
ar rags" "Is your finished produ,
IN worth more than the raw material.
Is 1T certainly is" "Then your mill
Ie' a benefit We are glad to have yo
'n come" Here comes another ma
er with a proposition to start a say
ad mill. and they say to him, What
ne your raw material?" Timber fro
ly the forest" "And what is your fin
ld ished product?" Lumber" "Is lun
at ber worth more than unsawed tin
ber" 1T certainly is. "Then yot
OF mill would be a benefit, we want yo
u also in our city" Then comes an
an other man with a proposition
H. start a -four mill. What is vol
s. raw material? Wheat and corn
n And what is your finished product,
X Flour and corn meal" "Is flour an
ne corn meal worth more than wheat an
x, corn?" at certainly is "Then yol
OF mill would be a benefit and we wi
c give you a bonus to come" An
then there comes man with a prop,
an sition to start a gin mill, and the
u ask him. what is your raw waterfall
lls Boys and young men," "And whs
'il are your finished products?" "Yo
nd can see them on the streets, the rec
y. ing. staggering, vomiting drunkards
Ill Is that the kind of business hous,
Du you think will improve your city?
ls One day as little boy was passin
us | along thp streets he saw a druuko