The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-02


save its life. and
suppose when
YOU went for the
ice the dealer -
would tell you
the saloons with which he had
contracts took all the ice his
equipment could handle and he dare
not sell any--did not have enough
| 10 supply his regular customers.
and suppose he should tell you that
the saloons are demanding four or
five times as mucn ice as they gen
orally took and that he had 10 give
II 10 them
What would you think
Wouldn't you be tempted 10 say
To hell with the saloon, NJ baby
is sick: the doctor says it must
have ice. don't care a whcop for
all the saloons in Michigan The
! baby Is going 70 ger ice II have 70
steal it,
Just that happened IL Detroit
few days ago. only what the man
said TO the ice dealer was much
more emphatic than elegant. and
the man who went for the ice va
the doctor, not the haby's father H."
got the zee because the dealer ha
ba bies OF his own
The ice dealer was not 10 blame
lie had agreed 20 supply ace &c Ihe
saloons n the UsGa. Nat ami hey
expected IL, had deps nied upor hire
10 supply al, the ice they wanted.
and ne would be responsible II b.
! failed 10 GO -.
Hot weather j. the saloons Aar
I vest 4 thOusani dollars wees in
eX;rs mely ho' weather is small bust
hess for a city saloon Failure 20
supply ice 10 a lev dozen saloons
Migh- run the damages away up IN
a very short time. SO he saloon
81 ne ICE first, always
Nor is ,ae fauU in The ,aioc- Keep
or a. a individual - &, al ldwny
to he buslBaSs--a tr.CA nj ,Ae
trade There Is not a saloon keeper
living wac would nc take &c from
his cooler IL necessary 10 alleviate
The suffering az d lick Na5y
Yei he same IRAN would put up 4
roar II he kne that the dealer
from whom he secured ice sold any
On the side or took on new custom
ers during a hot period
The control OF the ice supply IN
hot weather is a part OF the saloon
business. II is most iu pOrrant that
the saloons shall be the only places
where a cool drink uay De obtained
in extremely hot weather The ice
famine l. the saloons biggest bust
ness booster That is The whole
secret. and whenever possible % do
so. the saloons see 10 IL that the
demands for ice exceed the supply.
II T. said that during The pres
ent hot spell saloons In Detroit not
only filed their coolers 10 overflow
Ing but bad hundreds Of pounds 81
ice piled up on the floor or pu;
down cellar. Saloons that regularly
took 400 10 500 pounds a day took
a. high as a ton 20 a ton and half
Did they need it Yes and no
They Used IL. or abused it-or d.
Vided II among their regular Gus
toners. The regular patrons Of a
saloon can always get ice in hot
wesgher-tust exactly what the sa-
locfs want 20 create-the impress
sion that there is an zee famine in
order 10 induce men 10 come 10 tho
saloon for cool drink
Il - not the act Of any saloon
keeper. It's a custom peculiar 70
the saloon business. Wherever
there are saloons there Ia likely 20
De an ice famine in extremely hot
aea;her for reasons that | have sst
forth
Tho only way &c insure a regular
supply OF ice FOR home use IL 10
deal with a FRA that will not sell
saloons, or 20 vote saloons out Of
existence. The saloon business is
not interested in babies or anything
else that il likely TO interfere with
its profits.
Two things make II specially easy
70 create an ice famine this year.
Il Vas 30 cool last summer that a
large increase IN lest winters Ice
harvest uas not thought necessary
and the large increase in popula-
ton demands very much more ice
than usual These conditions play
ed into the saloons hancs
The vital question IL not what
about ice today, but what about the
relations Of the baby 10 the saloon
r. Il &c be Babies first or Is II 20
be Saloons first" Nov. Will de-
eide II. While at II. would sug
gest that every voter turn ny the
leaves Of the calendar and write
Babies FIRST" across NV az a
token that "saloon's first" days are
about 70 end In Michigan