Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-10-04
PROHIBITION.
Reform urgently advocated by
the National Model License League:


Louisville, KY, Oct, 1-190S. 1.-The National
Model License League an organization of distil-
lers, brewers, wine makers, wholesalers and reta-
lers issued thru its president the following:
ITO the Saloon Keepers Of the United States:
The prohibition wave that was sweeping over the
country would seem to be on the wane but the
protest on the part Of the people against the law
less saloon, the dive and the gambling resort is not
subsiding, but is exhibiting its force in local OPP
ton conflicts.
''The people are demanding and properly that
their laws shall be obeyed.
Society is moving forward and the saloon
must move forward or be outlawed. The edict has
gone forth that men must be sober if they would
be Tree and few men will now contend that a man
possesses an inherent right to overthrow his rea-
son.
"The edict has gone forth that saloons must
obey all laWs-that they must not sell to intoxiea-
ted men, nor to habitual drunkards, nor to minors
that they must not exhibit improper pictures,
nor connect themselves with gambling resorts-in
a word that the saloon must not be a nuisance.
The press of the country has so declared;
the ministers have so declared; the law and order
leagues have so declared; the great conservative
element in society has so declared.
These forces for good are all powerful in So
clety and our trade cannot afford to oppose them.
ut would be foolish for us to oppose them
even though we could do so successfully, because
the demands they are making are our demands.
Our trade needs a house cleaning and we
should aid the good work along. The saloon that
Is run III NlOldIlOD OF bHe law or OF Qecency should
be put out of business and the better element in
the trade should continue to lead the reform.
"a saloon should be a decent resort it should
be the working mans club it should include real
temperance; it should give thought, first of all,
to the welfare of its patrons; it should consider the
home, the wife and the children; it should seek
to elevate and not degrade those who visit it, and
If it is run in violation of law its license should be
cancelled.
Gould such conditions do harm to the bust
ness? Is it Improbable to be decent; to be law
abiding; to be kind to do unto others as you
would have them do unto your We think that all
of these would say-and it would relieve the bust
ness of odium and it would permit prohibition to
die a happy and peaceful death. -.
I write it because I think the press is right,
because l think the law and order leagues are right,
because I think the ministers who teach what the
Bible teaches are right, because I think the great
conservative element in society is right.
T.. M. Gilm ore,
President National Model License League
Are the prohibition forces less right today
than they were s years ago? Are saloons more right
now than they were 8 years ago. Car h Y re-
form? Has the Model Licence League, alias The
Prosperity League, brot forward any records to
show improvements in their business of open booze
selling, alley joint Bookkeeping debauchery, beside
the increase in drunkenness, crime, delinquency and
divorce, registered in every court of the land2 We
challenge them to show it in verified statements
like the following;
January, 1916 shows arrests of 81 DRINKS and
30 Migrants, as against 526 DRINKS and 355 va
grants in January 1915.
H. L. AIbee, Mayor,
Portland, Oregon.
Winnipeg, Man, Sept, 29-1916.
During three months of Winnepeg's operation
without saloons, drunkenness has been reduced 80
per cent, and all crimes have been reduced 60 per
cent. Chief Licence Inspector Mclean reported to-
day:
"Our trade needs a house cleaning and we
should aid the good work along, says the Booze
League.
Why object to US helping you Dry Clean Ne
braska?
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
Washington County Dry Federation