The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03


save It's life, and
suppose when
YOU went FOR the
ice The dealer N
would tell you
the ,alrcns with which ne had
contracts TOOK all the ice ms
I equipment could handle and he dare
not sell sny--did not have enough
20 supply his ~eguiar customers
ard suppose be should tell YOU that
the saloons are demanding four or
i've times as mucG ice As they gen
orally took and ,ba, BE had 20 give
/ /, 20 them
What would you ,hlnA'
Wouldn't YOU &c tempted 20 say
TO hell With the saloon Ny oaoy
ils sick the doctor SAYS u must
nave ice don't care whcop for
all the saloons IN Micsissn The
baby Is going 20 Sc; ice Z have 20
seal il.
just that happened 10 Detroit a
few days ago. only what The man
said 10 The ice dealer was much
more emphatic than elegant, and
7 The man who went for the ice va
the doctor. not the ba5ys father q
4 Eui me ice because The dealer IA
I babies Of his own
The ice dealer vas nct 20 blame
Eie had agreed 10 supply ice ,C the
saloons ,- ,h, Us4al VA and hey
.Npec eJ %. bad depended lpor hi.
To suups all The ice they wanre
anu De- WOULD Be res pouslcle II b..
aleC lu DO 30
BIO. Weather is he saloons mar
vest * Thousand doii4l, 4 week 10
extremely DO, Rpafleg Il small bus.
ness for a city saloon. Failure 20
uggl, !cs 20 s lev aozel saloons
Ugh. ~ur The damages AVA 49, DO
a very short vine so ,he saloon
-.t-re a tr-' .slea.
Nor is -aa fault IN .as -a.o.-s-
eF a- o.. -aLsIala. 81. a.. -u,
10 he rs,a--s--s tr.la OF tss
GRADE There Is 0o, a ,4.ooakeepc
Twins vac would nc. take &c from
h., apoler II necessary 10 alleviate
fA- ~aEc.,n- Ct six Ha5y
Yet lie same nsa would PIT Up
roar II he kna hat The dealer
from ahom he secured ice SOLD any
en- he side or took on new custom.
ers during no, period
The control OF the ice supply IN
hot weather is part OF HE saloon
business II l. most iunuTtant that
The saloons shall he the only places
where a ccoi drink may % obtained
n extremely hot Weather The ice
famine l. The saloons tiFzest BUS.
ness booster That Is ne whole
secret. and whenever possible 20 do
so, the saloons see 10 II that the
demands for ice exceed the supply
Il T. said that during he pres
ent hot spell saloons In Detroit not
only flied their coolers 10 overflow
lng bur had hundreds OF pounds OF
ice piled Up on the floor or put
down cellar Saloons that regularly
took 400 10 500 pounds a day took
as high as a ION 70 a ton and half
Did they need IL Yes and no
They used IT, or abused tor d.
vided II among their regular Gus
toners The regular patrons % a
saloOn can Away get ice in no;
$50 ther-iust exactly what tie 81
lCCfs want 20 creete-the impress
siJl that there Is an zee famine 10
order to induce men 10 come 70 the
saloon lor cool drink
II : not the act Of any saloon.
keeper. It's custom peculiar 70
the saloon business Wherever
there are saloons there Is likely 70
30 an ice famine in eKtr, mely he,
weather for reasons that I have Sc
forth
Thr criy way r. insure = regular
l.ply Of ice for home use Is 70
deal with a srm hat al! not sell
aloons or 20 vote saloons out ot
existence The saloon business IS
NOT interested in babies Or anythins
else that ii. likely 20 interfere with
is profits
Two thinEs make 4 specially easy
% create an .ce famine this year
r. vas 20 cool last summer that
large increase IN lest winters ice
1arves' Vas not thought NECESSARY
an ne large Increase IN popula
ton demands very much more ice
than usual These conditions play
ed into ire saloons hands
TIE stal question is not VIVA;
abou, Ice today. but. n hai about The
relations o' the baby 10 The saloon
Is +, 70 5e babies Arst" or IL II 20
be Saloons first" Nov : will h.
eide T. While AZ n. ! would sug
gest that every voter turn W III
leaves 81 the calendar aud write
Babies fret" across NJy az a
token that Saloons first t1ys are
s5ou- o end In Michigan