The Detroit times., 1916-08-02

,," went ,sn. for s.. the p
would tell YOU
the saloons With which be had
contracts took all the ice his
equipment could handle and he dare
not sell any-did not have enough
10 supply bis regular customers.
and suppose he should tell you that
the saloons are demanding four or
Ave times a. much Ice a. they gem
orally took and hat he had 10 give
Il 10 them
What would you Think
Wouldn't you De tempted 20 say
TO hell with the saloon Ny baby
is sick, the doctor says il must
have ice. don't care whoop for
all the saloons in Michigan. The
baby Is going 70 get ice Il have 10
steal Il.
Just that happened Ia Detroit a
/ fex DAYS ago, only what the man
said 10 The ice dealer was much
more emphatic than elegant. and
the man who went for the ice va.
the doctor. not the bAby's father liz
got the zee because he dealer hat
babies OF his own.
The ice dealer was not 20 blame
he had agreed TO supply Ice &c the
saloons IN the usual way. ani hey
expected IL. had depe nisd upoI bir
10 supply al the ice they wanted
and Re would be res ponsible II Dr.
: failed TO 90 %.
Ho, weather = the saloons har-
vest \ thousand dollars a week IN
1 extremely hot weather is small bust
ness for city saloon Failure 20
supply ice 20 lev doEru saloons
might run the damages away up N
very short time So yhe saloon
g; me Joe FIRST. always
Nor is The fault in The saloc.Kecp.
er a. al individual !, Is al ld.unc'
10 the tusiness-s t-iCA Of tne
trade There Is mot s2loonkeepsr
living whc wouid nc 'aSe CT lrom
his cooler IL necessary 10 alleviate
the suffering Of a yi"k haby
Yet he same tnan would put up
roar II he kne that The dealer
from whom be secured ice sold any
en- the side or took on new custom
ers during p hot period
The control OF the ice supply in
hot weather is a part OF the saloon
business u is most Important that
the saloons shall be the only places
where a cool drink may be obtained
in extremely hot weather. fine ice
famine l. the saloons biggest bust.
ness booster That Is the whole
isecret, and whenever possible 20 do
| so. the saloons see TO IL that the
| demands for ice exceed the supply.
| II f. said that during The pres
ent hot spell saloons in Detroit not
only filed their coolers 70 overflow
| ing but had hundreds OF pounds Of
ice piled up on the floor OF pu;
down cellar. saloons that regularly
took 400 20 500 pounds day took
as high a. a ton 20 ton and half.
Did they need it Yes and no.
| They used Il. or abused it--Or d.
vided II among their regular Gus
I toners. The regular patrons OF p
saloon can always get ice in hot
we1her-iust exactly What the -.
1 locts want TO create-the impress
| sion that there ~ IN ice famine in
order 10 induce men 20 come 10 thc
saloon for a cool drink
II Is not the act 81 any saloon
keeper. It's a custom peculiar 70
the saloon business. Wherever
there are saloons there Is likely 10
be All ice famine in extremely no.
weather for rea sons that | have sst
forth
Thc only way tc insure = regular
supply Of ice for home use u 70
I deal with fra y al viii not sell
saloons, or 20 vote saloons out Of
existence The saloon business r.
no, interested in tables or anything
else that ia likely 10 interfere with
it, profits
Two things make II specially easy
TO create an ice famine his year.
Il was 90 cool last summer that a
large increase in lsst winters ice
harvest vas not thought Becessary
AM the large Increase in populs
ton demands very much more ice
than usual. These conditions play
ed into lhe saloons HANDS
Tie vital question is not what
about ice today. but What about The
relations OF the baby TO the saloon.
r. II &c 70 Babies FIRST" or IL II 90
he SALOONS Arstf" Nov 7 will De.
eide II. While AZ ~ would suE
gest that every voter turn NJ the
leaves % he calendar and write
pa bles hrst~ scros. Nv a. 2
token ths, Saloon frat" days are
about 30 end in Michigan
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