The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-09
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! CORONER
-Ex-Gov. HODGES.
kzner Kansas Execu-
We Raps J. Barley
corn ROundly
hOON is LIKE
TICK ON DOG
eds On Wealth and
epraves Community
In Return


80 OF the hair-rcstoring sort d.
from Kansas. where orators Spe-
1lse in bumps FOR John Barley
-was made in Detroit, Friday
1T. by former Gov. George II.
t18es, Of Kansas. Comparing the
nor trafiic to n tick on fine fat
the ex-governor poured hot shot
~ the brewers before q meeting
1on1pcrance workers in the Board
CU1nmerce.
~. Hodges was entirely willing
<iacuss prohibition from a bust
O standpoint. He said IL does
IN 10 improve businesS-for the
o1er, the grave digger and the
- seller. Turn any district over
3&e saloon crowd and il will soon
Sne q center OF lawlessness and
1vtty: turn any man over TO a
IN and he sinks 10 rags and tat.
md . hut for home, declared
Hodges.
~. Hodges spoke under the aus
10y Of the Wayne County Dry
1roaign organization Other
1kers were Grant NJ. Hudson, Of
~>in9. state superintendent OF the
t Saloon league. and Lee f. JOS
~ Detroit, referee in bankrupt
x0. 8. kresge, chairman of the
NE County Dry organization.
W. N chairman and the Rev. NJ
Nee. Of the North Woodward
hodist Episcopal church was
okmaster. The invocation was de-
I'D BY the Rev. Herbert II. II.
r. Of st. Johns Episcopal church.
the benediction by Or. A. HON.
6aus, Of Messiah Lutheran
|GRch.
NV. Hodges said in rart:
Observation-Disclosures detend the sa-
n1s solely On business grounds. I,
can defend the saloons on busl-
D grcundsL They Increase the bust
70 OF the jailer. Of the calaboose
the court mouse CROWD ann
ertminal lawyer. The saloons fire.
Dtly send rush order to the doc
10 come and spiint the bones and
M the gaps they made in some
~ who did business with them
~4N increase the business OF the
3ner the grave digger and the
<'n . melancholy business. but they
0 these various lines OF business
Of Jobs They SEND whole reRi- |
~4e 20 take the gold cure. over |
3rh they have complete mon
wifI admit I have seen saloons in |
- OF the best towns In the coun- |
but I have also seen ticks on !
10 OF the biggest and fsttest dogs |
1ver owned good many ticks do |
! 00eIness there--hut ! always felt |
81 the dog was fat IN spite OF the !
"a and have never been STUPID |
|D0gh 20 believe that the ticks help |
make the dog fat, or added one |
~ 20 hts prosperity, peace or con-
lie saloon bears the same relation
t4very town. TO every nome. and 70 |
my man that the tick does 20 the /
They add nothing 10 the COM /
~ wealth. but 20 the contrary. de- |
NE and defle. and finally give |
0(r victims moral mango and de- |
witty beyond description
live the saloons complete control l
~ q spot In a town. and with the \
writes they demand. that spot will /
j the roundup station for rogues. /
1Rdias. begRars and thieves Fallen /
men and degraden men viii make
= day direful and the night hideous
Ms the air In rife with moral pn-
|Dcofion and decay. and that spot is
~ known as "ficirs Haif-Acre."
<4pfed with slums. dives dens. Gran
Rbters and scoundreis Of every de-
flption.
U1ye the saloon complete control Il
~ the brightest. most prosperous
~ and LEI II do business with him Il
{prdtng 10 It's own ideas. and II 4
III eoon rob him OF his health and Il
Mnh- IL leaves him I'm tatters and II
y, and will move him and his fam
4 Into n hut for a home. II will II
INC the bread from the hand 81
hungry child. separate him from
wife and family. separate him
IN his God, and leave him vag-
nt. vaeabond and an outcast