The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01
Why? Why? Why?

why! why! why!
Why is it that the liquor traffic does to talk
about business for which they fighting? Do they
tell you any good the saloons does person, community,
county state? Do they tell you how much crime nsan
y, poverty and wrechedness they cause? There not
thing that they say in defense of themselves
Let us look at the the liquor traffic 1t is
wasting tons of contributes to the higher
of Wheat Corn, Rye, Barley, Rce OATS Fruits, Moasses
and Sugar This billion pounds annually wasted would
feed seven million people for one year.
VOTE eyes" AND SAVE THIS FOOD FOR ITS
PROPER USE.
The people of the United States spend annually twenty
two hundred and fifty million dollars for booze and the
people who drink, pay through the saloons two hundred
and fifty million dollars to the government These are
statistical facts when the liquor traffic tells it
than the mentioned they know it not to be true
When they telling you how much they In why is
they do not tell how much they collect of the people! In
other words saloons collect nine dollars and give the
government of it. Why is that they do not tell this
truth.
The people of Ohio spend annually hundred and
million dollars for liquor In other words they collect
from the people of Ohio s22 for $2O they pay in
license Then leave the people pay the taxes to build
and maintain the as, penentaes hospitals and other
expenses that follow the saloon.
If State Wide Prohibition increases taxes, why do not
the liquor rafcs leaflets and advertising tell of the in
creased the Dry States? Why do they not tell
that Kansas has debts and that West Virginia under
prohibition has reduced her state evee from fourteen to
nine the hundred collars in three years?
In May 1917, the Literary Digest" made impartial
inquiry of one hundred and ortyvo newspapers in nine
teen dry states as thef attitude prohibition. One
hundred and twenty six outspoken for prohibition and
fifteen might be construed opposed Out of sixteen Farm
and RELIGIOUS Journals fifteen gave strong endorsements of
prohibition, while might be taken opposed If pro-
hbton increased the in these nineteen states would
these leading papers have been unanimous for prohibition!
No saloon attracted railroad, factory any other
business school a community; but the saloon has
done and still attracting che undersrables criminals and
gamblers where they located The saloon has done
and is still doing to fill the als, hospitals, asylums
PERSONAL LIBERTY.
Some men claim personal liberty Personal liberty is
the right do YOU please regardless Of your best
health and efficiency and the health and life and the general
welfare OF others. Man live in society and
exercise personal liberty No has the right to in
terferc with the rights and general welfare of others
The wives of these personal liberty fellows have the
right be supported by and to associate with sober hus
band Children have the right to be provided tor educated
by and associate with sober fathers Sober people have
the right drive III the public highway without being in
jurcd or killed by the personal liberty man.
SOME QUESTIONS.
If the liquor traffic continues who will be the drunk
ards twenty years from now? Your Boy, Vote Yes and
the temptation
Would you have cleaner and better politics? Then
Vote Yes and take the saloon out of politics.
Would you the million pounds Of foods that
the liquor traffic wasting annually? Then Vote Yes
Would you remove the temptation from the boys to
drink? THEN VOTE YES ON Nov. 9th.
Would you make our Army and Navy efficient as
possible in time of war? THEN VOTE YES.
Do you know of any good the saloon has done? If not!
i VOTE YES
Do you know of any need for the saloon? If not.
THEN VOTE YES.
Do you pay taxes to take of the crime.
criminal COURTS pententiares hospitals homes etc, that
is caused directly by the liquor traffic? If not THEN VOTE
YES ON NOV 9th.
Do you the people of Ohio to each pay into the
saloons $22 per tha: the saloons back $12O
y in license for each and child? IF NOT,
THEN VOTE YES ON NOV 9Th
Do you want the liquor traffic waste enough foods
each year annually feed million people for year?
IF NOT, THEN VOTE YES.
Do you want the degrading immoral and debauching
influence of the saloon continue? IF NOT, VOTE YES
Do you to the drunken staggering along
the streets? IF NOT, THEN VOTE YES
Do you want to be injured by the drunken driver of
an auto? IF NOT, THEN VOTE YES.
Do you want your daughter to be insulted by the
saloon class? IF NOT, THEN VOTE YES.
Do you husbands to take home their earnings to
their wife children rather than spend in the saloon?
IF YOU DO, THEN VOTE YES.
Do you want to help the weak win their battle? IF
SO THEN VOTE YES
Do you vote for the boys and girls remember
ing that 10000 dunkards grave annually? IF
4 so. THEN VOTE YES