The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-26
Let Them Call 1t What They May
It's Right Name Is--Saloon

MAKE THE BRAIN SODDEN-
render it, by constant soaking in beer
only half active-and you have a be-
ing more akin to brute than man.
Tractable? xes-but never depend
able.
MOVIE NO LONGER hold beer
soaked people up as examples Of
anything.
AMERICAN GENERALS found
that men who went over the top sober
were better able to do their part and
take care of themselves-especia
if wounded-than were soldiers who
had grog served to them to lend an
artificial, momentary courage.
THEY EVEN TRY-the saloon
propagandists-to make you think our
soldier boys resent the abolition Of
the saloon.
WHAT AN INSULT to those brave
boys and to your intelligence.
AS IF EVERY AMERICAN SOL
DER were topper so addicted to his
booze, that. like a dope field, he
would fi~Nt if deprived Of it.
THAT'S THE vERIEST ROT of
course. They know it is-else why
do they not dare say just what this
"Beer and Wine" amendment really
means?
WHY DO THEY TRY TO HIDE
its real intent under an innocent
sounding title and hide its meaning
again by a tricky use of words. Why?
BECAUSE THEY KNOW that the
people who voted Michigan dry still
want it dry. And they know too that
the votes of the men will now be sur
ported and augmented by the votes
of Michigan wonderland they know
what that vote will say.
THEIR ONLY CHANCE to get {
saloon back is to make You think they
want something else. For they know
you want no more of the saloon.
1T is THEIR LAST forlorn hope
their last dying kick. The saloon is
gone never to return. The longer
we are without it the less we miss it
the less does anyone want it back.
THEY'D LIKE TO DRIVE a wedge
in the federal act bv getting this
amendment through in Michigan. That
is the big significance of this attempt
that is why so much outside money
is being spent in propaganda here.
TRUTH TO TELL there isn't much
Michigan money being spent-Michi-
gan breweries and saloonists look up
on it as dead issue. They are MAX
ing other plans and are not sending
nace pCOd money after had
BUT OUTSIDERS are still fran
tically trying to get Michigan back in
the wet column so as to prevent ma
ton wide prohibition and the utter
dismantling of every brewery and
distillery in this country.
FOR THAT KIND OF PROHIBI-
TION does not pr0hObit-no more
chance for disgraceful scenes like that
recently between Toledo and Detroit.
THEY HAVE EVEN TRIED to
make this appear a religious issue
their propaganda says some dencmin-
ations are against a dry state.
IT'S NOTHING OF THE KIND
few men of all denominations favor
Wet condition. But the vast ma
jority of all religious denominations
are for a dry state and dry nation.
THIS ISN'T A MATTER of relie-
ion, of sect, of nationality. It is
just matter Of decency and sanity
and good citizenship as against row.
dyism.
WATCH THIS THING-it is coun-
terfeit. 1t does not mean what it
says. It's title is misnomer. It's
itent is vicious. 1t dresses in the
guise of liberty-"personal liberty
its effect would be to enslave again.
1T is CALLED THE Beer and
Wine Amendment"--it real name Is
the saloon.
DO YOU WANT the saloon back?
If NOT-v0te NO April 9TH to the
so-called Beer and Wine" Amend
ment.
aloon League
Il, Michigan