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Show THE REFORM SALOON. Tho movement In New York In favor nf tempernnco saloons that shall faithfully faith-fully and strlctl obey the law. nppcars from the dlspiuhea this morning to bo taking foim The general plan Is outlined out-lined In the telegram, from which It would appear to be 11 modification of the (lothenburg plan, which has proved so successful In Sweden, and lias had fair success elsewhere. In a late number num-ber of The Independent, Oen. llalllng-ton llalllng-ton llooth advncnteil such wiloons, saying say-ing that they lud for it long time been lariled on successfully by prlvato en-lei en-lei prise- In London. Liverpool, lllrmlng. ham, Shellleld and other Ilrltlsh cities, and also In Australia. In New York the plan Is also for prlv ato management nnd cnntiol In Sweden those wiloons aro a Government monopoly, controlled by law, nnd the public gets the profits from them. Oen. llooth urged the necessity of providing some place of resort for tho general public, which the saloon now provides. It Is warmed. Ilshted, Is free to nil; men meet tlicra for social purposes, pur-poses, they can play games, they can transact business, they can get lunch; all me on nn equality. The saloons therefore supply a needed convenience and comfortable meeting place. The Idea Is to supply suih a substitute for the present saloon as will take Its place, and at the same time do away with Its evils. The plan of those having the project In charge differs from Oen. Ilooth's suggestion, but Is In line with the reform re-form saloons In tho cities ho names. He would have no llnuors, but the new plan contemplates the ending of pure liquors In moderation, in connection connec-tion with restamants, tho whole bus-Incsa bus-Incsa to be conducted on law-abiding lines. The selection of places to begin the new saloons contemplate the put. chase of present establishment, and getting from tho seller an agieement not to stait another saloon. It Is an experiment that will be watched with great Interest by the public, which will be glad Indeed to see It uchlcve u high and brilliant success. It is probable that Salt Lake will have to nwalt for aomo time tho Inauguration In-auguration of such an enterprise, The ilty Is not ilpe for It yet. Hut there Is something that could be done to mtl gale the evils of drink fm the laboring man. That Is, to close the saloons on Saturday evening. We think that such 1 losing would lie of much greater practical prac-tical bencllt than a "close. Sunday." Whoso heart lws not allied on seeing the working man Induced to go Into a drinking place on Saturday evening, with hli week's wages In his pocket, and ronsiln theie; his wife, perhaps with a chllil In her arms, her lieut (i hing with inlMij her cs'cs anxiously v. n hlng the doni through w tilth lier hu hand should coins hut does not, perhapa she has bten with him, trying to get him to buy ncMed food and clothing for the home and ho has sild h would Just go In and have a drink, and be right out, but lie finds his crouton cro-uton there, and Hays. Perhaps he has no been home, and tho wife, heavy-hearted. heavy-hearted. Is looklnr; him up, passing from one rlace to another trying to find hlrn and Induce him to come home. Long Into the night thee weary watchers watch-ers and waiters may bo seen, the hope dlng out of their faces, their misery every moment being more and more manifest How It ends anvone may know , a reeling form, guided carefully home, the proceeds of the week's work gone, or mostly gone, a cheerless home and n broken heart. Is It not worth while to try to Btop this wretchedness? Who will start a crusade for the closing clos-ing of the saloons on Saturday night? |