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Show THE GREATER UTAH BUSINESS LEAOUi Believes That If Statewide Prohibition Come To Utah It Should Be By Submission .' Under Constitutional Authority. t'mlcr date of last Saturday, July 16th, Itobert W llrown. the secretary of the Oreater Utah lluslnesn league, sent out the letter printed below to thoc In Trice and elsewhere over the state who nrc In s)mpathy with the objnts to be attained b the element whbh Is attempting to di fent slnte wide prohibition 1 ! Klmbnll. n speilal reinsntntle of the lengtie. wns In Trice nboul two weiks ngo, but nt thnt time was not muih en-uiiirnged en-uiiirnged with his rticptlon nt Vrlco nnd other towns nnd camps of the count) The Sun publishes ns a mnt-ter mnt-ter of tuws the letter from the league. ' Denr frlind." sn)s the ktlcr. "Jolt hnve become n vital part of the (Irentir t'lnlt lluslness lengue nnd we extmd grctlng nnd good wishes nnd bid )ou henrt) welcome ns such. As )ou know, the hngue Is grounded upon the bedrock of Amirlcnn love of llbert). nnd It stnnds for those who support Its principles Orgnnlintlon suctess dipends upon membership to)nlt) nnd activity. Individually and collectlvil). This applies nnd appeals ap-peals to )ou eternal vigilance Is more thnit ever the price of our liberty. lib-erty. "We make no usMtllmrnt of the opposition. op-position. Their bitterness of speech, thilr pervirslon of truth and their murkrnklng we Ignore. Hut their proclaimed purpose, backed b) n powerful offensive mnvemmt. to refuse re-fuse the right of suffrage on the despotic des-potic nnd Insulting nssumptlon thnt I the people themselves are Incapable 'of deciding, their frantic endeavors to confiscate by the wholesale without with-out compensation, nnd to ndi men of cmplo) merit by means of direct nnd drastic legislation, we must resist to tho last resource. 'The lengue believes With )ou thnt If stntewlde prohibition ,ver comes to t'tuh, the one nnd onl om-ii and honest hon-est method to that nil Is b) submission submis-sion under constitutional nuthorlt). The leugue believes with (ill In thn sovirelgn right mid dcmnml of thn voter to ballot for himself or herself where Hrsonal liberty Is Imperiled. To fone u Verdiil ti) nn (irotess would be to ibfnme nnd destro) the gitnrnnti e of American IIIh rt) ' Ketp In mind that the It ague does not re.irlu linlf to nn exclusive Issue Is-sue Us platform Is as big nnd broad and prognsslve ns the conflms of the state. ,s u mattir of consclentloun convlitlon It Is equally averse to all freak uttempts by legislative enactment enact-ment to gratify prejudice and wreak vengeanre nt the sacrifice of Utah's substantial business Interests. "Speaking of business Interests. It Is the (ommon history of prohibition that It paralyzes Industry, di feats development, de-velopment, decreases values. Increases taxis, vacates property and In many more wu)s Invites financial dlsattir. Ilesldes this, prohibition Impoverishes the wagieurner, multiplies the unem-Plo)ed, unem-Plo)ed, m'ouragrs disrespect and vlo-latlon vlo-latlon of law, enlarges the consumption consump-tion of ardent spirits, hails to deficit and npudlatlon, and ends In worse than fallurc-and t ,c,, ,,, Is tho bootlegger. " "Our propert) nnd i v ih,, nrn thrown In Jeopnrd) t tn, "' nnnolnted our punishment has . decreed. In self defense the to!' for Hitlott hns arrived our ..',' Just Wo seek fr av . ,'' more. I.ct us meet tin l.,i. i,k . determlnntlon to win lt o n,..,, ' mlstnke In so doing tt , (" i' meal nnd brend finish fiKht Thf.' suit Is up to ou nnd nil f u. t us slnnd for those and ilk- .i.,." who support our prlmipl,,. T(V.', and henceforth. It thnt b, hut. gnn. " "The li ague Is hlghb b ,ntt4 u our enrollment It espe iB , siren thnt ou keep In loe t0o,s with It. Any helpful siigg,,,.,,, from ou nt nny time will he thirk full) received I)o )our be.t t0 1 tnln nt least one new member fer It will be rendering a great servt |