Show prohibition AND LICENSE tho remark by one of lie members of hie city icil baht monday night alie saloons that huuey id at the bottom of it is very thero is more truth about it than a good many people are disposed to credit at first thought and although the statement lias been denied by bome it is true nevertheless it is a fact As stated in our previous issue the main argument of anti is eliat alie city is baing robbed of a kavc aue that slie should have thid has been so much by faloon advocates eliat there aro some who are disposed to believe it without giving the matter alio least study vow let ua see what alie revenue amounts to that provo is depriving heraclo of we will suppose alie prohibitory ordinance annulled and a of license inaugurated A small place like arrovo could not support mord than two saloons alio maximum amount eliat can lie taxed for license according to alie new liquor law passed by alie recent legislature ia 1 even with aliis limit that would only bring in 2 to offset this wo would require extra police services inch with other beccary cary exhaust tho immense revenue from licensing leaving nothing fur paving streets building parks maintaining i tiro department and various other improvements prove ments eliat w are told by the saloon advocated si system would accomplish we have never entertained for one moment the thought eliat alie gentlemen of alie city council have acted any way in thia matter but upon conscientious principles on alio contrary they have maintained their convictions with u zeal eliat had been commendable but nevertheless we anro unalterably opposed to the policy eliat they wish to introduce and alio sentiment of alio majority of alio citizens is against it also lieuwe we think the ma bority should control in thid as in all other things wo maintain the position eliat intoxicating liquors would be sold illegitimately i e a license under a sa loon franchise as they are being sold now wo do not fisli tn be understood as meaning as much so but a chiango in policy will not cause a change in practice so far as this is concerned A clerk in alie most prominent of our drug stores made alie statement lately in answer to alie question as to whether alio granting of license would not affect hiis business to a great extent well bot so much as a good many people think of course it would lessen our sales somewhat but wo keep a goo d brand of liquor and when it is wanted people would come to us for it and so it would be liquor would be illegitimately sold drunkenness would meet us on every hand youad men would be lured on to indulge in alie deadly poison and scenes of dissipation si and carousing would take tho place ot our now quietness and peace wo are forcibly reminded in this connection of alio work the license court of philadelphia have been engaged in the last four or five weeks in examining cases of persona selling liquor without a licence lic enBe alio facts unearthed in the course of investigation have been a of surprise c en to those who have been accustomed to dealing with liquor cases on several occasions the judge of the license court have op 1 ly expressed their astonishment and indignation at alie effrontery and brazen impudence of applicants who on their own testimony have been engaged for yearn in defying the laws and outraging public decency in one case examined alio applicant acknowledged that lie had been selling without a license for a year or more and yet he had tho audacity to come before the court to ask leave to continue his ou sineas the judges very properly ordered him out of court with alie remark that lie deserved to be sent to jail on hiis own testimony the liquor traffic cannot bear tho light of day it is alie chief study of the majority of those engaged in the traffic how to cevado the laws liow to their enforcement A business eliat lives and thrives only on corruption can hardly bo other than corruption itself it is just ad natural that the saloon should breed lawlessness indecency and every foul thing as it is that a viper should breed vipers it is impossible to as pure or manly right or true with tho saloon aso honorable man no man with an enlightened conscience can deliberately engage in tho business of ministering to tho depraved 0 liis fel alie business of making drunkards and debauchees debau chees it is a mockery to speak of honor and probity in connection lucli a business as that of dram belling cel ling as lucli so in fact as it would be to speak vf au honest highwayman or a reputable cutthroat honor and the whisky trade are separated by all the dia tanco eliat lies between aliat is absolutely good and what is absolutely bad we might as well try to legislate the spots off alio face of the moon as to endeavor by anny means to elevate the character saloons that cannot be elevated which does not exist ave believe in prohibition as the ultimate end to bo sought everywhere and will hail tha day with gladness when the traffic in strong drink with all ity belongings shall bo utterly banished from the land we believe that prohibition does prohibit in iowa and kansas and w havo rejoiced in the recent decision of aba supreme court that has confirmed the right of these states to cast the liquor factories from their borders tha drink traffic is now the open eore of tho world and we bid god to every man and to every measure that promises to contribute to its healing for these reasons wo are against the changing of our prohibitory policy believing that wo are enjoying abundantly more preferable than those consequent to open ea loona and free whis whisky traffic and that hii 2 ii with renewed diligence on the part of all city council city officers and citizens we can continue in the good crork until the desired is attained |