Show and now it appears the whisky men of provo have formally formed a ring and are going to stand united for their rights that means of course that sober men must nuite to withstand their encroachments encroach ments the has all along been urging this unity on the part of our sober citizens we have boldly held up to the community in the past the evil of our saloons and it shall bo our pur pose in the future to stani stan i in strictly peace and good order of the garden city while we believe the saloon men are making some fair quests we think their defiant attitude in most respects is wholly uncalled rn called for regarding the high license exacted by the city against which the saloon men seem mostly to murmur the EsQUi nEK thinks it a wise resolve that saloon men have made saying they expect to continue to pay said sum until the honorable city council shall deem it advisable by legislation to reduce the same we may add INQUIRER hopes no reduction will be made in fact abia part of the petition in our estimation will hardly need consideration while prohibition may be a failure we believe as high a license as saloons can stand is u necessity salmons can stand we mean that it is possible for the tax to be so high that none would attempt to procure a license but would simply sell on the sly as though a prohibition law existed the per annum has not been found too high in provo instead of it lessening the saloons they have actually flourished and increased under this restraint bw when a hard time is upon saloons and some are on ahe verge of going to the wall the license should not be lowered to prolong their existence let tho weak ones clear out we have too doomany many saloons for the size of the city bat while we believe in thus bolding the reins tight on the saloon keepers who are required to pay 1200 a year we bold they have a right to kick if drug stores paying but a year are allowed tc en cro achon their business there is already an ordinance regulating this matter however and the courts will now have to give tho redress that saloon men seek aided of course by our officials the council ought to act on the suggestion regarding minors it it ian to sell to minors it ought to be made an offense for them to enter tho barroom bar room if thoy are allowed to enter a saloon it isa a hard matter many times for a barton bar ton dor to tell in every case whether or no he is selling to a minor if it is made an for the one as well as the one that soll snot but very little liquor will bo sold to boys about the charges against the po we think they sound very funny thaman who broto tho following blanso of the petition must bo a great humorist police of ficera of this city have m and claimed the liht so t the saloons and places of buehr s of some if not all of us and by presence have intimidated regular customers and in a manner coerced thoin soi that our business hag not dpn 90 profitable as it might be from the fact that the presence of said police ulli has kept people away and thus has in with our regular and business ve have always thought conr police were a tough looking lot but we did not know their presence on the s reet in front of a pi ace of business acted aaa abare crow As regards entering the saloon sj wo believe a police man has a perfect right to do so in an official way whenever demands abon disturbances are raided or criminals waard instead of charging anft place being too many bit me |