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Show DEtMHEU AS FnYOU USE OF COriVICTS ON ROADS , ' . j- Members of the Building Trades Council Also Are AgalnstlT)nrlClty More than to reprnutives of the allied labor organisations affiliated In the Salt Lake building trades council met laat night and adopted strong resolutions sgalnst the ee of prison Isbor by the state and city In making public Improvements, Improve-ments, and declaring unalterably in favor of a "wet" city, spirited speeches were made on thee subjects, and at their conclusion con-clusion the following resolution wa adopted unanimously with regard to the prohibition agitation that la beginning Jo take some form of organised effort to wipe nut the saloons In Salt Ijikc City: Uolvd. by tha Salt Lake Building Tradee council: - - - That w are opposed to prohibition and that w pledge ourselves to vote against prohibition on June 2T. Mil. for th following reasons: l. Prohibition will deprlv several thousand workmen of employment. 1. It will Increase taxes. j It will decrease wagea.- Cit will breed hypocrisy and Increase "lIt ' will - substitute the lew-defying "blind pig" and "hole In .th wall" for th law-regulated saloon . sH will aubatltut for 1h license-paying license-paying and revenue -pcxl uctng saloon the Irresponsible and Illegal dive and drug store, at which. Intoxicating liquors will be sold during all hours of the day sad Prohibition will mean empty buildings build-ings leea work, lower wages, more crime, mora hypocrisy and contempt . for law and order. (.Salt Lake la a metropolitan elty and her proa rees would be retarded by the enactment of kswa that would Interfere with personal liberty and tha right of citizenship. There la nothing to gain by prohl- bltlon. but much to loae. SALT LAKE BUILDIXO TRADES COUNCIL.- ' , The resolution opposing the use of prison pris-on labor In municipal work, la aa follows: fol-lows: Reeolved. by th Salt Laka 3ulldlns T redes council: That wa wish to go on record aa being opposed to all prieon or convict labor doing the work that rightfully belongs to th taxpayer . and oUisen and that w oondsntn th aotlon of tha city council tn using prisoners In any class of work In and around Salt Lake City, and we further denounce tha action of the gov-emor gov-emor of the atate of 1'tah as being In fsvor of using convict labor on all public highways and public buildings W think i aa taxpayer and cltlxeos that It rightfully right-fully belongs to them, and to use convicts con-victs on any class of work would work a hardship on the taxpayers snd citlaana and we believe It la Impracticable. SALT LAhTS BU1LD1NO TRADES COUNCIL. The piaetere -s' -local union, at n sepa-1 rate meeting idopted slmllsr reeolutlons w4rh-- regard to prohibition, to those "adopted bf the council. The building trades council appropriated 160 toward the defense fund for J. J. McNamara. awaiting trial at Loa Angeles on a charge of dynamiting tha Times building. |