Show ON I si T I ASK IN VAi VAIN i ifOR fOR DELAY I j jI I So Solons A Are e Deaf to the I Pleas Pleas' for More Time Timer I r B BIe Before Ie e f or r e e Prohibition I. I Bill slit No 1 pr providing state wide prohibition pro i I for fop utah Ulah after August 1 was return returned d to to t the lower house this aft erI On bearing berrig the Indorsement of the committee on commerce and man man- I res The Th committee reported I I that It It h had d carefully considered the provisions provisions' of t the e bill and h had d made meade some minor changes The committee I asked that the bill be placed on the r calendar and that copies of the bill be bc printed The committee completed com corn I Its w work rk on the bill today fallowing fal fal- lowing it conference c with the retail liquor dealers rs J I I State wI wide e. e prohibition In Jn Lt Utah Ulah nh has I beers been prom promised by ty the Democratic pall party for August u lJ 1117 TIThe The Ih part party pledge i will be It If Ut the legislature Ji ta ture I II a acI adopts 1 pt pl or of the i I ing nl th the tho bill I 5 this U r i en to five Salt Sall rake Lake retaIl liquor or d dealers al r 1 1 b by qi on c commerce and andI I faire Jn n of t the lower r l hO house e today rh tl 1 hc begged that they be 10 I given more lOIe Tm e T an and l prohibition be lc benot not hOt made effective l. l Hol Jan lu 1 1918 rs Their arguments fell Cell on deaf nt ea ears ear s. s 1 When they had concluded th their ir lt argo I ruente members member of the committee thanked them for their call The Tho told the saloon men of oC the party Jart promises prom I II I and d declared that they Intended to lo j stand b by the original date tate Au August I 1 1917 In I IC C C. II Bates Bate told the committee that Hint i prohibition In August t meant a 1 loss of oC to the saloon men of Salt Sall LakeIt LakeIt Lake I It amounts t to confiscation of or property prop prop- erty lie he said INVESTMENT Bates Dates informed the this committee thai hal I the investment of ot the tue saloon men here henl amounts to between anti and I Half Hal of oC that will ivill be a total loss If Ie I II I II I I prohibitIon is put into effect ff ct In A August he ho declared J I R. R W. W Young Jr Jr 0 of ot the committee on commerce nod find manufactures I in inquired in- in i as to the date u b by the he j saloon men Bates Dates replied that it would b bo be an flU in inI inJustIce injustice in- in I I justice to the liquor interests to make makeI the bill hill effective before Lefore January 1 1 I A AM As support of oC the lie later laler date dato Bates informed the committee that all of the I I saloon men had big stocks of bottled I goods such as its whisky k and auth wines Ine lie I Il cd that bitt there then was wa no demand for fur I I this thi variety valet dm ril hiring ing th the lie summer Humm I outI outlining out out- I lining that lint heel beet constituted 1 the bull hull of ot tho th business s. s I I Wo Yo lU buy our 1111 bottled goods in lii adI adVance ad ad- a vance he lie said Time The time tim fixed b by bythe 1 I the time prohibition bill hill takes from ai awa away iy us usI I II I this the sea season on when 1 ve se can dispose of I thi this stock It will all b It be left on our hands Our hoer beer supply l is purchased Crom I day to dl day Prohibition would cause causo no loss los to us from this It could como come tomorrow If It only ont ontur our ur hEc beer beor r supply were at stake tak Ve Vi 9 can only i dispose po e of our bottled hollJe goods gonds during the thic fall tall am and winter Mr tr called hl lila his attention to I th 1 li suggestion that had been made tin un the outside t to lu th the t the saloon men would be l satisfied if the date were rere fixed at November ember 7 7 the tho da day lh tIme the D party was elected j I I hates Bates replied 1 that this w would tJ be little hittle I bettor better inasmuch a as aN it d deprives them of or I II th time the season on when th they hey di I sa y can e se of ur I I their theil stocks of f r bottled ll goods gooda I I 1 For Foi 01 a time It looked 1 as though h the meeting would n resolve ol e itself tooele mEt Into a a post I mortem m of ot the tile recent election J WISH OF PEOPLE j Members of ot the committee it was wa the time of or the people list Hint l pro pro- I Ho i come conic in August I 1917 7 In fact It WO was pointed out tint that it was wa a pledge fledge I contained in ill the patty platform Thee held that thIs should hUe have b rn b-rn 11 duc I notice to the saloon niem Bates Batea to took k i IH issue tuc ue with those thon slate slate- meats ment dedal declaring Ing that the people had hind no opportunity to lu vote vole on tho question He lIt declared that thal both boh parties par par- I 1 ties tics Incorporated prohibition in their their- platforms and that the people had no choice Young declared that thal t tho f Democratic party parlY defeated the lie Republican party part in lii n the lie rc recent nt eh on eli Hit Hit- lit superiority of or It Its prohibition plank H lie J declared that lint the party was cl elected because s it named a specific late date on which prohibition would become e ef I f-I gaiu Bates alt 8 took Issue Ho lie that It was not lIot prohibition but the popL popularity of or one man inami In the tho p party that gave victory victor to the th Democrat I Bates appealed l tf to the committee a as 1 Continued on page 2 2 I SOLONS DEAF TO PLEA i Declare Prohibition Will Be Effective August 1 as Promised Continued from Crom pa page pasc e 1 business men He Ho to told them that a few tew months meant much to the tho saloon saloon- men and little to their constituents lIe He declared that the 1 legislators I would not bo criticised If they practiced fairness fairness fair fair- ness In their prohibition Je legislation Ho pointed to tho the fact tact that the liquor business had always L been legal In Utah and declared red that It was unjust to ask aska a man to readjust his affairs In so short a n. time Wynn V nn L L. Eddy chairman of oC the tho com com- committeE committee asked him If IC a bank would accept such an argument If It thc they held held- his note REPLIES IN AFFIRMATIVE Bates replied In the affirmative e declaring de declaring de- de claring that the bank would woul give him himan himan an extension of time If It his credit had been good in the tho past past- Then Bates Bate directed a question to th the l committee e. e He asked the members to place themselves In the tho position of ot the tho He asked them if Ie they would consider it fair if Ie the they were asked to close out on such Ruch short notice Representative J. J E. E replied that ho he would have had his business adjusted before this time that he would have seen the handwriting on the wall and disposed of his business sol B. B F. F Doran also addressed sell the meeting meeting meet meet- ing declaring that the committee should grant further time in the wa way of compensation If u a a- a railroad wants a. a a I. I ri right ht of oC way through a mans man's prop property they condemn condemn condemn con con- I it It he said But nut the they have to pay pay him what the land Is worth orthIs Is his right to his property any am anymore moro more to be recognized than my right to real property My ly fixtures are worth I cannot dispose of or them I at least ought to be bo given an nn opportunity to dispose of oC m my stock Doran declared that he had hall read that legislators had declared that the saloon fixtures would not be a loss that they could be utilized for other purposes Doran then of offered to sign a contract contract contract con con- tract with an any member of ot the committee commit commit- tee for his fixtures at 10 cents on the tho dollar the sale to take effect the minute min- min uto ute prohibition becomes effective In I Utah Ull The committee through its chairman Wynn L. L Eddy expressed thanks to the saloon men for or their call At t the same time ho he Informed them that the committee com com- felt In dut duty bound to live up to the pledge contained in the Democratic platform Other who appeared be before before before be- be fore the committee are Henry Wein Wein- eln berger Ben and N. N M. M 1 Ro- Ro |