Show la in several of the ward primaries on saturday evening a atron barong attempt was made to pledge the delegates 0 in favor of prohibition this thia question should be viewed from a strictly dispassionate point of view that the evils of intemperance arance erance cannot be ba overestimated cannot be disputed the evidences exist on every hand if it were possible to absolutely stop or e ven even limit the sale bale of the liquid damnation confining it to the class who will have its it no matter sit it what cost no price would be too great great to pay tor for the boon but the question is can call it be done this question must be viewed without prejudice it is customary for the tha members of the th 0 W V C T U and other ultra temperance or prohibition hibi tion people to impugn the motives of those who question the propriety of passing a prohibition ordinance no matter upon what grounds and the view is frequently taken that for the rake of savin saving themselves an additional tax they are willing to condemn their fellow nien men to ignominy omo miny and death and their fam families illes to destitution that they care not whose son is exposed to temptation nor whose daup daughter liter is led to ruin ruin so 80 long 0 as the liquor bradic traffic is productive of revenue t the assumption on general principle s is ithal wh while drunkards will still obtain it temptation will bo ier removed noved from the path of the young but is it a a fact if it is no matter what the cost we should have prohibition it is also claimed that a saving could be effected by the reduction or abolition of the police force but is it true THE Jour JOURNAL NAT has interviewed a number of prominent men upon this question as it may be made an issue odthe of the muni municipal ciral campaign they have been good solid business men against whose character no charge could be brought all of them strictly temperate and several of them total abstainers abstain ers following is a summary of their opinions lo 10 glogau an has tried prohibition tion and spent thousands of dollars in an earnest effort to suppress the traffic A defect in the charter which lias has s since nce been amended compelled the return of all fines levied on this account logan could now pass an ordinance prohibiting prohibiting hi the rale cale of liquor and the ordinance would be valid but the question arises would it prove efi effectual actual for the purposes intended the experience gained during the tha prohibition period indicates that it would not As far as the dealers were concerned charges were segregated and nd the purchase of five bottles meant the prosecution of five dis thich charges before the ardi nance was waB discovered to be invalid these fines were promptly paid in most cases and the dealer continued his business at the old stand only exer exercising cisine a little more vigilance as to the admission of strangers if one dealer became frightened and went out of business two of his neighbors would lay in a tok 2 and nd invite their acquaintances to deal with them there were at least eighteen private gin willil mill scattered all over town as against three places selling at retail now As aa to the customers customer they embraced the rich and poor of all ag ages oe 9 the youth of fifteen could luv as a freely as aa tho veteran of seventy provided be had the reputation of being able to hold his tong tongue gue and to turn informer meant general distrust and os ostracism tra by companions prohibition people patted the informer on the back but it was noticeable that they nover never employed him in pi eions of trust for the one man who would liot drink because he be could not do so openly there were a dozen who were attracted by the fact that it was forbidden fruit and it is a fact that many visitors to the subterranean dives of prohibition lays days never enter cater a saloon baloon now it if cannot be ba disputed led that drunkenness was more common then than now the dealer in liquor did not want it a customer to return a dozen times a day therefore the customer was much more apt to fill up to his full capacity than he be would be where he could 0 go go in and out without exciting remark it was not uncommon 0 to see men ind aud boys lying drunk in these dens whereas in a a place open to inspection the business ness of oaths the proprietor would be in aured ared if he allowed it and the police would no not permit it prohibition as it worked in logan and has operated elsewhere els where was a distinct failure it promoted and fostered the very evils it was designed to cure minors drink drank without hindrance and took their friends with thern them drunkenness was more common then than now and was waa particularly noticeable on sunday secrecy a and nd the fact that it was forbidden forbids en by law a w instead of mal making drinking iii disreputable invested i anve stad it wit wilh h a halo of romance and it was considered but a gentlemanly weakness results have proven clearly that high license an and open houses subject to police supervision I 1 have actually been potent factors in the promotion of temperance there are other views views to bo be taken of the matter if the open sale of liquor is prohibited within the corporate limits it will spring aprin up and thrive just across the boundary line in every direction and instead of orderly houses under police supervision wo we would woul d have lawless dives subject to no restraint find and a etron stronger er police force would ba necessary logan is bonded beaded for it takes a great deal of money to pay the interest on this amount and contribute to the s liking fund for bond redemption taxes faxes are already EO co high that complaint is general but they would have to lie be raided considerably higher a if lo logan loan an was deprived of the sum derived from liquor licenses there are three wholesale and three retail houses house and they contribute t 1500 1600 a year vear to the city cit under the new salary schedule this leaves a surplus after paying the lie L entire salary liaf leaving caving the whole amount derived from taxation to be ap alid on the city cites is debt and in iu making improvements why should this revenue be thrown away uselessly if prohibition would prohibit the people could afford abord to tax themselves to pay for it but to deliberately dispense with this amount of money and at the same time double the evils of the liquor traffic appears quixotic it has been said that citation would add greatly to our prestige prea tige as a college town but if the traffic increased as it did be fore and was not subject to present restraint the name prohibition would not add to our lame fame high license and stringent restrictions havo have been the only successful solution of uie the liquor traffic hero here as elsewhere it recognition an ami d it thrives moro more than ever if itaho the individual liberty of the citizen could so BO far be infringed upon as to arake apaka it lawful to punish him for purchasing or drinking the stuff or if iamanu its manufacture could be stopped we might have prohibition but until that time arribi the interests of tem terance arid morality are better baiter sub served under present conditions than the they 7 have been or could or would be ba with an ineffective prohibition hibi tion Is laar w in alleged operation t ForthA for thal reasons given above the con census il 0 f opinion among among thoe who interviewed regarding tire tho matter matte was decidedly adverse to the prohibition proposition it is ie beautiful in theory but ineffective and pernicious in practice |