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Show T11E ; lTtOVO-rOS- T I a4' - - M'S- WJWMhA 'V A -- - "WiiT FIVE AGE ;i V JTJLIL2) J !5v q T!SEa!52DBCS!3CTSBi33; t BflB '4 n ) m Finances City f , 4 ifcte s i j. f t t - - license Receipts Are ah t'J Index: to Growth of t .. 4 j - n v A , - -- J. t A 4 I Business i. In - ,f 1910, the iii j iwi - - i A . 5 re- - first Prohibition year, the license . i , , J , ceipts amounted to $3,528.64. . ' , : k: .i. :i It x- - ! t- In 1914 the Amount Was - - - --- v 7 Provo City in Better Condition Than Other Towns There is a lull in business and industry throughout the country. Provo hasto some extent shared in the de- 'preswcm, but not go severely as other cities, losses through4he failures in. the. fruit erop and r i small butimsy a, U'the bad. and encourage . fruit crop prices:5"" . They r consist principally of men who would like to run saloons, t . i i f October, 1909 creased during the five prohibi iraisaa tion years 63 per cent. After the campaign the Thr fact that even a ceases. have been compelled - te- - resort win, -- - . activ-it- y stuff. a -- the last saloon year in Provo, the license or $3,742-25- , equivalent to a tax of ceipts were $9,527.75, about one millj In j tjiui ii. f; What does this mean to the taxpayer, Simply this, that if his property is assessed at nSD3KSW6C5a35!WW:fr '0trt,stay, well spent? $1,000, ' , " 4 f I 1 H s 1 : J -- , t , sTr. $214;000; or About 433 Times as Much i a Provo .has four officers. Saloon Ridden Ogden, with about t wice t a the population, has 26 officers, or 4 t ' r ( - i- t- i i times I - Would it hae the number in Provo. rr 4, 4Vm been 0 d better to iuvest this iwney in r six Employment Mr. Taxpayer, the one During the fneyears just past, there has been bpent for building purposes in the business district approximately $3(J3,000. It is regrettable that outside workmen hae been brought in this year to do work that properly theadditiovalpoliceforce . Tramps, thugs, hold ups and ' harlotsrdont like dry towns Another phase: Wet We-be- r has a smaller pop- County t tm 1. aj ulation than dry Utah County, thousands of dol- but- spends . J ' v for the each lars more year apprehension and conviction of criminals than dry Utah number of mechanivs in the city are out of tin-- . plojmdit, rmt this toimmon puxaiis iKewTitic, hi - well 4is wet-dislricts-- a ? e S " r , . .Mr. ; Taxpayer,, the County. , moral is obvious. Vi ri f I I ZtSlrSt JViKVfisgftievf dry. - Recently a varpenter cmplovel in the eitv became dissatisfied and left for Salt Lake ihere he thought times would be good. Notwithstanding the 135 saloons of Halt Lake, he searched jn vain' for employments Out of about 500 carpenters there, some 165 were at work. lie went, on to Ogden, another saloon town. Still he found no work. He went on into Idaho, afid was finally.'glad to return to Provo, aml' take his old job. , In fialt Lake hundreds of men have been laid off by the railroad companies' and the Su'oos dont hr Ip them a particle. t i It .1 -- ' i I i i it ( 1 One Thcusand Men Demand Work that most The occurrence is p v't will thousa.nl men mulched ft the i pi. 1 n member that Halt'Lake demanding vvoik. They vv ei e disappointed. ' a . contd clTPage 1 1 S . L -- Story of a Carpenter T I . A -- about ten times the population pays i a with IJ J U ! Saloon infested Salt 1lalfe- - City I tas they have solved more difficult ones dollar a year you pay would not meet the requirements of -- Provo pays about $5,000 per annum for police protection. J ? to - thereifranothenLiase mtetb.SJt?5?-teslRm- r f rj or if his annual tax is $43, he pays one dollar per annum city free from keep saloons out of Provo, to keep the clean. and vice and crime, to keep the city sweet TrifiF trifling" amOVM net the DOES PROHIBITION PAY? r v i 3 1,225.29 Showing Nearly 100 Per Cent Profit 1909, v. -- WS doubt Surplus in Banks 80,000.00. ,. 45,774.71' . - 7 solve i 254,859.02 540,220.58 Abo the Knight Bank Capital $300,000.00 The iiiOst. ,emarkable of these figures uie savings'- 'deposits now at work on the Jamaica ginger problem and will no " - -- ; I And by the way the officers are ciency of prohibition. Increase $749,356.95 285,361.56 Jamaica ginger is an eloquent testimonial as to the eff " Pay? -- vile ch 1914 November, Savings Deposits This feW of the old boozers - to-su- - $ 1.229, 938.29 course is pursued for the purpose of discouraging prohi-bitiomsts m the election. - k Bank Deposits of the City to magnify the Jamaica ginger evil They tell wonderful . tales.about the amount sold, and some of them are doing what they can to promote the sale of the stuff. , jf " This is shown forcibly by the t or who expect to derive some profit fromthem, directly - or indirectly. In the present campaign they' are seeking This iran increase of $2,256:86 It shows that business has in Does Prohibiton t ( bunch who seek to magnify $5,785.50 - ' i In every liquor Campaign we have o I t I Il n And Encouraging the Bad t & i f - 1 it ii. imuiri w niwarfniiia I 1 |