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Show Cause of Temperance. William Metcalf, chairman, and M. Simonsen, secretary, are supported by a firm baDd of workers on, the campaign committee for tne, drjs .of Gunnison, Mrs. Lulu 8hepard will speak Tuesday evening next at the Gunnison Gunni-son opera house, on the temperanc8 question. All should hear this, eloquent elo-quent lecturer answer the arguments of the opposition. j D. S. Eastian of Ephraim and a Mr. Anderson of Sigurd addressed., the ward meeting last Suoday in the interest of temperance from, a gospel standpoint. Both . were listened to with intense interest. Deseeet News : "Instead of beiug half-hearted in, the fight in the presei t dry oampiagn," the Rev. C. R, Nee 1 said this afternqon, "The Salt Lake Ministerial association is for the utter extermination of fbe liquor, traffic in Utah." This statement whs made by the Rev, Mr. Neel when his attit-t on was called to the fact that comments had bbea made to the effect that the resolutiouiadopted by the association at its meeting yesterday took no 6tand either one way or the other. 'The members of the association realize that this electiou does not mean prohibition,',' Dr. Neel said, "it simply strikes at the saloons. It is the first step, however, toward (prohibition, (prohi-bition, and the members ,of th association as-sociation . are in favcr, of abolishing saloons. The, resolution adopted was worded to establish clearly lhat the association was unalterably io favor of the extermipation of the liquor traffic in Utah, Thin doc-s not meen merely the Baloons, but the manufacture manufac-ture of Jiquor as well." The Rev. R, G. McNiece, president of the association, declares that every minister who voted for the resolution is in favor of prohibition in every sense of the word. "We have taken up a fight not. only against the saloon," said Dr, MeNieca, ''but the manufacture of liquor as well. Regu lation means nothing, the salojns would go on as they do now." At a meeting in Salt Lake City Mrs. Shepajd Quoted as a fine bit of irpny , the.following ''twelve resonB why the Baloon.phpuld ba allowed to live;" 1. Bocause of its moral uplift in the community. 2. Because of its purifying effect on politics. 3. Becau8e.it is such a law abiding institution, i. Beoause its patron9getso tnucb value for their money. 5. Because drinking helps one to get a good job ap d to keep it. 6. Because it makes business for the courts and the county agenls. J 7. Because drunkards-the Baloon's 1 finished product make such good husbands and loving fathers.. 8. Because saloons always make a city 4safer acd better places for boys and girls to grow up in. 9. Beoause all right-tnindad fathers fath-ers and motners pray that their boys may become saloonkeepers. 10. Because it raises publio revenue reven-ue by a tax upon what the poor people peo-ple drink.so that the rich may dodgq taxation on what they possess. 11. Because to close the saloons would cause such an increased sale of home comforts that your children would be run down in the street by delivery wagons. 12. Because without saloons vice, crime, pauperism,, graft and corruption corrup-tion would be eliminated and unspeakable un-speakable injury result to the public in consequence. |