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Show Liquor Given Attention of Local Scribe By ROBERT CROOKSTON During our last legislature some one read a report Of. the liquor commission, wherein it was stated that the net profit for one year, af'er paying off $200,000 borrowed borrow-ed lo start the business, also buy numerous expensive show cases in which to display the goods, aside from these expenses the net velvet was one-half million dollars. Immediately there was extensive study to find a way to spend this newly acquired wealth and one group asked for $20,000 with which to teach temperance in drinking. The request was denied. It would bs extremely interesting interest-ing to know just what this group intended to do to gt $20,000 worth of temperance in drinking. Human beings have resorted to nearly every means to bring about moderate drinking. Such as divorces, jail sentences, pleading, promising of rewards, and songs have been composed, such as "Father, Dear Father"'. "The Drunkards Dream," "Please Mr. Bar Tender, Has Father Been Here"? and many others. Albright, if we keep on trying some one will hit upon a way of some kind to bring temperance in drinking. Anything worth doing at ' all ' Is surely worth doing well, and inasmuch inas-much as Utah is in the " liquor business we should work it for every red cent there is in it. We should make our owri, and save the vast sums that are sent out of the state. The local farms have been sugar beeted too much -and grain for whiskey would be a more attractive crop. ' Also the manufacturing of liquor would employ em-ploy a lot of our own (people and most anyone could improve upon the quality of liquor the state is importing. The ' attractive painted bottles' do not improve the tonic one bit, it - should be' in wooden barrels and in ithis container it improves with a' little age. It can be kept in the attractive glass' bottles and jugs a centurk and still be new. Another thing, (the men selected for the liquor commission should not be chosen according to church or political affiliation. .'Talk about' teaching, temperance. The liquor-"- committion should be composed of men who know whiskey whis-key best. The best liquor is bad enough and the group who desire temperance should start in by seeing that the best obtainable ; is supplied. When it is aged in the wooden barrels, it could be roiled around a basement floor, or handled around town in a big truck, this would give it the same ageing effect ef-fect as when used as ballast on ships at sea. The liquor store does not need to .be in the most expensive store building in town, it could be in a plain building off on a side street, then there would be more profit for the old age pensions. The patrons pat-rons would find it if it was on top that mountain. |
