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Show M ., , The Reform Movement. IH r Tin: IlKruiu.u-AN Is heartily in faor jH ' of any sane, systematic, cneigetlccf- jH ' fort to curtail or eliminate th liquor HB t traillc in Logan city. The matter can HH bo handled if the people really watit jH to handle tt, but a half-hearted, H ( 'spasmodic elfort by men who havn't jH scrapping blood In their veins, and jH , stlck-to-lt-lvcncss enough to carry HH them In a 'furious light of from two jl , to four years is sure to fall. It takes HH ,, nerve to fight the saloons and liquor i traiy, and It takes time, energy and i money. It takes men who wont be-comd be-comd weary, It takes men who havn't political ambitions that will stand In their way, it takes men well organized, organiz-ed, with definite plans that have been formulated after a thorough knowledge know-ledge of the methods of defense that will be used by the attacked. Hut If Logan doesn't want llc saloons sa-loons debauching the manhood of this community, it doesn't need to have them. That they remain Is because the vast majority want them or at least han't sutllcicnt Interest In their own and other's well fare to do their part toward getting rid of them. Aside from the moral consideration, Logan can not afford five saloons, it can not atTord one. Tho writer is one of thoso who br-llcves br-llcves that the liquor cradle as a business busi-ness has no right to exist In the United States. The traillc Is not only absolutely protltlcss to those who make Its existence possible, but It is known to be the most damnable and wide spread vice of all ages. It Is the author of no good and the father of most crime and misery. Aside from the moral phase of the matter, the people of Logan and tho United States can not afford to support sup-port the liquor traillc. Liquor costs the people of tho United Unit-ed States almost a billion and a half dollais a year. For every dollar lcvcnuo rccched from the accursed traillc, the government Is paying out Ml.fio It Is estimated that of every $10 spent for Intoxicating liquors, only thlrty.lUe cents goes Into the pocket of tho wage-worker, and ninety-six ninety-six cents is spent for the raw material. The rest of the ten dollars, eight dollars dol-lars and secntj-rivc cents, goes Into the pockets of the liquor dealers If! tills same ten dollars had been spent for the ordinary comforts of life, the wage-worker would hae received one dollar and eighty cents of It, while those who raised the raw materia! hae had four dollars and eighty cents of It. Thus the laborer gets only thirty-eight cents out of the ten dollars dol-lars If spent for liquor that weakens him in the body and mind. So for as Logan Is concerned the writer knows in a general way that thc,rc Is constant violation of present law, and it grows worse daily. Liquor is sold to minors; It is sold on Sundays; It Is sold after hours and before hours; gambling Is carried on and yet withal with-al Logan Is not a really bad town as things go, but it IS time that the proper fotccs are at work to straighten the situation. |