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Show ARTICLE ON ) THE COST OF & THEjLECTION Submitted by Rev Bradford T. Flak of the M. E, Church of Thl, City Bradford T. Flsk of the M. E. -Church of this city has submitted tlio following nrtlclo on tho cost of the local option election proposed for Juno of this year: 1. What doos a local option olcctlon cost tho lty of Logan? Approximately $500. , 2. Who pays for such election? The Ogden and Salt Lake browors do not pay one cent. Tho taxpayers taxpay-ers of Logan pay It all. 13. Will It over bo necessary for Logan Lo-gan to have another local option election? a. Thoro Is no statutory requirements require-ments for such election, b. Logan will never havo another local option election unless nn entire ono fourth of tho registered rotors sign n petition for such election. (Sco 1911 Statutes, Section Sec-tion CO). '1. Is thoro any question as to tho result re-sult If n local option election should bo held Juno 29, 1915? Logan would likely not change. Juno 27, 1912, only' 543 porsons voted vot-ed for saloons; whllo 1,300 voted against saloons. Caeho Valley lined up In last leg-lslaturo leg-lslaturo with tho big prohibition majority. C. What Is tho origin of local option petitions now circulating In Logan? IDroworlng Interests, In other cities having dono a largoly elicit bJ'-ness bJ'-ness aro faring their profits will be cut off as soon as tho now liquor law becomes offectlvo. Tho license which thoy hold out as a , plum Is small In comparison with tho profits which thoy hope to tako back to Salt Lako and Og-?lfc Og-?lfc " den. 3, C. When signing a local option pet!-HJ" pet!-HJ" tion Is asking that approximately H $500 bo added to our taxes, why H should anyone sign It? HJ a. A few want boozo. H b Somo havo tho Idea that boozers H "will got It anyhow" and H wo H don't havo saloons, tho city gov HJ ernment will loso a sharo In the HJ profits. H c Others bollovo that such an clee- H tlon will fall to chango tho city I Into a wot town; but thoy aro H willing to glvo tho browors and H boozers a clianco. d. Still others bollovo that a mall ma-ll jorlty of business men favor sa-H sa-H loons for business reasons. On February 13 and 1. last, I made H a canvass of somo sixty places of H business for tho purpose of dotormln-H dotormln-H lng If business of tho town had been H hurt by having tho whole Cacho vol-H vol-H ley dry for .nearly four years, and H nssumed that each man know his own business affairs best. Of tho fifty- H eight tabulated, only ono place of H business was dcclarod to bo injured H because tho city and county wont 9J I would suggest that tho originators H of tho petitions put up estimated cost 9 of election, that in aso thoy sue-H sue-H ceeded In getting tho required num-H num-H bor of signers, but failed In tho olec-H olec-H tlon, this amount bo turned over to H tho custody of tho Logan Comraor-H Comraor-H cinl Boosters, to bo disbursed by them H for tho benefit of the City play ground (I and tho lied Cross Society In such H manner as thoy might determine, H I I would furthor. suggest that tho H chief oxecutlvo of tho Hoostora np-H np-H point a commlttoo to mako a can-H can-H vass of tho business men and report H the results for tho benefit of those H who contomplato signing a liquor H petition. In caso thoy found a ma-H ma-H jorlty not in favor, citizens could roll ro-ll fuso to sign on these grounds. Tho required number of petitioners would H bo hard to And and the petition like-SL. like-SL. ly lose. Tho lty would bo saved )" ym tho cost of election. i |