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Show THE SALOON. It is tiio greatest curs of modern civilization, it robs the poor man of hia hrd earned dollars, causing poverty sr. d distress wherever it is allowed to e.vsi ; it robs the intelligent intelli-gent of Ih'.-ir rpft.-on and self-respect ; it is tho direct cause of more crime than any other known vice or p;ac- tiee. Tbp cii:i:p?. and evil practi ces caused by ignorance arc not to he compared with those conimited through the influence of liquor. It (the saloon) is the sleppii.g stone by which young America is being ieddovinlo Clark and loathsome recesses of ruin; it ia the great stumbling block in the pathway 0; civilization and progress; it is the treat distinction to intellectual advancement and improvement. In short it is a greater curse that tha' pla d bv the Lord upon the son i,f 11am. Ye Kiiowi ig ali this to be true we cmld tolerate it, as there is no remedy, if the average saloon keeper keep-er would keep within the law and the bounds of common decency, but they do not do it. Look at Salt Lake, the saloon-keepers of that city have been permitted until recently re-cently to open their shops and dispose dis-pose of their distilled damantion on the Lord's day,and every passer by could hear the clink end clatter clat-ter of the glasses, as the vile stuff was being dealt out to the feeble minded Sunday sot. This was car ried on to such an extent and with so litt e Ask that the saloon keepers began to think they had a right to do about as they pleased. But Mayor Baskin thought different and " ordered all the saloons closed on the Sabbath. This created quite a y Btir among the liquor dealers and one of them upon hearing the order remarked: "We paid our money whenever we were called upon for campaign funds, and we certainly have some riehts that should be respected." re-spected." Undoubtedly the author of the above remarks forgot to consider con-sider the rights of the sober, industrious indus-trious and church going portion of Salt Lake's population. The fight that is on is a bitter one but the mayor is on top and will undoubtedly stay there, as he is reteiviug great encouragement from tiie women and all the God fearing residents of Salt Lake, Last Tuesday the citizens held a mass meeting ta indorse the mayor's may-or's action and we join with them in shouting hurrah! ;-for Mayor Baskin and the Sunday closing movement. . Now we have a few words to say to the various labor organizations of Salt Lake. The barbers' union : closed tils barber shops on Sunday, and thij Federated Trades endorsed their action, now what ia the matter mat-ter with the liquor union and the brewers union closing the saloons on Sunday and having the Federated Fede-rated trades endorse that action? If thi3 is not. done the trades can at least come out like men and en- dorse the action of the mayor I ri at temptiii i to close tire saloons on Sunday. A'i labor unions are organized or-ganized for the benefit of their uiembers, and nothing could be a gre- ter benefit than to aid iu closing clos-ing the saloon3. It would certainly strengthen Lhtir reputation lor soberness, and we hope they wilJ take the hint.- -. |