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Show H WHY DO THEY "GO BACK?" H; Our frlonds of tho opposition are 1 using as a stook argument the fact 1 i that cities that have tried "dry" condi- Hi tlons have gone back to "wet" even H where the liquor law hasv been con- H! ceded on all sides to have 'jeen as H well enforced as any other law.. H Tho writer had an experience w.IUi M just sucha condition In a city in tho M eastern part of the state 'of Oregon; M he helped vote thd open saloon out t . of Ii Grande. Union county. Conditions Condi-tions improved in every respect; less" criminal cases In tho courts, less drunkenness on the streets; bootleggers bootleg-gers prosecuted with vigor and then tho good poopio, thinking all was well, wont to Bleep; the saloon faction got busy and La Grande and Union county returned to "wet" conditions. Sometimes things llko this happen; VJnteoln, iN'ebraaka, is a city onco "dry," now "wet," where a club was held ovor tho heads of its citizens In the form of a throat to the effect that if tho town went "dry" the capital capi-tal would bo moved to another town. Lincoln will never go "wet" again and neither will La Grande. They havo both learned their lesson. BUT, we aro not going to sleep after this city goes drj and wo aro not bothered about the state capital, as that Is now located In tho city whero so many of our citizens aro going to got their booze when It goos "wet" and Ogden "dry" as por tho information glvon by the "Business Men's and Manufacturer's" column in the dally papers. We CAN enforce the law even as wo can make the law. We CAN stay awake to koep tho citv drv and clean and 'beautiful. We CAN and we WILL. A. H. SBVBRSON. Tho Doscrct News of Saturday, May 27th was the host anti-saloon paper yet issued In the state It contained an article from the cashier of the Commercial National Bank of Kansas City, Kan., refuting the charge that the taxes have been increased by the close of tho saloons and was Blgned by C. L. Brokaw, cashier It contained on tho third page Gov. Stubbs' great speech, delivered In Chicago, on "What Prohibition Has Done In Kansas," Kan-sas," and a letter from William A. Hyde, President of Pocatello Stake, Pocatello. Idaho, on "Prohibition Does Prohibit in Idaho." Theso publications are all too long to reproduce in these columns, but to those who would be thoroughly posted on our cause, we say get this copy of the News and you will be well fortified to meet any whiskeylte argument Tho amount of money expended for Intoxicating liquor for the year 1910, In the United States alone was $1,-760,000,000; $1,-760,000,000; the amount expended for meat of all kinds and for potatoes, was $1,705,000,000, or $45,000,000 less than expended for liquor. More money expended for liquor than for both meat and potatoes, in face of the fact that in an avorage family there are five who consume meat and potatoes and ae a rulo but one or two who con-sumo con-sumo liquor. fn spite of the fact that prohibition has reduced to a minimum the consumption con-sumption of liquor In nine suites, the increase in the amount of spirituous liquors li-quors withdrawn from bond for the year 1910 was 12,000,000 gallons and the increase In amount of beer production pro-duction wa6 3,1SO,000 larrols Suroly the demon of strong drink is stalking through the land, it surelv behooves Utah to get Into the "white column." In answer to the query "If the sale of liquor is increased by prohibition, prohi-bition, why do the liquor interests fight prohibition, "Percy's" column In the Standard, says: "'The legitimate, legiti-mate, respectable saloon keeper, distiller dis-tiller and brewer desires- to remain a law-nbiding citizen and does not wish to havo his business made criminal crimi-nal by enactment of law." Poor fellow, fel-low, St is. too bad about your morals! Just think of those engaged in the saloon business in this town, pleading for the morals of the community, as against the combined efforts of overv church, and every Christian man and woman in the city. Our effort, will be to help Mr. Saloonnian to become a Maw-abidlng citizen." and after wo have closed his nefarlotjs place of business, vrc will endeavor to keep him a "law abiding citizen." "Do Salt Lake City Interests want to make Ogden dry. In order that the capital city may get the business benefit ben-efit of such a condition? There is no moral reason why Ogden Og-den should be voted dry, because history his-tory proves that prohibition does not diminish the sale of liquor. In fact statistics show that prohibition increases in-creases the sale. Tho "Maverick" column In the Standard. The above paragraphs are from tho same article. Rcallv no comment is necossary. One states that the business busi-ness will go to Salt Lake, the other that there will be moro business of tho same kind in Ogden. What rot! But' that kind of argument Is all the whiskey whis-key ring can put up. They falsify until they cross themselves In the same article. "Percy" in tho Standard is terribly worked up, because the leaders of the Mormon church, are unanimous for prohibition; he thinks it Is church influence, It is, my dear sir!. It is not onlv "church influence" but it ia Christian Influence, and every voter vot-er In this city, a member of anv chttrch, every Christian In this city will be urged from now on, by the leaders in Christianitv. to vote to close tho dra shop. This is a moral question; thak the Lord this Is onco when Republican. Democrat, Socialist, Social-ist, Mormon, Jew and Gentile can join handB without political influence, aga nst the common onomy of man-kind, man-kind, the saloon. |