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Show HAVE THE BANKS AND WHISKY H TRUST COMBINED TO COERCE H THE BUSINESS MEN? H A loading business man or the city, M r man of good moral character, a man M who acknowledges that he signed the M Business Men's roll of honor (?), " H opposition to prohibition, was Been In H attendance at the great Prohibition 1 mass meeting at the tabernacle on H Sunday evening. Ho was not only present, but he ap plauded the sentiment of the mee ing, la (given fcy the speakers, with vigor I jt was plain that his conBC ence tola H him he had Sono wrong In signing uit. H vhkty trust's petition. H ' , Monday morning, In a conversation M vlth one of his customers, he said. M "There is but one side to that quca- B tlon, from a moral standpoint. I was H at the tabernaole last evening, and M , heartily agree with the speakers, 'Mrs H Bhopard and Bishop Iverson. But be continued, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO M , jF evhRY GENT YOU HAD ON ! Earth was tied up in Jour BUSINESS. AND YOU WBRB OW- ING THE BANKS. AND THEY WERE H , INSISTING THAT THE SALOON M i BUSINESS BE NOT INTERFERED M I WITH?" ... t 1 There you have it! Tho whisk j J trust and tho banks seom to have com-H com-H blned. Most likely for the reason wo H nave several days ago, that the saloon H keeper as well as tbo dry goods mer-H mer-H chant Is owing the bank, honco tbo B banker la a silent partner with the H whisky trust, and in a manner Is co-H co-H . J orcing tho other business men to vote H against the homes of Ogden, and In H 'favor of tho saloon and brothel. H Mr. Banker: If it is not true that H vou deslro or are endeavoring to un-H un-H I duly and unjustly Influence the busi-M busi-M ' ness man who may bo your debtor. It H 1b evident that some of these -business H i men labor under that impression. H Would it not be well for you to pub-H pub-H llsh a note to that effect? Could you H not at least authorize tho "dry"' com-H com-H mittee to say for you that, while you H aro personally against tho prohlbition-H prohlbition-H lata, you tlo not deslro to influence any H one to vote against his convictions be-H be-H cause of his being indebted to your M bank? H Will you do this? If not, wo say to H vou that there are business men WHO H FEET. THAT THEY ARE BEING CO- H ERCED INTO VOTING AGAINST H THEIR CONSCIENCE, AND THAT H THE COERCION DOES NOT COME H DIRECTLY FROM THE SALOON, 1 BUT FROM THEM THROUGH THE H BANKS OF OGDEN CITY? |