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Show H WHISKY AND DEATH. H In an editorial of the Standard, en- t titled "Blind Tiger and Death," the H writer tells of a joy ride by Provo Hl bovs, who had purchased liquor at a Hl "blind tiger' In American Fork, which Hj ended in death to one and serious in- Hl jury to four others, and then says: H "Wbat an Impressively sad demonstra- j tion of the folly of trying to prohibit H the U6C of strong drink by making It H possible for one city to go dry while Hi 3. neighboring city is wet. . . , Hr How many joy rides will be indulged Hi In between hre and Salt Lake, If " H What twaddle! Was the ratal joy rido H caused by the "blind tiger" or by the H' liquor? By the liquor, of course. Then H because some lawbreaker peddles H whisky that causes death, we must 1 legalize and license the peddling of Hl whiskv to cause less death and Injury. H Wonderful logic! But that is on par H with all argument for the saloon. The H writer further says: "While Provo H and American Fork were supposed, to H be dry, one of them was so wet that H Provo boys knew they could get all H the liquor they desired by making the H trip to American Fork." Why did they H go to American Fori:? Was Prova so H drv that it could not be secured? Is H prohibition actually prohibiting in H Provo? Surely you have overreached H yourself in trying for a "wet" effect! M Surely, people cannot be fooled by H such clumsv subterfuge! H We would also call attention to Og- H den's whisky fatalities: We remem- H ber something of a j-oung man being beaten to "death in one of our grog M shops. licensed grog shop, if you please We know of several Instances M of pedestrians being run down by nu- 1 to8 filled with parties out for a "joy H ride." Some of these cases have been H fatal, and the victims were not parties H in anv particular to the "Joy lldc," yet H the whisky which caused the accidents H was obtained in a licensed Ogden sa- B loon. In these instances Ogden City M became, morally, a party to the crime,, H but from Buch a charge American M Fork or Pfovo arc exempt. |
