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Show v " ' LETS HAVE A VOTE i The business men of Ogden are protesting against the 9 o'clock if closing hour of saloons. They maintain that "with Ogden closed and Salt Lake open, this city gains none of the benefits of the restrictions restric-tions locally imposed but suffers a heavy drain in dollars and cents ' They take the position that, if it cannot be shown that Ogden is ' , made more temperate, then the rights of the business community should be consulted, and the trade discrimination in favor of Salt t Lake immediately corrected. , (When the 9 o'clock measure was passed, it was with the distinct dis-tinct understanding that Salt Lake would do likewise and that the two communities, which are virtually one, would co-operate in pro- moting -strict regulation of the liquor traffic, so that there would I not be open house in one end of the community with the other end restricted When Ogden started to close at 9, Salt Lake found " Ogdenites streaming down to its bars, so that Salt Lake, witli, an j eye to business, said. "Let's forget to close. Ogden money looks I good to us these dull times." I And Salt Lake did forget to close and. not only that, but Salt Lake had the summer rates reduced from tributary points, including includ-ing Ogden, so that its hospitality and freedom from restraint might appeal with even greater attractiveness to those, wearying of the , humdrum of life and the scorching sands of the desert, might think of Salt Lake as a refreshing oasis in a parched region and straight way yield to the irresistible temptation to pay tribute. I A business man said yesterday that Salt Lake gelj the ducats and Ogden gets the headaches. He was in favor of each city keep-, keep-, ing at home its money and neither suffering that feeling of distress which is described in the song as "the gloom of the morning after." h- Is is to be regretted that, instead of Ogden and Salt Lake each I regulating the liauor traffic in its own way. both cities are not un- f der one control in the fixing of the hours when liquor may be sold. The Standard believes the issue is of such importance as to be submitted to the people of Ogden for final decision We are in-J in-J formed that Mayor Fell and Commissioner Nye recognize that the li question is a serious one and that they are ready to refer it to the citizens of Ogden for final judgment. While the vote would not have -II the binding effect of law, yet it would be equivalent to a voluntary 1 application of the referendum and be accepted as an expression of I the people which could not be ignored. 1 t ,A Vte f kind WOuld be a source c relJef to all concerned I L t Peplf gden are read' a change to longer hours, then 1 all inf"86 S, made '' are f0r Present canditions then 1 iifllfl0stea should gracefully submit to the will f n, ftT |