Show LIQUOR DEALERS WILL FORM ASSOCIATION Salt Lake Jul July char charter ter members saloon keepers and men directly Interested In the tho liquor busl busi business ness In this city a lodge of the Knights of the Royal Arc will be or organized In the Eagles hall ball Second South and West Test Temple streets on Wednesday evening at S 8 The Thu purpOSe of the organization Is the tho pro of tim tho saloon keepers legitimate mate business and to combat and a too strong or unfair re ie of the tho liquor Some Som cord cording Ins to the law We Ve In ac the tho public wILts the fact acl that In raising the tho license the er ery places laces the they want to 10 dives and I I helter better able to pay high license than men running hegi I business It has been een often stated and it is isa isa I a known l fact according to the tho sInUs tics or of the United States labor bureau hureau that In prohibition states there is ismore moro more liquor sold than limn In places where huere the business Is not prohibited We Ve I claim that the man who Is running a respectable business Is driven out and the man who breaks the law stays In III the business nn anyway and reaps the under prohIbition W Vo have lodges today and members In Oie gon find and and our object In incoming coming here is to Utah Do Dolime time lime ago liquor dealers petitioned Ule giand lodge of the order for fOI t charter and alid the petition was granted The Tho petition sets forth that the tho pe petitioners are arc white while unities males of good moral character believe In a supreme being and engaged In the occupation of sa Toon roon keepers and liquor FOI the of forming the or organIzation toil John Holst t California state slate e K R A and W C Wood grand lieutenant commander of the same order arrived In Salt Lake Mod irod day night from rom San Francisco and are domiciled at the Cullon Speaking of the alms aims and purposes of the Knights of the Royal Arch last night Valiant Commander Hoist Holst said Vo Ve have como come here o 0 organize th men dIrectly Interested In the liquor business lucre here into a of oC the tho Knights or of the nor Royal tJ arch a fraternal which is 15 for the purpose or of protecting saloon men n In their legitimate business to fight legislation and too strong restriction and prohibition One of the purposes Of our b bylaws las Is that thal the business must ho regulated We Vo claim that it Is 16 bet bettor better tor ter to have regulation that regulates than prohibItion that does not pro iro Wo We believe bellove that the saloon men should ho 10 the ones to take I Icare care of their business much ancl see that every evory mats In the business runs It ac fore Georgia went dry there thoro wore 1600 government revenue certificates Is Issued Issued sued now there are Oklahoma before It went dry had saloons today loday there are govern government mont ment certificates issued there thore This is not miot a Political organization It Is a fraternal and benevolent society but these features are aro the tho local lodge to perfect Itself As already stated slated the organization hero will be perfected on Wednesday evening and the officers elected and installed The Tho work which Is secret will ho he done dono b by the tho grand lodge ledge visit visitIng visitIng Ing officers |