| Show labor and liquor much of the thunder of the saloons is spent on showing cb owing what the liquor traffic does docs for labor an attempt is always made to show that if prohibition prevails thou thousands will be thrown out of employment andruch and much property will be destroyed desty oed Comra compared red to other industries the manufacture minu facture and tale sale of liquor does less for the working man less for the farmer and less for the producer of raw material than an other indus tn it if the liquor traffic can be called an indu tri in the country from the census reports the following is gleaned the liquor traffic had in the manufacture of malt distilled and vinous liquors thi employed wage earners and paid in wages 0 it used of 0 raw material this same census shows that of 13 industries leather lumber clay glass paper printing cotton woo silk knit gocci clothing flour ind gri grit grist t mills ing ind and meat packing pac kine the aie averige capital employed wis much higher than that of the he liquor traffic tr affie for each sl sla ia 3 inest cd in all the above aboe aimed one wage barrer is employed the liquor traffic requires invested to give em plo ment to one wage earner evera ever collir in Nested in the 13 industries dus tries named ti us tits ts 87 cents worth of raw mit material mi tenal erial and the liquor traffic uses but a fraction over 12 cents worth of materi maten il if the liquor traffic amplo employed ed its iti pro rita of workmen Nor kmen with other industries it should employ nage age earners amors it pur purchase thase north ot of raw material instead of OU if it would compare with other industries dus tries these are plain facts and viken in comp comparison arvon with nith the plan of af the great industrial value of the liquor traffic they ho that the brewers and distillers employ leas acis capital less labor less raw material and make greiter profit than an other industry the liquor traffic shows hows up poorly measured bi iny itin dard a as s to the value of the traffic in building up the country or as a help to the laboring man mail |
