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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREG ON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908.
URGE NUMBER
IN
BEHALF
Rev. Clarence True Wilson of
Portland, Shows How Sa
loons Are a Menace to the
Moral and Financial Welfare
of Coos County.
Vote against the Redely Home
Rule bill.
Vote against the saloon.
For nearly two hours last even
ing, an audience that comfortably
filled the I. O. P. hall, sat and
listened and applauded the ar
guments of the Rev. Clarenco True
Wilson In behalf of these two actions
for the voters at the annual election
next Monday. The greater part of
the address was a calm, cool argu
ment but occasionally the speaker
arose to the flowery heights of ora
tory to drive home the point and
each time was responded to by a
"burst of applause. C. J. MllHs presi
ded and Introduced the Rev. Mr.
"Wilson following a short talk by the
Rev. Mr. Summerlln of North Bend
and a prayer by the Rev. D. W.
Thurston of Marshfleld.
"Coos county voters next Monday
will have an opportunity to show
their desire to safeguard the home,
the church, the schools and the
moral welfare of the country and I
am sure that they will do so by vot
ing for local option and voting
against the nefarious Reddy so-called
home rule bill," said Mr. Wilson In
the course of his address. "The
country far and wide is doing so,
lining up for the better things in life
and the manhood of Coos county
should and will do likewise. Moth
ers, wives and sisters will aid in it
fcy seeing that their men folks vote
and vote right.
Cost of Liquor.
"The adherents of the open saloon
claim that It helps business. Any
thinking man knows different and if
ho doesn't, an investigation of the
condition of communities that have
changed from 'wet' to 'dry will
demonstrate It to him. Carroll
-Wright, the greatest American sta
tistician and head of the United
States Bureau of Commerce and
X,abor, has after careful investiga
tion found that on an average
throughout tho United States found
... nlm-in nnlical '
that tno expenses 01 u..u.v.-a v. th(J Hqu()r movement ln our om
ly liquor Is $11 for $1 in tax or honje Rq 0XI,Iained ,t very brlefly.
license that the saloons, breweries or Ho ga(, that whUo hfl had be(m h(jlp
distilleries pay. In Portland, tUoljng tho liauor element to carry the
cost of the crime originating from ,eIectlonS( tho saloons had been mak.
drink and open saloons is about $19 .,ng ft drunkard ot hls son and this
for every $1 in taxes or license re-resulted in tho son committing a
celved from the saloon. In Coos crimo whlle drunk Hq was then
county, where you have had a num-jservlng an eigi,t-year sentence in the
her of murders and other crimes re-i8tate penitentiary for it. That fath
cently, directly traceable to thojer had the evils of liquor brought
saloon nnd liquor, the ratio of the 'home to him too lato for his own
cost of tho crllmnnls to the taxes benefit but ho immediately joined
and licenses paid by saloons must bo tho temperance movement to help
as great as In Portland. Tho ex- to protect others,
ponses of theso crimes have to bo Tim LIihmi)).
borne by tho farmers and property "Voters, look, and sec, and con
owners, It being included in their slder where you are going to lineup,
taxes. Tho majority of those who You know that the saloon stands for
commit crimes nro not even tax- and is identified with almost every
payers, probably because most of social evil. There are the gamblers,
them have been around tho saloons tho houses of shame and the crimin
so long thnt all of their money has als. Opposlto them and working for
gone for liquor and uone for homes local option are the churches, the
cr proporty. 'schools, tho homes, tho professional
HxperloiiM'K in Oregon. nnd better class business men. Look
"In one Oregon town two years
ago, tho staunchest supporter of tho
saloon eloment at the polls' when
local option was voted on was a f the browors and liquor element of
hanker. Ho really thought then that Who Northwest, has attempted to halt
saloons helped business. Ho fought the temperance movement In this sec
local option bocauso ho feared It Hon by offering to remedy some of
would hurt his business. Ills town the evils. Wo won't bargain with
wont dry. A few days ago, 1 met him. We have succeeded in reduc
hlm nnd asked his experiences. Ho, lug the number of saloons, have
said 'I was wrong two years ago and driven the houses of shame, which
you wore right. Today I havo twice 'are closely identified with tho
as many depositors ns I had then, j saloons, into ono corner of tho city.
Mon who novor had a bank account 'havo driven out open gambling and
when tho saloons wore open because nro going to do moro. Wo have
they spent their earnings for liquor idono this despite tho opposition of
now havo snug Httlo sums in the
hanks In addition to having bought
homes and paid their bills.' "
"Another Illustration comes from
Albany. A butcher there gave ono
son, who wns going to leave homo
$50 for a starter. Another son who
romalued at homo thought ho should
bo treated likewise. Tho father In
stead of giving him tho $50 In cash
gavo him some old accounts to col
lect with tho stipulation that what
ho got out of thorn ho could havo.
Tho accounts amounted to $970. The
father told him that ho thought that
a little over $50 might bo secured
from them hut tho iett wore prob
ably worthless. Albany wont dry
hoon nftorwnrds. Tho butcher's sou
started on his collections. Mon who
had been froquontlng tho saloons nnd
buying liquor couldn't do so any
longor bocauso tho saloons were
closed. ' Tho result was that they
OF LOCAL OPTION
saved their earnings and when the
butcher's son presented tho bills for
their old accounts, they paid them.
In a comparatively short time, the
son collected $964 of the accounts.
Thus you see the accounts that the
butcher considered worthless In a
wet town were converted Into real
value by the saloons being driven
out.
Profits to Llqtior Men.
"The saloon is about the only line
of business that does not give a man
any real value for his money. When
you buy clothes, you have something
to show for your money. Likewise
when you buy food or groceries but
when you buy liquor, you have ab
solutely nothing to show for It.
Then too, the liquor dealer makes
about nine cents profit on every ten
cent drink that he sells over the bar.
No legitimate business is making
this per cent of profit.
"The liquor man 01 supporter of
the saloon claims it is a man's own
business whether ho drinks or not.
It Isn't. When the laboring man
goes into a saloon and spends his
money for drink, you know and I
know that he is depriving his family
of something either of food, of
clothing or his children of educa
tion. Every flower on the hat of
the liquor dealer's wife is made up
of petals of roses plucked from the
checks of some other men's wives.
"Every public school teacher will
tell you, if you do not know it, that
not only do many young children
have to come to school poorly clad
because their father spends his earn
ings in the saloon but that the chil
dren are taken out of school at an
early age to work and holp support
the family.
Pathetic Experience.
"I had the lewon of Intemperance
Impressed upon my mind when but a
child nnd I will never forget it. It
was back In Maryland. My father
was chairman of the local option
campaign committee and the leader
of tho opposition was a prominent
and wealthy business man who was
very influential. The latter suc
ceeded in defeating local option. We
moved away from tho community
and a few years later I attended a
state temperance convention with my
father. Immaglne our surprise when
we found there the former leader of
.them oor and see with which you
will hive to identify yourself,
"Paul Wesslngcr of Portland, head
the tho city council of Portland. We
will not concedo anything. Whilo the
liquor men may promise to do things.
you know that they won't."
Reddy Rill Bud.
Or. Wilson condemned tho Reddy hill
After outlining It and showing that
its author, Or. J. F. Roddy of Med
ford, was a liquor dealer, he said
that in brief It placed the entire
supervision of tho saloons, gnmbl
liiif. houses of shame, etc., In tho
hands of tho city councils. Ho said
ithat this i dangerous as fow
councils could be relied upon to keep
up any reform. Ho said that ho did
not bellevo that tho people of
MaiBhtleld would bo willing to lonvo
their leforms to the city council and
the remark was warmly applauded.
Or. Wilson said: "This proposed
amendment to tho constitution Is do
ceptiously worded; it protends u
advocate homo rulo for cities, aud
says 'the majority shall rule': but
In reality Its purpose is to nullify all
the criminal laws of the state a3 far
as cities and towns are concerned,
and givo any little rumhole town ex
clusive say as to 'theatres, race
tracks, pool rooms, bowling alleys,
billiard halls, and the sale of liquors.'
Such towns might go on furnishing
a large proportion of the crime pau
perism, and Insanity of an entire
county, and doubling the taxes there
of but neither sheriff, district attor
ney, nor grand jury would have any
power to Bii press their gambling dens
and objectionable saloons or othor
vicious resorts. There is no proposi
tion, however, that the municipality
shall pay the bills. It may defy the
public sentiment and moral laws of
the state without bearing the ex
pense of the crime, pauperism and
insanity that is caused. Tho amend
ment would leave the state with the
dead expense of the whole of it, and
without power to prevent it. The
constitution now provides that the
city charters must be subject to the
constitution and criminal laws of the
state.' The proposed amendment
leaves out this important clause.
"This proposed amendment ema
nated from that class that proposes
to exploit the vices of city life for
their own profit and cares little for
the integrity and moral welfare of
the state. The principle is un-Amer
ican. Statutory law emanates from
the supremo power of the state, that
is the people ot the entire common
wealth; and to permit the counsel of
a mere municipality to override the
laws enacted by the people of the
whole state, and to set at naught the
moral sentiment of all Oregon, would
undermine the supremacy of the
state, create an authority within
municipal bounds in conflict with the
authority of our Btate laws and would
be the worst form of minority rule
vicious and anarchistic in all its ten
dencies.
"This amendment proposes: First,
to exclude the state from the con
trol of these matters. Second, to In
trench the saloon and nullify the
local option law. Third, to make the
towns and cities of Oregon wide open
in defiance of the prevailing senti
ment for better things throughout
the state. Fourth, to deceive the
voter in the act of stamping his bal
lot by putting the false and mislead
ing wording of the official ballot:
'Subject to the provisions of the local
option law of the Stae of Oregon,'
when the main purpose of the amend
ment Is to nullify said local option
law In all corporate towns. Our
present law makes the county the
unit of government. The proposed
amendment gives exclusive power to
cities and towns regardless of state
laws.
"The people of Oregon defeated
the proposed amendment to our local
option law two years ago, by a major-
TRIED and FOUND
TO BE
A Success in Coos County
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J. L. BOWMAN, Prop.
Ity of more than ten thousand. Dr.
Reddy's amendment to the constitu
tion is even a bolder attempt to tam
per with our constitution in rever
sion of the entire structure of our
government, and merits a still moro
overwhelming defeat. All good citi
zens who are loyal to the State of
Oregon and believe ln the enforce
ment of its criminal laws should vote
'321 X No' on the official ballot."
SALOONS AS AN INDUSTRY.
"While our lumber, coal, dairy and
fruit industries are bringing money
Into the county, the liquor business
does not bring in one dollar, but
sends out thousands every month to
i pay the wholesale liquor dealers, who
are fighting Prohibition in Coos
county.
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