Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
September 18, 1914
Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia
What is this article about?
An editorial critiques a citizen's plan to vote 'wet' (pro-liquor) solely for tax reasons, arguing that the state should not license the evil of open saloons regardless of revenue benefits.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
WHY HE WILL VOTE WET.
A good citizen of this county declared to the writer the other day, that he was going to vote wet solely on account of the tax question. He admitted that the open saloon is a great evil in the state, but he was going to vote wet all the same. Here was a man who hadn't stopped to think. Is it right for the State to license an evil? Taxes or no taxes this is the only question, Is the sale of liquor in open saloon an evil of a good thing? If an evil then how can it be justified upon any consideration of revenue?
A good citizen of this county declared to the writer the other day, that he was going to vote wet solely on account of the tax question. He admitted that the open saloon is a great evil in the state, but he was going to vote wet all the same. Here was a man who hadn't stopped to think. Is it right for the State to license an evil? Taxes or no taxes this is the only question, Is the sale of liquor in open saloon an evil of a good thing? If an evil then how can it be justified upon any consideration of revenue?
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Taxation
What keywords are associated?
Vote Wet
Saloon Evil
Liquor Licensing
Tax Revenue
State Evil
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Licensing Saloons For Revenue
Stance / Tone
Anti Wet Moral Argument
Key Arguments
Open Saloon Is A Great Evil
State Should Not License Evil
Revenue Does Not Justify Licensing Evil