How the Saloons Pay

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 14, 1907

How the Saloons Pay

MARK TWAIN says a man bought a hog for one dollar and a half, and fed it forty dollars' worth of corn, and then sold the hog for nine dollars. He lost money on the corn, but made seven dollars and a half on the hog. This illustrates how the saloons, which cause most of the crime, pauperism, and insanity of the country, are increasing the taxes very heavily, but the tax-payers are getting some money from the saloon license fees.—The National Advocate.