Is the Saloon Doomed?

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 27, 1913

Is the Saloon Doomed?

WE truly hope that this will be the result of the growing agitation regarding the future of this institution. The Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer has this to say on the subject:—

It is significant of the changing condition of the country that one of the New York newspapers—Collier's—has begun to discuss the question as to what occupation shall be provided for the saloon-keeper when the present-day saloon goes, as go it must. Even in the large cities of the country the handwriting is seen on the wall. The open saloon is disappearing from the land, and the time is not far away when it will be unknown in the United States. The dispensation of whisky through the open saloon is a species of traffic that is destined for final disappearance. Whisky will for a time after the disappearance of the saloon be obtainable in some way, but it is not reasonable to suppose that it will survive any great length of time, for the traffic in it will be made unprofitable, and it is peddled now mainly for the money that is in the business. The process of the elimination of the saloon will be slow, that of ridding the country of liquor will be still slower, but no two ends are more certain of final accomplishment. It is certain we shall never again see the open saloon in North Carolina. It is equally certain that in time this institution will be searched for in vain in any State in the Union.