NO RUM TOWN WANTED

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 37.

NO RUM TOWN WANTED.

SOME time ago a man met a company of capitalists who were anxious to locate a large plant near Boston. He was very anxious to induce them to come to his city. He said he knew a town a few miles from Boston, with splendid water, first-class railway connections, cheap, abundant labor, low-priced land and plenty of it.

The capitalists were interested at once and said that was just what they were looking for. “What is the name of the town?” they asked. On hearing the name, they exclaimed, “Why, that is the name of that rum town, isn’t it?” “Well, yes, we do have saloons there.” “No, sir,” was the reply; “none of it for us. Our factory goes where there are no saloons. We would rather pay higher wages and have poorer accommodations, for we’d more than save the difference in sober workingmen. Besides, out of twenty-five towns and cities immediately around Boston, your tax rate is the highest of all. No rum town for us.”—Temperance Cause.