p. 14 | Vote 'Dry' for Me

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 34.

"Vote 'Dry' for Me"

NEVER mind the place or the true names. Apart from this, the story is true. An election for a "dry" town is impending. The loss-of-revenue and grass-grow-in-the-street arguments are strongly used. An old drunkard accosts the manager of a factory, with "How are you going to vote, Smith?" "To vote out the saloons will increase our taxes," said the manager. "I guess, Jim, I'll vote 'wet.'"

A business block in Mountain View, California, containing two good stores and a fine hall, occupying the space where once stood, in the "wet" days, the notorious "Palm" steam beer joint. On the opposite corner is a new bank. Both of these fine buildings were born of the "dry."

"Don't do it, Smith," said the slave of drink. "Vote 'dry' for me."

"Do you think," said the manager to the writer, "that after such a plea as that, I could vote 'wet'? Taxes or no taxes, I vote 'dry.'" May the mighty appeal of the drunkard's need and the need of his family reach the hearts of the voters in this crisis.