When the saloons were voted out of Minooka, Illinois, a few days ago, those who were still in favor of them were left in power, and they claimed that the city revenue was so seriously cut by the "dry" victory that they would have to dispense with street lights, discharge the police and the city attorney, and that the city treasurer would have to serve without pay. This is one of the old tricks of those who are still holding on, for selfish reasons, to the exploded notion that in order for us to get along in this world we must have the revenue that comes from taxing the saloons. But in every place where a fair trial has been given to prohibition, the taxes are always lowered, and many institutions, like insane asylums, jails, and the like, are not needed in such large numbers. Those who are fully informed upon this question understand that the saloon is a hindrance, and only a hindrance. In the place of helping to pay our taxes, it makes our taxes higher by far than they otherwise would be.