Letters From The People

Ann Arboh, March '87. Mr. Editor:- Cook County, III., has high licciisf and is held up asanexnmple of what can be done by that nostrum. It legalizes saloons, makes them centers of political power and pest-holes of political corruption, but in splte of the blood money wliich the county ( not the city of Chicago) rece I vee, i t is $750,000 in debt, caused by, flrst, tlie rascally officials whom the saloon has put In power; aecoml, crimináis, paupers iind insane whlch the saloon has crt-ated. Compare tliig with Atlanta, Ga., which in a few mouths afti;r prohibition, and that hut partial, reduces taxes froin 40 cents on f 100 to 30 cents and has a surplus revenue in lts treasury of over $30,000. Tax-payers, tli i ii k of tliis. Is the saloon not the wor.-t invrstment we can make? and high license does not iinprove it as au iavestment. Anit Arbor is a university city- would it not piy to advertise to the World that we hare no saloons to corrupt the youth sent here? Could we not reduce our taxes by ttiis mutbod ? Tax-Payeu [Will tho writer of the above take the contract to free Au Arbor of salooua should prohibitioii becorne a luw y Or, easier slill, will he gire the people any nssurance that Aun Arbor will be any lirttiT off as f ir a8 liquor 1 i-iik i n ; is conjerned than she ir to-day ? Talk is cheap. Words are eaally spoken. But expcriïiice is a tencher from whom meu leam wisdom, aml Ann Arbnr lias liad experi'c( in prohibí [ ion, and looks back to