Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1907 — A Most Contemptible Piece of Business. [ARTICLE]

A Most Contemptible Piece of Business.

Williamsport Republican: Urbana, HI., succeeded recently in abolishing the saloons within her boundaries and it was not long until the twin city, Champaign, did the same thing. Danville business men saw in this temperance moyement a rare chance for an advantage. She was <juite willing to retain her saloons enlarge her trade thereby. The merchants put their heads together for co-opera-tion and planned to advertise excursions on the interurban and the steam roads, from Urbana and Champaign to Danville, offering extra inducements to the people to trade there. It was a plot dark and oowardly to gain trade at the expense of neighboring towns that had taken a bold and laudable stand for the right. It was a contemptible attempt to make a protected vice win for Danville a trade at the expense of others having the moral courage to stand and fight and win for a sacred principle. The citizens, the moral and goody ones shut their eyes to this and refused to raise a hand in redeeming their vice ridden town from the roughs and the toughs that are making it the sin cursed town of eastern Illinois. An advantage like this taken under such conditions will not bode good to those who engage in it It is unholy robbery, disgusting and desperately wicked. A