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Government By the Brewers? by Adolph Keitel
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CHAPTER XIII.


THE BEER TRAFFIC DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE SANCTITY OF THE HOME


On the other hand, if the saloons and other public drinking places
were ousted but the breweries permitted to operate, drunkenness,
crime and vice would invade the home.

If the people are determined to remove the objectionable elements
inseparable from the beer traffic, they must close the breweries.



CHAPTER XIV.


A VICE COMPLAINT


The Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago filed the following
complaint with the Chief of Police:

"Schoenhofen's Hall

"One of the waiters serving drinks was no older than 14 years. At
midnight this boy was sitting at one of the tables half asleep
trying to support a drunken man. Fifty minors were illegally present.
Ten minors drank intoxicants. Three minors were intoxicated.
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