. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. oners decided the wine to be pure (itusually seemed the man who had the most money had the purest wine), theplace remained open. If they decided the wine to be impure, the placewas closed. This action greatly reduced the number of native saloons, from per-haps two thousand to six hundred, in the city of Manila. But immediatelyin their stead arose our larger, more attractive American saloons. Soon Isaw on the streets of Manila, at the side of open doors, life-size paintingsof the figure w
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. oners decided the wine to be pure (itusually seemed the man who had the most money had the purest wine), theplace remained open. If they decided the wine to be impure, the placewas closed. This action greatly reduced the number of native saloons, from per-haps two thousand to six hundred, in the city of Manila. But immediatelyin their stead arose our larger, more attractive American saloons. Soon Isaw on the streets of Manila, at the side of open doors, life-size paintingsof the figure we call Uncle Sam holding a beer glass in his hand, to ad-vortise Our Uncle Sams Saloon. I have seen over another doorway abig, glorious American eagle advertising Our American Eagle across the street was a large banner with the word Expansion1on it, to advertise another such place. Our stars and stripes were not only floating over these places, but,through the open door and windows could be seen the bars draped in OldGlory, where they were dealing out death. I could but wonder what the.
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