The evil that befalls any part of the great human brotherhood brings peril to all. Many a man who through love of gain or ease would have nothing to do with restricting the liquor traffic has found, too late, that the traffic had to do with him. He has seen his own children besotted and ruined. Lawlessness runs riot. Property is in danger.
Life is unsafe.
Accidents by sea and by land multiply. Diseases that breed in the haunts of filth and wretchedness make their way to lordly and luxurious homes. Vices fostered by the children of debauchery and crime infect the sons and daughters of refined and cultured households. There is no man whose interests the liquor traffic does not imperil. There is no man who for his own safeguard should not set himself to destroy it.