The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-02

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nbyA 81 vhiv q}amiaaS55SS miaaS55S q 'Rtound. otnn,dC IN Nv
rSheeeI[ ptoads% III iaa'S* S*a fe'ie ,WiHe, and M
aaqfnKH hai1ly cheap ppidi}ni5s,.'' ain5s.. Il is 81 !
dim which, xhile }ttdoes! esttbsa item no
good ac1s5iaaing q ths 5hoxine III Of
'theirf own p'thyiidiani aosa. a '9sset do
them harm a. st,nnoagh Is interfere e ss,e' With
their. industry. Their drinking
wastes neither life nor money aas pilra Is,
does, ,laha they sell in value to IT, otfer tfa
countries more than they drink
themselves! Is During The year i 80,
in our own istasesef NEW YORK, there
were expended byoeensnmer1ss fo+ liqi-
uor more than one hundred and six
millions Of dollars, .a.7sum which
amounted to hsarly'two-thiras Of all
the wages paid to laborers lin agticul.
ture and manufactures; and to nearly
twice as much asthe. receipts 'of all
the railroads in,the statei1 the osaq q q
the latter being between si4fttyy4leig6ti
and sixtyl nine millions: The N on. -
ey Of sodr people goes sscro.ss ths baa!l! u!
pfaster than ri is}icrowded iiatto iiiat tie
iwickets 81 a]ptae eiailroad dstaitfon stations 81 81
the State, md swhe4e .aoes it, 20,
WHAT'S shsa4 a4staa4tai forsit ..aDneased
Fstomachs; ;9aehing vheads, discco discco5ufagd1 jul
|and'slatterhly*homes'' sdleihsssi gqut;
EcrimeJ degradation death: iuTBwe, ia
various heaA1rss;. oa4e ~ exactly Whit
We pet ufor it1ea Wg1agaiht aooffattbbaa -
which is good, nothing no .udpim
IL ! morality 91 r. increase q of iq#austFE; #
no accessiops teshealth, no growth ol
prosperity, Our State is full ea
Pt,amP. aad svet1, onie! ,'i,! i;s is dtESank|aFa'
There IL dsmhggr dsmggr aaflization, evsryy 3skkdrs,
M oft thfs Wastsfa1 staa ,safsetn G.
df 6ery, auid Eifh4t 99ohhstssdtly1 Is a!1 ID uHtqwl
down tie H6paa asaI KEpilst IF TIC Stsfe. It
F Bit ouF, stat5 Il, not alone. Ihe
liquor bill 9Sf Pea Pehanss99ll s9ll ii!"il!n during
ls70 was moFfe moof t6hjaann t6hjan1i 1sii1tyfive Il! &: nil
liong of dBI1aIit.si,i sum in:ed equal to ohe:
third Of the entire "a agficSl gfialti ltuiral prod:
uot Of the State, Illinois paid ,mqre {
than fosty:tv,o 4 mitiions, iiftiii,5i,ss ana Ubie
fifty eight millions, '*5Mlsalh1 Masssaaeh1usett!
paid more than twenty-five millions
a;sum equal to ,6ve::sixthss Of her /, & 4
'ricultural products, while The lliqqoS}
bill. Of Maine was only about fdui.
millions and a quarter. y. Mr.: H4rf
'greaves takes the f6galtisss 6, g. IF Mas..a
chueetts and Maine q Slow SLOW 'a hov|
<prohibitory law does, after; after Ill, IT.: redu &
the driukiinlg tb'ut Il il f,<lt Is not our III par
pose to aargue this. question: tss1tiia ,.,
sd What ha lst xs dssiFs ntq show i, thet
With On ZAP annual ekpendi lS99 i! tn1eaf, f, $500,
100000 |e foF liquoTysz r. ip 20 tie Il @ United
stateswi7spd L all Y ths b. gY4E ggqEes sA re lgN
are based upon official s(sla ssltaatiistie!zs'r7iii ie!zs'r7ii
not to be wondered at that the time
are aa.. hard E 4nd ',' people. Poer.. Not on,
Il thisr p vast sum is wasted; not only ylth'
capital invested :is diverted frqm, gobt
uses, and all the industry involved ii
production taken from m ;benedeut pqr
suits, by bqt he health, morality, mo respecta
bility, industry, and life are destroyed
Sixty thousand Americans annual!
lie down in a ,drunkard's grave: $ i
were better TO- bring, into; the ;tiel'
and shoot down s sixty, thousand bee, ss 70
our young men every year, than t
have them 60 through all the process
es Of disease, degradation, crime, an
despair through which they inevitabl
pass =, l.. IT, i...!.:-.., : Il
j., With six hundred millions of do
lars saved:to: the country annuall,
,how long would it take to make! thes
United :6tateaarich not only but obi
to meet;t withautT disturbance; and Ill
1gtress,o the1 1evulsioas in LbusiaesE /
1 which alnations are liable f.uoHer
is a question for s4kokr the statesman an
the politician. Twenty-Five years. b
llabsolute> abstinenc5 from The co cot
lasumptionzofI usslees, and worse ythd
useless, <Iquoe1s;,as wouldsasaveato1t 1tl
1 country fifteen billions Of dollars ID
3tmake susithe richest. m alton ,on It'll
: face Of the giobs! , 5Notaenly thiSsut
4es-beyond theaimagiaanoa to 'eomprt
4shend- s~souldsbs;; ;;s.ved7Ibut laal'sb b
ahoinin.ble consequences aof esmisert
disease, disgrace; crime, and, deatl
I that woutd How How = from die Y 'ictonsumt
IF6M 81 6f4sfucH 4sucH u aa 1tn uorm]ous ] amount, !
pohisso9slsods potion A6fd8s A6fd8s, y, would: be Isa7Aee i
t9nd yst sfda, temperance 4 men lt,1 ,are locke
'fadl'6an upon asg sga diisturbers and hnatii'ct.
And we are adjured not to bring ten
| pernace into politics And this grei
transcendept question Of el,clonoml
gets the gU by, while We hug our Ii
tie issuessf6r the sake Of party an
Of office! Do we not deserve Sadvei
sity?-Dr. j. G. Holland: Scrsbne
! for December.
| POE.
~ William: Cullen Bryant, in th
fNew York Evening Pest; gives II
/ following remarkable estimate of Ed
|gar Allen Poe :;'"Hei. Vas ,,nm15or. tIi1oi
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