The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-05-20
FROM LOIUES,
More Upon the Temperance
Question.
IoUpEN, Iowa,
Nav 10th, 1875.

MAY luth, 1879.
I .Er. LIit0r Some one has con-
sidered that my communication in
your issue Of April 29th merited an
answer. He accuses us OF ''only lop-
I ping off the branches Of treating
an effect 10 curs the cause, and then
gives Us some very good advice by
setting us TO dig up the roots ito
remove the cause" etc, il we would
rid our town Of ,his drunkenness.
! Gladly would WE do this. Friend,
will you tell US how: Ii a petition 10
the town council, praying them to re-
move these hothouses of iniquity
/ from our midst, was to be circulated.
it would not receive the Signatures
of Is out Of the Is voters in our
midst. Now, what are we to do?
The law sanctions the selling Of these
"slops." This fact we had TO meet
in our deliberations, hence we did
the next best thing we could, i. e.:
have the license increased A short
time ago we had four saloons Just
four too many in our estimation and
there was no telling at what moment
We might have another. The license
was only $40, payable quarterly
Under this state OF affairs we con-
eludei to call a meeting of the citi-
zens. At that meeting a resolution.
asking the town council To increase
tho license to 800, was almost
unanimously passed. Last month
the council increased the license to
$3.50. PAYABLE in advance AS we
expected two Of our saloons have
closed. But, sir, will you lay all the
blame upon the saloon keeper viii
ynu exonerate the man who gets
drunk? The question is asked, "who
made him thing and the answer
was, the saloon-leeper." Very
logical reasoning, coucede. BY the
same queer logic VIC could prove very
many absurd propositions. For Illus
trstlou: If a man should commence
tddiing on our streets the people
would he obliged to gather round
him and dance. When man so far
F0rgets his manhood ana ali that is
noble and good as 10 guzzle down his
throat that which will make Of him a
creeping, crawling, loathsome thing,
valioylng in the mire and filth of the
street, he, alone, is responsible; he,
alone, will have to answer for it.
TIE saloon-keepcr can not make him
s!-5rl Ni"n I,,rn Of .xANI
sober men all around US raised right
ii he midst of this drunkenness and
debauehery. The man that stands
behind the bar dealing out death to
immortal souls, occupies a feariully
responsible position But lie must
answer for himself alone. He, too, is
not compelled to his course. But
word in regard to this license busi-
ness. We despise the whole system.
How much should man pay for the
privilege to sell this clinging, wasting,
witheting curse: Il curse that has
made bloated, blcar eyed drunkards
of noble young men; that has filled
our jalls aud peniten!iaries with
- tts&dtidi5s SIt tl1bl iiOlSCs Win
pers; that has made beggers and
ragabonds of happy, innocent chill
drcu; that has wrWg, as it were,
great drops of blood from the moth
er's aea,t in the hour Of her terrible !
anguish. What, | k, shall be tn. |
price Of such "A privilege as this?
oia, 10 our judgement, there is not a
price in the universe of God sufficient
to bay such privilege. Yet our
law-makers have dccreed that this
privilege to tear down and destroy
civilization and drive it back into
harbarism can be bought and sold,
and we must submit.
But, friend, don't go back on that
massmeoting. Perhaps you were
there; ! fancy that ! heard you make |
an eloquent speech on that occasion,
in fact, was 'as big toad as any in
the puddle may be mistaken, if |
50, / beg your pardon. Not that ]
thiut> it makes against your credit,
however. admit that was there |
and participated, and | am moi
ashamed Of it. Furthermore, | be
lieve that meeting was not without
IFS good results.
Vox PorUII