, 1877-11-26
SOME INCONSISTENCIES,

WIS CO4IcCtCu 1T EnG FlFSt DisGflCt OF l!llH0lA.
whtca, is Cook County, 10 bc $t,407, 05s.O7. or
this amount about $300, 900 WIS the tax on
cigars; on the basis Of 81 per thousand, trlde
over oucha'f cent each stx mills cach), wn will
call five cents tho minimum prico az tho average
price for which cigars aro sold, and you have
$4,000, 600 invested IN cigars, and tho balance 0f
the tux collected, s1,107, ,05s.67, is on smoking
and chewing tobaccv. This ia raised on tho basls
Of q cents per ID. We will cali tho average price
for which those tobaccos aro sold B cents per
H., and YOU have Invested In t!aat branch
Of the trat1c 81, ,7gs 5ss.G7, making tho aggrc.
gate cost for Cook County, $4,7os, ,559.G7. From
those the best posted {anl hnvc consulted not
fowl 1t Is safe to say there Is rs much tobacco
manufactured elsewhere nrAl brought hero for
sale bs our merchants Us Is sold to go out OF tho
district. We will drop from tho sur, total
SaG, 8G7 for the benefit Of suburban towns In
the county, mud you have left to bc burned up
and chewcd IN Chicago alono four and onc.talf
millions oil dollars, and to cnll the average prieo
vi tho cigar teu cents, which Is nearer tho yaluc,
and you have tho sum tutal OF six millions Of
dollars. But TO bo on the snfe sile, We will
discount trom this orc million af dollars, md
gall tile value Of that ~ actually consumed
than Is involved III all the hank failures In tits
city during the last twelve months. I'Icnao re-
member, too, this was In q year OF great COM
mcreial loprcssion when there was much suffer-
Ing for tho ncccssarics Of life h our midst, rs
we'll as clscw&ese.
Nov, WHO will be tho flI1t ono to rlso and cx-
plain this great wastcl Just offer orc p!ca III
rxtcnuntton. Show where the valne OF one dol
lar Invested IN tho consumption brought tho
ronaumcr ample remuneration for tho money
spent.
On tho other hand, many Interesting facts
might be given. II there Wns Space In voLr val
tahlo t columns, showing tno tclcscrlons
superlhduccs; but 1uitlcstakc more particularly
70 spcak Of tho fascinating gharacter atl thu
almost incurab'cness Ut tho habit when once
l0rlned. For instance, the case mcntioncl IN
conyiets In Blackwell Island Penltentiary, ali
used tobacco except twelve. At tha tttno The
Commissioners concluded to withhold Tho fur
thcr use Of It, Notwithstanding they wcro con-
With great .lj1caity wcsp I'll tii'ey suppsesseS. I
Who ever henri OF a whisky revolt in prlsoni
know Of largo inducencnt bo!og held out
to one being Indicted to thv usc Ut TOBACCO TO
has frequently acknowledged that tobaceo was
tlIe real stimulating or, exciting: yausc that
has led him on to other misletds and to
his tlnal ruin and dlsxracc. know
ers] of tl,at dcnolajuatIon in TIC United istates
who last winter adopted the Moody nntilote fos
tbs cure Of tlIanknrsls, wlo NJ different times
ln The public prayer.lneet!ngs 0f that church
stated he had given up. tho use Of tobaeco,-
Use Of it,-who had sinco been a,lurcA by Its
seductive charms, nItl Is using 1t ~ {rccIras
over. thus "ileiicvi9g God and making Him Of
none ciIrct.". liz also Ia superintendent Of thu
he still Insults tod hy calling upon Him To pro-
sitls over thrsu children AMI 10 keen them md
hun {rou temptation and etn that they and lIolnay
live lives worthy Of Initiation, and ttiat thelr
tnAf - Inv kh.I-
"ifoltes l'u.pnlc lit temple tDr the Holy 0hnst
tn dwell ln"t nnll lu knowing full we'll all this
time MS example IN tho use vt totacco wna
offending laota teachers and little cues than all
@ Sss' !sa Ss oe aa seusf ons Il
these little oncs," otc., UT were buttur that
milestone were hanged about Ills neck and ho
drowl.cd IN the depths Of tho sea )" haa no ter.
take tho chances on thu mtll.stone.". also
know another deacon IN tho aatno church who Is
q qreut 1AtcU. .mau; llo also adopted the popular
tlcoIy'EGo4 had taken away all lls desire
Z satura,ed ta every lbre; pore,, muscle, and
btoou, aud diseased throughout from the long
use of 1t. All this time llu could "reaaon u
tcapstanee, rlChteousuess, And Judgment To
, as H. hsla taq keys Of t1o kngon
to ~ weak brother, until # ts drst utilized,
heat he should fol-, but hs haa fallen from Cracr;
nus mind had beeoma 30 weakened hc tlad not
@ seiG ,s sfsns aoaSt 81 pSEDGss pS. f. ong aS
prayed Tor Inc TN account Of MY Inconsistencies.
but will excuse hin from any further trOublu
IN performing that exalted privilege, ara every
other nlan Who uses tuDasco. Thu Inv has but
secontly exonefntcd him from the payment Of
U,Oo0 0tndebtedncss: $l00, UN Of 1t was due 10
widows, orphans, and nthcrs who did mt re-
ccve nllu cent, hut he culoys q high-prcc1 pow
In tile clureD and does other charities, paid out
o. tue rental tard not few citalcr) Of houses
bltA fOr tile DtlrN{lHo nj 61fOOn6 uNf} nfiNEftu,
ton. Of couIse ho and tho other brother yotu
nay, every tn.n when lctters aro sskcd for the
central s Church. because they are not satisfied
hs does nut liks swlng's orthodoxy.
asked who would be the rst one to rise
aua EXPLAIN, why this great soasef Let re say
.isrG M W. ~ sxsuaS te siersy from rcPyf ior
1t u au t!av: tod nvycs contemplated that
those nude In iils tInagv would ever bceotne 10
low e tp 20 81 yi!s thing, therefore ulallc no
pEoyisto,, 4. H. Word controlling tho uss Is
excuse the clergy. It IL Christian Institution,
Introduced through our civilization, aud Is sun
ported BY thu churvtlcs, and II It were not for
tobacco onS-half VI tho saloons could not bs aus
II u said tho fo0r of faEwelI Hail neycr
WIS 10 Covurcl With tobacco slime ~ # was
when the last meeting VI the American Board
cotvcued IN it.. They are excused for another
Esason: The average Clergyman Is not expected
10 rise above ths plecea le lcasueI in tlle tl,so-
loy1ca! schDolt. lie likes sentiment better than
scnsr; eaulut strike out for great rcforEus as
did Luther; cannot reason from cause to eigcct;
he eau sce Why Ill overdose OF whisky will uake
lnan drunk, because 1t cEopa out 20 s0on, but
~ 10 does not at once SEQ none Of this evil IL
tobacco, he DOES not cdrsidcr It al tnsidIous
habit, that II u tho stupplng- stone to
Alne-telltlLs OF Ml lrunkcnnGss He can
see how sUu000 rulseu In ono year
In tho United States will 20 4 great way toward
converting tue heathen tn ChlnA and c1semhe
tut bow live millions OF dollars spuut annually
ta Chicago and hundreds Of ulillious In tho
United states for tubaccu eau do euy harm Ia
something lo never thought of, aud it l. so
formidable guess had better let that aIoao;
but Y you will glre INC chance ut the heathen
VIII 70 at them.
Ihis feniuIs me Of QuRck doctor who WAS
Called to sce 4trk child that had The measles,
~ sala he did not know Low to cure measles,