The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-23
snecial Correspondents.
CIrY-oN-THE-RAPIDs, April q, 1883.

| CIrY-oN-rHE-RApIDs,A April q, 1889.
To the Editor: =
Our busy little village having passed
safely through the throes of city cleo
tion," (ain't we city n and having salts
factorily settled the issues then and there
involved, is nowsproposing to resume her
wonted, staid and upright manner.
The license party. or the anti-tax party,
carried the day, and we are still free. You
cannot bind the average American citizen
to not drink, but he can be persuaded to
drink less; and using moderate means
with him, caniplace him in that class to
which he should belong-the moderate
drinker. | see society has been organ
lied in New York city, and numbering
among its members some Of the solid bus
mess men, whose object is to band together
the classes who favor moderation and
against the worst practice to which the
American people, as class, haYe become
addicted that of treating. The practice
Of simply treating friend is all right, but
when two or three congregate and treat, too
much of an evil result follows: They get
drunk. AS | understand it, this society
proposes to do away with this going in
with friend, and you treating him, and
he treating you until both get booty. and
substitute the mon treating" principle.
If you want a social glass, take ii; but
don't treat. l hope the society will spread
as especially in our distant and new settle
ments. The first drink is often forced
upon US. Numbers of our fellow-men
have taken their. first drink under protest,
as it were, in mining camps, &c. We all
know here how it is you are invited in
aolens v0tenS and drink. You must give
the plan trial, ye total obstlnepcerS.
!. Well, OF that | guess we've got enough,
and further progress on something else.
Mr.. j. @. Vogle is going to build a more
commodious and better arranged hotel and
restaurant, with possibly a billiard room
and ball alley attached, on site Of the
Craycraft or City Hotel, which burned
last fall MIR. Vogle is one Of our solid
men and Is putting in his time and money
to make a substantial place Of our little
burg. His father, Mr.. A. Fogle. is also
, building a new barn on his premises anc
otherwise improving the looks OF his place
MIR. Whitehead has under way a new and
? commodious two story addition to his resi-
dence, and stone for the foundation Of sew,
eral other new houses and new improve
ments are being got ont and hauled.
1t is rather strange that some manufac-
turing firm do not see the advantage Of
> our water power here and utilize portion
] of it. 1t is free and unrestricted and the
persons who own it or rather the shore
will be glad to aid any enterprise tha
would be permanent or lasting. Anythius
| in the manufacturing line, pillow works
S wagon works, stove works, glass works
&C., would be welcome. There also ex
lists here fine and never failing supply o
good clay for brick making, and We hav,
the coal in great supply, Coal is being
0 proved up and prospected all tie Will
e and none OF this present generation vii
. be apt to see it fail!
Our able and illustrious member of tina
i proud and eminently exalted name, whicl
f is united to the wealth of his F-in-L
has evolved out of his consciousness 0
being a member sir, of the legislature,
tramp bill, and not even the worst hate
l. Of tramps could beat it. Were it applica
e Bile only to tramps, well and good, but i
2 also covers without distinction traveller
! on foot, artisans and laborers seeking EN-
= ployment. and in fact all good law-abidin
It citizens who may be SO unfortunate as t
be found sojourning upon the highways
Y We can't all afford carriage, neither ca
= We all borrow one, nor can we always tax
our house and store along. The gentle
> man should study the habits and characte
z of his neighbor and fellow citizens, an
, become somewhat remotely acquainte
:, with the manners and customs of tb
greatest and most powerful civilized natio
on the globe, before he classes all of u.
q except those who keep carriage and hav
|. an occasional quarter, as tramps. and pos
II sibly good way to study would be to "pu
= yourself in his place" The tramps W
l. mean. "CoNYNGHAM.