The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-18
Il NEW HAND At THE BEL
LOWS.

| 4 NEW HAND At THE BEL
LOWS.
"Coto" and,"Rqdical'' Reuie,ced- The
Rirer Of 1Yine-N Fo,cs RICH.
4hrough Worthington -O,amuling tie
Mule-Hoto to Deal itith the Liquor
Question.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Reading thele
ters of "Cato'' and ''''Radical'' in the
ADvANc :, makes;me think of the old
story of the dispute about the color of
I chameleon:4. -
One, seeing it by twilight, said twas
brown; tile other, seeing it by night,
said twas black, and when both saw it
by day 10, twas white"
''Cato" talks like man who thirst
ed and they gave him no drink, which
makes him feel Eelligerent., :, .'.lsadical'
tries to excuse himself for letting
Cato" 60 dry, and goes to the other
extreme, willie the river of wine flows
unobstrut ted between them, and its
course lies right through Worthington.
Both ''Cato" and Radical seem to
be little off in this matter. Does the
liquor traffic have much to do with the
business prosperity of any place?
Comparing the many villages that
grant license, with the few that do not.
one very soon concludes that it is very
little either way.
Certain it is, some few like Cato"
will avoid Worthington on account of
its temperance feature, and "Radical''
patronlzts it for the same reason.
This equalizes the extremes, while the
rest of the community go about their
business, little caring whether there lie
saloons or not. Those who want l,qu-
or ,c1U have those who don't want
liquor 'con't have it. Man out-mules
the mule, and the only way to remedy
the evil of excessive liquor drinking
and its product, crime. is to get more
of those who don't want it, and less of
those who do want it. The Ques-
ton naturally arises ''how?" We call
not do this in a day, nor III IL genera
ton, but we Can begin the work now.
Let ''lporal suasion' work upon
those who are decently human and the
law upon the others.
Let us teach our children, among
their everyday lessons, not hatred of
fermentel liquors, but their uses and
the effects of their abuse. Too many
people, in mistaken idea of bringing
a child up in the way he should 20,
forbid a sight Of wine, and command a
hatred of 1t. AS many Il stiff old
ch"rch-member will cuff his boy for
looking off his Bible Sundays, and try
to talk il hatred of whisky into 4 child
which only arouses it's curiosity, and
its desire to face so dangerous il thing.
There is 4 fascination about danger,
that draws toward it all who are not
absolute cravens. AS to teaching hat
red or love of anything, that is all bosll.
We cannot hate what has done us no
evil, nor can We love What has done us
no good. Consequently this teaching
''prohibition" and hatred of ''wine
when it is red,' to children, is worse
than nonsense, for it often has the op-
posite effect. Teach the use and abuse,
rs you should teach the use and abuse
of bread and butter and the thousand
other things of everyday life, and the
next ee'.eration will not only have the
bull by the horns, but will he able to
hold him.
For "children Of larger growth''
perhaps the law is the only remedy.
And how? We cannot entirely prohib-
it the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
1t is necessary in chemistry, medicine
and mecl'anism; and how is the seller
to distinguish? AS often AS Il man
makes limst If sick, he will want some
thing to make linn well; and who can
tell i'll every case whether it's sickness
or appetite that calls for it?
liza man thirsts for the goods of his
neighbor, and takes them, lie is punish
ed. That is done to keep society
straight. II Il man tl.irsts for whisky.
and takes it in sufficient quantities to
nnbalance Ills mental powers, punish
him. That would keep society straight
in that quarter. What reasonable OBJ
lection can any one raise to making
drunkenness Il chine? If Il mans de-
sires lead him to disturb the peace, it
IS Il crime. II Il mans appetite leads
him to appropriate several women to
| his own individual use, it is crime.
1t mans appetite leads him to swal-
low alcohol enough to nnbalance his
Intellect and disturb the peace. etc.,
why is it not a crime? The law COM
pels us to control our morbid craving
III one case, why not in another. so
long rs it is for the good of society.
THE greatest good to the greatest
number.''
Yours for temperance, not prolibi-
ton. Soro.
ADVICE TO FARMERS, NO.a