The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-09-14
Enc True Key to Poverty and Hard
Times Among Farmers and
the LaboFing Glasses
and Others.
BY DANE. BENNETT.

Why is it that the press and states
men and politicians are continual
discussing tariffs, land and Iabo
questions, the currency, ETC., as m a,
tiers OF vital Importance to The ma
1ional and general prosperity, while
they hardly ever hin, at the yrea,
evil that is the mother Of crime, vice
ignorance and poverty throughout
Tie civilized world?
Did DR.. Young, Chief of the Blu.
reau OF Statistics at Washington
make mistake when he stated tina,
the distilled and fermented LIQUORS
on which duties were paid in the
United States in 1872 we're valued at
S73a,72o,04s, and that. the duties
paid the General Government, amour.
ted to SCI, 225,9952
70 bring the calculation down tn
states it can be proved that the dis.
sssisd and fermented liquors consum- |
ed BY Louisians and Mississippi a, I
oar'rooms and other places, iuclu-
ding adulserated and Illicit LIQUORS.
and the crimes and criminal exne,
ses, and sacrifices growing out of
shese asages, cost these two States
each more than thirty million dol
lars yearly.
1t is useless to talk about comino
prosperity in agricultural States Q
when the farmers and the other $
classes and callings to the number Of q
0ouf uvnillion souls consume, and t
waste, and destroy over $40, COO 600 Il
yearly With nothing to show on the
side Of benefits resulting from these o
lsages. .,
Inc faF'sh of St. Landry, in Lou. m
S'a0a' formerly had TO pay taxes on NJ
'cconnt OF crimes and misdem eanors ST
o Tile amount of $4,000 a year he
ne Police Jury of that Parish nut or
force the sunday\>w and shut nm M
ae iiquor shops and stores on SIM. Fl,
avs, aud the criminal taxes wen, en-
OWN to $1,000 annually. The su-
rene Court Of the State declared str
'e Sunday law unconstitutional wo
oaga the former Supreme Cour, be
To declared the same law copstitu. raj
'na'' and the criminal expenses of Col
Landry at once began to swell as sea
looms were opened again on the tie
ooal'' day TIA Sunday law would ize
crate as favorably In all of the inc
aeF Parishes rs it did in ST, Lam not,
y It would save the State more
10 a million dollars yearly IN Grim. T
i oIences alone. no, reckoning the
W orleans in the estimates. How kiuf
CD would sweeping prohibition stril
es l'e state, including the kind
scent City? u;,h
n England and Ireland moro ,,o y,
's'spens for drinks than for the beif.
supplies theirdrinks cos, them npde
much as the nations taxes Tho,
'unt to. It they could close The hold
sKey fountains in Ireland thew stane
d easily meet and manage the them
question, The poor and labor. they
classes being most numerous. perm
K most of the liquors and nav mike
: u '"e government tax on liq- be pc
This is why some rich people shout
Sc prohibition. The liquor con friend
RS of the United States pay well +
S'As5 o'''ssoh dollars revenues witho
'Ieheral government. Bond nish-i
RS and capitalists pay liquor warm
nes only in proportion to the o,iro
IT OF liquor they indiyid. go.
consume. Moderate drinkers up ID
ners, mechanics, laborers of ali give III
and druukards, pay the most COWS,
- a. o"e anu oa'f millions should
u any country prosper "eeAs
suct, ,,rr,)enss r. r., Ever a
nps &c vsorars 81 milk VI
|6lSf pris ioa pall