The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-28

money To- spend, but in doing 80 /
would bring hard>hips upon anothe
class. These alrea ~ pliI SIX license
and We're now actually robbed Of ihel
earnings
Here the SPEAKER was interrupted e.
some one whispering IL his eaf an,
when he arose 10 proceed, he said Il,
had Just heard from gentleman VIII,
had been commissioner irom BrooklyI
that when il was prohibited there, crime
I had increased fifteen per cent. Thu
was what the reporter understood
+ though at this point the speaker
voice was indistinct He then pro-
ceeded to ridicule the drug store, 30
gallon feature of the bill, and subse
quently proceeded 10 argue that prohi.
bition would injure Charlotte 5 business.
In proof of this he said that in the rev
enue service, DR.. Mott has employed
about $50 men, who received S225, 900.
scattering this sum throughout the
country SO that much of it was received
and spent here. The manufacture of
whiskey was an extensive business in
the western part OF the State, from nee
esslty. the poor farmers being unable 10
dispose protitably of then corn and rye
in any other way All of the revenue
from this source would be lost. Be
sides, the law could not be enforced.
For fourteen years the government had
attempted to prevent a violation OF the
license system without complete success
The speaker then read statemen.
from the president Of the Western
Brewers Association 10 show that in
Maine, since the liquor law had been
IN existence, crime of all sort had In
creased, as also had lunacy; the popu
lation had diminished, and Of the erin
inals only one III eleven We're paupers.
He then said that Learly half of the
liquor tax went to the educational fund,
and asked his auditors if they were will
Ing for that to be taken from the schools,
at which there was, as at numerous
other points of his speech, enthusiastic
applause. mostly from the colored peo-
pie. He argued that the So million
dollars which the government now re
celvcd from taxes on whiskey would !
have to be borne by the pco e on their
p. operty.
Extracts We're read from Senator Bay /
ard ,ettcr. with whom the speaker
"a. he heartily agreet. lie further \
III uutair,d hat as he oldest countries I
mad II" plonh ion aws,I WAS the accu
ted ex +, II ce vi C, INJURIES that they !
We not Wise. Finally, he appealed /
u his auditors on the grouni that the .
bic It vas 70 deprive man Of his person
al rights, aud re asserted his purp ,Se to
exert hInIsell prevent the exccs~es
INTO which the traffic had run.
Many parts OF the speech were lord
~ applauded, and at its close the col
ored band play ei. There were calls for
several of the liquor men. and for Mr.
f. A. Ninch Mr.. McNinch SAID that
he understood this meeting to have been
called IN the interest Of Col. Johnston
At another time he would SPEAK, when
the other candidates would take part in
the discussion This was understood
to mean that Mr.. McNinch would also
be a candidate.
The crowd wouldn't disperse, and
the gathering was broken up in re
manher. \ pitiable, cmacia
ted, soie1 looking man, we'll known
slave to lntemperance III It's worst forms,
mounted the stand in hait-intoxicated
and proceeded TO harrangue
The crowd, which responded with jeers
and laughter, until colored man lerked
he box from under him, and fled amid
some excitement, pursued by several
young men. who however, failed to catch
lim Charlotte OLserrr.