Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-11
WHOLE NO. 1862.
The Census of South Carolina.
Portland Standard.

So determined we're the partisan
and INSCRIPTIONS managers OF the
Republican party and their hench-
ne" appointed to supervise the CEN
sus business, that the Southern
States should not increase their Con-
gressional representation in the
House, that no less than three times
have they taken the census of South
Carolina. The last time their de-
magoguing Congressman represent
ed to the miserable, pueril substitute
We have for a President that thew
were convinced that the returns were
incorrect, and asked to direct that
they should be retaken by persons in
whom they had confidence; and in
compliance with their desire-this
would be considered religious official
sent down to that State one of the
most reliable of the machine. )"
namely, Supervisor of the Census
Butterfeld, who was expected to
straighten out the frauds in this, the
third count. But, alas! the machine
has also failed to find any error, and
the result is, South Carolina will
have to pass into the official returns
with an increased population OF 81
per cent, much against the will and
to the very great chagrin of the SEC
tional shouters of the Grant school.
This maudlin clique went to an inn
mense amount of trouble and put
the people to large expense for no
reason in the world but to make il
appear to the Northern people that
the Southern people were intent
upon some wicked scheme. And If
they could have by any fraud or
falsehood succeeded in cooking up
an error, it would have done their
souls good; but for once their efforts
have proved futile. The Standard
by no means wishes to assert that
the Republican party are all thus
guilty, or that the people who afili-
ate Herewith are all sectional in
feeling. But their leaders know well
that their only stock and hope of
keeping the party in power Is to
keep alive the war feeling and it,
sues, and they are never 90 happy
as when they can find something -
kindie anew the dying sparks ~
sectional passion.
|. Cosr OF SplRrTs 1SD BEEh. -T Tie
profit on the sale Of whisky ~ -
tail is enormous. There are ia :
barrel of whisky thirty-one gallons.
At retail there are Ga drinks in .
gallon, and ], 1884 drinks in barrel:
cost per gallon, say $3.50. This
makes the cost Of 81 gallons 81. so.
and 1884 drinks at 10 cents drink
are S198.5O. Deduct the cost, ST.
80, and it leaves of profit for one
barrel of whisky, $4,000. If sa-
loon-keeper can sell 4 barrels =
month he receives $4S3.6O, and for
the year S., 1903. 20. Take out for
expenses 81 800, and it leaves net
profit of 81. .3O3.2O.
For q barrel of ale of 81 gall
Ions the cost is about So. In
gallon the number of drinks will
average Is, at 5 cents drink; this
is 80 cents a gallon, or $27. 80 bar
rel. Deduct the cost of beer, s..
and it leaves of profit $3.50 bar
rel, or on the II ,OOO, 900 of barrels,
at cents glass for beer and ale,
of $275, ,000, 900.
The cost to the people Of the
United States for distilled and fer
mented liquors must be some $780,
600, 900 year. This is an enor-
nous sum for drink! And not
dollar of this vast expenditure adds
anything to the physical, mental, or
moral we'll being Of our family but
creates misery and evil beyond the
power of any pen to describe or any
imagination to conceive. And yet
we have this fact to console us:
There is not as much ardent spirits
consumed now, per capita, as fifty
years ago. The consumption Of
beer and ale is greater.-Erchan0e.