The Red Cloud chief., 1883-05-04
Temperance Reading.


II rsspssssor AsnArzias.
Cne o. th< rsss ho-fsl sxas a The
ssrs-s !. the ru~s~ astsaseao the po-
~. To tie dzn sr-s aai iEs~s u sAs
hour. IN Wv o{ shs xsssai c sSl Of -
srrnt q aacr- Tkr revival IL 40 = car
eva coaalry caiy. sss sf<!s q kaxisad
.ad scoslaad an there u . esd At
Iezs; the sssr Of \ nae haA4 Orvr The
root peat q Eutppe
The Bod iks sab ect t.krs OF thr rsh-
Lc ul1d OF ihis osah;ry ~0uia snrpTsse
Is dkI re Dot yrres y ~ nssai,E1E
ana ca as Il the sgbi.et 80 cAxiy n so
te Sled ~lth ~on3~r rz;ASs that say
ar IA lis.ssni rzsh1f ,AAn thai xrV
s~aken n osi o. .le-p AMI !! 10 90 the
la., q. .he remarkable fea,arrs OF the
ca G that 50 rusny of The Nssisfn sssscs
arc rakisg mighty s5.Fts 70 arrest he
evil Ia tbos va.t agrees ;nrA rsxssus
The ROVER e reform IL a the haa9s q =
diserrnt ciss. o, Hen fro that sh Oh
dom nziss . STATE where The sot q sns-
tonte, arc ia Cite. All lac to~n,
but eats OF country. farms % isrtora
foreign or native bora 1kalsver the
na;ure and ehsra trr OF the p-op}- OF
their emplos meat. IA y must dim n "a
the aeSolAigns N uen c 81 The e~c q IN
soxis.iing drinks. or The Dr. nks all -
the ru u Of the c untry.
hat - the rraSon tha: tie ssry mca-
ton % The sub Get . disiaSteinl. no' Ia
say DIG sting. G \ IA &c nunber o
good r-pple. We have not = doub, that
hundreds who saw the ~ori. at the
head q. this article . met away Ia
something else: AM that other bun
dreds have Quit !, b. ore :hcs have rcRi
thus far. VII this con,cmpt for n B.
iect which neat 10 The rrsiaai o. rrilg-
ion in the soul j. The mosi urg-nt
moral az est on IN ife worldp Ne have
To- admit that the In whieh IL
has been dscu sci by the Trends o.
Temperance has aiicna'cd MAJ that
the par ies a,o Viii b the camp 10 d.
vided spent strength in warning against
zach other tina, should have been en-
employed on the enemy OF b5th- at
il j. 50 with religion itsel; to the shame
~ the Church And al this TN the
evil his been growing. nj | i now as-
sumes such vast proportions A. To APP
pail the hart and almost DESTROY
hope OF success IN making n stand
against Z
n no Stale or town Is the ev | great
or thar here n New York CITY. We
have a ioaid o. Comm ssioners who
are authorized. on certain condt uns.
tn grant licenses To ind viduals to ell
liquors These men take The ground
that they are appointed u 10 c.s nj
To restrain the sa'e. There G. the
more persons they license the morc
faithfully they d hare their rust
This absurd I u, fatal const ucton they
pu, upon The law. ani In proc o. their
fidelity they point to IN r. than 900
licen e. now granted by them I'm this
CITY, To I'll n mber We may aid NJ
least n thousand uni censcd liquor sa-
looms But take the legalized places
only. 1900. aud that z ve' n saloon
To every 1873 ersons IN { e city. OF
this number many nut be IN nnrs ~
whom ihcy arr not allowed o. sell.
AMI wumcn and men who never buy.
and when these are deducted il will
be found hat we have one liluor saloon
for every ifty al seyenty-hve Of the
drinking reputation II these saloons
or hotels or shops take in twenty dot
lars n day. on an average. they get nifty
four mill ons Of the people : money cv-
cry year. Such figures appear incredible.
but one can verify them By n simple
ne of multiplication and divis on. And
this none. comes mostly out O! the
WAGES of the poor They work. earn
and drink. 4 roor man gets more 81
what he wants ON of n gallon of beer
or n quart Of whisky than he does "a
of'a Peek Of potatoes. He drinks To
make him feel b tier. and thea Ia help
him 10 FORGET. The dcstuct on Of the
poor is their poverty. They destroy
themselves. And a vas proportion of
these iifty-four millions goes 10 dcsden
the scnsibilities of the suffering. and 10
dcercn the misery into which they are
sunk.
Let it be granted that things are worse
in such n cjtV rs this han in ans other
city. anil tenfoli % than IN the coun
ny. East or West. il is ST II emphaiical-
" true that it is high time for every
city. town. village and community 10
Ia q n ihorou h Temperance revival
The press and the pulpit ought TO be
heard. and with no doubtful sound Of
trumpet. With all the facts now be-
fore the publ C mind. with the tcsti-
mony Of courts m commissions that
three fourths of taxes and crimes are
the Immediate results OF the Ii uor
saloons. there is 40 possible ground for
doubtthat the laws Of every tate ought
TO RESTRAIN and diminish. and rs far rs
possible destroy. this evil. which il n
civil. political and s3cial as well as
moral evil The law o en-
courages il in most of the States.
But IL the law licenses. it may
hedge the license with such condi-
tons rs to render the license u b n
drance. II may render il hard 10 be-
obtained 1t may prohibit he license
altogether. The consfitutionaliiy Of
such \ law has been ahundsn'ly sus-
tainei. The only question is the ey-
pediency of such laws. And il the evil
TO be assuaged is civil and social. the
expedicncy IS TO be determined by the
public sentiment of the State. Unless
that will uphold and enforce the law.
there is no good in hsvng IL But the
enlightened mind of The people must be-
educated to the advantage of such leg
islat;on rs will help the poor To lives Of
sobrieiy. As II save the fam lies Of the
poor from the cruel suflerings now
brought on them by dr. nken husbands
and fathers. and will convert the mill
ions now worse han wasted into sireams
OF wealth to enrich and bless the people.
This vii follow q Temperance re-
vival. for which let the people labor and
pray. y. Observer.