The Fremont County record., 1883-03-31
THE PRoHIBITIoNIsTs.
An Interesting Meeting at the Baptist
Church, Monday Evening.
Speeches by Professor =. HI. Baker
and Rev. l.. J Terlplin.


and Rev. l.. Terlplin.
Pursuant to adjournment the Fremont
County Prohibition Society met at the
Baptist church on Monday evening at Z
o'clock, large number OF visitors being
present, the ladies especially turning out
| in full force.
President G. o. Baldwin called the meet
| ing to order, when a rousing temperance
song was sung by the audience, Miss Min
ME Mack presiding at the organ.
Upon the invitation of the president
Rev. N. A. Chamberlain offered fervent
prayer.
The president stated that, ON account of
the unavoidable absence of the secretary,
who had not sent up She minutes of last
meeting, the reading of the latter would
would have to be omitted. He announced
that the selection of a secretary pro tenn
was the first order of business.
On motion of Mr.. Mcclure, r. G. Head
was called upon to act in that capacity.
There being no unfinished business before
the society, the president stated that short
addresses We're now in order, and called
upon Professor S. H. Baker, of the Cafion
Public Schools.
PROFESSOR BAKER
Said that he had been accused of being hot
headed and Incorporate in some things !;
but he felt that the day had passed, in the
history of temperance for finatical work.
once been necessary to awaken the slum-
bering sentiment of the people upon this
great question-to create and bring out
feeling on this important subject. 1t was
not to-day question of feeling, for extrem-
lists to handle; but one for the business
man and woman of a thinking mind and
well-balanced disposition to contemplate
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nence rule our land 2" The partial failure
of the efforts which have been made to
create a new party was largely due to the
fact that these attempted reforms had been
conducted in an extreme way. We are too
apt to think that we are right and every
body else is wrong; that those who do not
subscribe to our creed arc in error, and that
the world is going to ruin. Such men do an
injury, rather than good, to the cause of
temperance. Therefore, trying to lay aside
all sentiments calculated to stir the deepest
nature to extreme things, he would attempt
to present an unvarnished statement of the
work whisky selling was doing in Cafion.
He had collected reliable figures regarding
the importation to our town of liquor mot
including beer and cider during the past
six months, and, basing calculation upon
these figures, he found that, during period
of one year, no less than 1SO barrels had
.
and all forms of wine. Besides this sixty
barrels of alcohol had been brought here
during the same time. 1t was claimed by
dealers and others that much of this al
cohol was for mechanical purposes; but all
knew how much manufacturing was done
in Cai1on, and could form q fair estimate
of how much alcohol was needed for this
purpose in one year. Estimating each
barrel of liquor and alcohol at forty gallons,
Hvaf ind hat Of; ;rt, 81,
liquor have been sold in our city since last
March. He had made chemical analysis
of some of this villainous stuff sold, and
should he tell where he bought it, the peo
pie of CafIon would prosecute the dealer
for selling poison. He had found in the
best wines offered for sale traces of sui
phuric acid, prussic acid (both well-known
poisons), tartaric acid, and other less harm
liquor dealer say " he was in favor of
law prohibiting the sale of any drink not
absolutely pure" His experience had been
that with such q law in force one-half the
evils of drinking would be removed. 1t
was when erazed by poison that men COM
mitted the crimes which fill our daily pa
pers. Professor Baker then went on to es-
timate the cost of this liquor, and showed
that at an average price our city had paid
out, within the past year, 500, ,260 for
these poisonous drinks. He showed what
enormous profits were made on the sale of
liquors, and reverted to the fact that this
vast aggregate of probably, $4,000 for
each twelvemonth, was not paid by the
wealthy, who bought by wholesale, and
took it home; but by the man who shovels
in the streets and delves in the mines at
so many cents an hour, whose families were
actually suffering for the necessaries of
life. This money, if properly expended, is |
sufficient to purchase fifty families good
farms; to build three such edifices as our
splendid public school building; to pay
the annual running expenses of seven
towns like Cafion; to educate 100 boys,
now engaged in nefarious practices, and
make of them honorable citizens. With
these figures can we afford to turn over our
city government to the liquor interests?
The corresponding secretary reported in |
relation to having the call for state con-
vention published in the Morning and Day
of Reform, and the subscribing for a num-
ber of copies of that paper by the society, i
for general distribution. "a
On motion, w. II. Fowler was appointed1
by the chair as a committee to solicit sub \
scriptions for 1000 copies for three months,
the charge for that number being $50.
Rev. l.. J. Templin, being called upon,
made a spirited speech in favor of prohibi- |
tion, holding that such law could be en-
forced as well rs any other statute against |
crime.
On invitation Mrs. DeBois then sang |
touching solo, entitled ave Cannot Give |
Thee Upw Her rendition was very fine, |
and the selection especially appropriate to
the occasion.
On motion, the society adjourned to meet
at the same place on Monday evening next,
April 2, at 7:30 o'clock.
A Jolly March.
A party of young ladies and gentlemen
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