The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

necticut had S7osfS.S7t. whilst those in Maine had only Se5-77,67o. The popu- lation of Massachusetts Is f.7s5.oSS: of Connecticut. 6-2 100: of Rhode Island .-6.s,I. and of Maine. 6SSosh. Is nos this an astonishing difference in the mat ter of dollars and cents. This compar- ison should close forever the loud mouths of those men who fippansly proclaim tha, whisky license granted in state destroys all the wealth of the Iaborsng men. whilst prohibition leads them on to splendid fortunes. l will next examine the church and sehool-heuse argument of our misguided friends. In ISSo there was expended for public schools. Tn Rhode Island. the sum of Ssle.os-; in nectieu,. Si 47o ooi. and in Maine. sI.oSo.Ii4. IL seems to me that 1 have heard. somewhere in Arkan- saw. prohibi,ionis,s roundly assert that license WAS a great detumeD. to free schools. Please. gentle reader. keep your eyes on Maine, whenever you hear the assertion made again that prohibition in- ereases public schools. will now com pare the church property. The valua-
 ion oi all church property, according 10 the census. in Rhode Island. was s4.iI-.- 200: in Connecticut. si,I,S.Ioo in Mas sachuseus. S,4 ISS ,Ss; and Tn Maine only S,. .eoo.Ss s--so much for churches and prohibition. 4; every election. prohibition office-seekers tell the laboring men that they love them and their wives and chil- dren dearly. and that those who favor heuor license are their inveterate. impia- cable. heartless enemies. As so much stress is thrown on this point. l will in- ves,iga,e it closely and dispose of Il effect ually. According to the census ot isSo. there were employed ,S.o+4 hands in the manufacturing establishments in Mas a. ehuse,ts. Rhode Island and Connecticut. and they received SIo3.I-e.io9. This was s,6, per hand for years work. The same year. there were employed in Maine. the sum of Sfs.6,i.5sS, or only S,,7 per i hand for whole year of hard work Let these hard facts be italicised. Thus we see prohibitionists demand mole sweat oi inc hardfated. toiling poor. for :he gold they reluctantly give them. than any lN- ing men. This IS quite in keeping with ,heif false pfe,entlons in all other respects. want every kind-heaued man and MO- man Tn .Afkansaw. who reads this article to notice the immense difference m the wa.es the laboTeis receive n Name as compared with what they receive m Mas s2ehusetts. Rhode Island and Connects cut. \ srca, nan onCe said that eoid m iis last analysis is but the sweat ot the poor" wIil now endeavor to show how prohibition has affected the minds oi men m Name. The sons of New England take especial pride m their inventive ge- nius. and well they may. tor m thls held of human endeavors they certainly sur pass all mankind. In 1850 there was one patent granted to every 1855 inhabitants in Massachusetts; one to every i.ilS in Rhode Island one to every .o,o Tn Con- necticut, and only one to every oI,5 in- habitants III Maine. Ina, no one may think this A mere coinoident l will state ,ha, this disparity has been kept up al the past four or five years. and l do no, know how much longer. However lightly this comparison may be regarded by some, Il has deep significance, as certain as death. neN, take up the subject of taxation Last year the rate of state tax in Rhode Island and Connecticut. was fifteen cents or the one hundred dollars in Massachusetts only three and half cents on the one hundred dollars: and in Maine it was forty-hve cents on the one hundred dollars. Thus il Is made eyi- dent how much this folly may cost d state 1 now come to the most solemn and lm- portani comparison of all-it is one worthy the very best attention. and calm and earnest consideration of every right minded man and every pure-hearted wo- man in America. IL IS the most startling thing m all the black record of crime made by prohibition. It is the divorces. The breaking up of families and the de- s,roying of all domestic ties and happi- ness and love. In 1878 there were loI divorces granted in Connecticut: Goo in Massachusetts 1; and 47, in Maine. Is not this black fact, against the civilization of Maine, enough to make the blood run cold in every human heart: If there be those who would like to inform them- selves in full about divorccs in Maine. 1 respectfully refer them to the Boston Monday Lectures to a series of sermons preached las, month by Rev. Morgan Dix, of New York, against d. vorces and Our Brother in Black, a book written by Rev. Attleus S- tief eooA. ct oCtlS Sid- oIG tlJIc hard fact about the civivilizaiion of Maine. The last time vote was taken in Maine, now a generation ago, on the liquor question there were only 5.oI2 votes in all that state. that then had I2o.ooo voters, cast in favor of granting liquor license. Now this is the very best record ,ha, prohibition ever made At any eiec- ton Tn the civilized world. Perhaps every man m the state. excep, .he liquor deal CTS and their clerks voted prohibition A few years before tha, vote was taken the dread crime of murder was as seldop committed in Maine, tha, the death pen ally was abolished. But am truly sorry tos,ate that seven cold-blooded murders were committed m Maine las. year: and the last legislature weeks ago-re- stored the death penalty. The gallows will now be again erected in Name
 Strange as II may seem ihis relic of bar barism was rot erected in the state of Maine for t5 long years tha, prece eded