Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-05-22

OuCy 10 enQeaVOf 10 lessen the tempta
ton which is thrown in the pathway Q
our weaker fellowmen. would be gla.
to see all saloons done away with. Sc
no reason why they should exist. The,
are simply temptation to drink, with
out any resulting benefit. If a mai
wishes to have liquor in his own house
l would not advocate restraining him o
his personal private license; but why W,
should Rave temptation placed at ever
corner Of tie street to tempt the weake
ones into the dens of iniquity, to taxi
away their reason and their property, t.
destroy their homes and their families
have not yet been able to understand
l have passed up and down Church
street, in Toronto, for fourteen or fifteer
years, and it has been a painful thing tc
see young men on their way down te
business stop and turn into saloon, anG
the Sane thing On their way back al
night. How Luch trouble and sorrow
this brings to their families God only
knows, md why this state of things
shout ] be allowed to continue in q com.
Eunity calling itself Christian, am un.
able to understand"
Long ago Talleyrand observed that the
thoughts of the best men of the State at
the last becomes its public opinion.
The manner of dealing with the curse
of intemperance has enlisted the most
anxious solicitude of the wisest men OF
the civilized nations for many years, and
in this country it is rapidly crystallizing
around total, irrepealable, ever-vigilant
prohibition as the supreme and only
measure adequate to deal with this por-
tentous evil. The march of this princi-
pie in all parts Of the land is well illus
trated in the closing sentences of an
article in the last September number of
the North american Review-a magazine
celebrated for its conservatism-by the
Chief Justice Of the State of Georgia,
Hon. James Jackson. He puts the
Southern phase of prohibition thus:
"The day of the grog-shop, and of that
which it produces-the infamed passion
and the deadly weapons rapidly pass
ing away. The Local Option retail law
generally pervades the State of Georgia;
county after county prohibits the traffic,
reduces the expenses and diminishes
crime. The prosecuting officers of the
State are paid according to the number
Of criminals tried, and they inform the
writer that in those counties where the
traffic is prohibited the Office of solicitor
general is worthless. Soon, let us hope,
the generous southern sun will shine
upon an entire population, sober, pros
porous, peaceful and happy. May that
population be swollen into vast multi
tude by tide of immigration which
shall enrich every valley and cover ev-
cry hilltop with good, sober, industrious
men,"
There is only one view 1 have ever
heard against prohibition that seems to
have q shsw Of argument in it, and yet
it breathes such diabolical, fiendish
spirit that one can hardly believe its adj
vocates are in earnest. These words
from an address by DR.. Trotter, of Perth.
I hope are sad irony, though the results
Of intemperance were never better
stated:
"The drinking of alcoholic beverages
is necessary evil, and is not likely ever
to be discontinued. Is is like the chol-
era, or the plague, or war-one of the
wise dispensations of Providence for pre-
venting an undue increase of mankind:
and there is consequently q strong de.
sire for intoxicating drinks implanted in
the human race. Even in this, civilized
and Christian country we could not do
without it. 1t prevents the accumula-
ton of all the property of the nation i'll
The hands of a few, and the formation OF
TWO classes of society only-the very
itch and the very poor. By its means
he son scatters the saving Of his fathers
ifetime in few months, enabling an
,ther man to fill his position, creates a
lass of drunken tradesmen to neglect
heir business, 80 that energetic men
succeed when they fail. 1t transforms a
arge proportion Of the already too nu-
nerous working-classes int waits and
yastrils, and enables other steady, sober
men to get employment. 1t recruits our
Irmies, and keeps off CONSUMPTION. 1t |
,eoples our warehouses and gaols, CIV
ng employment to thousands. 1t ex-
ties and stimulates trade in various
Ways. In short, it benefits directly Or
Indirectly everybody but those who
rink it, and if they are fools enough to
acrifce themselves and their families
or the good of the sober and the indus
rious, why should we interfere
nth them? Just let them do it.
We're 1 to advise you from a thor
ughly selfish and worldly point of
Jew, my advice would be to persuade
very body you car to drink, but don't
aste drop yourselves. If You want to
Use on the ruin of your friends; if you
,ish to undermine rival in business,
nd step into Lis position; if you want
ne situation of some friend you envy;
you want to deprive fellowworkloan
f his employment that you may &c, it
ourself, just get bottle and ply him
18th its contents out of the sincerest
iendship and the purest motives, Of
purse, and YOU will soon be in position
crafty your desires. If, on the other
and. Won are sick of wealth or tire,! of
espectaiblity, if you are even annoyed
having plenty to eat; if you hate to
.e your wife happy. and think your
hildren would be better off for few
ears, begging or starvation. if you wish
eniOy the supreme pleasure of seeing