The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05
THE LIQUOR SELLER AND THE
DRINkER.

Two colored BARRIERS. one An old
man and the other n young one. The
yong man took of his apron and
started out of the door.
"foo's n gwan 10 git n drink. Jim?'
asked the elder.
Oats wat Sc gwan To do
go an git yo' drink. yoost ter
do lie saine ting wen ! wul y,uny.
Wen ! wus fust married. thar was n gin
mill next do To dc shop whs ! wicked.
and ] spent n IL nifty an s~et~nty-tve
cents a day ouien de- doilah n half l
cahned. Wall. one mawuin I went into
lie butchah shop and who shooi cum
in. but &c man wa KEEP de likker shop.
Glib me ten or twelve pounds
po ter-house steak " sed he.
lie got ii and went u | snreked
up 10 DE- butchah and looked 10 see VA,
money ! hat let.
What DO you want?" sed de
butchah.
Glib me ten cents wuf Of libbcr.'
WIZ my remark.
lit wuz all | Good pay fur. Now
VOC 90 and git yo' drink. Yoo'n eat
libie, but de man wat sells YOU De
stuff will hev his po'terhouse steak.
De man benin de lab eats p~o'terhouse-
H. man in front Oh de bah eats libber.
| amt touched de stuff TO thirty ears,
and | am eat n po'terhouse myself"
The aged barber summed up the
whole matter in his little story. The
man who sells liquor at five hundred
per cent profit can eat anything he
chooses. for he has a certain and sure
income from those who drink il. The
man who sells may keep half drunk
and it makes no difference. for Il takes
but Little energy and no brains Whatever
10 lift n bottle and make change out Of
q dollar bill.
In Europe il IS q saying tba, the only
fat horses are those OF the Government
and brewers. As it l. with horses. 80 IL
Is with men. Whoever become. the
victim Of the drink habit becomes ut
once incapable Of taking car OF HIM
self. He becomes the bond slave Of the
liquor seller. Every dollar iha; he
earns above what is required for the
ba est necessities Of life goes as straight
to the keeper of the bar rs drunken legs
can carry 4 And the necessities Of
life that he has are a long way short Of
necessit IS. Rather than not have his
stimu ant he accepts rags. 30 long -
ne can procure rum he Is willing 30 90
hungry. Even the natural affection
that prompts a human being to care for
IT. Young l. drowned by this ~all-con-
suming appetite He . not only Will
iag u 90 n rags and starye h msef. bat
he condemns his innocen; children not
only 10 rags. out 10 ignorance and crime
This - the exact size Of IL That the
maa behind the bar may have porter
house steak. without working for IL. the
man before the bar accepts the liver
AMI refuse Of life.
This migt. be endured wiin.snt the
Intervention Of law. IL men were left 20
themselves N the matter. IL meu were
free 10 decide whether they would or
would not drink. the power Of the law
N GIT not be involved 10 suppress
drink. But mel are not 50 left The
manu- facture of drunksrds has become
. business Il il prosecuted the same
As any other business The gin-mii,
and beer-shop are no longer established
10 eli pu III demand, "a they are IS
tabiIshed to create = demand for the
deats they deal in The brewer and
whisky-maker 90 out of their way 10
establish them They rot only estab-
iish their places where there Is no call
for them. hut they 60 10 work 81 ten
atically To make customers. They en-
tiee innocent boys into taeir dens and
feed them the villa nous Gud I'LL The
appetite u produced tnss pakss hsa