The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-04
TEMPERANCE
A FINANCIAL VAMPIRE.

Scrtf >A1rsirH FACTS Az " c''i
ing the Liquor Ts1c-Enoo>h sPrs'
Annually for strong Drink To Fay for
Nearly All the Necessities Of Life.
In a lengthy and careiglly-prepavei
article in the Chicago Inter OcscH Rev.
Wyland ID. Ball. Mcpherson. Kansas.
gives some authentic statistics which
10 arrest the attention Of every
ihoUghtful person. and carry coayic-
t;on to the minds Of all intelligent
w~orkingmen and political economists
q 20 the evil effects. from = financial
aand-point alone. Of the rum curse in
d. countrv. Mr.. Ball SAYS:
DAVID y Vols, Comm.s4o acr ot the Treas
uo Department. - hs IeuOft e l~1 -ta;"l
during taat ysar sli-hi4L.~E worth -
I'm T, were sold n TIE Tn t.t states To
fh6 sum {. u. Fowler. now E.a0p Pow -,
tua add $s.ep,Jp fpr waste %: tue.
~ e lie. iriI.cuce. neglect, for
cose 81 manly. SGlu'.C"- Tor tdIocy. 81
Gulge .Or or INC. sB.Bs.sr. hospital serves
and ecknc-s SiHpr.9u: pau pcr-lu.,sAFH"pI
acca1G nI-. Su.bkItS. making thc tota- dunk
expoo.e Tor 10. IN the tn'tet states SCI
D.aS fcT Tctg on. TurpJ-es see cSV"ad-
d thai ycEr <l4,ps.ur1. fo- "a .D-. twenty
I We tn - much: for railroads. 81 s~i.li.
r one fort.tn OF Whist Was expended FOR
a cohOl The entire cost % RAILROAD nom the
b. S1untng ap u -. "aS si,it't%. Which
" Is about one half the Cos; o: a!cOho! for one
year.
s-ow fbr Il -rani total that VIC NAV n Hale
ore c,ou RI sec what a financial vampire th-
~ or tz &c j.. ia" liquor s.a:lc niA 81 H..
, takf tni- year IMPLY tcCIu-e ~ this
icnt TIE most H-va.la.i"-wou-d pas for
VI I re f"0liONIu- products 81 ElN>trf ana cN-
poi &c of sauCat On FOR l~-'- All men : and
srorn ,n's eoot-. cotton g"o.- mly'i t%eNri.-.
H.. hoso. and knit gOJfS. wDT-jsd goods.
n goo =. CARPETS. ali fDGrlrg end gr.S-
AN roducf,. pr and publishing. boot
ana - oes, oiruEL'c- IL. tanned feathers. ITCI
eel. az cultural Impl'H cut~. furniture.
hardw ire, d.. taNaf on TO- public schools
cost .! public schY".~
To !, oce.sd. The product value Cf the in
OF a. tnc m-Hnutacyurns establish
men6 I the L - ted States Tor Isl Wa> c'.si'-
-, l0. ,r only twice our annual LIQUOR bill.
fhe e. al VAIN" " an farming lands "a ia"
tairse v,u FOR Isl WAS SlI.i3.,p~l...".
or but i've I ms What: IS eutgt yearly
for alcul oi. 1hc whole ampvn. OF portaa-
nent IN .strneil' IN all the railway -yst-rEs
m the | nited states. constituting IA I~~'.
under ]! les competed AMI under pro
cess Of conarucoon. ~. miles. was
valued a :. ISs,f O.. ~. or on'v twice our an
uual l!qror bill The gross earn ng- 81 nl
these ne ombircl tor III was s.&."'VH.
or less thu oIe-th ri of ono year drink hli
th X you, We a-S Gght here by way
Of divcrsoa IL the toudcd ant hioarci NO
nopoiy Of his country. ram or rilirudi>t
There wert ~ ISso ! D.. q - miles OF u. cgraph
ines. and 1.2j9t IN les of wire. The gross
receipts der we'd from oyrrar NJ these lines
for the yWr 1870 wcr" SiG.'"i - b. or one
one hundred md oiAt eth 81 th" sum annually
paid for alct! oil. Tn net receipts were only
30, 5.3. $40 Is. ,but q these an actual q y.icrd
Of a. l3I. ,4a4 was 0cc'sTci or about unv--iN
bundred and tift.ctb al the yearly iiguur OIL.
" hich. we awN Raio. simply 10 iar the m"not-
of igur0e. tav8t commercial AMI labor NJ
interests most > fear, the Western Union or
he WHISKY NJ on? Telephone statistics IN
$50 were ~ coDp'ctc with respect TO
he number Of d lies OF wire: but the net ie-
of the +. 'ar we're s..u.jl6. which sum
makes scarcely a deop III the great liquor
bucket.
The entire expcnse oi our late civil war for
he five years 3u cludoi between the begin
.IS. only q in more titan our liquor cN-
pcnse for l6.. q ri OF prIc. and prosperity
which our Government war expenses
were S,h.2si.&i5. or less than one twcntV-ec
pnd OF the iiguOr e, pene II The States Tor the
same year. So we | ave b. rum al iile@ I male
traffic that annually cOso rs la money. Ia say
nothing of sorrows. 10 much ~ fourhfths OF
the entire rebelnCr and twice ~ much a.
the war during IT mo-; expensive year.
There are to-day 81 1000 unemployed work
in this cour Try. engaged either in
market places. The yinteg is now staring
In tine face. and With n suffering, starva-
ton. shame. Suppos, thOe 300 unfort-
drink equally distributed among them. II
was the cas-, evorl man of them might
have a bank accoun OF &sy0l, aud II. as the
devil and Tom walksr Nd = Boston. these
rich.
Let Us devote our fe1 -cmasning words To
i s%e; ss5an q. at least es Pr rplsss ]. 4 se as, 90 %. @yfrn a"s
we pretend to nothing 49, retsci-as is sug-
gestei by "a legitimate u g OF the Immense
worse than wotsd IL the trafic IN
strong drink.
In the same land whey " heor the dircful
CRY of poverty and death - heard a cry as
human against over produc Ion. Too much
yet many NAKED. Too mueh labar. yet many
Tying for work. Too mt q fuoa. Yet many
freezing. What means this i'orsdo veal wal:
know that ~abuncaucc q, n not MAKE US
poor. II properly distributed. In abundance
there should be .atisfaction 'cisure. wealth.
happiness There NOT 20" much
There are too many who g u - enough,
How TO send our product or ugnni needed
10 all need ng onS. u IT, coveted
goal OF political economists :uppor" every
family "a this land could havD Al ties wanted,
or actually needed. ali they Wrf ted On needed
to wear.'to hive on and in wonid rot
.warehou-es, musty and bur4 z ~ PROV
ucts. he empt ed: all our spin cs q The iar-
tories. and iathes III the shope nd tiirraccS
in the mills tie set running. snd II tae mines
remained. Think Of the lsoi " h0 3D.: ihr
United States for one wear leu. mfh0cut -
pay =, IS, So men. women. aud eli tfo0 am av-
erage daily wage for one year or 81
Suppose. for a inal showing Of The eco nom
ical sign ficance OF the run tram we toin N
these lahorers wtn a wear ? SUPP sfroen The
LIQUOR fund o. lso1. For the saEe { co9s eat
encc We viii deIl. n round numb Wewil
see what can be done for 2.0nirtt w0eA rg
men by n iudiclous use Of tire a. re-u4n rd
sum. In providing. - shall boz ne @
estimate. for the families OF 0ef meo W.
NAV be p%roperl, dered n pNsv ftnokior
BE pleased and careful 10 keep i4n nd onr-
the succee II stimai 10 ~ exoeG
the variou Industries therein r0r"-e0d
must he quicSeped by such endI1n US
being ma ie upon them. Le011 ~
estimate be considered in iis bearneu on -
We viii set them out, whit aeeo
sspi;s. sa.osi.Soo: '1'G Ia.cs Sos Y
coal I've tons per cnpita at ~
Coo. 0Ov: 3.OJt.o0 barrels Of
barrels per capita At g.. $lva.0n,oO: cus
80 cents. ss0.oo.oO: lnao.0o poundSpf COT
fee. 50 pounds per capita. mt ~ cents. ei1V.'
&.09uo barrels 81 sugar. : barrels - np-
i'm. ~ -. els,0G.o0 G.o0n00 poupd4e; GO
= pounds per capita At - cents. 500 80:
ooO pounds Of butter. 80 poun4 ncs
capita. Ut ., cents. &10G.0n"0: am.9bo.ID T.. q
Of fruit. 100 cans per capita at to.uu.0&, 81.
UDVO cAooaRe>. - heass THS cAPiso&a =
cents, $SlOslDt: A.0S.oD hats. I Per capSA a
O. q. $40 &.0N.Oo bonne-s. . per capt. u
-. Sie00. o0i: $&.0o,oo pairs boots. : pcfes .
itA At IS. E0.ee,OO: sA0.0S pars shoes "
capita. at - 80. &st.U0.00: 1oe.o0l0p - 9,
meat. SD Ds per capita At II cents. &lstoet'
OO: A.0N.00 snit< OF clothes, . per capttS n
80. &Sn.COlc0,: S.aOo.0 on suits OF upderweR.
per capita AZ FL fl6lQOl aD. Spa aD dre~e.
1 per cap.ta. Ct S. ti0o0,tto. loa0'
wards Of muslin. 81 yards. at 10 cents. $ia.a0
Oo: F0.00.O0 yards Of calico. "a ysrSs =
capita, at 9 cents e6.F0l.0G: sot0c.ocs yardS3i
flannel q yards per capita NJ ~ cents -
0G.1D: S.0sle09 pair OF gloves { per CAPITA &