The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30
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A View from AN Everyday. Practical and
mmon-Se stand Point

(~OmmOn-Sense Stanu-IOtUt
In the discussion of the Temperance
question there is usually but a Iarfow
view taken of it. Usually it IS tbc NOR
al side that is presented. and every
other point is lost slight Of. u err )
no question that has a greater v,riiy
Of importan, sides; and a vast DIAL OF
support to the Temperance question i
los. because it is no more broadly pr
scented. Thousands Of people regard IT.
question of morals Is something I, 1t j,
wholly divorced from PRACTICAL lits
Even meu 81 moral lives often think
that the preachers of morality had bet
ter be engaged in more practical mat
tiers. IL is of no Use TO find fault. viii.
such men. and certainly they ought MOI
to be- ignored because their notions ara
below the proper standard. II j. TO thu
interest of the community To have every
man n sober citizen. and the rf)rma-
ton of a drinking man j. desir 10 bv
whatever mea n argument it " v lie
secured. In our experience we ha, Nj
WINS IDuUl tHti th' INef AAG ttsKH r. III
listen puch quicker if yc~h"n0wh; him
that 1sse imnNcdiafa results of some act
Of his VIII be- unmiStakab,c than he will
II h" i shown that an indefinite future
result will he much greater. Rather.
u i much easier 10 ret right down -
the everyday practical affairs of life
and make an impression ON men that IL
j. 70 make the impression through
something that they are not al the
time Cominy III contact with. \ revival
it who iabprS among the ignorant
classes has sad 10 H. tat he never b'-
Gins by promising these people eternal
life. Heaven. happiness beyond the
grave. He >ay> he has difficulty enough
10 induce these people To think Of to-
morrow, lc; alone ttkng OF an indc-
finite future that Is no nearer Il their
conception than a MI ion % years
hence. But NJ saws he begins by tell
in them that h. l. Pr"par'd I" guaran-
tee them better food, better clothes.
better homes and Il greater degree Of
happiness right now and here. Then
he says they begin to listen. And that
IL very r of the vast majority OF poo
pie.
II i thus that it is better To- begin the
presentation Of the Temperance qucs-
ton. Get down 10 everyday reasons
for being a Temperance man. and when
they are all presented il i, time enough
t. take up the moral aspects Of the
case. We all know that there is no
surcr way Of arousing q mans interest
upon any subject than 10 touch his
pocket. and there is no difficulty AZ all
in showing n man who drinks liquor
that his habit is a terribl. drain upon
his pocket book. We may not Ike 10
admit il. but it is a fact nevertheless.
that most OF us make money getting the
principal object of life. We are all
after money. The millionaire is after
more than he has; the prosperous bu>i-
ness mar. watches his growing bank &C
count with the l~ivelie>t interest: the dav
laborer want to become rich. and the
loafer chafcs because the more indus
tious are the more prosperous. The
drunkard wants money as badly as
anybody. Bu; his difficulty. and the
difficulty Of many Others. is that they
fail 10 see the necessity Of saving. A
i \ takes three drinks OF liquor a aav.
and pays thirty cents for the Zen oy-
ncnt. The most that he can claim in
tle way of return for this expenditure
j, 4 temporary qualification Of An APP
Petite that Is not legitimate. The ln-
Gulcence brings him no permanent, BEN
chit, but As surely harms him As h. would
he harmed # he dropped alcohol
into the ' The instant the alcohol
touches the sensitive membranes of his
stomach and the instant. il touches his
srain, he Is 4 permanently injured man.
4 he never DIR nk> but one gla., be NAV
lever DE conscious of the injury. but
he injury j, Zone ali the same. And 10
nJure himself. and without the least
the moderate drinker. who
drinks three glasse. of liquor n day.
thirty cents In 3 week he
spends =. 10; in = wear SlOa ~: and n
twenty years S3.l>i. Add the interest
10 this. and lie will have enough 70 buy
or three of the best farms il the
and have plenty o. money left
il pay TO CRAFTY the appetite 4:
such enormous cost? There have
been those who have severely criticised
H. Vanderbilt, for spending .
hundred and tfty thousand dollars for
! ball But he never began to be as
a the man who takes
ten cen glasses Of liquor . day.
Dur beer soaked communists never tire
Of finding fault with the rich man be-
>ause he has plenty 10 eat and Of the
best; and We, not one of our rich men
lre a extravasant - the man who
throws away thirty cents aday together
With the compound interest They
Eould never have been rich If they hsd