The Magnolia gazette., 1885-03-19
nIIR FLORIDA LETTER


tnring to full houses in Pike county, and
TINT he sold several copies OF bis Fifteen
Years In He'll" Has it never occurred
to you that there are persons almost run
mad with one idea! Temperance folks
may become half crazy under the influ
ence Of a sentiment. l go for keeping
the liquor saloons in fnll and free opera
ton, under the law. f,r the following
reasons;
lat For the benefit of trade. There is
only given amount of money in nircu-
lution as the daily and weekly product OF
labor. Nearly all of this is required for
the purchase of food. clothing. medicine,
the payment of rent, etc.
The comfort OF home and the deoenoies
of life demand the careful outlay of this
income from labor. The merchant San
depend. with certainly. upon this trade
from day to day aud week to week.
Now il the customer spends one-half OF
his earnings in whisky. will he not be
able to buy more from the grocer and the
dry goods merchant, and to pay more
cnsll? And will not his family be more
comfortable on halfthan they could be 90
the whole amount of the fathers earning?
But some persons are so blind chat they
will not see the truth
End For the sake Of economy. 1t ls
true, as has been contended, that every
dollar spent for whisky is dollar utterly
wasted ,annihllated. so fer Rs the purchns.
er stands related to the transaction. He
parts from piece of silver which has the
purchasing power OF twelve pounds OF
bacon, twenty pounds of -four, or ten
pounds of sugnr. and gets in return what
cannot feed, cloth, build or plant. The
ten hours toll aud sweat that purchased
the dollar are fofeYer lostl This is true!
but then the whisky dealer must be sus-
tanned. He must have his prof. Of $40
a gallon, for lie has paid his license, and
the labor OF the community must enabie
him to gain money, do nothing, and
dress like gentleman. We must not
leave him to work for. himself
3rd For.th encouragement of capital
among us, Our town will be dead town
il it is not live town. IT men do not
buy the liquor and drink, the saloon man
cannot prosper, and he will carry his cap
ital to places where people drink. And
il would be such loss 10 business! As
it is, the business is good, even in these
hafd times. The saloons make some hum
dreds Of dollars year clear OF all expense
For this money they give their custom,
ers in exchange what cannot feed q horse
grow pig, plant corn. buy blanket OF
make the sad, psle-saced wife smile
with JOY. But the business Of the SALOON
prospers. the capital is kept among ut
and we have live townl The saloon
men have scores OF sslaves--white and
black who bring in their earnings every
week aud the dealers are growing rich III
labor grows poor and wretched. But
this ,s the way to have live townls
Ath. For the sake of pubic peace and
quiet.
It is true when men get drunk they
fight and shoot, cut with knives and ra
z,rs, and howl and. swear and become
more like beasts than men. 1t is tru'
that criminal proceedings must follow
in the courts, and county taxes swell
nm to hundreds of dollars-labor pay
| The bil,-the toll of the shop, and thu
field pays it all; but what arc these poo
working devils ft for out TO work ant
help to build up trade. and make liv'
1 town?
eth For the sake OF morality and man
" virtue. Business must be supported
| IF men do not contribute III one way
thew must in some other. Now. we hav
Young men among us. they haveno fam
lilies. But they are reasonably bound t
help keep up the trade aud help the town
They can slip in back ways, learn 7
snort at cards aud other vices. It's tru
thew find themselves bound at last Will
! obains-delirium poverty dis
prace aud ruin-seIf-ooHtrol gone, u
/ door to heaven closed, and all is los'.
But, then, the trade in liquor is "
| tanned, capt. al remains among US: the aa
loon man arowsrich-on the blood OF hn
| man souls, it may be is fawned on IL
What is sometimes called. society," Fo
these and many other reasons, lsay kee
up oil the saloons.
W. J. DURBTN..
SANFORD, FLA, MoH. 5, 1885.