The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-27
a PLAIN STATEMENT.
The Industrial Side nj the i.iauc. Oucs
lion I,ri.fiv Considered.

The Industrial Side nj ia. i.iauc- Ouc.-
lion Briefly Considered.
Tho Industrial side af the lfguor business in
IL various rain ]icatlnE@ is not generally nm
dcistoDI. We referred tire other day to the
Fact thgt = considerable agricultural pOpuia-
ton la tho Interior oi New YORK state i wal
~ interested ia tlr popularity Df beer as Il
bcy"s,l". sine" % uAl-c- ~ difference OF hun
'lrsh- 81 thousands Of doi.ur> Ia the hop
1r"w"gs 81 oneida ana al .uiniig counties
whether there j. a good demand for hons
ir0tI iur brr"rr- An hBiO paper pu.at- ont
ihat the -u:n pi nearly >t.Wt.'sS Is annually
pa = ia" FARMERS ol thai stat" fUr tho gram
ussJ IA the Dus,r"~s ni ristiliing and The pro
Guri on at matt while almost az Ilucli more
o. expended tor other raw material used IA
tie production al beer. iic ANA WINE. The
who" HEi1r"r e. persons ia Tire country who
I'i tu"r living ui one w"y or another out OF
ih" p'"a"c'i"t ." liquors OF E"r."uS sorts
would make an ar'ny,oi no mean proportions.
~ ! re ninJ fits'.
If this is Intended rs reason for con-
iinuilg the liquor traffic there never
W. put "Ion paper anything so ab-
surd. Tn. Industrial Side of the
Liquor Question:" indeed
IL - quite true. TOO true. IL fact. that
ilic Manufacture and sat" nf liquor al
for.S = living to a vast army Of men.
j. - also true, and "lto"cthcr too true.
that those who ike out of liquor 10 Get
- better LS n than any other cIaS OF
mon. st is true that he manufacturers
of liquors do pay immense sums 10
farmers and manufacturers for what
tlcy use. But because all this $ true
does Il follow that the manufacture and
si!c Of ii4uoG should br nc0ur ed?
War EMPLOYS vast armies -, men.
Should Ne therefore encourage war;
BURGLARY, th":r|, gambling anu
pro-t i3Gion employ - vast array of men
AMI women: are thee wees 10 he there
lore encouraged
Is not every soldicra burden upon
the industry "f the country, Il luxury
FOR which al who aTr not soldiers have
10 p"v2 l. NOT every wcuth!ui that 4
IN q; rr Cnmblcr consumes mt so much
s.o.rn lrom ;hr labor OF the country. lor
w!lI.h 'hc labor 81 the country must
pay? The ,a.c Cf ,iggor hcuett, the
man wac sc.l~ il. bat i Suo:ract> from,
ir t.ad OF adding 10. ihr wealth o. the
country.
Every i5op o. liquor consumed les
sens tie cnnSHmp ION o. everything
csc. the abolition OF hop-iiclis would
in.rcase the consrim ton of flour and
f4'GH Ni-4tht lt'Nf go u va ~ aH'''
thaa tn foii. The consumer of the
ioa D~.o,lur. consumes bat Little else
He rsa, the builder by not living IN u
.lrcrn. la.is-. lie rols the butcher by
no. con aiming meat in decent cuanti-
ties iur hm Elf and family. lie rnhS
The new paper Publisher by never tax
M q us,cr. He ro,> the bookseller
by uev.- uuvim" u book. He r"hS the
c.ot&..r hv spending his earnings IN
boz and cong hin~oit IN RAGS. and
r.nt. mc.n- his family 10 thu anne.
H.. y, - the Grocer. the hardware store,
and eyer. decent employment The same
wv. !ac lcrr->i.op aaSnrns every tang
l.. can t.ru, and the rest Of the COM
mul,,v oct nothing from him.
And apsc than tins. ne ro5S the COM
man.i, al his Labor. for. after enough
tcr-. H., e incapable OF laoor. The rob
bcrv of iha community goes farther. III
is compelled Ia supper; ms tamll', the
i~npocenfs whom God ami nature gave
into his hands aui made him RESPONSE
BILE foS.
No co.nmunity,cver suffered by ahol-
jshin~ beer. Wherever beer has beea
abolished the demand for other articles
of necessity immediately increases. ne
momca: The sale Of liquor Is prom blted
in a ~cur&imunity. the trade IN al other
roodS increases. Coz the reason mat the
man wao sunk his earnings IN liquor
shous had them 10 spend upon some
,hirr else. The consumption OF meat
and bread. and atierward luNurleS. IN
crease in exact proportion rs me >aie "i
liquor diminiShes The w~orkihSnian
has not only his wageS TO spend for tie
comfort al himself and family, out he
becomes immediately capable of earn
in~ more wage. The plumber OF sales
men in useful branches of trade increases
exactly rs har-teu6erS decrease
No comGunity ever got r.ch upon q
vice. No community 4 thrive upon
Trades which dostrcy manhood ana! de-
grade wousuhooi. As we'll might a. be
sand tha, a gambling hell IS a benefit In
a town because the gambler makes a
part ~ the population. Every cent ne
spands is gotten by hGm without labor.
and taken from some one who did labor
for il. and who otherwise wSu!d have
srent Il upon semctbiSg OF use TO him.
self and the w~srsd
The industrial side of the llqsor cues
tion i the isst one that mould be held
up tor public approval. Ii has no iu-
6uSra nj side. It's only work iSfne de-
s,rA,tion of men and 1t Is
neve- planted anywhere taa' does
MOI hlrn like = pgsirie IKE Is pres.
snce in 2 commuA;.v * inu'cai.i by
rooi,es houses. patched windows. dirt
and sgualor. It's invsriabie ,com.sns-
mcntS are sluaiid wenen aad raS-Sed
children Its MARKS are rs plain aS
smallpox and ~ ineradicaSe.
Ii means misery in this world aSi
Pes-
ftenfiary and poor-house filler and ga.
lows-feeder. 1t stands ia opposition 70
the church and school-h0ure. and il q
the opnoser of everything GOOD and The