The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-28

foe whlsk eli whs sss NET seldlefs hafs
" psfG Il not evsfy m0uthtii that
thisf ~ gambler consumes iuss s9mHeh
ssgiea frUu the IMlof n the country. tof
which lhs labor ef The s0HHsfy fHasl
paye Ths sals n Ilqaof haasfts lhs
man wh0 sslls ID. bat il mhlrAala from,
Instsad u adding To- The wealth u the
country
Every drop oi liquor consumed Ia.
sens the consumption NJ everything
else. The abolition Of hop. fields wonId
Increase the consumption ~ flour and
meat among thoae who drink beeF more
than len fold The consumer II The
hop product consumes but little sise.
lie foha the builder by not living In Q
decent house. lie fobs tho butcher by
not oonumlHg meat in decent lusBd.
ties for himself and family. lilo robs
the newspaper publisher by never TAX.
Ing paper IT. roba the book.sellsf
by never buying book lie roba the
elothier by spending his earnings IN
beer and going himself In rags. and
condcmning his family 10 the same.
He robs the grocer. ihe hardware store.
and every deeent employment the same
way. The beer.shop absorbs every thing
he can earn. and the rest Of the com
munliy get nothing from him.
And more than this. he robs tho com.
munity Of bis labor, for after enough
beer. he Is incapable OF labor The rob
berry Of the community goes farther Il
Is compelled to support his family, the
lnnoccnta whom God and nature gave
into his hands and made him responsi.
BILE for.
No community ever suffered by abol.
ishing beer. Wherever beer has been
abolished the demand for other articles
Of necessity Immediately increased. The
moment tho sale OF liquor IL prohibited
In community. tho trade In all other
goods increases. for tho reason that tho
man who sunk his earnings In liquor
shops had them to spend upon some.
thing else Tho consumption Of meat
and bread, and afterward luxuries, In.
crease In exact proportion as the sale Of
liquor dminishes The workingman
has not only his wages 10 spend for the
comfort Of himself and family, but he
becomes Immediately capable OF earn
Ing more wages. Tho number Of sales
men In useful branches OF trade increases
exactly as bar.tenders decrease
No community ever got rich upon q
vice No community can thrive upon
trades which destroy manhood and de-
grade womanhood. As well might II be
said that gambling hell Is a benefit to
q town because tho gambler makes q
part Of the population. Every cent he
spends Is gotten by him without labor,
and taken from some ono who did labor
for II. and who otherwise would have
spent II upon something Of nse 10 him.
self and the world ~ b
The industrial side Of the liquor ques.
tion Is the last ono that should be held
up for public approval. II has no In.
dustrial side. Its only work Is the dc.
structlon Of men aud women. Il is
never planted anywhere that u does
not burn like prairie fire Its pres
ence In q community Is indicated by
roofless houses, patched windows, dirt
and squalor. It's invarIable accompani-
ments are squalld women and ragged
children. Its marks are as plain ss
smallpox and ~ ineradicable.
II means misery In this world and
damnation in the next Il is the pen-
itentiary and poor.house filler and gal
lows.feeder II stands In opposition 10
tho church and school-house, and II IL
the opposer Of everything good and tho
nromnlar of avarvfhtn.x ~ thai L. ..,lI IA