The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-03-10
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writer IS friend OF temperance IOr nave
Joined hands with everybody who was
working to save the victims Of the drink
traffic and regard the w. G. T. U. as one
of the grandest organized bodies OF work
ers for reform In the world and second to
none in ability All these temperance
workers are trying to save and lit up
those who have fallen victims to the dram
shop, and educate the masses, especially
the children, as to the dangers of taking
this poison into the system.
Prohibitionists, while they are general
ly temperance men are directing their eff
forts, not to the drunkard, but to the
drunkard makers and are determined, in
the words of Nasty, "to pulverize" the
business. Now, who are these drunkard
makersS Not alone the men who sell or
the men who manufacture or import liq-
uor, but the government that grants the
license to make and sell, and they who
vote to sustain the government that grants
the license are partners to greater or
less extent. You say "men drink now
without any tax" Is it possible that you
don't know that not drop Of liquor is
drank but has paid larger tax than al
most anything else solds You say, "they
fill our jails and poorhouses;" true, "and
no tax is paid" not so, for it has been tax.
ed. You say, "the Scott Law provides
that the men who sell the beverage shall
pay the tax" There is no Scott tax law
You say, "this Scott Law tax does no,
come out Of the drinker." Did q man
ever sell glass of liquor or beer unless
the drinker paid for 1t (unless he came
the dead beat on him)S Did ever q seller
get cent Of money but from the drinker
Then surely he pays the money with
which the seller pays the tax; hence the
inevitable conclusion that the poor drink
er pays this enormous tax, and the whole
of it, and no political sophistry can evadt
the conclusion. Again, you say, "as the
law now is, he makes his gain without
tax" wrong again, for every gallon o.
whiskey that is sold pays the manufactur
er $1.10 and the government 90 cents ant
yet you say "he makes his gains without
tax" Now our mantle Of charity Is very
large, so that we would not for momen
be understood as charging you with viii
full misrepresentation, but you, like mos
Of our good friends of both the old par
ties, have had your eyes closed to the fact
underlying the cause Of prohibition.
think am safe in saying not one in
hundred Of either of the old parties tax
and read regularly prohibition paper
while we have been constant reader o
the most radical Republican paper, tn
Leader, ever since II has existed. Yo
say, 'it is proposed to make the deale
share the burden his business imposes.
For every dollar hoped for, under the In
! pending Farrar bill, the expense resul
from such taxed traffic to the State wi
be ten dollars at least Business me
would call that poor economy, and th
leinless feature Of the law Is really, as a
knowledged by a prominent Republica
r paper, putting premium on doggerie
instead of suppressing them and leavin
only the respectable ones (as was promi
) ed in last falls campaign) We don't b,
! lieve there are any respectable saloons
we believe that what makes a saloon mea
is the whiskey that is sold, and the MOI
enticements there are TO enable them
4 sell liquor, the meaner II Is. When i WI
a boy whiskey was sold for three cents
glass and now to pay the taxes and othC
added expenses one glass of that liquC
with the added compounds and poisoI
! ! will make eight glasses and is sold for
Z to 10 cents, and is sure to kill If continues
9 We never heard Of delirum tremens b
fore tax and license drove them into Il
; adulteration Of liquor You say, "it is
question to be answered. whether d
s State shall have this s110,0OOyOOO or IL
IS liquor seller" The question has alreat
y been answered and the money paid al
we, the partners in the government, ha'
had our share, and every nickel was fir
paid by the drinker. Now our plan is
leave this vast sum in their hands TO ed
cate their children, provide them foe
and raiment and comfortable homes, al
thus solve the great question Of overpr
duetion and underconsumption, by pr
hibiting the whole business, because d
efforts to persuade men not TO drink, aft
more than half century Of the ablest G
forts, have failed. Still longer time h
been spent both In England ant our ow
country, 10 regulate by license or tax, al
II has proven stupendous failure. III
government holds the key TO every di
tillery, bonded warehouse and brewer
and can shut them, II II will and the re
T enue officers meet every package Of fc
eign liquors at the threshold Of the cou
? try and should say, "you can't come in
l as they do infected rags or diseased CT
8 tie; and you and are the government,
I o part Of lt,sand must share It's respon
, bilities. i. s.
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