Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-05-06

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seem 10 be engr&siag nzssf o. pullI assss,-
zion at this tinse TIE lalxAess H. 4<e-
~ have someshing % ramplaln Il. 6ia en-
hardly bebelieysa fhat - usaay me- ssli
combine in orier % relieve tlzezns1Fss II
what wasnOs a sries&nee Where IL zse
pinches. I am not sufficiently inSorz =
TO facts to enable me 10 rake moo ban
ono suggestion. II Cnngnas. instz.l ~
adopting absurd resolutions ard a1ts, will
not say Iawsl in order % pacily the 4 1elaas
Of Labor, would reEeal IN sst,. TIE in1fnsI
revenue system By which an enorns1a& ~
10 laid upon many articles a dali r6n-
sumption, considerable relief. | think. bud
be afforded. This internal tar Is not bsti-
fable in time Of peace All our inaDme
should be derived from foreignimportsaxed
for resehue and reseaas ea.y, the marxsar-
tories TO have all the protection wlsich&zch
a system would give them.
OF what particulars do the Knightseom-
plain Are their wages too small : let
there are good laboring men who aregis-
ling TO accept thern If the knights from heir
high horses did not strike them instead Of
striking against their employers, proceed
ing against the commenced kind Of law.
Their wages may be rs much As capital
can afford to give, and may be sufficient e
support them except for some expense
which their employers cannot take inf
consideration. Meat, bread, rent, clothing,
etc, are cheap, and suppose the wags
given do more than cover these expenFs,
and would at the end Of the zeal, =
handsome balances lit wefS not "a -
looms and drinking estabIishmep& where
50 large portion is absorbed. Some sen
timental people go in for breaking up sa-
looms and grog drinking, but ny experience
and knowledge are that theymight as well
attempt todam pthe Potonlc with straws.
1t seems to be nothing but IN absurdity to
attempt it. The great majority Of these en-
ployees viii have their daily grog and to-
bacco, and these items costenough to great
ly reduce their small incomes. Whiskey,
for instance, is taxed bJ the general gov
eminent about 81 per gallon, and from
what | learn the least lost of one pint is
20 cents. Before the wa and before the
adoption of internal revenue, whiskey was
cents pint, thus making the difference
Let Us suppose that only she small sum
of fifteen cents per day is spent as an
average among the drinkers, yet the inn
mense number of men wlp drink would
make this apparently small daily tax run
up some millions in a year. Others, by a
nicer calculation than can make, may
make out the number of millions il viii
amount 10. This is a large amount for
these poor ,laborers to have deducted from
their wages, for it is an ine,itable deduc-
ton. Now, Messrs Editors, what can't be
cured must be endured and made the bestoi
we can. This habit, as injurious as il is, can't
be prevented, let moralists and politicians
talk as eloquently as they may, but, how
ever, one thing can be done by men dis.
posed to look to bottom ficts-the laborers
may be relieved of this heavy charge upon
what they at least consider a necessary o.
life by repeating the Internal revenue law
wish no one to infer from what hays
said, that l am friend of alcohol. ]
suppose a quart would hold all the spir
ituous liquor | ever drank in life o
near four-score years. l have been s1s
still am great advocate Of temfkf
ance. Have been temperance lectur
er and President Of temperance societl
and for several Years exhausted my owl
eloquence and borrowed TO considerable
extent the eloquence of others in order &
bring about 4 reform among my fellow
citizens. The result was only temporar,
and believe there is rs much drinking
now when whiskey is 20 cts. rs there wa
when the price was cts. showing th
almost irresistible demand for il at an,
price. For myself l can say that quar-
would hold all the spirituous liquor eve
drank in a life of nearly four score and
it will be any inducement TO Others q
adopt my course in that respect, that 4 ai
tribute 10 my temperance the good healtl
of both body and mind which l now ex
ceptionably enjoy. i may in the estima
ton of the powers that be, be too old q
hold office but temperance has so fortifie'
my health that expect to read the obitu
aries of many of those who use that pre-
tense against me and, of course, in tina
view wish them Il long life.
BENZ. G.. HARRIS.