The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-05
TEMPER ANCE.

Bring me not, honored mother, the
wine, sweet as honey to the soul, lest thou
shouldst weaken my limbs and should be
forgetful of both strength and courage"
says Hector, the noble hero of the Had,
when his mother offers him wine to drink.
Although thousands of women are to-
day working for the holy cause of temper
ance, how many are working against it!
profl'cring toyoung men that which will
weaken their limbs and make them forget
full of both strength and courage. There
is something SO beautiful in smile and a
blush, that man will seldom refuse an
offered glass from this fairest of Gods
creation, and thus, albeit unconseiousiy
the social queen becomes the ruin Of the
fortunes Of the young man.
But primarily, it is the sale of liquor
oldcn times it was said 'If nobody wore SO
foolish as to drink liquor, nobody would
sell it. But the enlightened world Of to-
day is beginning to see that, eff nobody
would drink it,
A conflict on this question is pending.
1t will be Il bitter struggle, for the liquor
interest is made incidentally powerful by
the sanction Of the law. It's overthrow
will call for inspired and devoted action
and patient, persistent toll OF the good
and great minds of the country. No
grandcr epoch is in history, than when the
and brought back the rcbellions states.
James A. Garfield said, "Thc soldier
could see back of the rebel ranks, other
ranks of oppressed, chained slaves,
who appealed for release" Now we see
back of the ranks of liquor sellers. rank
upon rank of their Victims slaves to Il
fiendish passion. Strong men bound in
the chains of an appetite they cannot con
troll. Back of these we see masses upon
masses Of gricl-stricken, hunger stricken
wives and children, suffering from those
who should protect them.
Why are our mills, our factories and
machine shops standing idle? Is it over
production? But few are so base as to
say the Lord of the Harvest has too
bountifully blessed us. 1t is because the
people are wasting their earnings on
| liquor, that they cannot obtain the pro-
ducts of the loom and of the forge. The
| National Revenue Reports show that nine
hundred millions of dollars are annually
spent for liquor, while five hundred mil
lions are spent for bread. Think of it..
| 5000, 600, 600 for drink and $500, 900. OO0 for
| that great necessity. Is it any wonder
that mills and factories and FORCES are
still, that great storagc-houscs are over
burdencd, and that thousands pace idly
| the streets?
Pliladelphia's churches are valued at
| SIG, 800, 600. What is the valuation of her
saloons? Her annual liquor bill is Sci
! 600, 600 What is the annual sum donated
to the church?
| VIII high license be benefit Docs
not high priced whiskcy in high-pricod
saloon kill man as rapidly as low licensed
"''Hn'y III di""-iicS'iScu Sdlooll. iHceilS-
ing alcoholic drinks is merely giving the
vcnder the authority TO ruin man and
starve his children. The more so-callcd
responsibility you give saloon, and the
more the devil is hidden by gilt and bright
paint, the greater is the evil. A low den in
an alley or small street has no attractions
for the bibbler; bnt bright mirrors, daz-
| cling chandeliers, handsomely furnished
rooms are the hels where manhood is
thrown away. Then the ruined man,