The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-13
How to Deal with the Liquor Tysf-
fic.

How to Deal with the 4 io,,or Txa@.
fc-
on December % The Jryy.,,,e coIlod m
on it. readers for a reply to the followi,,y
questions. and gave them faur ,vceLs IL,
answer in;
What i the hes. method of DEALING
- the liquor traffic in
Cities like New York Boston. phjla-
10, ia and Chicago?
Cities the size Of Buffalo. Cleveland
s1urg Cincinnati. etc
d. The smaller incDrporatcd cities and
c' HtrY towns?
l. The purely rural ,listrictsz
The replies are coming in. Every maii
brings them. There i, great variety In
tie opinions expressed. and many earnesf
words have been spoken from the hear,
ia these answers already. The Tribune
want, every reader Of the paper 10 yof,,
IN Til subject. If he believes in Local
option let him send a postal card to Tbe
Tribune and say So If he believes In
Free Il IN land We hope not. let hin,
write and say that: his name win not he
printed without his consent. III In Also
Lutte Prohibition. or in one unethol for the
populous city and another for places
here population i scattered. or even If
III MIN send q postal card The Tn IN
aud expires. his view emDbatica1Iv Let
every one vote Three weeks more re-
iaain
As general lie. no matter bov mucl,
the Editor min. : with the peoDle. n,
matter how accurate his Indictment s-
popular sentiment and the riohteousnc.
ii a certain public policy whom h.
peak, the paper has all the. talking ia IL,
>e!f. 1t i not often that 80 900 neonle
nave an opportuuity To reDlv IN him m a.
-i-t hi judgment. and themselves to i'm
press their views on the country tbrouqh
the columns Of the paper.
The temperance question i. prol,l.n
# government. With the MANAGERS NJ
.he great partie. and officials in public
stations the fra question ALWAYS i.
What do the people WANT The maiori-
- will role both in party and govern
.aent There la. alvay. been preat
conflict Of opinion CONCERNING, the lnuor
-raftic l. Their. any great practical cen
raj thought in thi. matter now crystal
,izing in the people'S mind. The Tr,1gne
: undertaking 10 discover what at any
rate. the readers Of this d. p~r think in
.esard to the practical methods of deal
NJ with thi, traffic. promnt renfv
rom every subscriber is desired.
= missions
temperance will rejoice over the action Of
the Conference Of German Missionary
Societies on the subiec; of the rum tram
g. given elsewhere Missionaries find tb..
old enemy everywhere and eyerywher.. II
stand, in the way Of morality and Chris
tianity Time was when missionary soci-
cites were no, free from oartjcipation in
this ruinous traffic. when mission vessels.
carried caryoes Of rum. with cases of hi
,es. To the savage, OF the south Sea, and
cl>ewhere: but no American. and 50 far
~ We know. no British society is now
inning this sin against Heaven and
.yain,t men In Germany neither the ma
nal nor the , hristiau conscience has
been fully aroused on the subject of in
temperance; but there are o; wantin.
~gn> of a coming awak ling. The Mo-
ravian Church a we mad occasion 10
-how. TWO or three wears ago. i actually
engaged in the brewing aud wine-makin1
business and it stamp i, affixed to the
AK, and cases which find their way
from the cellars of the Brethren HOUSE
INTO the saloons and wine vaults of Ger
many and other countries. and placards
in the drinking places announce Beer
from the Norayian Church We have
~aid that it i shame that Church
which i pre-emineut for it missionary
-ndeavors should be turning out stron.
''p,reiH and be while it i laboring with
Il might for the salvation of the world
The profits Of this business 90 in large
measure 10 support the churches of the
German province. and il is not improha-
ulc that now and then some of this IN
molly none. mud, its way into the mission
AIRY treasury. 1t i not that there are
brewers in the Church: Ne would not
perhaps have to 20 far to find beer max
ers a. well a beer drinkers in cushioned
peW>: but the Church lends her sacred
name tn the unholy business. Mora
Wan minister assures Us that some years
ago a rm in St. Petersburg. representing
she German Branch of the Morayian
Church procured license from the Rus
rr>. lie $50 says;