The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-24
A FOE OF LABOR.
Rev. DIR. Talmage Warns Work
ingmen Against Their Great
est Enemy-StrOng Drink.
The Last Of the Series.

Labor Question" His subject was'
~buong Drink the Worst Foe OF Labor.
DIR. TAlmage took his text from Haggai, L.,
b. "He that earneth wages, earneth wagea
10 put Il into bag with holes" DR.. Tai
mage said!
In Persia under the reign Of Darius
Hyataspea tho people did not prosper.
They made money, but did not keep IT,
They were like people who have q
sack In which they put money, not know
ing that The sack 10 torn or eaten OF moths,
or In some way made incapable Of holding
Valuablea, As fast as the coin was put In
one end OF the sack II dropped out OF tho
other. II made no difference how much
wages they got, for they lost them "He
thai elineth wages earneth wages 10 put II
Into a bUg with holes"
What has become Of the billions and
billions Of dollars IN this country paid TO
the working olnsesY Some OF these moneya
have gone for house rent, or the purchase
OF Lomosleads, or wardrobe, or family ok
penses, or the necessities Of life, or provide
comforts In old age What has become OF
other billionsi Wasted IN foolish outlay.
Wasted Mt The gaming,tNhle, WasIodin in
toXioauis, Put into bag with q hundred
holes. Gather up the money that the work.
ing-olns8es have spent for rum tao last
thirty years and ! will build for every
wolliingman house, and lay out for him
gard. n, and olotho his sons IN broadcloth
aud his daughters IN silks aud stand ut his
front doura pranoing span Of sorels or bays,
and secure him policy Of life insurance 10
that the present home may be woll mann
tainodalterho " dead, The most persistent,
most oycipowring enemy OF the working
CLASSES IL intoxicating liquor, II is tho
anarchist OF the centuries, and has boy
cotted and Ia now boycotting the body and
mind and soul Of American labor, II Ia to
Il a Wors, foe than monopoly aud worse
than associated capital IL annually
ewindlea industry out Of large percentage
of 10 earnings, II holds ont ts blasting
solicitations 20 the mechanic or operative
on his way II work, and NJ the noon spell,
and on his way home at oyentlde; or Satur-
day, when the wages are paid, II anatohoa q
large part Of the money that might come TO
the family and sacrifices Il among the
saloon keepers, Within eight hundred
yards Of Sand Street Methodist Church,
Brooklyn, II has tifty-four saloons and Ia
plotting now for another. Stand the
saloons Of this country side by side, and II
ia carefully estimated they would reach
from New York TO Chicago. Forward
march, says the rum power, and take pos
session OF the American nationl
The rum business Is pouring its yitrolic
and damnable liquids down the throatB OF
hundreds Of thousands Of laborera, and,
while the ordinary strikes are ruinous both
10 employers and employees, ! proclaim a
universal strike against strong drink, which
II kept up will bo the relief OF the working
classes and the salvation OF the nation. l
will undertake TO say that there Ia not O
healthy lnboror IN the United States who,
within the next ton years, II ho will refuse
oil intoxicating beverage and bo saving,
may not become capitalist on q small
scale, Our country In year spends
Sl,5OO, ,0O0,00O for rum. or course tho
working clasaos do great deal Of this ex-
pondlha, Careful statistics show that tho
wagc.,aplng classes Of Great lritian OK.
pend IN liluors clUOODO, 600, or $500, ,OOO,.
900, year.
A bnclmokcr IN England gIyos his OK
pOrlOnoD IN regard TO this matter among
men iu hts employ, He snyH after inyes.
tightion "Thc beer driukcr who mado tho
fowob bricks made G5D,OOn; tho abstainor
who made the iewoat bricks, 100000.
The difference In behalf OF tho Obstainor
over thc lndulktf NbNNN
Thcro came u very oxhausting time In the
British Parliament, The session was pro-
longod until nearly all the mcmbom got
sick or Worn out out Of G52 momb0rs
only two went through undamogodi they
were tcOtoiolvrg,
When nu army goes out TO the battle the
soldier who has wutor or coffee IN his can.
teen marches ousirr aud fights bottcr than
The vol lyr who has whisky IN his cantcon.
Rum hops man TO fight whom no has
only one ontcstnnt, aud tat nj tho street
corner but whom be- goes forth TO man.
tain some great battle for God and his
country he wants no rum about him. Whom
the liueaIOns go TO war q corporal passcs
along The line aud smells the breath OF
every soldier. II there be In his breath
taint OF intoxicating liquor the man s sent
back 10 ho barracks WhyY He can not
endure fatigue. All our young men know
this. Whom they arc preparing for q ro-
gatta or for lall club or for nm athletic
wrestling they abstain. Our working poo-
Pile will DO wiser after q while, and tho
money they fling away on hurtful In
dulgonccs they will put into cooperative
associations aud 80 become capitalists. II
the worlSingman puts down his wages and
thon takes his expenses and spreads them
out no they will Just equal ho is not wise.
4 know working men who aro In n perfect
hdgot until they get rid OF their last dollar.
was out West aud minister OF the
gospel told me, In Iowa, that his church
unu ,nu noignpornoou nad been impover-
leh0d by the fact that they put mortgages
on their farms IN order 10 send their fam
llioa 10 the Philadelphia centennial, II
a. Il. A.. a.. "a.
nial, Between such evils and pauperism
there is n very short step. The vast ma
jority Of children In your almshouees arc
there because thoir parents uro drunken or
lazy or roclslessly improyidont,
have no sympathy for skin0int saving,
but plead for Christian prudence. You
for rainy day, know II, but we ARE ut
the daybroak Of national prosperity Some
people think Il IN monn 10 turn the gas low
WHOM they 20 out Of the pnrlor. They fool
embarrassed VI the door.bell rings before
FOR the plain meal II you surprise tham nc
fho table Well, II Ia moan Il Il IL only 10
pile up q misorly hoard But n Il be 10
educate your children; II II be 10 give moro
help 30 your wife when she does not fool
tNNhki "a ~ w W hNNI Nvui i"h'tW Nu1
from being horrible beyond oil endurance
because Il Ia to be the disruption and an-
initiation OF the domestic circlo--if II DO
for that then II IL magnificent,
There are those who are kept In poverty
because Of their own fault. They might
have been well Off, but they smoked or
ohowcd up thor EARNINGS or they lived
beyond their mems, while others, on tho
rame wages and on the same salaries, went
On 10 competency | know man who was
all the time complaining Of his poverty and
crying out agoinft rich mon, while ho him
self Keeps two dogs aud ohews aud smokes
and IL full ~ the chin with whisky aud
beer. Q vorldngmen Of America, tako
your morning dram, and your noon dram,
and your evening dram, aud spend every
thing you have over for tobacco and eScur.