The Cecil Whig., 1886-10-30
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HIGH LIOINsE.

HIGH LlOLNSE.
BY Edwin Higgins. President of the MARY
land State Temperance Alliance.
The license system Is radically wrong |
in principle and ruinous in result All |
legislation i'll our country regards the
liquor traffic as an evil. If an evil. IL |
censipg it does not make it right. the
amount of the license fee does not make
a particle of difference in the principle
involved. Intoxicating liquors when sold
under ii $500 or $1,000 license do not pro-
duce less disease, poverty, misery, vice
and crime. High license has not proved
"practicar temperance measure. 1t
contemplateS the continuance of the
liquor traffic under more attractive forms.
The higher tn } llcense the more liquors
must be sold to make the business profit
able. Tne result has. sometimes been
that questionable and demorallzing al
fractions have been added to increase the
revenue Of the saloon High license has
not reduced the quantity of liquor con-
sumed.
Nebraska is the birthplace OF high IL
ceuse. The testimony from that state
shows that it has been failure.
The Lincoln (Neb.) Register says:
Uuder this law the saloons have flour
lshed. The secretary of the liquor deal
|
thousand dollar lIceuse IS in no measure
decreased the amount of liquor consumed.
In 5 me of the cities of NJ ,Ssonri. Mich
igan and Illinois where high iIcense pre-
walls. s,nilar results have followed. In
Chicago is has Increased the cit, S rev.
enne but diminished neither the number
! of saloons or the quantity of liquor con
Sumtd
Iu Plainst Id. N-w Jels s-y the liccr Sc
Ice was raised To 500 and Yet the saloons
have Increased
l.. b ,Stuu under high license the saloOas
have increased aud 50 have the evils iB-
| cidont to them.
| In Dos Mulnes. Iowa, before the adop-
zion of the prohlbtrry amendmeut t" the
coustitu .lvn aud statute law in pulsuai ce
hereto, the llceu>e sy stem was III opera
| ton with the following result. ihe facts
Clerk:
In ls7l License Zee $50 there were Il saloons
= lsi2 :. N 500 - %
"
" ios2 s.yoS 60
Contrast the aIoregplng with the fol
lowing encouraging report from Provi-
dence, II. , showing the remarkable de-
Crease OF crime during the last thee
mouths under prohibition which went
iuto effect July lst 1856.
1883 July, Aug. Sep. arrests for drunkenness 1927
lost
1853 crimes l5-'
1885 763
the saloon has not IA reueeming feature.
1t is al uumligated evil. 1t should not
be Tolerated. lue value oi every farm
aud ".lhug Is ueprecl,ted b. the pres
euce OF The saloon. The material, the
moral, the dearest Interests ot the peo-
pie Will be endangered should 1t be re-es
tabllsued. Every voter Who CASTS his
ballot for Incense becomes pdrtireps
crinttHis Wueu laws euacJ-d for ID good
purpose do not accomplish ali that 1t was
| anticipated they would, Ii Is rot wise To
repeal Lhem-UuJ 10 amri d, Improve.
perfect and enforce them. Tue mp, rf c
law has bestowed many, very m any bless
ings. but the opportunity is presented 10
adopt law wrlch duly enioIced will
In every enlightened and progressive
community i'll the state and naLI"n, brave
bring this great evil to the common grave
of the enemies OF God and the Face. They
now turn with prayertul int, rest TO
Cecil May she carry forward TINS cause
which meets the approval OF the quick
ened conscience, the pure heart ana the
enlightened mind. Cause which besto"s
WIN generous hand blessings upon Luu
people without regard to age. sex, rac.,
party oI creed Rsnrrabe the prayer
| of Innocence aud youth Lead us not
iuto tempratinn. oi the untnrtuuaGe and
| the desolat. Deliver US from evil.
| Nav every conscientious. patriotic CltiZtn
plant himself iuc AorAbiy on the side of
| tn right in this great aud vital issue SUB
| mltted TO his decision.