The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-06
TEMPERANCE READING.
BUSINESS SIGNS.

Ashamed Of His work-A Calling In
which the Raw Material Is Always
Worth More Than the Finished Produc-
tion-How = Truthful Sign Would Read.
Vigorous opposition of the liquor
dealers to the Temperance movement
is natural, and to be expected, for we
war against their pecuniary interest;
and il you touch some men in the
pocket you touch where they live.
Were these men to exhibit at their
places of business truthful signboard.
it would read: "Dehrium tremens,
fever, disease. pauperisin, crime. red
ness of eyes, wounds without cause,
rags, wretchcdness, despair and death
for sale here"
That would be a truthful sign. but it
would injure their business more than
all the Temperance organizations in
existence. The liquor-seller will not
even set up in his bar-room specimen
of his work; he puts up blinds at the
doors and screens at the windows to
hide his work from the passer-by; but
the shoemaker and the tailor exhibit
their work in their windows. and show
what they have made out Of the raw
material. O.. .H..... Min.
The tailor, when he has finished q
new coat, places it where IL may be
seen by the greatest number of custo-
mers; when the shoemaker has finished
first-class pair of boots he places
them in his window, Because the exhi-
bition tends to increase his trade.
With the liguor-seller it is quite differ
ent He is ashamed of his finished
work. With him the raw material is
always worth more than the finished
article. Were he to exhibit that he
would lose his trade. No wonder he
is ashamed to exhibit his work.
In the worlds great exhibitions you
have seen finished articles of nearly
every manufacturer, from toothpick
to locomotive, and the exhibitors were
anxious to explain the method of man.
ufacture, or the texture of the woven
fabrics. Almost every conceivable spec
linen of mans ingenuity and skill was
there represented, from the raw mate
rial to the finished article. But there
was one specimen of manufacture alb
sent. remember. at the Mechanics
Fair in Boston, many years ago, being
struck with this fact. and, Oh mention
ing it to Deacon Moses Grant, he pro-
posed to apply to the managers for per-
mission to exhibit specimen of the
| liquOr-sellers' work. He knew man
who was once worth forty thousand
dollars, who was then debased and
ruined through drink, who agreed for
a dollar day to stand in that fair with
label in front Of him, which read as
follows: II was once worth forty thou
sand dollars. l was once respected
and respectable. l once moved in
good society. Such things as l
am now are made out of such men as l
once was. Please give us premium
for one of the best specimens to be
found in the city," But they would
not admit him! The liquor-seller is
ashamed of the results of his infamous
trade. A boy was passing by liquor
shop, and, seeing a drunken man lying
in the gutter in front of the saloon,
knocked at tbs door. a,.i said: mister,
your signs fell down." and the angry
liquor-seller chased him half round the
square.
See the results of this traffic in its
true colors, placed so full and fair be-
fore you that the very youngest can not
err in their decision. A liquor-seller
had tavern undergoing repairs. One
day boy came running to his mother,
crying out: "Mother, mother!" "What
is it, my boyp" ''Mr. Pools tavern is
finished, mother" ''How do you know,
my dearp" inquired the mother. "Why,
l saw man come out drunkw Now,
that is the legitimate fruit of the dram.
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