The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-18
THE BREWERS ARE UNEASY.
ton in Their SecfIon-The Temperance
School-Book Laws in Some of the States.

Why Southern Democrats Favor Prohibi-
ton in Their SecfIon-The Temperance
SchooI-Book Laws in some of the States.
\ special meeting of the United States
brewers Association was in session at
Niagara Falls, n y. last week The
report of the board of trustees reviews
the prohibition question III Kansas and
Iowa, ard the attempts at legislation on
the subject elsewhere. An instance OF
Intolerance from the anti-liquor element
of society is cited as occurring in Read
ing, Pa, where the Lauer monument has
been erected. The trustees of the Brew
sermons were preached against this al
legged outrage upon decency, but the
good sense OF the people of Reading and
tie liberal spirit of the press OF that city
held their own against the rauting of
maddened ministers of the Gospel. We
are glad to note and gratefully appreciate
the fact that those who felt called upon
to defend us in this matter did not imi-
tate the coarse language and uncharitable
tone which distinguish, in their way, the
utterances Of our intensely Christian de-
famers"
The JOINT report of the vigilance" and
publication committees was submitted
by Henry Clause, of New York. 1t states
that during the past year the publication
committee, in conjunction with the vigil
lance committee, caused to be prepared,
printed and distributed an aggregate of
ii, 0O0 copies of addresses and essays in
tended to influence public opinion favor
ably to the brewers interests. The re-
port adds: During the past year many
Applicant ons for documents have been re-
ceived from persons living in Georgia and
Virginia. From our correspondents in
these states we learn that the success OF
the prohibitory movement is mainly due
to a desire on the part of the ruling party
(Democratic) to keep the colored popula
ton within certain moral bounds. 1t is
claimed that for an exclusively white
popuiutl'b, ''uthNlh i'tiIoSiap' "oui'
not dream of passing such laws. \ dis
| cusSion of the question on the basis of
| personal aud industrial liberty was en-
| tirely impossible, because, DIS one of the
| correspondents writes, the advocates of
the laws invariably answered all such ar
| guments by claiming these measures were
1 ,ptanl- :, "a. St,,i l,a. l,la
Such logic is beyond our comprehension.
TO US it seems that the greater the de-
pravity OF population, the greater also
the need of control. Prohibition and
| local option do away with all control,
leaving the liquor traffic practically as
free as it would be in the absence of any
laws on the subject, but far more DAN
| gerous to society on account of the i'm
morality inSeplraby connected with the
constant recurrence of law breaking.7
The most iuterest ting part of the report
| Of the advisory committee, which was
read 10y its secretary, G.. Thomann, is
that relating to the alleged adulteration
OF malt liquors. The report goes into a
discussion of the temperance school book
question, which it treats with some v;gor.
"rhrough the influence it says, ''of the
| Prohibition element, ii compulsory tenn
perance education law was passed in the
following states: New Hampshire, YER
mont, Michigan, New York, Rhode Is
land Penusy lvania. Massachusetts,, Ore
gon, Alabama, Maine, Kansas, Nebraska,
Wisconsin, Missouri, North Carolina.
The mere introduction of textbooks on
hygiene i'll 0nr public schools, ana the
| spreading of proper views on the abuse
OF alcohol, would probably find no objec-
tors among the liberal brewers; nay, they
would concur in and assist such an edu-
catioual movement. 1t is evident, how
| ever, from the action aud tenor of its adj
! vOcateS that the whole movement is con-
trolled and manipulated by the bitterest
prejudices. Under the thin disguise of a
| public educational need and of a scienti-
/ tic presentation of the subject, such ex-
IRENE statements were made that practi-
cally they amounted to falsehuods. The
| United States Brewers Association,
through It's proper officers, investigated
the matter. Many of the textbooks We're
| procured and correspondence was
opened relative to the subject with trust
worthy members i'll the states where such
! books were USED, with view to taking
| comprehensive action in this matter at
some time in the near future. the con-
clusOn arrived at from IA thorough re-
view of the proceedings aud a careful
| perusal Of this correspondence is that up
| to the present time the resultant evil is
not SO great as former information seemed
to indicate. Generally speaking, the
errors were not 50 glaring as to demand
vigorous action. Many of tue schools
have not fully complied with the law i'll
its spilit, while others have tactitly ig-
nored the provisions of the act. 1t would
not be safe, however, to allow the matter
to take its own course 1t is hardly prob
that the Prohibitionists will permit the
law to become dead letter"
A Romance of the War.