The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-04-16

liquor traffic is an accessory for their ac-
commodation. and ling away his liquor
business does not affect his appropriate
business except in very small degree; but
his claim of being injured i'll his invest
ment is evidence, first that his real bust
ness is not accommodating travellers, but
keeping a bar, and second that he and the
men who have signed his application for
license have acted in bad faith, and by
false pretense have secured the right to
impose a liquor bar on an indignant COM
munty.
j. That in our township public bust
ness. and the convenience of mems meet
ing together for public business. can be
done Just as well in the town hall, hence
The taverns are not needed for that. Our
hotel keepers complain that the entertain
ment of travellers is not sufficient to pay
the expenses OF keeping their houses,
which proves we have more taverns than
according to the law are needed. Put it
ON the basis of other business. The sup
port by the people will determine its
necessity and the extent of the outlay of
capital involved. 1t is contemplate to
claim before the Court their house is for
the accommodation of travellers, and then
at home TO excuse their retailing of liquors
to the people of the town by saying ''this
is the way we make our living" 1t is
still more amazing to hear them talk of
how much loss they would suffer if not
compensated when it has been apparent to
intelligent observers that their increase in
worldly possessions has been at much
greater rate by this business than it would
have been in any other business in which
they had previously engaged.
Now let them be judged by the law as
it is on the statute books and justice will
be restored. EQrITY.
Does it pay to drink? Docs it pay to
encourage the liquor traffic? Any one
who has read DR. Richardson's book can
see that it does not, physically. He shows
that it Injuries the blood eorpuscles and is
manifested in the drunkard's face. Drink
ing men cannot resist sickness. 1t also
paralyzcs the involuntary nervous system
which cireulates the blood and the heart
works harder and faster. Drunkenness is
Il paralySer of the nerves. Alcohol is
paralyzing agent. 1t has a bad effect on
the membranes Alcohol is not 4 food; it
does not make real flesh. 1t does not
create heat but only draws it to the surface
The drinker feels it as it escapes.
The mind has physical basis and when
that is affected the mind is affected. The
brain is sensitive organ and it cannot be
shocked without refusing TO respond to its
work. or ccasing 30 be useful No one
can afford To use alcohol. 1t is a terrible
thing To drink that which steals away our
brains Thirty-five per cent of insanity is
caused by drink. Forty-fivc per cent of
the idiots are from drunken parents.
Alcoholic stimulation, continued, has
tendency to deaden a mans moral pcreep
tions But these consciences will awaken
sometime There is vitality in them. We
can not dest roy them, because there is an
indestructibled divinity in item. Anaroused
conscience is a stubborn thing. Is the
kingdom Of heaven within us The
kingdom of hell is there too. There are
walking bells all about us. Does it pay?
II we want good bodies, good minds, and
good conscicnces. we must not drink liquor.
1t does not pay in other respects. If men
spend their money for drink they cannot
spend it for other things. If they did not
buy liquor they would spend more for
goods and honest business would be I'M
proved. We should discourage drinking
in the interests of good government. The
saloon eounteracts the school and makes
boys bad citizens Portland UrdH.
\ short time ago a suit was successfully
tried before Judge Ewing in Pittsburg,
which deserves more than passing notice.
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