Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-09-21
Prohibition Amendment.

"hSi'teu III my FORMER articles III
IS true that we cannot compute the
loss OF one ruined citizen. ltwould
therefore be sufficient to say that il
one citizen-even one of our bows
has been thus ruined, and one other
is liable to be debauched. every man
and woman should rise up aud saw
the abominablc thing must co.
Reader, are there not here i'm ou-
pretty little village OF Cercdo one.
two, three, or more Of such citizens
already ruined beyond human re.
demption by this demon, Are not
number OF our bright boys toying
with this serpent which is but more
FIRMLY embracing them in its fatal
coils from day to dayf Would we sell
these men and boys, body and soul.
for all the money that has ever been
paid into the treasures of the corpo.
ration, county, State or Nation;
But 1t is said that the saloon is not
responsible for this, that men drink
OF their own volition, and that the sa.
loon exists only to supply demand
/ deny II. There is no demand i'm
the normal condition OF any man
for poison in any form. The drink
habit is an acquired one. The saloon
revcrscs the natural order of things.
and sets about to procide the de
mand and then supply it. Its mis-
sion is to educate in vice; TO set up
an abnormal condition among men
and then get gain by taking advan-
tage oil this unnatural condition.
The saloon has no place among the
commercial interests Of our land
necessarily arising on, OF the nature
OF things. To allow it to exist is to
sanction and support an institution
that has no higher claims upon
(which to base its right TO live than
he most infamous house of prosti.
hutton imaginable.
Again il is said "let il alone and
II will let you alone" This is not
true. Ii is the merest twaddle
Who ever heard of saloon letting
anybody alone-sober or drunk.
major or minor, when there was a
dime in sighti No man is going to
buy the pr, ilegc of making money
and then put himself under bond
and heavy penalties not to do il.
without intention at the time of VIC.
lating every provision of his obliga.
ton. And higher the price of the
privilege (higher the lcense) more
far-reaching and palpable must be
the violations.
In a pleasant conversation with u
saloon keeper of our neignboring
city of Huntington few days ago il
was charged and readily admitted
that no man could possibly make
any money in the saloon business
and obey the law; and he as readily
admitted that this matter was well
understood by the officers Of the law
and hence no cognizancc Of
its violations. Thus will be
seen the self destructiveness
of all tax or license laws, and the
worse than helpless condition of the
incbriate, the drunkarnd's wife, the
| anxious widowed mother and pitt.
full father. These may warn, plead
and threaten. but mercilessly the
saloonist plies his deadly oar and
takes down with him everything
within his reach. Let it alone in
deed! Delusion Of demons.
Again it is said, God has given
MS these things (drinks) and their
moderate use will not hurt any one
A lie of the devil, the father Of
lics!" Not one drop Of alcohol can
be found in anything God has made
in lis natural state. 1t j. not in
fruit, grain, vegetable or wood, in
their natural condition. Alcohol j.
produced from these by a process
of decomposition, which DESTROYS
every particle of natural quality.
leaving a stimulant without nourish.
ment-a useful article il is true-a
poison, good in its place, as is strich.
nine or belladonna-but not for
food, and consequently has no place
among the necessities for mans
physical existence Hence the sa-
loon-the liquor shop has no right
to be placed alongside OF business
industries which exists IN response
to the legitimate demands Of the
people.
Having shown that strong drink
has no place among the necessities
Of life, IT is useless to refer to its
moderate use. Suffice IL to ask
how many "moderate" drinkers die
such? Echo answers: Not many, ifI
any. True there are 100 900 moder.
ate drinkers in this country; il is
also distressingly true that from thu
army comes 1900 drunkards ecery
yedr. The risk is too great. do
not believe any thoughtful man will
assume IL.
But we must haye revenue.
Well, this is poor way to get IT,
But, oh, shame! What state Of
public sentiment and public morals
that will clamor for the sale Of our
boys that the nation may have reve.
nue.. But as demonstrated in nv
last article there is no revenue in Il
to the nation; for tits tile cause Of
sixteen times more loss, cost and
waste than Il pays into the treasury
Of the nation. also showed that
the cost 20 the State Of West Vir-
ginia, Of the liquor traffic is fairly
rafes.4uN.I