Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-04
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An Oruanized Temptation.

peFS OF tulo titN ttA ttihtN An
account OF a Jewish picnic Viii, h
was largely attended by young
and old. When they embarked
on the steamer to return home,
1t was found that all the tanks
OF drinking water had Jeen salt
ed, and il was impossible for
even the little children to yet
anything but liquor aGd beer to
drink. There was, of course. .
great deal of suffering, and a
number were taken seriously
sick. Investigation disclosed
that the bartender had Seen
seen sailing the water tanks N
order TO increase the sales Of
bis Internal beverages. \ short
time ago, in Brooklyn, bar
tender was found pouring the
refuse slops from beer kegs on
the side walk, and eOuEdentIally
explained to some one asking
him for lis reason, that the
odors of the beer were in Is
way more likely TO reach men
who had sworn of and arouse
their appetltes. Some time
since we reported the case IN
Baltimore of a liquor dealer who
made a specially of candies fill ID
With sweetened brandy, wine,
etc, which be sold near "A school
house. Another dealer was ia
the habit of fixing mp little
lunches for the school children
and selling them very cheaply
for the purpose OF gstsing the
children in the habit of coming
to his place. We have exposed
certain "tOnie," manufactured
by a large brewing establish
ment in the Northwest which is
nothing more than "A beer, but
which Is advertised all over the
country as a medicine highly
recommended for invalid wo
men and for children, and thOus-
ands have probably taken it in
ignorance of Its qualities The
Investigations of the Judges III
Philadelphia disclosed the fact
that the iayorite locality for sa-
looms seemed to be near large
manufacturing establishments.
aud another favoIite place was
near large educational establish
ments. Ii is well known that
one of the saloon keepers IA
voIite bats all over the country
is pool and billiards by which
young men are enticed to de-
structi0n by the hundreds.
/ These are illustrations of what
the saloon is aud does. Ii is
great organized temptation. Ii
is a profitable business In which
thousands and millions of dol
lars are Invested, and like any
other business, 1t is pushed as
tar and as fast as possible. Ii
the saloons were content to sat
isfy the sppetiteS already form
eel for liquOr. without creating
new appetitee, the business
would almost die out ia a few
years But that is act its plan.
IL IS continually reaching out
after new recruits and creating
4 new demand. All the grada.
tions from lighter Dir nks on to
the strongest are made with
scientific care. tue whole sys-
TEN Is enc of temptation aud en-
ticement.
What an outrage it becomes.
when one looks at it in this
light. 1t is not merely an out
let fer vicious tendencies; it Is
the creator of vicious tenden
eies Ii Is not a seayenger that
simply removes the weak wi!led
anu selfinduigent from society.
but 1t is itself cause AID erea
tor of weak wills, poisoned
nerves and ineapaei;ated minds
Here is standing army in our
nation of 100000. backed by hun
dreds of millions of capital.
whose sole occupation is in tear
ing down all that civilization is
designed TO build up. That is
their business, and they are at
1t day and night. In any legiti
male business, every increase of
facilities, every new stroke of
enterprise, every advance made.
is a gain 10 the community. In
this business every advance is
Il fresh curse aud heralds a new
disaster. That an organized in
dustry-save the mark should
be formed along such line as
this, and given the protection of
the law and the acquiescence of
the people, will be one day a
fact mOre-far more-ineoneeiy.
able than the fact that the slave
traffic was once a legal and or
ganlzed business. The slave
traffic seemed TO have it's atom.
ing features. The saloon none
whatever. Ii is absolutely bar
rem OF good results What in
the name of common sense is II
here for '-Selected.
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Garner. the Cherry Craak mar