The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-03
1T HITS HARD.

ESsfrse whisky plank In the Repub-
kan platform is @ hard thing for some
Ezsn2bars of the party TO spprove; in
aAsZEs great many do not and viii not
sEEnGRo it. There are some Repub-
EszroWho believe in good morals, who
4SnzS temperance. and whose love of
ExeHiGnet SO intense that it destroys
EAEIK reasoning faculties and their good
sszeSS- Thess men cannot be made
b. $50 that it, is wise from
H. moral point of view or
g3&<kc In, su economic sense to take
ifass tax off whisky in order that
9esEtSxicant msy be cheap, and thus
ssEA2Riste and encourage to drunken :
sE2 while necessaries are made
SSsSy high tariffs for the benefit O. tAs
E1sss HSonopolists. "A good many more
AgqhGssns than will say so, are OPP
ERe2te the fres whisky clause Of the
E<EFk declaration, and sincerely wish
Sz'S6a'not there; but there are some
sHz~ speek>out boldly. principle bang
pEHrt0 them than party favor; one
s&sasss is the editor of the st. Paul
Aszsaer.P Press the leading Republican
1EBEs ct, Minnesota, and of the
MHEtAEsst, IS We leave out the
UsRgopsperS. In ecent Issue of bis
ssEaAl, the editor vigorously attacks
eiG Eses whisky plank, a part of his
M&iSae being reproduced here:
Release the production Of whisky from
ss1z surveillance ,of the governments ana
sz-z.H.che burden of the Federal tax and the |
ssaeSH country would be 6llSd with still |
iELsA3es+ as was the case thirty years ago, |
sEs.ss- HnlsKy soId from Is to IS barrel. or
14e4Aeshsaa gallon. Whisky would be so CHEAP |
yEsG - would supplant the comparatively |
szzls< eSS0UE beer and wine, and all the whole
ssz0e results, which have been achieved
:s.ras; license would bs overborne by the
s3siEs OF cheap rotgut that would deluge tie
9<ssIs: We repeat that there is not one Re.
e5<t4soen In thousand whe is not utterly
ezp6aeG to the clause of the Chicago plat
saesz tnst would make this result possible.
-4sa Republican newspaper, perhaps
s'lEs4khtcsgo Tribune stands at the head
aE.zas west IN the matters of editorial
circulation and influence. What
AaH zrfbune thinks Of cheap whisky to
SEEcA tts party has committed itself. Ia Il
sszsasy told In the following extract
zSzEsa leading editorial in its columns:
RcESfous 5os 1860 few persona eIcant
eszRa1s drank any liquor weaker than
-. Brandy, gin and rum, as we'll as /
49,, were swallowed in vast Quantities ,
~ E1e4aDiSeflcans, Irish and Scotch in those
sS3isi 70 drunkenness was frightfully
sS-s-sl aAL1over the Union, Irrespective Of
ssssak CT sect. A barrel of whisky cost
9. as 20 $Sa szsd gallon Jug but a oliarter !
zSi<5a qna4I eottle could be had anyWhare
A,1G1S.( Stiil houses sWsrmed all over l
ARA, wherever rye, corn or aDples | q
~ be grown and the masses drenF
AssET IKE water Thus 1t was that 30 .0O0 :
sS4 N habitautg' In 1850 put themsaives &
Eale OF 9o0OO,0 Of gallons of thug
4s - annum: East year the total
khsn 10000, 900 gallons by over 5000 0O0
Ehdabitauts. ON''VO'VO"
~ five fold increased )st Of whisky
szszn. feoAeral taxation has caused a large
s.sns a. r9 I'm arlnkers to quit It and. A
4 7Ees40 the lar cheaper and nearly non
sE1ea ing lager and another large 81
S Egt the whisky imbibery 20 cease fts nss 90
enspmption In inverse pro :,
E0n TO tbs enhanced cost of the ''ar- VI
so that from any point Of view the pl
35tfunkeaness. Hence, to abolish the i
sauld SO cneGpen whisky as to lead at ls
= b. an increase OF Its consumption. -
che ineVltsbls attendant increase OF &c
zfetY and all the evils that follow In its r.
-
aSr Republican organs of less note
Influence are talking In the same
n. and those journals Of the party A
MIG intelligence and responsibility III
zpapprovs the cheap whisky clause, re
Z ain halt-hesrtsd manner. ssn the ~
Wer0 an unpleasant ons. n the e;
sntion had its work to do over So
ait Is safe TO say there would be y
aes whisky plank In the platform. ~
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