Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-20
SALOON MUST GO.
a.k Habit Productive Of
illness, Improvidence,
ard Wastefulness.
,,ov that Rum Takes from q
/ :. Pocket Is the Least Of Its
Robberies.
RING the Will, It Takes Also
dis Power to Replace the
Money.
lFro1,, the Voice.

From the Voice.
bad thing-poverty. Ii you don't
- il try it. There are worse things
f,nnest poverty, but honest or d.s-
:, ,s bad enough in all conscience,
w man or society who addresses
az. af' or itself to its eradication is en-
-; \ noble and mucn-needed work.
help every anti-poverty society
!, a. and give it wisdom in choosing
and conservation in working
caring the causes and applying the
for poverty, three things enter into
, I /. The advantages nature
.so.to.ed on the community under
dsra,ion, such, for instance, as fer
of soil. mineral wealth, manufactur-
,n;lites. commercial advantages. 2.
anoracter of the individual. 3. The
str;ai conditions as determined by
nd legislation.
~ one can attribute poverty in this
(try to any niggardliness of the Creator
"a matter OF natural resources. We
w;tnin our nations bounds all that
can desire or mind conceive to make
snerous country-all kinds of wealth,
;inds OF comforts, and all kinds Of
lies for their distribution. This factor
he dropped out of sight in seeking the
Is of poverty in America.
a character of the individual is beyond
tba most important factor that en-
into consideration. All philosophers
solomon down have recognized it.
sp,overbs," whose wisdom twenty
centuries have not exhausted, speaks
Ecitly OF poverty in six cases, end in
inf;metes the cause. Each time the
is assigned to the individual him.
it being drink in the one case and
ess in the other three cases. David
hred in his old age that he had never
The righteous forsaken nor his seed
linz toJ bread.
through the Bible are similar init
ons OF the Importance of the indi-
hi character as cause OF poverty
the sole cause, but one of prime inn
bnce. In point of fact, we know that
almos; impossible for laws to be SO
IS ;ha. individual thrift, industry.
ace, and enterprise may not accumu-
enough to prevent penury. patience
perseverance conuuer all things, /"
the Latins. and the Jews have in all
bni and ages, under NIL manner OF in-
tons. and under laws the most OPP
siye imaginable, managed to amass
til without limit. individual traits
take man to competence in spite of
worst laws; Lut the best of laws will
take man or community to pros
Is if .he necessary traits are lacking in
Individuals.
We should by law tomorrow distri5-
he wealth of the country equally
Big the inhabitants, it would not
X, the traits of individuals nor pre-
he sure and speedy recurrence of
l'y, il q bri.f time, to the shiftless,
and improvident. Howard Crosby,
pastorate of twenty-five years in
York City, during which he has been
Of the foremost figures in practical
Ey work. says that he has never
ida case Of destitution not trAceable
mprovidence, and in three cases out
onr the improvidence was the result
Temperance. MIR. Beecher, it will be
embered, brought down on his head
W wears ago storm of unpopularity
caring that with the exception of
w rare cases of misfortune and de-
pltT, any man who passed the age Of
in this country without having ban
the wolf from the door had himself
lame. We give the testimonies for
they are worth. Perhaps the truth is
stated in these cases, but it is not over
ns it to say that above and beyond all
causes OF poverty is that which lies
Rdlvidual character. Nothing can ever
lsh poverty from the world that does
strike a; this cause. Laws that merely
gust industrial conditions cannot do it.
lazy man will remain lazy whether rent
nd to landlord or into the public cof-
Wee and lust will not be eradicated
be highest protection or the freest trade.
her binetalism nor monometalism will
make an improvident man provident.
Is no: saying that such laws can do
hs; they can do much, but they can
ouch the most important cause of pow
which lies back of external conditions
e individual himself.
nat can prohibition effect at this point?
yer another question first: What
Is there more productive of lazlness,
evidence. wastefulness, and self
'sence than the drink habit? We
quote this page full of testimonies
us Folnt-testimonies from the keep
! aims houses, from officers of char
Fsanti2atlonss from prison officials,
ponce magistrates. But we prefer to
II 70 every readers experience. He
oe blind man who has not seen
ana over again the results of drink on
lofal Qualities of men and women. No
haois can be named so utterly sub
- .! those qualities that win compe-
scientists like DR.. Maudsley, in
G VA Diseases, DIR. Ribot. of France,
richardson, and DR.. Willard Parker
.lme and again pointed out that one
10 most inevitable effects of alcohol is
Impairment of the will. The money
osink takes from mans pocket is the
o. Its robberies. 1t takes also his
70 replace the money. Brain cells.
IS tissues, muscles are all impaired.
u the end the victim becomes phvs-
I..a mentally, and morally utterly in
E ;I;,! as wage Garner. It is because
a1''ion strikes at this cause of indi-
ueoasement that as remedy for
~ II stands forth the unapproachable
me single tax will not do this.
uaae or protection will not. Gov
4 va! control of railroads will not.
or ,nssu 'hlng to be considered in the
m is the effect of legislation and
l. s, , We can touch but slightly
80 l'hase here and now. 1t is at this
n .ne George theory makes its claims
cl e; But granting all he says
ina' this fact stands out in bold
nL that his reform must come
e. legislation, and legislation must
,o ua1osh Legislatures. We affirm that
saot0s to look for any widespread,
ses'eu reform through our Legisla-
on this or anv otba, ;,,,.o-t.,t 60,