The Republican journal., 1888-02-23
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.

There certainly never has been time when
the evils wrought 10y the saloon have bccn SO
generally recognized ane! 50 heartily condemned
as now. Boston Evening Record.
The price Of whi>key has been advanced.
Nowonder the Democrats are earnestly solicit
ING liberal subscriptions already in view Of the
approaching National Convention. New Y ork
Tribune.
There never was a more suspicious hour in
the history of prohibition; it has secured the
attention of thinking men. The sneerful period
has gone by. The argument Of grimace has
lost its power. even with men of little minds.
Rev. }. w. Hamilton.
Andrew White went to Otis Davis home
recently. intoxicated, and was allowed to re-
main over night. All present drank of Whites
liquor. 1t was stated that White insulted
Mrs. Davis The latter's husband summoned
ii. ID. Parker, his wife's father. They pulled
him out of bed and Parker held him, while
Davis pounded him. They then threw him
down stairs and into the street. White will
probably die. [Press despatch from Stamford,
VT.
In town of less than 5000 inhabitants, not
quite twenty miles from New York. there are
fifty licensed drinking places and about twenty
unlicensed bars. The highest rate of license
paid in that town is $50 per year. This state
/ of facts indicates two things. The people of
that town are fast becoming drunkards, and
the transferable wealth of the inhabitants is
passing into the hands of the liquor-selIers
This condition of things is not uncommon in
New Jersey. Newark Advertiser.
Some fine day the Herald will wake up to a
knowledge of the fact that the great mass of
the thinking people of this State are casting
about in their minds for some remedy for the
evil the saloon is working i'm the home and in
politics. With many the question is not a
question of total abstinence, but simply
whether rum and rumsel'ers shall he allowed
to rule the State or not. To put down whiskey
bossism great many occasional drinkers are
beginning to conclude that they will favor eli
tire prohibition. Boston Record.
After listening to an argument from MIR. A..
NJ. Powell, President of the National Temper
ance Society, the Senate Committee on Educa-
ton Friday, by an unanimous vote, instructed
Senator Wilson Of Iowa to report favOrably
the bill providing for the appointment of a
commission of five persons, all of whom shall
not be advocates of total abstinence, to investi-
gate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to
revenue and taxation, and the general econo-
mic, criminal, moral and scientific aspects in
connection with pauperism, crime, social vice,
the public health and general welfare of the
people; and also to enquire and take testimony
as to the practical results of license and prohi-
bitOry legislation for the prevention of inteln-
perance in the several States of the Union.
The original cost of glass Of whiskey, In
Guiding the tax, is one and three tenths cents.
the ordinary cost of glass of whiskey is ten
cents. First, the banker, who loans the money
to keep the whiskey while it is ageing. He
must have liberal interest. Second, the
wholesale dealer, who sells his goods OH long
time, and oftentimes to unreliable persons.
The bad debts in wholesale liquor houses reach
higher per cent. than those OF almost any
other business. Third, the saloonkeeper, whose
profits are likewise enormous. The original
cost Of glass of whskey without the tax Is
three tenths of cent. The repeal of the in
ternal revenue tax could not therefore pos
sibly reduce the cost of this article to the con-
sumner more than one cent per glass. Does the
World believe that whiskey would be nine
cents glass instead of ten cents should the
tax be repealed? New York Press.