The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-10-31
BUSINESS CAMPAIGNING.
A Brave Merchant Carries Prohibitions
Into His Business.

The Prohibition party is full of noble
men, in fact, it can be claimed that every
man who openly supports its tickets is
hero. Campaigning goes steadily on in
spite of threats, bulldozing and boycott.
And this campaigning is done in all pos
sible ways.
B. G. Hammond, wholesale and retail
dealer in auction goods, 800 Bowery, New
York, sends out a monthly price list to
thousands of customers all over the
United States. For some months past
the first page of the circular has contained
strong arguments for the Prohibition
party, arguments specially directed to
business men and containing facts and
figures showing clearly the immense bene
fits to accrue to all from the prohibition
of the liquor traffic The October circu-
lar, after detailing some of the evils of the
liquor traffic, and the futility of looking
to the old parties for relief, goes on as
follows:
"What does the Prohibition party pro-
pose to do in the emergency? 1t proposes
to stand by the United States supreme
court in it's decision which declares that
mo legislature can bargain away the
public health or the public morals. The
people themselves cannot do it, much less
their servants 1t proposes to strike
down the liquor trade and thus save to
the exchequer 81 ,000, 000, 900 annually
spent for rum It proposes to empty our
jails and prisons of rs per cent, of the in
mates. 1t proposes to cut off the source
of 80 per cent. of all the crime our coun-
try is made to suffer. 1t proposes to re-
duco the surplus in the national treasury
by cutting off the liquor trade with it's
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with causes, not results; therefore it pro-
poses to reduce by removing the cause Of
taxation. 1t proposes to protect the man
hood of America by protecting the home,
the birthplace of virtue and the cradle Of
true liberty. Men Of the ballot, in whose
hands is held the destiny of our republic,
is not the grand hour of release yet come
to you in which partyism will perish and
patriotism prevail? We believe that it
has come. Merchants of the land, to you
we particularly speak You may think
that the saloon party issue, the tariff, will
affect your trade, but we tell you it will
not either increase or diminish your re-
ceipts, no matter which wing of that
party is in power; but we do say, and we
know whereof we speak, that success will
not come to mercantile efforts until the
American people rise in their majesty and
might, and bury under an avalanche of
ballots the liquor saloon, bury it so deep
that its foul head will never again be
to raised to breathe death and destruction
in the face of the people. To accomplish
this end we ask you to vote for Fisk and
Brooks, the leaders of the Prohibition
party, the only political organization on
American soil pledged to the overthrow
of the liquor saloon the foe Of our national
prosperity and the enemy of us all.
In every circular is inclosed copy of
John Lloyd Thomas pamphlet, Liquors
War on Labor's Rights"
Thus daring the loss of trade, trusting
in the right, doing their duty in season
and out Of season, our gallant men preach
the gospel of the new reform.
Such men deserve to win, both in bust
ness and in politics. And they will win