Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-08-03

w. G. T. U.
wHIskEy TAXATION.

sion. The Republican National Conven- |
tion declared in favor uf removing the tax
uppn nlrohul used in the arla aud for sci |
eniifd purposes, and, in given economic
contingency, in fNcr"f abOlishing the en-
tire aystem Oi Internal revenue taxation,
which came into lcing during the war era
The subject waa dealt with soely M an
economic question, irrespective uf its NOR
al bearing, or lts relation 10 the cause ol
temperance. The National Prohibition
Convention declared against continued
liquor taxation on moral grounds, aud IN
inherently wrong The National Demo
cratic Convention favored the retention oi
the whiskey tax. The outcome ol il all
has been u great oulcry, in certain quar-
ters, against so-callcd "free whiskey."! Fr
the most part this outcry has come from
such journals M the N. Y. Evening Post
and the New York Times aud from other
advocates of, or apologiss for, the liquor
traffic, aud all bitterly opposed TO prohi-
bilion aud 10 total abstinence. Coming
from such sources it is both bypercritical
and hypocritcal.
With the economic problem, as related
to the current partisan political cnntro--
versy, we DO not, in these columns, assume
TO deal but in the subject of liquor tax
alton, as related 10 the progress Of the
cause Of temperance, we have vital inter
est. We are doing, ana shall continue 10
do, all in our power 10 abolish liquor tax
alton, by abolishing, for beverage pur-
poses, the liquor traffic itself. The right
which the Supreme Court OF the Uuited
States declares the people Of the Stale have
TO declare the liquor traffic n nuisance,
and 10 abae it AZ such, we shall exercise
for ourselves, and do all we can to influ-
ence others to go and do likewise. Nui-
sancea, we hold, are TO lie abolished not
legslized or taxed for revenue, at either a
high or low rate Of taxation. In continent
tai Europe houses Of debauchcry are licen-
sed by governments, and the trade in vice
is legal,zed. In certain cities Of our own
country it is said, that the municipal au-
thorites, without the warrant OF law, are
wont to accept from proprietors and wom-
Ell inmates of houses of immortality, n
periodical money conSiuera1'oh !" t"e
price Oh 'o'era''oh' we 'e''e'e '"e p',"'
cip'e Oh such taA"''o" 10 oe t'u''a,
wrong, indeed most reprehensible. Nor
does H. either III Europe OF Amer'c'' 'e"u
TO denilh'Sh' ou'sr"ther 10 'he'e"Se VICE.
ana 10 imperh the Aaiety MI" 'ne P"r"y
ot Inc hohe' Not taAa'ioh anu oier"V'o'',
actual or implied, out prohipi''o"' IN 'ne
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always be a safe rule to advocate what the
enemy does not want, But the fact that
a.. d;.,nI.rs and hrovo,s noy o,r,ss the
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