The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-31
WITH GAPS.

ED. WEEKLY DEMoCitAT:-Tho year
Ammo Domino 1883 has become TO.
Eowned In our civil and criminal his
tory ~ a period in which the above
named organization made It's advent In
our city, county and state, The humpn
or inhuman material Of which II Is
composed has however existed In the
same latitude aud longitude for decades
Of yours, only TO practices aud crimes
molally speaking, were performed with
the Same "Whit0 Cap spirit with more
p%retontlous and %presumlng legitimate
business operations, attempting TO rcgu.
late the values Ia and Income Of our
reol aud personal properties. Like the
dog In the mangcr, Micaber like they
are ever on the watch, waiting for some
chance or opportunities TO snatch from
others, with their illgotten peculiar
requirements, which they had neither
brlius nor enterprise sufficient to orig,
inate. Ia some Of our real estate
brokers, and others land operators,
schemes Of ell sizes and compilations,
eau DO found l0unging In our hotel
| offices, saloons aud other places Of
public resort, and like the assassin or
highway rObber, ARE on the lookout for
new Victims. They hatch out
pans by which 10 ousnaro, TO ruin
honest aud well meaning citizens and
masked In the garb of counterfeit dig
dity aud responsibility, perlmbulale
our streets as big lnjuns,% pretending TO
represent 1--WE solid men of Boston" and
as the pioneers aud foster fathers In
promoting The intrinsic interest Of our
prosperous and progressive little city,
and 80 soon az an bmlable enterprise,
unawares Of such sharks and sCulpers
locates among US, they are on the alert
with their t0mHhawks aud sCalping
knives attempting not only 10 take the
scalp, but also It's skull, blood and flesh.
ThiB kind OF "Whit0 Caps" are more TO
DO feared and are more damaging and
dangerous TO u city and ITS well
meaning honest citizens, than are the
white Caps" we have, Within the last
year, heard and read 30 much Of.
VERIrAs.
HARD TIMES AND THE REMEDY"
EDITOR DEMOCRAT: In my arti-
clio In your valuable paper u few days
ago, under the above heading, | ask the
following questions: as IL not q fact
that the thing that Expresses the people
the most and causes more misery and
unhappiness Is tho money which Is
worse than wasted for the drink traffic."
Your correspondent g.. j. II, calls this
in question, and processes TO deny my
position, but entirely fails. | have
much admiration for Henry George,
and think no advances some very fine
theories, but doubt II thsy can ever be
put into successful practice, i know
they never can, us long ~ "whiskoy"
rules u politics.
If these men who are constantly try
ing TO array labor against capital would
help TO get the ab0minable liquor traffic
wiped out, then we would have sober
law makers, who would bring out all
that IL practical In their theories. But
with men in Office who are ele gated TO
power by the saloon vote, no great
reform can DO brought about, either In
regard TO temperance, or the tax reform
which these men seek. Your coy
respondent makes copious extracts
from Mr.. George, all of which are not
applicable TO my question. l Will sim
ply make q short extract from Eng
land's great statesman, Mr.. Gladstone,
who says "llquor Is the cause of more
wpetchedness and poverty than war,
pestilence, and famine combined"
This 10 TO the point, and certainly from