Mower County transcript., 1890-07-09
Temperance Column.
mo license and total abstinence
MRS. G, j. sHORTT AND MRS. L. b. CRANE,
EDITORS.

Every member Of the Band of Hope is
requested to be at the next meeting on
Friday afternoon, July II, at the usual
place.
The district convention of the w. G.
T. U. will meet in Austin July 22 and %.
Further notice next week.
An old Scotch proverb says: "Trot
feyther. trot mither, how can foal
amble?" How often boys say, My
father uses tobacco and 1 guess l can
too" "Once upon time, not a thou
sand miles away as stories run. little
six-year-old boy attended Band of
Hope for the first time. He was assigned
a place in class, and concluded he
would become a member" Thereupon
his teacher took it upon herself to ex.
PLAIN the nature of the pledge. He has
to drink no whisky, beer, wine nor cider
use no tobacco, and no profane language,
otherwise was not to swear. Ali was
made PLAIN to the little fellow, who after
moments reflection said, II am afraid
I'll have to swear when get awful mad
My papa does" Oh men! Why not step
SO carefully along lfe's pathway that the
boys can tread in fathers tracks and be
secure?
DR.. McCosh of Princeton says there is
need of the knowledge of the evils of al
cohol, as we'll as of law to forbid Its
use. 1t is for this very reason that the
Bands of Hope have been instituted and
that so many women are willing to spend
their time in the work required to make
them success. For this too the law in
so many of our states requires scientific
temperance instruction to be given in our
public schools. He further says: "1say
use all means to put down rum drinking,
but the best of all means is to educate
the young. As for politics get the con-
stituents on your side, and you will soon
get the politicians. The children of
today will be the constituents in a few
years. School books on temperance
shouldn't use the word temperance, but
should simply describe, in the easiest
words to be understood, the scientific
results of alcohol on the stomach and
brain. Children so trained would be the
most effective agents for reaching the
parents" This is not teachers jour.
nal and this paragraph may never meet
the eye of teacher. But, perchance it
may, or this utterance of one of the ablest
educators in our land may be met with
elsewhere, there is no wise nor thought
ful teacher that reads it but will realize
the responsibility that is thrown upon
them in this matter. Is it making too
strong an assertion to say that If the
work in this line is done lntelligently and
carefully the next generation will volun-
tarily abstain from the use of alcoholic
drinks?
Il tell you prohibition is a failure,
said prominent wholesale liquor dealer
to friend in my presence the other day
why, sir, l sell more liquor in Iowa
today than l did before the passage OF
the prohibitory law. There are at least
six men IN Iowa to whom | ship whisky
every week. he continued.
80, you really think, you sell more
liquor in Iowa todav than before the
passage of the prohibitory law?'
ITO be sure do
Would you like to see the law re-
pealed?'
"Of course l would"
Your business is selling spirituous
liquors, is it not?"
Yes, Sir.
well, you do not carry on the bust
ness for your health, the public welfare
or the fun there is in it, do You?
mot exactly. carry it on for the
stuff there is in it.
well, if you carry on the business for
the money there is in it, and you sell
more liquor IN Iowa now than before the
passage of the present law, don't under
stand why you should be anxious to have
the law repealed"
"Oh, 90 off, Young fellow, l haven't