The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-15
[Mristian Obs9'ra'.l
Increased Consumption IF Liquor.

putting it at $50, 100000. He says:
I'm secret, tears will fall and hearts ache,
because the government Golfers are some
speaks the Philadelphia FrcSbWsricp; and
we may add that the above increase of fifty
millions Of dollars is more than three times
our entire contribution, as a nation, for
Foreign Missions
He assigns no cause; he offers no
remedy.
I. WHAT IS TIE CAUSE:
1t is the love of money which is the
root of all evil"
If the influences for good had moth
ing to contend with but the love of
drink, the battle would not be hard;
but only the ploughshares of the Al
mighty can break the 'troot of all
evil
1t is the love Of money, and not the
love Of drink, which has made the
Government one vast distillery and
brewery; which has made it the part
ner and the master of every manufac
t&rer and seller of strong drink.
Here, at last, is a ';league with death
and covenant with hell" This ex-
preston was thought, by very many,
to be misapplied in times past, but
the application is a fit one here.
The men of all parties condone the
league now, simply because the Gov-
ernment must have money. Some
few think that it is in the interest of
temperance, but that is because the
lovers of the money have made them
believe so. The Office seeker and
holder, the pension seeker and draw
Ell, not only pardon, but advocate it.
The protectionist wants it, because
be does not want a tariff for revenue
only. The whiskey maker wants it,
because without the tax on it, and the
consequent profit III it, his business
would be gone. Therefore he has in
vested millions in it, and when you
assail it, he is ready to spend millions
in it's defence. Therefore the Gov
ernment has placed the gauger and
the collector, with the Government
lash, at the back of every manufac-
turer. "AIake the liquor Of the strength
I require; make the number Of gallons
I demand" is the stern Ea. eff you
do not, then pay me as if you had,
is the relentless penalty enforced by
arrests, prosecutions, fines, chains,
confscations. Here is one business
in which laziness might be crown Of
glory to man; but the Government
has no use for lazy distiller.
In this state of affairs, there would
be overproduction if consumption
did not increase, and this would be
less to the Government. Therefore
consumption must be stimulated and
increased Therefore tie agents and
partners of the Government are max
inc drinkers out OF the boys and the
women, aud men vino were once sober
and steady. For more drunkards are
necessary as market for overproduc-
ton.
Tears are sad; sighs and groans
and poverty and wretchedness are
pitiful; but Government losses are
sadder still.
Why, then, bewail the increase OF
consumption of drinks? You cer-
tainly cannot be in favor Of free whis-
key. To which ever party you belong,
you vote to continue the business, and
shrewdly so, for "there are millions in
| it." ,---.---,-~----.--
Itishonorable tool Disgraceful,
indeed, is the calling of the moon
sinner, who comes with his little kegs
and his steers, his rickety wagon, with
! it's white covers tapping in the Christ
mas winds as he crosses some pine
| fringed mountain top, on his way to
the boys who are waiting in the valley
for the drinks that pay no tribute.
Put him III prison. Take his belong
ings from him. He is dirty dog.
But the man who makes his seven
hundred barrels day, is a legislator,
senator, a high dignitary in some
church that is bewailing with the
Philadelphia Presbyterian, the increase
in the. consumption of alcoholic
drinks.
The breweries of Bismarck are
proofs Of his thrift; but the half filled
kegs Of the moonshiner are evidences
'of his total depravity.
Therefore, lament no longer. Let
the good work go on. Widen the
market. Increase the number of con-
sumers of intoxicating liquor. Train
the boys and girls to love it from
their infancy.
If you are q patriot, you should
drink it heavily yourself.
Thus only can we have money
enough and to spare.
II. TIE REMEDY.
II, after all, you really think the
consumption Of alcoholic drinks is an
evil which should be diminished, then,
if the majority were agreed, the rem
edy would not be far to seek.
It consists simply in divorcing the
love Of money from the love Of whis-
key.
Make the business Improbable.
Take the Government out of it. Re-
move the tax. Dismiss the gauger
and collector. Say to every man,
"Whiskey and brandy and drinks are
free for all. Make what you want.
Drink what you please. Give liquor
to your wife and your child and your
neighbor, if your peculiar ideas Of
personal liberty and right lead you to
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