The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-09-05

Rh0Nl1lIt0N AND THE AoRY.
CULTURAL Classes,

Li4ues Dr1akfats noers sssss ths n.,...a
Tor M~AAuaketArAA Goods, and Thcr.fcr~s
Aewefs Frlces-Ths SALOON Is the Grsst.
ese Curse Of Dur Times.
Too many times persons sny al .atAti..
Ucs, Il do not know that thesa stAte.
entss arc correct and 1 shall NOT con.
slider thern.s Particularly Is Vkis 1rHa n
the ts1res represent ideas contrsry ID
the individuals notion. In this bSAsi
NO hgares IRE to be glvehs bit each her
son "a asked to reasaA regarding the
propositions MOON The basis Of his nTn
6bseryAtiofs. The farmeri Ia 1 producer.
has income is entirely dependent on the
demands other people make for his
'Prod9ete, II there be q large call for
wheat, OF corn, or cattle, the prices of
thesc products advance in PROPORTION,
and the farmers purse Il better filled,
!. Whatever decreases demand lowers-
prices: lt.is known by every observing
man that the Families Of many drinking
nan are poorer ted and clothed tNSn
they would be II the head Of tao family
did not drink. Wherever thisis the case
drink decreases the demand for farmers'
food-products, and wool and Gotten for
clothing, and lowers prices.
2, Demand is more than local. II ia
eastern consumption that fixes the prices
OF western products. Then every drink
BY 9 me whose family is. poorly pro.
vtded, for as o result Of drink, restricts
demand and lowers prices, Every saloon
IN the United States .is In antagonism
with every farmer Of every section, les.
SEEMING consumption and lowering prices
OF agricultural products, Each saloon
IN New York, Chicago, San Francisco,
Minneapolis, 6r anywhere else, is an ex-
pense 70 every farmer in Dakota, wis.
CONAN, Kansas, and every other state.
End the open bar In ones home town is
In every. way a financial burden and q
curse. "A little reflection leads to some
small idea Of the magnitude of this bur-
den upon producers. How many thous-
famtlies-some ear home and others
distant-because Of intoxicants, make
half or less than half the natural de-
nand for agricultural products!
3. 1t Is universally known that the
quantity OF grain used In the manufac-
turo OF liquor is small-insignifcant,
compared with the lessened consumption.
Tho price Of farmers produce would adj
vance, perceptibly and satisfactorily, in
o day II every drink-sufering person
were well fed and clothed,
4. Liquor drinking decreases demand
for manufactured goods. Factories are
shut down or running half force because
OF restricted demand for their produc-
tfons. Industrious and sober workmen
are living on scant supplies because out
OF employment all or part Of the time.
Why are these men suffering, if neither
drinkers nor idlerse Largely because SO
many men do drink to excess that there
is less than normal demand on the cotton
factories, wooden mills, shoe shops,
furniture makers, house builders, stove
manufacturers and others. The families
of thousands of temperate laboring men
are eating meat less frequently, arc
coarsely fed and scantily clad, and in
every way making smaller demands on
the agriculturists than they would If
drunkards' families were properly pro-
vided for. The more prosperous other
legitimate pursuits, the greater the call
upon the farmer and the larger his COM
pensatfon. The liquor traffic antagonizes
and restricts every proper business, but
the bulk of the burden rests on the pro-
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