The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-19
Prohibition the Remedy for
Hard Times.

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Prohibition the Remedy for
Hard Times.
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Down at the bottom OF all social
disorder, political corruption, deples-
SION 10 business, stagnation N trade,
suffering in homes, and the like, lies
the liquor traffic. ] am constantly
travelling about the country, and IN
my travels have certainly been very
much impressed with the truth that
there is most lamentable stagnation
in trade. Let me give you small
photograph OF what that stagnation
Is: Here yon see storehouses crowd
ed with goods, wanting purchasers;
there You see homes crowded with
women and children, made wretched
from the want OF meney to purchase
those goods, Here you see banks
glutted with money, tied up and use-
less to the community because the
owners have not confidence enough IN
the situation to invest 1t; there you
see laboring men Idle part or the
whole Of the time, because OF the
general dizziness. Those are the facts
Now, what is the causeg Some say
Il Is over-productlon, and ! will not
deny that there is real over-prodnc-
ton IN some branches OF trade. But
| DO declare that 10 prevent over
production will not be to solve the
problem. Here is q sick man, and
six doctors are trying to fpd out
what his malady is. One doctor at
bis head another at bis heart. and
the others are at his hands and feet
The doctor at his head GAYS: "TLere
is great rush OF blood here The
doctor ~ MS neart says: Ann
there Is 2 gress rusn OF Diood mere.
Inc doctors a. MS mana say; mat
aoesn seem 70 % Inc lrouoie mere
nr,ther ana tne doctors 81 his
lest say: inere y no rush q blood
nere nis iimps are ICY c.iu NOW,
would y oe . correct diagnosis Of
.hat patients condition 70 FAY that
ne y .9iieriIg rom an oyer.Prodnc'
ton OF oioouf IL Is exactly the same
Wy aoout TINS nnnsppy siagnstion
= iraue. Inc warehouses ana the
oanks are iuiI tnere y Q rush OF
Diooo' an over-pIoduc.ion ~ these
cen.efs. bu. lne extremiIies,the
MONIES tne in'l'idusi wage WORKERS
-sune, rom 70 sucn trouble; tney
hs .n'i, s. .IOni Mlns 2, me rlcn' me
gN.ns huiu; anu - seii you lhat
WHAT w heeu A. ms Iuncture y "
warm .ne sA.,eni'l,es, 70 put fnoes
90 Tue Iec'' o'i IN Tue cruise and meal
- my oaR.
Why Is il that on The hilltops there
is oyer-production. and down in the
valleys The people are starving?
Because the people have not money
enough 10 buy. And whyi TheS
help 70 produce, don't theyi III tell
ron what the trouble Is. The wage
workers Of this country spend, annual
| ~, OO,OOO,OOO Tor intoxicating III
quors. The aggregate OF the matt ms
drink.bill Is much larger but this is
tho amount that comes out ct the
pockets OF The PEOPLE. 1t the work
ingUen should suddenly say: Toe
money which we have hitherto spent
for intoxicating liquors shill hence.
forth be expended for useful articles. !"
and i, for q single week, they SHOULD
turn IL loose upon cotton goods, how
much money do you suppse would
be dire I'D into the Gotten trade in
one wteki Not less than $1,000, 900
IL this were done, al the wholesale
dealers and the retail dealers would
cry out: send more cltton goods
down here. There . q boom 10 the
cotton trade. And II the working
men should suddenly take into their
heads p take The earnings that they
hitherto have used for intoxicating
liquors, and spend them for furniture,
how much do you suppose would BIZ