The Natchitoches enterprise., 1890-06-05

L
peranceAssociatiOn, is loyal white
ribbon woman and an active work
er in the Worlds w. G. 7. U. Al
though a lady OF wealth and rank
keeping thirty or forty servants
she devOtes her great social intiu
pnce as well as her unusual intel
lectual abilities, to the futheranc
of tile temperance reform, and he
voice is often heard in public al
Vocacy of the principles she believe
in.
The prize oF $50 offered by Mr.
Geo. ). Hunt, If Portland, Name
for the best essay by a college un
Slergraduate OH the 'RelatiOn OF
Temperance to Political Economy
is arOusing considerable interest on
this subject among college men.
Professor Ely, of Johns Hopkins
university, has consented to act as
Judge Of the essays, which are to
he in his hands by the LIST of June.
DISPATCHES from Iowa declare
that the Original package decision
ia already bearing fruit in that
state. At Des MOines two pack
age houses are already in opera
ton, while Sioux City has eight or
ten just opened. Beer is kept on
tap and wbisk ey sold over the bar
precisely the same as in licensed
Balo MS. Liquor dealers every
whe e, given az inch are taking an
ell.
In Nebraska corn sells for less
thin it costs to raise it, beef and
pork are scarcely worth raising be-
cause there are nO5 enough con
sumers. Destroy the liquor traffic,
use the money that is spent for
whiskey to purchase flour meal,
beef, pork, WOODEN clothing, etc,
and the products Of the farms from
this improved demand alone would
increase in value from fifty to a
hundred per cent.-W. +. Eastman,
editor Western Plowman.
Kansas is not dead yet, though
it has prohibition. 1t also has a
school for every 1S5 persons,
Sunday school for every APO, only
five criminals for every 100, 900,
and reports an increase of wealth
per capita of 40 per cent. Massa-
chusetts, under the restrictive
policy OF license, has one school for
every 1880, and twenty criminals
for every 10000 of the population,
with an Increase of wealth per
capita Of only five per cent.
The foreign settlement of Shang-
hal, China, initiated by British
treaty, is locally called the smOdel
settlement and is regarded as pre-
senting 10 the Chinese government
aud people an almost perfect Illus
tratiOn of western Christian civil
zation. This model settlement
covering space no larger than an
English country town, contains one
thousand and SiGty licensed opium
shops, several of which Will accom-
mOdate from five hundred to q
thousand persons. Adjacent to the
opium shops are dens of moral in
fanny as many in number as the |
opium shops. The female inmates
of these dens, including little girls
not more than fifteen years old, are
registered by the municipality. For
the security of other wicked men,
the municipal council Of the 'model
settlement causes a photograph of
each registered girl to be attached
10 her card. Ihe card is signed 10y
a municipal doctor aud is q practi-
cal license to sin. In the Chinese
city of Shanghai, which is of course
beyond the limits and power Of the
British municipality, not one such
den OF infamy is publicly known.
Chinese law is severe upon keepers
aud owners of such houses. The
owners are liable to from eighty to
one hundred blows with the bans
boo and to banishment for two or
three years, with forfeiture OF the
house. "A keepers punishment is
in kind but equally deter
rent. A recent strong protest .
against this terrible state of affairs,
made BY few Christian men of the
I0reign settlement, was met with
Indifferent silence OIL the part of the
council They deprecated discus
Non.
Peter Her, the notorious Oma.
Ia distiller, is secretary of ives.
.ern land company that absolutely
prohibits the sale of liquor on lots
or sold by the company.
The increase i'm the consumption
If beer in Chicago since 1881 has
wen exceeded the rapid increase in
population. In 1881 the sales of
Iper amounted TO 766,S66 barrels,
While in 1850 they had risen to
,S4S, 248 barrels.
The Christian Union, in COM
ncmIing upon the original pack
ge' decision, says: "A more far
esching effect of this decision may
q to give standing to the pro.
ibitory party as a national organ
,atlon. Hitherto temperance men
tho have favored stringent anti
otsur legislation have yer equally