The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-01
~. Q. q. u. COLU71N.
LIQUORS. INrnExCHMENTs.

LIQUORS. INTRENCHMENTS.
Dr. Leonard Shows How tho Rum
Traffic Is Bulwarkcd.
In The Christian Advocate Rev. A. B.
Leonard thus points out aomc Of the
ways IN which the liquor traffic has se-
cured ia present hoid upon the country !:
~ n hss strengthened itself Ia agri-
culture and horticulture hv csu-img many
who depend uppn these industries tor q
livelihood ~ believe thst The, will suffer
great loss IL The Prohibition policy shall
ohi ain MANY farmers aud fruit grow
ere refuse 20 join ia the battle against
ihis monster because they tear ils over
throw would reduce the value of the
'far,n. the orchsrd md the vineyard.
~ l. has caused laborers ID believe
tha, IL suppression wonld throw a mul-
,i,uic out ot employment aud cause =
reduction IN the pay Of ail wngc work
crs
-. II points 10 ifs vast financial i'm
lporianre, and makes business men be-
|lieve ,ha, the closing Of the disliileries.
hrc vcries aud saloons would csuse a
psnic which would eclipse any Black
Ftiiay the country has ever seen.
- II has ronfei itself into the ava
rice III mans nature not only BY afford
my an easy nethod Of making money
rapidly Tor tho dealer. but by willingly
paving large sums into our national.
state. county and municipal treasuries.
claiming thereby 20 release in part the
people from The burdens Of taxati0n
This position 1t has won through internal
revenue. high license aud tax laws
When in 1868 tho United States congress
placed ,ax on intoxicating liquors II in-
l:reuchcd the rum traffic securely in the
national government. aud gave II a pres
I,ige and power il had never enjoyed be-
fore. States. counties and municipalities
. have followed the example ~ the nation
Al govern ment, until in all the states, ex.
, .cept such rs have Prohibition, il hal
through license aud taking laws estab
lishcd itself as all essential source o.
frcvenue.
J, -. II has laid its strong hand upor
. and assumed the mastery over the poll
tics Of our times. There Il no power se
! potent in practical politics ne the run
i power. 1t assumes the prerogstive o
!. constructing platforms, nonlinatin,
: candidates. appointing high officials
= directing campaigns and controlling al
ImInistrasions. The politician who dare
Ito attack this monster i sure % sufle
for mis- tcnerity. The whip Of the slav
> driver Ia politics has been supplanted b.
1.-The hludgeon of the saloon keeper.
+ &c. IL excites men's fears by il
Ithrests and deeds Of blood. There or
N not 4 few business men who fear TO b
q known ~ Prohibitionists, though the,
are such at heart. because they fear the
e will suffer loss. Merchants, bankers
doctors. lawyers, new spapcr editors an
Eleven ministers of the gospel are often ia
,)iimidated more lsrgel than they them
sel YES are willing 70 acknowledge.
Al -. Alcohol has enthroned itself i
= social customs. nnlil ~ what are Gale
':lthe higher land might say the lower
e social circlesis reigns supreme. Who
flbanQuefs { are given In commemorate
'.Iof national events or in honor Of ID
D, n,lelevation Of some distinguished citize
Ito an important official station, or whe
'sl sldinncrs are given ty political and con-
p clubs, and also Al entertainment
i.Iof more private character, alcohol
Y ''lcrowned king of the social board. Fros
s,Ithc White House At the capital. wher
IeIresides the nations chiefest msgistrat'
G. down by the way Of the vice president
s.lmansion. the palatial residences Of cat
e. met ministers and members OF congress
dIto the aristocratic mansions and man
homes as well throughout N
le whole land, alcohol Is regarded as indi'
er pensablc to generous hospitality.
rs. 1t has intrcnched itself in app'
niliisc and passion. enslaving the form'
% land inflaming the latter. until its victim
'elarc utterly unable to break tho chair
q that bind them or qncnch the Il smes th'
'elconsume them. Its estimated that thel
Hare now im this country one million hell
,elless. hopeless. drunkarls, while oih'
lmiilions Of iippiers and moderate drinl
n lers arc hurrying on 10 join their ranks
lcl A Letter from Fargo. y. T.. say'
n-l"The most wonderful revolution Of sent
nsent has taken place in the Black Hill
There are now az many Tcmperan'
unions there as In the whole State
Montana -thirteen. a grand work h'
p'been done. The w. G. 4. u. conventic
at Rapid City was an eye-opener, ar
'y.lrcaly marvel In excellence
a
An eleven-year.cld Brooklvn boy die
N recently in the City Hospital from "a
The child Of drinking pa
lg ents, he hsd been employed 70 carr
IN cans Of beer to workmen, and on his fr
IN quent return trips from the saloon dram
4. some OF tho bcer himself. Finally
se drank to inssnsibiity. and the cmpI
X beer can was found beside his dead bod
nj
m A Temperance society of more tha
u one hundred and fry members was 7
.. Gently organized among the men In q
!. c.miliiary prison At Fort Leavenwort
n Kan. by Mrs. Julia a. Chase, an acti'
worker among soldiers and sailors, vi
con this occasion delivered an address
such power thar scventv-hve men WI
had never signed tho rledgc before u
hcsiiaiingly gave their names and 4