Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-03-14

Of corrupt boolas. Although over thir
" tons Of vile ht0rature haWe been de
stroyoA By the soci0ty for the suppress
ion q vice, Still there IL enough Of Il
left N this country TO bring down upor
US the thnnderbolts Of an incsnsed God
4 EXECUTING THE LAW PRoAPFLY.
In the year 1883 the evil had become
% great In this country that the con.
gress Of the United States passed Law
torbidding the transmission Of bad lit
erature through the United States
nails: bat there were large loops In the
Law through which criminals might
crawl out, and the law was dead fail
ure-that Of 1883. But In 1873 another
law was passed by the congress Of the
United States against the transmission
Of corrupt literature through the mails
"A grand law, potent law, Christian
law-and under that law multitudes Of
these scoundrels have been arrested,
their property confscated and they
themselves thrown into the penitentia-
ries where they belonged.
Now, my friends, how are we to war
against this corrupt literature and how
ARG .no orogs % tniS Egypuan prague ~
% yam! r1rst OF al, ~ tne promP'
ano IneAora9ie execuuon OF tlg law;
c &c. All goOo NPostIa:.ers anu uli.eu
formers concert in their action TO stop
this plague. When Sir Rowland Hill
spent his life In trying TO secure cheap
postage not only for England, but for
All the worio, ana 70 0pen the blessing
OF the poStomce 70 al nonSst business
ana 70 al messagss o. chary, anu
klnonees ano: auecti3n, i9r III neaitny
!ntercommunlcation, ne D., die NOT mean
TO make vice easy or 70 MI the mail oags
OF the uniteg SLAVES WIN tine ScaDs OF
such leproey.
1t ought not to be in the power OF
every bad man who can raise l cent
stamp Tor q circular or az cent stamp
Tor letter, TO blast man or oestroy .
home. The postal service OF this coun-
try must be clean, must BE- KEPT clean.
and we must all understand tnst tne
swift retrlouiDns OF the United States
government mover over every Vioiation
OF the letter Dox.
now nave 10 many OF tne news STATUS
OF our great cues Deen Purineo! now
M 30 MHcn .. snas a%9q 0 Wom
DaiKoo! by moran su.slon. Cno, tSu u
might IS wen go lnto Jungle OF tne
East ln9ies ana pat coora On tne necA'
and with profound argument Try 70 Per .
soade II tnat IL Is moFMly wrong ~ DiSe
anu 70 sung anu 70 polson sny.n.ns .
Inc only answer 70 yOsr ssu% ;n.
Woulo De an uphieeo neHo anu = n ;..
ana . sharp reeT,ng 1TO.n n S.ruCt ~; tmV .
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coDra - Z sno'uI, anu =, ' ;D,D LILY ,;t1so
ent aVI SnS 49,. Jeo ~ tSa ,,oi;da .Dd Soar
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soup Al Sne PeniVnS.ay. az. i@" .,c oIS
law. ihVvAe W conSun~Ve WIG WI N
W grAnuly Degun!
Anosner way 40 wnlcn We Sre W !rtSe
PACK tniS plague Oh Egyptlan IroRs - ~
niiing tne minos OF our young peopie
WIN neait1Iul hteraturs' 40 no. mean
70 say all the DOCKS ana newspapers ~
our families ought TO De religious DOCKS
ana newspapers, or That every song
ought 70 be sung 70 the tune OF Oid
hundred l have no sympathy with
the attempt to make the young old. l
would rather join in q crusade to keep
the young young. B0yhood and girl
hood must not be abbreviated. But
there are good books, good histories
good biographies, good works OF fiction,
good books OF all styles with which we
are 10 MI tne minos OF tne young, 80
that there VIII Oe no more room ior tne
useless ana tne vicious IMAM tnere 10
room ior Inc cnan ID Dusnei measure
wnlcn Is Already nlleo Win SMlcnlgan
wneat' =.
am not talking about what can not
De done. l am talking now about wnat
Is Delng done. A great many OF the
printing presses that nave given tnem-
selves entirely 70 the puDllcatlon Oh vie
literature have been stopped or have
gone into business less obnoxious:
WAT mas thrown on, what mas kept on
the rail- trains OF this country Tor some
time back nearly all the IeprOuS peril