Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-11

uJsfdJuIb VI a HdlADD ueclueS bDe Int
Of a nation. Good books, good morals
Bad books, bad morals.
begin with the lowest Of all the lii
erature, that which does not even pre-
tend to be respectable-from cover +
cover a blotch Of leprosy. There ar
many whose entire business It is TO dis
pose Of that kind Of literature. The
display II before the schoolboy on hi
way home. They get the catalogue
Of schools and colleges, take the name
and postoffice addresses and send thei
advertisements, and their circulars, anC
their pamphlets, and their books t.
every one OF them.
SENDING OUT BAD BOOKS
In the possession of these dealers II
bad literature were found nine hun
dred thousand names and pOstofTict
addresses, TO whom it was thought II
might be profitable TO send these cor
rupt things In the year 1873 there
we're one hundred and sixty-nve estab
lishments engaged in publishing cheap,
corrupt literature. From one publish
ing house there went out twenty differ
ent styles OF corrupt books. Although
over thirty tons OF vile literature have
been destroyed by the Society for the
Suppression Of Vice, still there il
enough of it left in this country TO
bring down upon us the thunderbolts
OF an incensed God.
In the year 1853 the evil had become
80 great in this country that the con
gress OF the United States passed a law
forbidding the transmission of bad lit
erature through the United States
mails; but there were large loops in
that law through which criminals might
crawl out, and the law was "a dead fail
ure-thnt law OF 1868. But in 1873 an
other law was passed by the congress
of the United States against the trans
mission of corrupt literature through
the mails-a grand law, potent law,
a Christian law-and under that law
multitudes OF these scoundrels have
been arrested, their property confis.
Gated and they themselves thrown into
the penitentiaries, where they belonged
now CAN 1T BR FOUGHT
Now, my friends, how are we to war
against this corrupt literature, and how
are the frogs of this Egyptian plague to
be slainl First of all, by the prompt
and inexorable execution of tho law.
Let all good postmasters and United
States district attorneys and detectives
and reforners concert in their action to
stop this plague, When Sir Rowland
Hin spent his life in trying to secure
cheap postage, not only for England
but for all the world, and TO open the
blessings of the postotlice TO all honest
business and 10 all messages OF charity
and kindness and affection, for all
healthful ntercommunication, he did
not mean TO make vice easy or to fill
the mail bags OF the United States with
the scabs of such a leprosy.
1t ought not to be in the power OF
every bad man who can raise n ono
sent stamp for n circular, or n two cent
stamp for a letter, TO blast man or
destroy a home The postal service Of
.his country must bo clean, and we
must all understand that tho swift ret
'ibutions OF the United States govern.
nent hover over every violation OF the
otter box.
There are thousands of men and
women In this country, some for per
onal gain, some through innate de
,ravity, some through spirit OF re-
'enge, who wish to use this great
.venue of convenience and inteli-
renee for purposes rovongeful, sala.
ious and diabolic Wake up tho law.
Wake up all its penalties. Let every
curt room ON this subject be Sinai
and atlame. let the con
lcted offenders be- sent for the full |
orin To Sing Sing or Harrisburg
l am not talking about what cannot
70 done, am talking now about
THAT is being done, 4 great many of
ho printing presses that gave them
alvos entirely 10 the publicNion Of vile
terature have been stopped or have
one into business less obnoxious
What has thrown Oft, what has kept
n the rail trains of this country for
lne time back nearly all the leprous
eriodicalsi Those Of us who have
cen ON the rail trains have noticed q
neat change In the last few months
nd tho last year or two, Why have
early all those vile periodicals been
ept of the rail trains for some time
Aoki Who effected itl These ~.
oues for the publication OF railroad
ieratuNs gave warning 10 the publish
: and warning 90 railroad companies
nj warning 20 eondueto. and warn.
< 60 newsboys 60 keep the internal
uif on the trains
PURIFYING ruH NHYs STANDS
Many OF the cities have successfully
'ohibited the most of thai literature
'en from going GA the news stands,
ernor has seilel upon the publishers ,
ID dealers in impure literature, from ,
% fact that over a thousand arrosts ,
I'VE beep made, and the a,grogato ,
NO for which the convicted have b.,en
nteno''d 90 tho prison Is oyer one hun. /,
'd and ninety years, and frolg the .
et that about two million al their CIR. !,
lars hsys been destroyed. and the !
'sineSs is not a. profitable ~ Il ussd !.
be
Hos have ~ many of the news stands !,
our great eltics been parifedi How :
= ~ much ~ this inlqulty been
lkcdf BY moral snAsionl IN uo "