The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
SENATOR prrFrR on LIQUOR.

address at temperance meeting In Washing
ton, in which he presented an interesting
grouping OF figures TO show the extent OF tho
manufacture and sale OF intoxicating liquors.
25, 000, ,0G0 barrels Of fermented liquors manu-
factured in this country, and on D. .tober LIST
there were $4,000 gallons Of distilled
spirits in bonded warehouses AID I6,OO0,00O
gallons In the establishments Of Wholesale
dealers. "Suppose," said the Senator, Hwe
put this In canal twenty feet wide and ten
feet deep the canal would have to be fifteen
miles long. Let us make lake of 1t, and II
would be q mile square and thirty.two fees
deep. What is al that liquor for? Out In
Kansas We have come to The conclusion that
liquor has no use in the world that places for
ocen drinking are nuisances and dens OF iut-
quIty. Liquor controls elections, debauches
the ballot, bereaves families, and destroys
homea" ,j~ &
PROHIBITION THAr PROHIBITS.
Maine has actual prohibition at Last. She
has had it theoret oally for generation, but u
did not prevent the sale OF liquor. The iast
legislature passed law VIII oh contained meas
ures 30 drastic that the lawmakers themselves
did not realize Whist they had done. Under
1t. the rumseller, be be druggist or pocket
seller, is almost sure Of conviction, and no dis
cretion as to punishment is left with the court.
Any one convicted of selling liquor, for tho
frst of1ense will have to 90 to Jail for sixty
dayA, and in addition Ply tine OF $l00.
Holding United States license and having
liquor on the premises Will be evidence sum:
Gent for conviction Habitual drinkers will
not lie allowed to sit on the jury. Even the
most skilled lawyers In the State are unable TO
find loophoes in the statute. The eject was
most apparent all over the state on Monday,
the day on which the Law went into effect.
Men who have successfully defed The law here.
tofore closed their places. Ex. ress companies
hive issued rigorous instructions to their
agents, as under the rev law, $500 nne ana
one years imprisonment Is the penalty pre-
scribed for knowingly bringing liquor into tho
state Tor illegal Sale, and the knowledge OF
any employee is taken as knowledge OF the
company. The Grug stores have removed
their stock of liqHtr. Hotels have closed
their bars and are forming combinations TO
raise III ir rates, much to the disgust of the
travelling public. Atlanta Constitution.
LIQUOR PAPER ON sw1LL-FRp CATTLE.
"BIida's Criterion" qu organ in CHI
cago, practically Admits the results, as pointed
out by us tie other week, which swill-fed
cattle have uptn the market price Of oil cattle:
1t says:
same time speciously, tries % excite the fai M
ers' ptrty against the liquor interest, BY re-
ferring to The evils the di.tilie,ies do in
faItenipg cattle much mere thearly than the.
farmers Can, and til refoie in selling them
correspondinely cheaper to the consumer.
The loss to the farmer in this competition ID,
according to our contemporary, SIS, COO, 900.
These figures are absurd, but ever if, for the
FAKE Of argument, Gcknowlt dging this 10 be-
the case, who gets ibe benefit Of the reduc:ion7
Tie answer is inevitable; it is the American
consumer, chiefly the wtrkngman OF the
city" -rss
aChi,f fly tie workingman is good. One
would suppose that the best market for
tende rloin and sirloin v as among the working
men, The chief benefit which comes from the
cbs,pening Of the ma, ket accrues (D to the:
N id ilemen :; (sl to their wealthy patrons.
especially no tel-ke eepers. When price Of
cattle was at one time. about two years ago, L
l-2 cents pound, live e'ght, the ordinary.
consumer found no dif,ererce at al in the
prico Of eef-teak. The loss to the farmers
from the effects Of distlllery fed cattle was
estimated by US to be Sis, ,000, coo in the f,urt
msiAets OF Chicago, st. LonIs, Kansas City
and Omaha. It is much Ia ger than that In
tie nation at large.-lVcice.