Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-29
ANNUAL MEETING.
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turned, later in the day, 10 carry out his
plan. Then, for the frzt time meeting
an elderly woman, be found the his
tory of the prison without prisoners. for
for there were none We have had only
oae man here in the last two year, she SAID,
And he was rumselier who dehesl the law
and determined to eel Hguor. You see. few
years ago, We had nothing bat murders, bro
ken heads, and fights, anu most of the time
the PRISON was fgH Of men WHO got into
trouble from drinking and the people nhsiiy
said that rum drinking should stop and they
voted prohibition and since rum Jeff the town
they have GO ose 10 put into Jail. This has
been the coalition for TWO years and | don't
believe the people VIII ever let liquor get 3
foothold here again The narrator OF the
Circumstance ms,ie inquiries about the liquor
dealers in the stores and shops of the tow d.
some had left, Others had taken up various
other pursuits; one with whom he had talked
carried o. successful vegetable market.
so much for comparison Of the two sys-
tens. OF the ECONOMIES Of Prohibition
Dr. f. Il. Hutehins OF Iowa,
writes Is follows: ION June 20, 1857, there
were thIrty-foUr savings banks in Iowa. with
deposit. amounting to :, ,40l .tsEi30, and a.
sets of s95iSy.tS.St. Five years later the
number Of these banks had risen to fifty-nine,
istA7
to SO, IL 1855.
During the same time the number OF natl
ti0nal and state" not including those for
.aying had increased from ] = to 2i3,1 with
deposits from s2} ii. OF 9 70 SO. tl6 gSl 81.
and their resources from S44. .06 ,D6I.,t to
So, All ,lSi07. Total Increase in number OF
bank. %. or - $40 per cent 10 deposits, OF
81, tetb -, -, or over 81 per cent; snd in
resources, OF s30,slS, i23.ls, or nearly 80
per cent. this while the population of the
state was increasing about 5 per
cent. In ls>j there was about SIS 10 OF bank
deposit to each inhabitaut; in 1890 there
was was over so .0O for each. During these
i've years. 1t may be remarked that our build
Ing and loan associations have multiplied. and
investment. therein-both home companies
and those from aoroad-have very greatly in
erased Thu shows you how prohibition has
ruined iOsa financially. God speed the day
when ruiz may come upon ali.
While was commissioner of labor Stats
ties asked the question. Is prohibition Il
good thing for the wage workers.' One
thousand seven hundred and four working
men returned answers. OF these, $40 said
No and l52S said "Yes." The same ques-
ton was asked roal miners. Four hundred
and forty replied. OF these, l2l said No"
and 3l3 said Yes" The same officer asked
OF the savings bank officials "Ha, there been
an increase or decrease in the deposits OF
per cent replied No Increase and 50 per
cent said An increase
The friends OF prohibition have obtained
some signal victories from the Supreme Court
OF the [ nited States, in series of decisions
of the utmost importance, by which the ap-
plication of prohibitory laws to the manufat-
tuTe and sale of liguors has been thoroughly
established as principle of in nowise in con-
dict with the constitution of the Unted
states. 1t will be worth while at this time to
recall these decisions.
l. License by the United States to carry
on the wholesale liquor business in any state
does not give power to carry on such business
In violation Of the laws OF the state.
,. state may pass laws prohibiting the
retail of ntoxicants without a license, and
providing restrictions in the granting of such
license.
3. Restrictive and prohibitory state legisla-
ton is not contrary TO Fourteenth Amend
ment.
+. Companies for the manufacture and
sale of liquors have no greater rights than
individuals possess. and are not exempt from
restrictive or prohibitory State legislation.
=. state prOhibitOry laws, ~ police regula-
tons are not rcpugnant 10 the Constitution
OF the United States.
u. Brewers or di>tiltrs NAV not claim
compensation for property because it has
dimini> he'd in value by reason of State pro-
hibitory legislation.
Z. States have the full right Of prohibiting
the manufacture Of intoXicants, whether for
home use or for expectation to other states
:. States under the " ilson Act may deal with
liquors imported from other states precisely
as though they were not imported but pro-
duced at home.
These decisions constitute wall of strength
to the cause Of prohibition. They are princi-
pie, enunc sted by the highest court in the
land and v Ill stand rs long a. the Constitu-
ton, of which they are the interpretation
shall stand
Much more might be said have given
you only few facts, opinions and arguments
from the almost imitless amount Of such mat
ter already eXtant. Whether our present law
In all It's details Is the best that can be bad may
think, be fairly taken into consideration. But
we meet, not those who wish to improve and
correct the defects of our present system, but
who would overturn 1t completely. II is the
old cry. "Regulate and restrain it, Said
John Randolph, when it was proposed to
regulate >lavery-and his words apply with
equal force here-"It Is a cancer on the face
not to be tempered with by quacks who never
saw the disease or the patient.
said John b. Finch, Tine liquor traffic is
blighting .dsmning curse on everything decent
virtnous and and holy. 1t is the enemy of
law, order, morality, Christianity and ciyiIiZ-
alton. 1t i the cause OF siN-seyenth- of the
pauperism aud four-tifths of the crime of the
nation. The liquor saloon is the hot bed
where outlaws terminate, the cradle where
vice Is rocked. And this il what we are told
citizens of Maine are anxious to egaize.
For more than a year past the American
people have been exciting themselves and ell
deavoring to stimulate the entire world to
such activity and industrial competition n
will render the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton at hicago a marked success. There will
be exhibits from nearly or-quite all the cOun-
tries OF The globe all kinds of materials, ma
chi cry finished products OF the hands and
brains of men of all trades, professions and
occupations; everything necessary to COM
fort and luxury. Each manufacturer de-
Signer. inventor and pushing dealer in Nil
kinds of products viii be there, anNIou>ly
explaining. carefully detailn2 every step Of
the various processes of manufacturing the
finest specimens OF his art or trade from the
cru'est materials, Justly, enthusiastically
swelling with pride a. he notes the hewil-
dered expression on the COuntenancCs, and
hear. the calculations Of wonder and surprise
forced from the lips Of the crowdlng millions
n they pas,
viii you see the licensed rumseIer there
proudly exhibiting the medals previously aor
in other competitive exhibitions surrounded
with his finished wares, exhibiting first. ill.,
crude material, the nobest work of the Crea
tor, the strong and promising son, the proud
tender husband ola loving. trusting woman,
the innocent. fair haired prattling cbild-fol
these are his raw materlals-se second, the fin
ished product of his hands, the murderer,
standing under the gallows tree, the black
cap forever shutting out the hight Of DAY.
tremblingly awaiting the fatal touch of the
spring: the vicim of the murderer. covered
with blood, all shape of humanity brutally
beaten from his person; the widow of the
victim in her agony Of despair vanly calling
upon the dead husband TO speak once more;
the mangled and bleeding form Of the wife
aud mother lying dead upon the barren floor,
her innocent and pratt ling babes vainly trying
to wake mamma picture actually seen;
the hupees-ly lost suicide plunging
from the bridge into the seeth-
ing falls of the Andruscoggin
IF the Saco; the will-eye,l, chattering, cow
ering, maniac; the drivelrng, helpless imbe-
cile the thief, toe forger In his prison cell,
all these and scores of others of samples Of
his finished products; proudly showing the
from the original crude material TO
that of his complete products; with
the typical drunkard and his barren
house. the cherries. hreless hearth
the miserable substitute for table innocent
of bread: the bundle OF rags which serve for
a bed for his broken hearted. >priritiess. and
sickly wife and his stnted. pinched. half
starved. il-clothed children: Is there on the
face of G0d'~ green earth being who would
dare to attempt such an exhibit: How long
would such an exhibition be allowed TO con-
tiude. Yet the picture is not overdrawn. God
grant the State of Maine salvation from the
licensed rnmseIler.
A Palpable Hit.
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