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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
AN EXPENSIVE VICE.
Both Sides of the Drink Problem Pre-
sented to the People.

Both Sides of the Drink Problem Pre-
sented to the People.
The fact that in the United States at
least a billion dollars passes yearly
from the pockets of the rum-drinkers
into the pockets of the rumsellers
should command the thoughtful consid-
Grafton of all right-minded, intelligent,
patriotic citizens; and this fact is but
one small item in comparison with
other items in the catalogue of evil re-
suits that follow this enormous expend-
iture-nearly equal in amount to the
national debt While one billion dol.
lars is large sum of money to be
worse than wasted yearly, the crime,
wretchedness and poverty entailed
thereby are beyond computation in
dollars and cents The rum-drinkers
pay the billion-dollar voluntary tax;
the taxpayers have to meet the ex-
pense entailed upon the state by the
pauperism, vice and crime which fol-
! low.
On the one hand, it is perfectly clear
that there would be no liquors made
them for people who drink. On the
other, it Is equally clear that the sa-
looms to be found everywhere operate
to constantly renew the supply OF
drinking men, and that they act
as recruiting stations for the vast
army of unfortunates who go down
yearly into drunkard's graves. Hence
the two sides of the problem as
presented to the people. On the ono
hand the saloon men say that they are
simply supplying demand, and that,
SO long as that demand exists, they
have as much right to supply it as
other men have to supply the demand
for food, or clothing, or other articles
of daily consumption. On the other
hand, the friends of temperance point
to the fact that the saloon simply
caters to a vice. and not to a legiti
mate need Of the people, and that pub
lie policy demands its suppression, the
same as places which cater to other
vices, such as lechery and gambling,
are suppressed.
As to the position of the saloon-keep.
er, the distinction is clear that he is
not supplying any necessary or proper
want of anyone. What he sells ia an
injury, not benefit, to the foolish pur
chaser. This view of the subject i:
taken by the supreme court of the
United States, which, in the California
cases couple of years ago, .drew ;
clear line of distinction between the
saloon and other occupations. 1t de
clares that the saloon only exists upor
suffrance, because it is distinctively
evil in its tendencies, and subserves NJ
real necessity of the people; that it ma.
be taxed to any extent, restricted il
any way, or prohibited entirely, ant
that the saloon-keeper has no recourse
The state may do as it chooses with
the saloon, and the latter has no rem
edy in federal law. 1t is subject TO
the state to deal with, not the nation.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
LABOR REPUDIATEs FREE TRADE
Democratic workingmen Pronounce for
Protection.

Democratic WOrkingmen Pronounce for
Protection.
On the bald issue of protection or free
trade, the people of the Uuited States,
and especially the great body of Ameri-
can wage-earners, are unqualifiedly in
favor of the American system. The
action of the democratic party in aban-
doning all subterfuges and tariff "strad-
dies" and pronouncing boldly-too
boldly for some-for the British policy
of radical free trade has served to bring
out that fact more clearly than ever be-
fore. Converts flock daily from the
free trade democracy to the standard of
protection and Americanism, and the
list of men accounting themselves
Jeffersonian democrats who, finding no
room in the so-called democratic party
of to-day for voters of their political be-
lief, have enrolled themselves in the
ranks of republicanism, is far too long
to find space in the columns of this
paper. An illustration Of the effect
which the democratic free trade plank
has had on the minds of many formerly
good democrats is found in the action
of the Independent Democratic Work
ingmen's club" of Jersey City, an or.
ganization whose membership and OBJ
jects are shown by its name. At their
last meeting this club unanimously
adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, We have hitherto been led to be
lieve that within the ranks of the democratic
party was TO be found remedy for all the evil:
to which laboring people are subject, and thai
by voting that ticket we could elect men to of
fee who, having knowledge Of our needs
would enact legislation that would be beneficial
to us; and
WHEREAS, The Democratic National conven
ton at Chicago declared positively and une
quivocally in favor OF free trade, which woulC
be disastrous 10 labor interests by throwing u.
out of employment and filling our markets with
the products of the diseased and pauperizeS
labor of Europe,
Resolved, That We repudiate the democratic
tickets, both national and state, and indoors,
Harrison and Reid and protection 10 labor's in
terestS.
There is nothing theoretical, nothin.
| professional in the sound of these resp
lutions. They are the independent ex
pressiou OF conviction on tie part o
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
NOTES BY THE WAY.

THE man who can drink whisky ten
years without being hurt by it is not
much account for anything else to be-
gin with.-Ram's Horn.
The temperance cause is advancing
among British soldiers in India. Lord
Roberts says he has under his command
fourteen thousand five hundred British
soldiers pledged to total abstinence.
ONE district in Liverpool having sa-
looms has one pauper to every eighty
five inhabitants, while the adjoining
district, without saloon, has but one
pauper to every one thousand persons.
The physician in charge of the Wash
ingtonian home, Boston, says that he
has patients all the time who are GIN
ger curse victims to alcoholism from
the use of Jamaica ginger. Ginger re-
quires the strongest alcohol to hold it
in solution, and quickly destroys the
tone of the stomach.
IT is significant dat the Zurich
(Switzerland) society for combating
the alcohol habit has circulated an APP
peal on the continent, pointing out the
dangers which menace the future of
Europe through the use of intoxicants,
and calling upon people to show their
patriotism by becoming abstainers.
And Switzerland is wine country,
1--WE don't sell liquor" said law,
evading beer seller; 1--WE will give
you glass, and then if you want a bis
cult we'll sell it to you for ten cents. "
The bottle was handed down, a stiff
glass swallowed, and the landlord
handed his customer biscuit. "Well,
no, think not" said the customer.
"You sell 'em too dear. can get lots
of 'em five or six for cent anywhere
else. Toledo Blade.
CARDINAL MCCABE, of Dublin, writes:
"lntemperance is the source of nearly
all our crimes and misfortunes. Thou
sands of premature graves tell of its
ravages; our warehouses are thronged
with victims; it's baleful tyranny is
examining our jails with criminals The
deep wall of woe, the moan of despair
that bursts continually from wretched
homes, tells of misery through the land
which God alone can measure"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02

hard, earnest, practical sons Of toll,
who know that the issues of the cam
paign are fraught with tremendous i'm,
portance to the interests of labor, and
believe that American workingmen
should lose sight of all partisan consid-
erations and feelings in the one great
object-to stand up for American wages.
American standards of living, and the
preservation of American homes. Con-
fronted as they are with but one ques-
ton that concerns them as workingmen
the question of protection prosperity
against free trade pauperism-is it not
natural that they should choose as they
dno
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Triumphant Protection.

Another distinct triumph of the great
principle of protection, which has now
nearly convinced and converted the
whole world, is recorded in the annual
review of the cotton manufacturing in
dustry. The British Cobdenite compla-
Gently assumes that, whatever else may
happen, Great Britain's free trade policy
will keep her ahead of countries which
are "hampered" by protective tariff
laws Yet we have the 'hampered"
United States passing Great Britain by
leaps and bounds in one after another
of the great manufacturing industries
We surpass her in clothing, leather,
pig iron, steel, copper, lead, wool
and silk manufacturing, and are
just preparing to go by her in cot
ton manufacturing also. In the follow
ing table is shown the consumption, in
bales of 400 pounds each, during the
last year, the year before and ten years
before, in Great Britain and in the
United States:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Modern Libretto.

Superintendent Of Asylum have Q
. remarkable lot OF stuff there
Visltor-S Seems TO be q collection OF
manuscripts
superintendent - Yes, ] require all
the patients to write what is upper
most in their minds every day.
Visitor-Do you want TO make some
money out of itp
superintendent - Yes, If 1t can be
done.
Visitor All right I'll write the
music to 1t and we'll put it on the road
as a comic opera Judge
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
aThe Good Old Times"

Despite all the talk about the hard.
ships of the farmer, he Is king COM
pared to his father or grandfather.
II he doubts, let him hunt up the old
gentleman's day book of forty years age
and note the prices then.
A bushel of wheat would buy Il of a
barrel of SALT it will now buy two bar
rels.l
A bushel of corn would buy ~ pounds
of sugar; to-day it will buy 1874 pounds
Ten pounds Of butter bought 33K
yards of cotton cloth then; now it pur-
chases 4s1S yards.
Ten pounds of cheese were worth rs
pounds of nails; the cheese now pays
for "a pounds Of nails.
A pound of washed wool grown ten
years before the war would buy is of a
barrel of salt, Sc pounds of sugar,
2-3 yards of cotton cloth or 10 pounds
of nails. To-day his own pound of wool
will pay for u of barrel of salt, s
pounds of sugar, on yards of cotton
cloth and 22 pounds of nails.
These figures are based on New York
City prices. But as matter of fact he
never realized anything like those prices
in his local market
Freights were high, and when the
cost of bringing produce to the New
York market was deducted from New
York prices for farm produce, and the
cost of bringing the merchandise from
New York to the village store at which
he traded was added to the price of
what he bought, the average farmer
was really not more than half as well
off ten years before the war as our
figures would indicate.
For instance, in 1857 it cost 25A cents
to bring bushel of wheat by the
cheapest route from Chicago to New
York; in 1891 it cost less than six cents.
Surrounded by these conditions, life
on the farm was hard indeed. Calico
and Kentucky jean had to do for Sun.
day garments, and an OK cart in which
to ride to church was the height Of
style.
. Luxuries for the table were almost
unknown; Johnny cake and salt pork
was princely diet
Those were days of hard times, when
, the farmer Graded his grain, and raked
and bound it by hand.
He toiled early and late, saved and
scrimped, and received less return for a
week of hardest toll than the farmer in
: 1892 receives for single days pleasan,
: ride on moving machine or self
:. binder
Let us have no more Of such 'gooG
old times"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Family DiAcipIine.

Mrs Bandry is an Austin parent who
is very severe with her children. She
maintains strict discipline, and never
allows them to speak out loud A few
days ago Mrs Bandry and her little
daughter Maud were about to go call.
ing, when the latter said: ma, your
hair is coming down"
Child, when you speak to me you
must do it in silence. Texas Siftings
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
: A GAY L0thArio.

''It Is an outrage tho way you treat
me-" said Miss Esmerelda Longcofin.
the belle of Harlem. to Hostetter Nc
Ginnis,
How so. Miss Esmerelda?"
"You have sworn to love and cherish
me. and now you are making love to
another young woman. It is hideous
outrage"
BE calm, Esmerelda, be calm. I'm
going to go back on her. too."-Texas
Siftinps
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
,;astronomh Item.

Jones-So you have sent off your
eook2
Smith Yes I've discharged her.
I'm surprised to hear it. as | heard
you say she was such an excellent
cook"
That's just the reason discharged
her. She cooked such excellent dinners
that we ate so much there was nothing
eft over for supper. Her good cooking
was Der only lt."-Teyas Siftings.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Taken by Surprise

Captain. there's lady standing on
the dock who wishes to speak to you
before the boat pulls out"
The captain Of the lake steamer hur-
riedly ran up on deck and looked in the
direction indicated
Lady be hangedr' he exclaimed.
That's my wfel"-Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Gave Himself Away.

The young man had been telling the
old lady quite lot about himself.
"You remind me-" she said, "of .
story once read"
"What was it. may ask?"
"Oh, ! don't remember the story at
ALL" she exclaimed. artlessly, but re-
member it didn't have any moral to it. "
Detroit Free Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02

great unnecessary vice Of intemperinoa
This, from its nature, can be suscess.
fully done by striking down its cause.
We can abolish the manufacture and
sale of rum in all its forms, and thus
pulverize the rum power. - Toledo
Rlade
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Slayer.

Miss Gasket lat 1880 p m.)-Do you
know MIR, Sappy. | am sure you would
make an excellent editor of a rural
newspaper.
Sappy lpleased) Weally. now, Miss
Gasketp
Miss Gasket- Indeed. do. Your mot
to seems TO be: II have come to stay"
Detroit Free Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Two Rlrds with One STONE.

Dealer-This is the best parrot we
have. but ! wouldn't sell him without
letting you know his one fault; he'll
swear II his food doesn't suit him.
Miss Fitz-fll take him; it will seem
quite like having man in the house.
N. Y. Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
How Struggling Genius is Crushed.

Wealthy Amateur-Since you spoke
to Jones and me about this picture,
Dauber, we have arranged that one OF
US shall have IT,
Dauber (brightening)-l am glad OF
that, very glad-glad on your account,
too Which of you has it?
Wealthy Amateur-Well, we are 60
ing TO toss for it. and the one that loses
takes the picture Boston Globe
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Good Place.

Robinson Where do you do most OF
your writing. old MANI
Penfinger-On the railroad, gener-
ally
Robinson-Why. that's queerl ! don't
see how you can do IT,
PenHinger-Well. you see. old fellow,
my minds in repose then. No land
lords after mel--Truth
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Continued Story.

Mrs. 8rown-My husband tore the
last page out OF the book was read.
ing. But I'll pay him back in his own
coin.
Mrs. Cobwigger-But how. my dearp
Mrs Brown-He'n never hear the end
Of tn. Y. Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02

81 save money under this new tariff
on tobacco" said Binks
"Tell US how you do II" put in Lath-
ers "T'd like to do It myself"
~ smoke one thirty-cent cigar now,
where ! used to smoke two twenty.
fvers "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
For .Fake" noctors

Gushing Young Doctor-You know,
Miss Kingston, adore my patients.
Miss Why, doctor, you
should remember the commandment:
Thou shalt not worship the things be-
low the earth. Yale Record.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
An Explanation.

Mrs. New Lucre-Susette, friend OF
mine informed me that. on last Wednes-
day evening, at about eight o'clock. she
met you walking in the park with my
husband Is this true?
Susette tindignantly)-Non, mad amel
Eet is not true; it vas on Jursday even
ing. about ten o'clock. Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Left Handed Compliments.

Two gentlemen get in dispute.
One Of them says very sarcastically:
my dear sir, am so impressed with
your childish simplicity that ! would
pay considerable sum of money to be
for five minutes only. as stupid as you
are"
Sin that case you could brag of hav.
ing had at least one lucid interval"
was the tart reply.-Texas Siftings
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Knocked Out.

Enterprising Druggist-Here's card.
madam. Each time you buy something
III punch it. When two dollars are
punched you get Eve saltwater tickets
free
Madam-That's fine idea I'll take
two dollars worth of postage-stamps
now.-Judge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02

Mrs O oh. do like this hat so
much' 1t is awfully becoming! think
1t makes me ten years younger. Don't
you think so, my dear?
Mrs Yves. indeed, my dear; with
that hat on you don't look over forty.
6ve.-Demorest's Magazine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
MisconStrued.

The New Principal-And now. my
boys, | think have shown you the
folly of ambition You are not to try
to become great generals or poets or
authors or statesmen, but you want to
be-great whatp
Class lin chorus)-Great prize-fght-
ers!-Chicago News.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
How Fame 10 Achieved.

Congressman Smart-Have the ps
pers come in YETI
His Secretary-Yes, sir.
Just look over the funny columns
will your am about due to say some
thing bright again, think. Indian
opolis Journal
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Not Much Difference.

Little Boy wish had a rabbit
Mr.. Fourthfloor- What would you do
with rabbit in fat9
Little Boy Well, guess a rabbit
could ge, along here bout as well as !
can.-Good News
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Nipped In the Bud.

Jack-Many q happy marriage has
been spoiled by money.
Tom-Yes; it spoiled mine. She re-
fused me because didn't have enough
Puck
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Rare Luck.

Mrs. Bloomer-It's shameful Mr..
SILENT, who is deaf and dumb, is going
to marry Miss Quiet, and she's deaf and
dumb
Mr.. B.-What of it?
"Why, just think. Their children
may be deaf and dumb, too"
That's all right Wen watch where
they settle and move in next door to
'em."-N Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
II Got There Just tho Same.

Mabel--Such joke on Mr.. Gayboy
We were out on the balcony between
the dances and he got the sleeve Of bis
dress coat all over red paint from one
of the posts that were just painted
Maud-And did you 60 near the post'
MADELINE WhyP
Maud-Because you have red paint
Ill over the back Of your waist.-Jury
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Thus it appears that Great Britain

Thus It appears that Great Britain
has lost S.6 per cent. in her consumption
this year, while we have gained 11.2
per cent In ten years Great Britain
has increased 12.1 per cent; the United
States 49.7 per cent That is the way
free trade wanes before the victorious
advance of all-conquering protection.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Flattered Eouipe.

Judge Duffy shall have to impose a
hne on you for rapid driving.
Caboy-Rapid drivingl Well, won't
my old frame Of boss feel battered
when he hears that he amt used to
that kind Of taffy Texas Siftings.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Tact.

She-This is the portrait Of my grand
mother at 20
he tdelightedlyl - What a strong
family resemblance 1t might almost
be taken for you.-Truth
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
One Construction.

Mr.. Penmann-No, we writers can.
not publish all our thoughts.
Miss Emerson Backbay (hiding her
facel-Oh. Mr.. Penmann. what shock
ing confessioni-Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Unsafe Otherwise.

Gurley--I wish you'd intwoduce me
to your tailaw, Cooling.
.Codling-I will with pleasure, me
boy. if you'll lend me enough money
to pay for me lawst suit, donches
knaw -Leslie's Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Where Was He Ate

That's another story" exclaimed
Iagway as he with difficulty reached the
Top of the second fight Of stairs at two
u the morning. Life
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.

Must be coming pretty swift; see
you're wearing creases in your pants
now"
"Yes; Just collected my five thousand
damage suit against the city for false
Imprisonment" Chicago Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A Cold Meal.

First Jersey Mosquito-What ails you,
Stickers?
Second Jersey Mosquito-I tackled a
Boston girl and froze my mandibles--
brooklyn Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
Australia Wants Free Wool.

As regards free trade, it seems that
the democrats are inclined to alter their
tactics, and instead of demanding
wholesale tariff changes, to ask for the
redress of grievances in detail. The
battle will rage as before lin 1881
about Australian wool The manufact-
urers are declaring that they want
Australian wool and they put in
the plea of light taxes on raw materials
The democrats are glad of this assist
ance, as they argue that il the wooden
manufacturers will help them in this
campaign, the sheep farmers will be on
their side in reducing charges tariff on
wooden goods a little later on lat next
election for members of congress] 80
We are quite able to understand the
value to Australia of democratic VIC
tory,--Melbourne Argus.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
He Might II He Lived in Chicago.

A young widow has married again
An old friend Of the family reproaches
her discreetly.
~ am sure, my dear" he says, gen.
tly, that you have not chosen as you
might have. Had your poor husband
been alive he would never have let you
make such match. Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02

INA FREE competition for the market
of the United States, the wages of man
ufacturing labor in the northern states
must be reduced at least as low as the
wages of labor in England. The natu-
raj price of the manufacturing labor of
the northern states is precisely the
same as that of the manufacturing
labor of England, and not cent more.
Speech of Free Trade Congressman
McDuffie, of South Carolina, 1882.
SAYS the London Times of July 20:
Undoubtedly our interests as a trad
ing community must make us wish sue
cess to the democrats, who now for the
first time go to the polls as the avowed
champions of free trade, rather than TO
the authors and defenders of the
medieval Mckinley bill" This will
spur on the democratic leaders to new
efforts, in order still further to deserve
the sympathy and admiration of British
| manufacturers and the British press.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-19
A Rich Find.

'Talkin. about mines, said Il
sheep heider who arrived in town
this morning, I've found the biggest
thing yet discovered in this State, .
and in proof of what he said he pro-
duced a handsome and rich specimen
of silver ore He refused to state ex-
actly where the "mine' is located,
but said it was about fifteen miles
east Of Reno. He said he was going
to investigate further, and if the
thing came up to his expectations he
intends to get eastern capital to in
vest. The herder seems to be sincere
about the matter, but it may be he is
only talking through his hat He
says that he found the specimen when
he was sitting on rock eating his
lunch, and that he can clearly trace
the vein or ledge over the mountains.
If this find is real and not fake it
will be good thing for this locality,
as Reno is the nearest place to obtain
supplies from and the men would
naturally come to Reno for them.
Gazette.