The Progress., 1893-05-20

L,itIo IN tho prCsCuCp of witnesses IN tno
s,Innr IIn left tho place half Crazed,
stauporcd around for awhile IN IN"
pcighhorhuod aud finally foil across tho
track of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad. Hero ho lay for two hours.
whom ho was picked up still insonsibio
by \ pnsscrby Llc was very III for soy
cral DAYS. hut finally recovered. Tn" sa-
loon keeper was arrested nnd hn'h
nominal line. Tho boys father haS
hrnttvht suit ~ - civil court Tor flo,o"
dannccs. and tho respectable Liquor
Dealers association will defend th'ir
brother saloon keeper. guilty or NOT
guilty Thieves thus hang together ana
have thoir rudo of honor.
Mr.. Jacob Riis says that IN New York
some iime ago l." saw boy entering
saloon ON cold November night. ="
small thnt he could scarcely carry tho
pitchcr Ilo entered the saloon and Tor
b,dc tho blrkoopcr tu scrvc tho hoy IN
der penalty of tho la. Tho man was
~ a4toushod "a if ho had hccn told To
shut up his shop nnd go home And h"
mixht have told INN that with good an
lil''l " WI ~ W - fif''' ' ~ ~ w. ~ ~
morning. Tho saloon keeper was iudig
ulut aud told the reporter to mind h''
business nud get on, of tho saloon. whiio
hc filled tn" pitcher. Tho law against
selling to minors j. about "a much re
spcctod a~ the ordinance against swear
ing.
A litllo more than year ago n boy.
,rt I,,,, , l,l., Iut- Itr a
shop full or mon over on the east siIo of
Now York. where his father worked.
crcpt into coll llr 10 sleep of the clTcCts
of his oy,n share IN the riot. II was
saturday evening. ON SUNDAY his par
cnts sought him high aud low. but It
was not until Monday morning whom
the shop was opened that no was found
killed and half eaten by rata that over
run the place.
saloons arc forbidden to harbor dissu-
lutte women. aud yet scores of saloons
keep regularly all the way from - 10 -
of those women practically IN their cm-
ploy. \ license law IL Il roaring farce
II has mover boon cuforccd IT never can
b. enforced.
What. then. shall loo dome with it2 Tho
forces Of civilization are rapidly dividing
into only two CLASSES on this question
those who believe in tho saloon. that it.
IL good thing. that " should be protect
ed and those who believe that IL Is an
uumitigitod curse and must bc destroyed
ard outlawcd. Regulation has bccr
tried aud found wanting. License is n
dismal failure The idea that the saloon
rs nm institution can bc improved is
dream of madness II has been said by
the church taking Charge Of the saloon
the evil of tho drinl; traffic can be miti
gated Tho difficulty IL that alcohol is
poison which produces disease. Thr
difficulty IL that nu man ever becomes -
drunkard except ho first becomes mod
crate drinkcr. Tho road To- drunkenness
is the way of moderation.
The church cannot afford to cultivate
the appetite for drink and create habits
that kill the majority of those who form
them. France and Belgium. tho two ma
tions whcro light alcoholic drinks are
most indulgcd i'm by so called moderate
drinkers. now lead tho world in tho
number of drunkards. They ARE tho
most drunken nations on the face of the
earth. To say that God made alcohol ~
true. We must also remember that hc
made strychnine and ar4cnic: that no
made Benedict Arnold and William NJ
Tweed and Tammany Hall. In like man
ucr God made hell and hurled the devil
into il. 1t mar be snid you cannot
sweep out darkness with broom. You
can hduiph II with candle-mcraiup
thereby that You can mitigate the drink
curse by making the saloon better The
trouble with this proposition is that you
propose 20 sweep ont alcohol with nlco
hol. repeat. how can you sweep out
darkness by turning on the hose pipe
charged with inl.l Can weeds be rooted
out by sowing weeds | do not SEQ how
You can sweep out hell 10y flooding the
earth with liquid dannation.
1T MUST nE CRUSHED.
The ploa IL absurd. The saloon as nm
institution must be crushed and outlaw.
ed. Men will drink, Yea. They will
sneak round the corner and find il? Yes.
But the weak and the ycung will be- pro-
teCtcd. The poor will be rescued from
+ ltH tlultn'es All l'Hli Is necessary 10
bring this question home To the hearts of
every citizen is for it to touch his own
life. I'm old man. says the Chicago
Journal. recently applied TO penitcn-
tiary for the position of n guard. He was
told that he was too old. He said that hc
had his second sight that no had been u
dead shot in his youth: that Inc was bet.
ter shot now than ever: that no convict
could escape him. Finally Gfter long
argument hs was given trial. He told
the keeper that he had lost all his people.
that no must have the job. or nothing
opened before him. He was in despair.
Ho was given n gun and put on duty.
Tho nest day the convicts were taken
| across the fields to their work. Sudden
ly convict leaped over fence and
rolled down an cinbankmcnt and made