The Progress., 1893-05-20

Il would cause no Inconvenience would
do uc harm 20 remain n day or two. SoHo
time aftprward ho was called To- src the
child. who was found To- be- suiIuratiug
Trachpotomy alone could eavo the Child'a
life An inCisiou was mado IN the wind
pipe. F. III the orange seed was found i'm
bodied in mass of white pulp. Whom the
scrl was examined. II was found that tho
boat of the child's body had caused II To-
burst and spruut. AMI nn orange tr"o was
growing IN the Child's throat. 50 tho
socd of a drunkard's habit IL planted in
tho throat Of the child. and tho deadly
uros trrc sprouts and grows until Tho
victim IL stringlcl to death.
II isa poison that kills mHu mentally
-trgnsforma a man of genius into tho
toitcriuv imhccilo capahl" only of nIlr
ium trrmcus. II dogradcs man NOR
ally from tho Lowell of man - the lovol of
tho brute. II sends him ON his caro'r of
murder. and of lust. and of cvory vile
passion that rules hi' being. There j.
scarcely murder trial IN America in
which drink docs not figure IN tho cvi-
ia not ono cleo in - thousand. holi"v".
i'm which IL will hc found that tho saloon
pllva no part. The evidence on which
buchanan was convicted was obtained
in - b1rrunm. Tho fact which l"d To- the
uuravorablo opinion in the minds of the
Jurors who convicted young Harris was
hia connection with drinking establish
mrut. It Lills the soul of the victim. de-.
stroys his moral power of perception.
aud the world knows it.
Second Tho saloon uscs mans social
nature to kill him. Tho power ~ the
saloon tr destroy lies in the fact that IT
is a social institution. II is not puce-
ton of drnl, or the drink habit in itself.
n il tho question of the dcbauchcry Of
mans whole being 10y direct appeal TO
hia social instincts. Every saloon Is
founded upon the club idea. II caters
to mama social and aesthetic nature. II
npucala to his sense Of the b"auti,u,
Tho saloona are the most magnificent Cs-
tablishmrnts in the city of Now York
They are the most magnificent establish
mcits in nuv city II is this tremendous
outlay of genius, of art. ot money ~
their equipment that makes their appeal
So rcsistlcss TO men socially. Men begin
10 drink moderately with their conpnu
ions The process ~ first a modcrat"
drinkcr. then "A ,lrunkard. then n dis
easod wretch Because of mans SOCIAL
nature tho disease of alcoholism ~ con
tagious-it Is catching. The man whu
treats il the man infected by this con
tagious disease. The saloon ia the pest
house IN which he contracts the disease,
from which it j. spread through society.
THE ruoR MAN's CLuB.
Third-The saloon strikes at the foun-
datiou of social order in destroying the
poor man in his poverty. Rum strikes
down the rich mans son. II IL impartial
i'm iiE visitation of wrath and destruc-
ton but its reign supreme ~ in tn" lis
tricts of the poor They are apparently
the only charitable institutions that are
ALWAYS open. They have FREQ lunch
counter in which the ragged wretch may
crafty his hunger If he can buy glass
of beer. But tho fact that the men who
sell the drink can own magnificent
homes while the man in rags eats his
free lunch ia evidence sufficient that the
free lunch * but bait to the trap. They
give n free lunch and sell man for five
cents that which costs them less than
half cent. II is here in the saloon
that tho poor man Is robbed OF his hard
earnings. and it is given to the man less
worthy To have IT, In n certain district
of this city which has resounded with
the cry of starving men and women
more than once one of the saloOnsig paved
with silver dollars. Tho man that owns
IL il n power i'm tho community. lio rot
only owns tho saloon: he owns tNC bodies
aud souls of tho poor wretches who sup
port it.
Il has been said that the saloon il the
poor mans club. 50 it is. and for thai
reason L should bo swept from the face
of the earth. He can go no lower Ev
cry saloon il rot only u drinking place,
it is n place where gambling is carrie
on every day and every night in th"
year. lt is also n place which is Tho con-
stant resort of evil women. Tho reason
these things go together ia because they
are birds of n feather. To separate
them is an mpossibiity. The one calls
for the other. and in tho absence of the
other would produce it's complement. II
the church itself should run a saloon.
the stimulus of alcohol would drive its
frequenters to the qualification of every
other passion.
T. V. Powderly says most vigorously:
IL have had an experience of 20 years
among workingmcn. My life so far has
been spent in working among them. and
expect the remainder of that life will
be spent in their interests. That expert
ence causes me to say that liquor has
done more harm to workiDgmcn than all
other causes. The cry has been sounded
and parrotlike repeated that poverty
makes drunsards of workingmcn. If
there is any truth in that statement, then
IL is not to the credit of the man or men
who willfully add crime to misfortune.