Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-22
REFORMS rnAr no nor REFORM.

htfUhWN TIA 4 HO NUl hLiUhhs
Rev. w. 9. RalnsiOri, ID. d., has an
excellent paper In last month's North
american RsriciC on the subject o
"posaiblc reform Of the drink traffic"
"A subject that just nJw more than
ever before IA engrosslng the earnest
attention OF public men In every walk
Of life. The writer thinks that any
one suggesting the possibility Of ro.
forming and purifying that traffic,
especially In the large cities, places
himself In n position Of peculiar difli-
Guilty. We do not need this state.
ment to cause us TO believe Il, in
the same way that we believe-or
know, rather-that any other deeply
rooted and widely palronized
evil Tesists assault upon It
and causes the asshilants dis.
com6turo aud encouragement. II
Ia only through tho "pationt dlnW
rather than the "powdet shock" that
reforms OF any kind are accomplished.
The doctor points 10 the sterling
fact, that NJ first the enemies Of the
evangol Of temperance are mighty and
many and his supporters doubtful aud
few; that ranged against him are the
enormous organized forces Of alcohol.
producers and those engaged In the
liquor-,rnde. Next, he says, CONS the
professional politicians whose in-
terssls aro bound up In many ways
with the present system Of saloon and
corner groggsries. "rhese places are
tho prolific spawningbeds for dickers
anu deals. II these things nre
not the offspring OF the saloon,
that institution serves as an ex.
collent midwife and we, nurse
10 them. Tue ordinary temperance
reiormer and temperance politician
cannot be- Induced 10 look iRvOfably
on any scheme for reform. He Is for
Destroying the trade root aud branch.
Here, then, are three groups OF oppo.
nenis, each strong In numberz and
resources, each prepared to oppose and
denounce with cleverncss and bitter.
meas any movement that aims at the
reformation Of the drink traffic Itself"
Notwithstanding these discourage.
menis, 1t Ia along that very line that
the doc tor claims to land doubtless
does) see the possibility OF a lasting and
permanent temperance reform being
worked out. lie pttrihules the failure
OF temperance r,formers ~ their at.
tempting the impossible. In seeking
10 root out alcohol they do this, anu
they might as well, In his Judgment,
seek 10 root out the use OF beef anu
fish. The doctor narrows down
10 the conclusion that In Que
form or another alcohol In here TO stay,
anu he does not recognize the fact II
there be one, that any temperance
movement meets the inevltableness oil
the use OF alcohol squErely. This l.
undoubtedly a correct presentation Of
"a very difficult case; and when IL h
said further on that the refusal Of the
prohibitionlst TO make any distinction
between the moderate aud the i'm.
moderate drlnkor and that all alike
including tho dealer are public enc.
mics TO be- suppressed 10y law, and that
such fanatical hatred counts for
nothing, he comes very nearly striking
the nail on the head again. Such All.
vocates are pronounced the worst oh,
staclrs In the way OF real reform.
The COtlee-huuse Tetormet IL next
discussed. II Is said OF him that hepiu.
vides the public with u good thing;
Tor that portion OF tue community VINO
wish to use coffee his plans are admir-.
able. "But neither coffee nor kindred
beverages can take the place with tn
multitude that alcohol In some foru
mas taken lot ages, and for long time
will continue to take" Aud high d..
ccnse and religious II iluences arc thu
disposed Of:
Tho adyocato Of high license, II no gain
| his way, viii leave the sting IN tho owl
business itself. His sysloui permits the
| trade iu dunk to he pushed and expand
I'd by individual capacity and TOR tu
| divldual gain. Nor can tho Go.
ugluu1 reiuruor hope 10 achieve
| much hy present methods. pho.,
Ital with tho made druukhrd, while Ga,
nuusOs which mako him are too often
ignored. Tho mudn drunkard may hU.
| Iul rarely Is, saved, nor In upurulrliul