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RAILROADS.

i'i|hMOND AND DANVILLE RAIL
suop,r,,,..R ROAD COMPANY.
'ii0i'iL dIS,Tr, AND QUICKEST ROUTE
,99OOTH AND SOUTHN
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL /. 1891.
LEAVE RICHMOND:
-, IRAIN NO. 81, 1850 4. ".
SOUTHERN EMPRESS, daily for Dan
- vliIe' Greensboro, Winston salem. Con-
ana southwestern Nesubuled Limited;
carrying sleepers TO Asheyille and HOt
Springs, Columbia, Augusta, Savannah.
Jacksonville, and Tampa; Atlanta, Fir-
Orleans. At New Orleans and Memphis
connections are made FOR all points IN
Texas and California. Sleepers Richmond.
Va, to Danville and Greensboro
TRAIN NO. 80, 1910 Il. NJ.
L Asst MAIL. daily for all points south
Il and Southwest. Connects at Moseley
with Farmville and Powhatan railroad.
keysvlle for Clarkeville. oxford and
Carries sleepers DanvIle to Columbia;
Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonville. ana
Atlanta. Parlor Car Atlanta TO Birmins-
TRAIN NO II. Goo p. VI.
A MELIA ACCOMMODATION daily ex-
a cept Sunday FOR Amelia Courthouse
ana intermediate points.
IRAN Nc. ST. $50 A. NJ. daily except
AAunI,aiy' carrying passenger eoach 10
tons.
ARRIVE At RICHMOND.
Train No 70. 7I5 A. NJ; No &C. l:25
T.. NJ 20 is, S.i5 a. NJ; Manchester'
work RIVER LINE via WEST POINT
u DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
The tAYORITE ROUTE TO BALTl-
MORE, PHILADELPHIA. AND
NEW YORK.
LEAVE RICHMOND:
TRAIN NO. l6. AS l.. NJ.
Baltimore Limited daily except Sunday.
Tor West Point, connecting with York
River steamers for Baltimore, at when
point connections are made with rail- lines
FOR Washington, Philadelphia, New YORK
TRAIN NO. 10. $40 p. VI.
- day stops at all stations. Al
Lestor Manor connects with stage for
Walkerton; also connects with Balu-
more steamer az West Point daily eX-
cept sunday.
! STEANEPS LEAVE BALTIMORE 5
P. VI. DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
z WEST POINT. daily EXCEPT sun
L day, thence by Richmond and Dan
! vile railroad 10 Richmond. arriving at
/ 800 a. ~, l):io \. NJ. ant SD Il. VI.
TRAIN no. a. 7I5 \. NJ
! OCAL MIXED. daily except Sun
! - DAY, leaves Twenty third Street sta
ton Tor West Point and Intermediates
| points.
Ticket office at station foot Of Virginia
| street; open 500 A. NJ. % 500 p. NJ. am!
/ 1870 A. VI. and $50 p. NJ
| -, city ticket office, 9Jl Main street
! SOL. HAAS. W. A. Turk.
| Traffic Manager. Gen Pass Agent.
w. II. GREEN General Manager
| J. 5. b. THOMPSON, superintendent
mo. II. BEALL, Travg Pass Agent.
! go east Main street. Richmond, Va.
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rnnACCn EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. VA. May 10, lS9.

RICHMOND, VA. May 10, 1894.
No offerings Of tobaccos at auction on
Change to-day.
Private sales reported 10 the secretary
of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day:
Wrappers. 3 hogsheads; filters, !; scrap
OrlghU. 10; leaf dark, Is. Total, 81
h0gsheads. -
Tnspections- Bright, 10 hogsheads; dark,
II hogsheads and > tierces; western /
hogshead Reinspections-Bright hogs
heads. gu,
Myers. Wilson'S, Crenshaws, Meals
Shocl,oe. Farmers, Old Dominion, Shell
burne's. and SeaDrook's tobacco ware
houses report to-day; Receipts, 80 pack
ages: deliveries. Is packages.
United States internal revenue collec-
uons for the city OF Richmonddss va, to- to-,
toLaccos. S2.244g3. Total, S2.41l.GS.
The Planters tobacco warsa2ufe mao
pr'cos. All grades Of tobacco sold much
better than usual.
REGISTERED at the Tobacco Exchange
to-day: George +. Gary, Manchester;
NJ. Maier. Atlanta, Ga.
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TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
TRAINS NORTHWARD.


STOPPING PLACES.
Nos Il. Is, 46, and s. make no stops.
No. iO3 stops on signal a Drewrys. Ches-
ter. Reams StOney Creek, Jarratts. ami
BelGcld. No. l3i stops on signal at Jar
ratt's and Belheld. Nos. -, 81. s. 43.
and IS stop on signal at Manchester,
Drewrys. Centralia. and Chester. Nos.
%. 81. and 81 VIII stop on signal at all
Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars on
all through trains. ON trains nos. 81 and
81 sleeping cars between Richmond and
Ly"INSEETW5S Line TO ATLANTA. GA.
Leave Richmond 600 r. " daily. ar
400 t. NJ via 5. 4. H. Through sleepers
THE ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO
NORFOLK.
Richmond. 800 A. VI. Norfolk II 25 A. VI.
Richmond. $40 I. NJ. Norfolk. S:45 r. NJ
Norfolk. 80 A. NJ Richmd.lO.5O A. NJ
Norfolk. ti:3j r. NJ Richmd. TOO T.. NJ
The trains leaving Richmond at 500
4. NJ and Norfolk at 4:3j =. ". are solid
trains between these two points. and pas
sengers go through withou, change OF
S'rains leaving Richmond at 900 A.
NJ and 1855 i. NJ, and arriving at Rich
mond at 500 s. ~ ana 1880 p. NJ. make
close connections at Petersburg % and
from Farmville. Lynchburg. and West
Il. NJ. SULIY.
superintendent.
F. r. y. MYERS.
General superintendent.
T. 81. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
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CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON. $. c.. May l0.-Tur-
pentine firm at &c.
Resin, 9Jc and held higher.
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WE OFFER TO CLOSE oUr rAis

WE OFFER TO CLOSE OF IaIs
'r'pp prAIENT or OUR BUSINESS.
OUR SrOck OF ....
TUBULAR AND LOCOdOil'E
BOILERS.
from T. Jj-hOrse power.
uoriIONTAL CENTRE CRANK
ENGINES.
,,-..oh.a or mounted on boiler. from
a 10 i2-hOrse power.
,,noss Engines and Boilers are neN.
pur standard designs. that are Well
known. -. a, pfrII.EYs
~DkNKs SHAFTS etc, rough am
e,ished Any OF these can be oousht
very low.
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@29Es Chesapeake and
- as OHIO Railway.
ROUTE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY Il. 1894

EFFECTIVE JANUARY Il. 1884.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOAD.
BROAD-SIKEET sIAI lON;, Tor In.
S.AO A NJ. Daily, with fullihan ~
o." ~ ''''' cal Stations. Newport News
Ola Point, Norfolk. and FoItS-
on.pu DAILY with oarlor car. for To-
o'" - 49, cal stations. Newport s,e.s'
old Point. Norfolk. anu T''''
TEA A.. Locai i' train. except sunday
~ ~ ' Tor Clifton Forge. Io"". -
al Gordonsyllle for W a mo
ton. at Virginia Mldlthp 800,
ton for LyncnbuFs' a. 100, ~,,''
Tor HaserstOWn. ana a. '''' 90"
ton Tor winchester. r..,t,
0.6o y NJ Inc Cincinnati ana -, i%oe'S
-''' Limited daily, win Paiivl 80
:" Gordonsvllle and Fuh-
man sleepers 0ordg '.. -
Cincinnati and 81 i'yv's
stops only at n"voi '-'' pa
s.oopM Local uau eA--p. a-4dss'
Wv accOmmoaAtlon .oF 'H"i'
Vile. yith
1000 p. NJ, Daiiy for 70 6 lat.'.''' sad Cor.
donsvlle q ~.ne.H.'-'t -
Townsville. DininB-C ASH
ingtOn 10 Cincinnati. On %.
n+cfs at Coymst0u tttl Tor
Virginia Hot sp4.nea e''1'
r,,rNs LEAVE &c TH-srKGEr
Ai'EN''' sTaTION.
o.oo Il Daily. visa Falace Cal toF
wv ~ ~ tvncfbuIs. Ae-.-stob' a.
ana CHtll gore. Co''lie,'7
GrNceut sunday ~. "fF oi. ..,
In % n ENc,yt sunday. Local " 5y"-
f''V = 90 medallion Tor columbia "a
Tp,rNc .IRiNE .T RICi siDND.
NRnROAD-sTREEI STAT ~
con n Daily tom cincinnati %,
II 30 4. NJ, Dahy from N"''''"
o.aop N DAILY from incinnau ana
Louisville. ftt
$50 z. n, Daily from No'i
Point. - ,,frf,..
7.i5 Z. NJ, Except Suho"'
,rNs kRRIvE EIGHTH.sTREEr
A""i-'D STATION.
s.n NJ Except Sunday from |pium-
ear n DAILY from Lynchbur and
Wv Clifton Forge ..-..
Division Passenger 'f' Y.
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4 TLANTIC COAST LINE.

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAIL
ROAD TIME TABLE.
Commencing TUESDAY, April a. 1885,
at l2:0 \. NJ, trains on this road viii
run as follows
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IL AND POTOMAC RAILROADS.&C.
dule commencing JANUARY Is. 1884,
Eastern standard time.
$40 a. NJ, Leaves Byrd-Street station
daily except SUNDAY. stops
at Elba and local stations.
Arrives at Washington at
1901 +. Nj; Baltimore, III
I. NJ: Philadelphia, S:H Il.
NJ; New York, 6.3 =. NJ. But
fet Parlor-Car TO Washington
100 NJ, Leaves Byrd-Street station
daily. Stops at Elba, Ash
land, boswell. Milford, Fred
ericksburg, Brooke. aud Wide
water. Arrives at Wash
ingtOn at $40 p. NJ. Balu-
more, 5:2 Z. NJ, Philadelphia.
..i9 L. NJ. New York. 1923 r.
NJ. Also connects at WASH
ngton with the Congressional
Limited tall Pullman iarlor-
cars and Pennsylvania rail-
road dinlng-cars), leaving daily
more '' li5i p. N. ' and Sew
Ills P. NJ. Leaves Byrd-street station
daily. Sleeper Richmond to
New York md Washington
to Philadelphia. Stops at lloa,
Ashland. boswell, MILFORD,
Fredericksburg. Brooke, anu
Whitewater stops at other
stations on Sundays. ar.
riyes at Washington at ll:lo
Il. NJ; Baltimore. l2:53 a. NJ
Philadelphia, 3:45 A. NJ; New
York. 6:53 A. NJ.
s:05 A. NJ, Arrives at Byrd-Street sra STA.
ton daily sleeper from NeW
York Stop at NideWater'
Brooke, Fredericksburg, MI.
ford boswell. Ashland, ana
tons on Sundays. Leaves
Washington at 400 \. NJ. A.
2.3S p. NJ. Arrives Byrd-Street station
daily, except Sunday. stops
at E,lha Whitewater, Brooke.
Fredericksburg, Milford. ilos-
well. Ashland, and Eiba'
Leaves Washington at lO;oi A.
NJ Buffet Parlor-Car from
Washington.
7.t5P. NJ. Arrives Byrd-Street station
daily. Stops only at FRED
ericksburg. Milford. and Dos
well. Pullman cars from New
York and Washington. Leaves
Washington 1916 L. NJ. Does
! not stop at Elba.
$40 p. NJ. Arrives at Byrd-Street sta
| ton daily. Leaves Washing
ton 4:52 =. NJ Stops AZ Eloa
! and local stations. Pullman
Car from WASHINGTON
FREDERICKSBURG AcCoMMoDA-
TON.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
400 =. NJ. Leaves Byrd-street station;
! arriving FREDERICKSBURG AT
6:33 L. NJ.
S3S A. NJ, Arrives at Byrd-s,rg,e.,, ,' 80
ton leaves Fredericksburg
$50 4. II.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Gas A. NJ, Leaves Eiba; arrives az ASH
land at 1879 4. NJ.
$40 p. NJ. Leaves Elba: arrives at Ash
land at 707 i. NJ.
6.45A. NJ, Arrives at Elba; leave Ash
land at sos a. II.
6.04 L. NJ. Arrives az Elba, leave ASH
land at 5lS T. NJ.
G. A. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager.
=. T. d. MYERS.
General Superintendent
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Butter-Choice butter scarce and in
active demand. common butter plentiful
and very du.. The quotations are as
follows: Fancy dairy. 2OG2lc.; choice
dairy, 170lSc., choice family packed)'
17Q2Oc.; choice store packed, l54lic.'
medium store UackeD, l2RGl4c.' Ola
common butter, 74l0c.
Eggs Receipts fair and demand steaay
at quotations. The present quotations are
In crates. near by and fresh, lVc.' III
crates fresh and clean, loo; IN DarreI5
and boxes Qresh), Zoe.
Poutry-Receipts of old fowls equal
the demand. Following are preseh.
prices: Spring chickens scarce and wanted
dive. per pound, lSd22c.: ducks QiVel'
per pound. sT9c.: hens Qive( per pound.
Sc: geese dive, per head, pqoOc.'
ROSTERS (Old). per pound, 4gJc.
Fruits-Receipts oranges Hght ahd
prices higher Quotations are as lolloWs'
choice brights ljOs 10 ZOOS S3.l'n t.uO'
choice Russetts. lIO's 10 2OOs, S3.JOH fpV'
choice Q6's 10 l2S's. &OOQ3.aO.
Neats-PCrk is selling lower. Neal9
active Following are quotations; calves.
per pound gross, iN5c. sheep, per
pound TIC; lambs good. per pound
J4Gc.. beef cows, per pound, 2H2Acf
heifers, per pound. 2i2u3I2c.; steers, peg
Mound 9iG3t9c: hams (smalD, We'll
smoked. per pound 16HlTc.; large, well
smoked. per pound 14H ljc.; sides (cured),
per pound. l2ul3c.; shoulders (smoked),
iOd12c per pound.
Dried Fruits-ApIles fancy sliced. per
mound. 445c; quaItered, per pound, 3Y
3bc.: peaches (peeled), per pound. 9g
lOc.; cherries pitteD, per pound, 0glOc.
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STEAMBOATS,

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
TRI-WEEKLY LINE FOR NEW YORK
Steamers leave Richmond
~ every TUESDAY. WE'D
tHE% NESDAN, and FRIDAY at
s-.SiSsNA Leave New York from
R Riieefnra % Hs syfry rs'T i62pt t2f
WEDNESDAY, and SAT-
a URDAY at 3 i. VI.
Cabin Fare......'.'''''''''''''''''''''.'S,y ~
Round It bpgr Information apply to - w
GEORGE ". ALLEN X co, Agents,
de35 1901 Main street.
T1t0uN1A NAN4GAI4ON COMrANY'S
Y LANES XIV Elk LINE Tor the sea-
spora cheapest and most pleasant route
- Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, New
port News, Claremont ana James River
N0rgo1k. for Hampton and Smithteld,
IA Washington. ID. c.. Baltimore, Phila-
del1hia. and New NOrk. sImes river by
dsyIieht Great tourist line. James
t@yn Dutch Gap, and war scenery. Rates
49, than half charged by rail. Fare TO
Portsmouth. Old Point, ana Norfolk, Sl.JJ
and g. steamer HHSa"2' WF LINE Isic'
MD md JFRiDfY at Z a. NJ. STREET CARS
~ niIRECTI.Y 10 STEAMERS
WHARFC for aboye-named places,
~ ~ G ARB Agency, No. 9Ol Main street
nd,tsSgage checked through. State-rooms
engaged FOR day or night Music by a
Grand orche5triOn.
b 'FFFRiEiGHT. freight received daily FOR
obove-nemed places md Eastern North
coroiIna: also. for Eastern Shore OF Vir-
ginIa and all regular Jar landings on the
James river. AT Low EoI RATES, and
through bills issued
EDWARD r. BARNEY. President.
irwin WFISIGER, Superintendent
Ge-eraI Offices Planters Bank Build
DHlI.ADELPHlA, RICHMOND AND
NORFOLK STEAMSHIP COMPAHl.
Amounted sailing days every TUES
DAV and FRIDAYS at +. NJ, ana every
SUNDAY at A. NJ. Freight Tor Tues,
avs and Fridays stea. ners received
mill sailing hours. For sunday steamer
tuI 3 p. 81. Saturday. Freight received
daily TIL y. NJ, 49,
"''' la e TO Philadelphia ~ %
For further information Apply 10
General Southern Agent.
Ofilce-Rocketts-
w. p. CLYDE & CO.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18

A Few Pointed Questions For the Voter.
Why pray for virtue and vote for yicei
Why pray "God save my boy and
vote "the devil take him?"
Why hang to an old party that prom
ises you nothing?
Why not vote with party that
strikes at the very root Of the evil OF
evils?
Why not bury the past in the grave
of forgetfulness and work for the best
interest of America as we find her to-
dayi
Why exhort men not to drink and
vote to sell liquor to drink?
Why not remove the invitation to go
to he'll from before the face Of every
citizen Of the United States?
Why turn man out of the church
for getting drunk on liquor you voted
to have another man sell to him7
Why allow business to exist which
does more to depopulate the earth than
''war, pestilence and famine?'
Why not forsake party when prin-
ciple forsakes it?
Why not realize that it Is as obnoxious
to keep dead party in sight as 1t is to
keep any other corpse in sight?
Why forget that party was made for
man and not man for party, as some Of
our political friends would have rs be-
lieve?
Why license man to do thing foz
which you would arrest him and put
him in Jail were he to do the same
thing without license?
Why not rescue the American flag
from the slough Of filth In which its gay
colors have well nigh been defaced and
cause it to float aloft in the clear atmos-
phere of virtue and honor?
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18
ROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI DECEMBER 49, 1894.

As soon as possible give each hopeful
voter an opportunity to sign pledge
agreeing to support the Prohibition call
dldates at the next ensuing election.
The names OF all who thus sign can DO
considered rs members of your election
district organization, and as fast as
they sign copies of their names and ad-
dresses should be sent to your town or
county Prohibition secretary to be plao-
cd on file for uso il town and county
work The many advantages of such a
duplicate record of Prohibitionists are
obvious.
Chairman Dickie of the Prohibition
national committee, Ex-Governor st.
John and others of our national leaders
are favorable to such Plans of work, and
something of the kind will probably be
brought before our national executive
committee meeting at Pittsburg this
week. Its serious consideration and
adoption by that committee will, we be-
lieve, be most hopeful sign for future
Prohibition work
The plan Of work thus outlined need
not interfere with any other Prohibition
club work. A good Prohibition club, if
one can be maintained, is all right in
its place as a generator Of enthusiasm
and as a social meeting place for Prohi-
bitionists, but nothing, we believe, can
take the place of this hand to hand,
steady, persistent election district work.
Such work will Of course involve q
little sacrifice for somebody in our par
ty. But is it not better to sacrifice with
probability of good results than to
continue to sacrifice without such prob
ability? We have been working for some
time now without so many visible indi-
cations Of party progress but that we
could wish for moro. Let us work now
for results.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18

Facts talk, and figures don't lie In
the light Of all these facts and figures
what warrant is there for the cowardice
Of SO many public teachers and leaders
on the assumption that public senti-
ment" will not sustain radical measures
against the liquor traffic? The unques-
tionable truth is that Oh this subject
public sentiment is leagues ahead OF
| legislation and ahead of those who arc
generally regarded as public leaders 1t
is restrained by those leaders instead of
their being restrained by it,
But, it is said. if this be true, why
does not the Prohibition party go on
more rapidly to victory? The answer is
easily found. The Prohibition party is
not q simple test of public sentiment for
or against prohibition. 1t is much
more severe test than that. A man may
be ready for prohibition, but not ready
to cut loose from his old party in order
to secure it. He may be in favor OF pro-
hibition and not be ready to array him
self with a political minority whose
chances for political success seem to
him very slim for many years to come.
He may be ready for prohibition and
yet distrust the Prohibition party for
any Of hundred reasons, real or fanci-
full. This does not prove that the Pro-
hibition party is mistake, but it does
prove that it Is much easier to create
public sentiment in favor Of prohibition
than to mass that sentiment and or
ganize it into o new and distinct politi-
cal party. We have never attempted to
deny that the upbuilding ct new party
| is q longer and far more difficult work
than the creation of public sentiment
in favor of the destruction of the dram
shops. But 1t is perfectly manifest to us
that this more difficult task is absolute
ly necessary to any effective and anal
settlement of this question. and as well
indispensable to political reform in nu-
merous other directions.
The point we make is that public sem
timent is already ripe for this reform.
and that the reason it does not compel
it is because of the political sentiment
that has been built up as a barrier
against It, It is this political sentiment,
with its daily press growing fat ON on
cial advertisements given out by tho
politicians and on liquor advertise
ments; with the machines Of both old
parties run by less than 10 per cent Of
the voters, not more than that number
ever attending primaries; with the
power Of official patronage and the
prestige of public honors-it is this po-
litical sentiment which. revolving
around the saloon as political pivot. is
continually misleading. binding. be-
wildering and thwarting public senti-
ment
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
THE VOTE ON PROHIBITION IN
AMENDMENT ELECTIONS.

In Spite Of Lying Press and the Schemes
Of Politicians. the Vote Against the So
loon Is Tremendously Large.
Revolutions never move backward.
The revolt against the liquor traffic is
deepening its hold on public sentiment
every day, and every week or so some
event transpires that confounds the ut
teranoes of the newspaper oracles and
the calculations Of the politicians
One Of the most common objections
urged against radical measures against
the liquor traffic is that public senti-
ment will not support them. And yet
on almost every fair trial Of the real
sentiment on this question the verdict
against the saloons is prompt and en-
phatic.
Taking the 10 amendment elections
held in the United States on the ques-
tion of constitutional prohibition, be-
ginning with Kansas Nov. ., 1880, and
closing with Connecticut Oct. z, 1889,
we find vote for prohibition aggregat-
ing I, ,676, 6o3 and vote against aggre-
eating 1. 900, 994, q majority Of 284, 391
against But 1873, 900 of this 2S4, 900
came from the one state Of Pennsylva-
MIA, and, moreover, nearly 1000, 600
voters were too undecided or too little
interested either way to vote at all The
following is table giving the vote in
these elections as compiled for The Cy-
olopedia Of Temperance and Prohibition:
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
A LIQUOR PAPER CAN SEE DANGER
AHEAD.

The Wonderful Growth OF Prohlbltton
Sentiment During the Past Fifty Years.
Liquor Dealers Called to Wake Up at
Once.
Editorial III Tho wino and Spirit Gazette, New
York.
Brother Cocleerill, who is making
such strong Republican organ Of The
Morning Advertiser, fails to see that
prohibition is making any progress In
the last issue of Tho Wine and Spirit
Gazette we took occasion to point out to
him some indications Of its progress in
this country during an agitation extend
ing over period Of less than 80 years.
Wo showed that the unceasing agitation
of the cold water cranks had succeeded
in completely outlawing the traffic in
wine, spirits and beer in seven states Of
the Union; in a majority Of the other
states it had rendered the traffic oontin-
gent upon the popular votes of isolated
localities; in all the states it had great
| ly increased the license fee and placed
| other restrictions and embarrassments
upon the trade unheard of or undream-
| cd Of half a century ago, and in fine
had put tho liquor traffic everywhere on
the defensive, compelling it to fight for
existence.
| But it is not alone in the United States
that this prohibition activity is mani
Tested. In Canada it is equally aggres-
sive and untiring. In England its prog
ress is apparent OH every hand. Even
in Germany it is far from dormant or
uninfuential. France, the land of the
vine, is also plagued with the restless
fanaticism. In the name of reform the
distillation of grain in that country is
heavily taxed. which leads a French
contemporary to make the following
logical suggestion:
''The right of changing wheat into
-four and flour into bread is natural
one. But why are growers of cereals not
allowed to transform their produce,
which is also alcoholic, into brandy?
Why cannot the farmers of tho north Of
France distill their grain?'
Why, indeed? Simply because the
prohibition fanatics say they shan't.
All this is suggestive. 1t shows the
steady growth, spread and boldness Of
prohibition sentiment 1t shows that
Brother Cockerill as we'll as many men
in the liquor trade fails to see the great
revolution that is in progress. 1t does
not, of course, materially concern Colo
mel Cockerill. Like all other political
editors, he can trim his course to suit
the current Of popular sentiment. But
liquor manufacturers and liquor dealers
are more vitally interested. 1t betokens
life or death struggle for them. They
have either got to beat back this wave
of fanaticism or be engulfed and over
come by it.
Surely it is high time that those in
terested in this important branch Of
trade should wake up 1t will not do to
| ignore the enoroachments Of this active
and persistent enemy CT the trade any
longer Eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty" The campfires must be
lighted at once The universal prohibi-
tion propaganda must be met, and met
openly and boldly. The press is the only
agency available for the work. Shall 1t
be employed, or shall the trade be utter
ly wiped out?