The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-04-18
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The timea are hard. Many people are out
Of work, because manufacturers have been
obliged to discharge numerous hands or have
closed their establishments altogether. The
consequence is great suffering TO many fam-
lies All lines OF business are affected Busi-
ness men generally complain of diminished
sales and profits. Yet there is one class OF
business men who appear 10 be but little af-
fected by the hard times-those engaged in
the liquor traffic. Investigations in differ
ent cities show that the quantity OF liquor
consumed right along is enormous. The
city of Worcester. Massachusetts. contains a
population of S5, 900 people. In that city are
found eighty saloons, which pay total sum
OF Slls.000 for licenses and $64, 900 for rents,
and during the past year sold liquor to the
enormous amount OF ! 400 900 that Is, each
saloon received on an averag" 700 a day.
Where did this money come fromf Largely
from the laboring class and this is the class
that is suffering mostly from the hard times.
In our city of Reading we have nearly 200
places where intoxicating liquors are sold.
The license fee is $500. which makes a total
of about S100, 900 for fees alone. Not only
have applications been made for all the pres
ent stands but also for some new ones. No
failures have occurred among this class OF
business men, and the business appears TO be
prosperous. Here, as elsewhere, the saloons
are supported mainly by the working classes.
Thank God, not all workingmen are drink
ers Thousands OF them are among the
most exemplary citizens. Yet it is easy TO
see what drain are the saloons upon the
community. 1t has been stated that in this
city more money is spent for liquor than for
bread, and the statement is no doubt correct.
This state Of things will 20 far to explain
the cause OF the existing destitution in very
many cases.-Reformed Church Record.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Intemperance annually causes 500 persons
in Prussia to commit suicide.
Illinois has 800 active Loyal Temperance
Legions with membership OF 5000.
Fifteen English brewers and wine mer-
chants who died last year left over $50 ,OOO,-
600
Strong drink is not only the devils way
into man, but man way to the devil
Adam Clark, d. ID.
The imports OF malt liquors in the Dutch
East Indies amounted In value In 1892 to
109,4 AIS Dutch forins.
Whisky, good TO preserve corpses, ought
never 10 uirn you into a corpse. Do not
touch it.-Dr. Talmage.
The city Of London has about 1000 charit-
able institutions, 1855 of which expended last
year total OF S27, TAI ,47O.
recent Minnesota law Furnishes the
drunkard by a fine of $40 to $40 for the first
offense, from $40 to $50 for the second, and
ninety days Imprisonment ir the workhouse
for he third.
All intoxicating drinks are poisonous. The
lighter beers and the finest fermcnted wines
are as truly, though not as strongly, intoxl-
eating as are the coarsest and cheapest spir-
itous drlnks.-Dr. Norman Kerr
Any one who is familiar with the action of
poison upon the living animal body, and has
made that a subject of special study, has not
the smallest hesitation in saying that alco-
hol is a poison.-Dr. W. B. Carpenter.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
sued 40, 97s tax receipts 10 retail liquor deal
ers in the State of New York tho first fiscal
year. aud 1854 for retailing malt liquors
only-naking total OF AZ, 562 retail liquor
dealers