Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
TIE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
AN ANSWER TO WHAT TO DO WITH
THE SALOONS"
ARTICLE VII.
FROM LAST WEEK.

/ CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
Suppose. instead of the Goth. sys-
/ TEN, the same men. under the same
strong companies, had opened coffee
| houses 10 places the most accessible to
working men, purchased goods at
wholesale prices and sold them at he
small es. profit that would pay exl ea-
ses. with free waiting and reading and
cnsap lodging rooms ATTACHED, and
saving bank to encourage frugalitv and
accumulation by the common people
Can any one doubt that the fruits Of
such system in 30 years would far
exceed in value to individuals and
community the results Of The Goth
system? / believe am right when
say, men have studied aud adopted
ways "how not 20 do it, the real re-
form along temperance lines rather
than "how to do it,; and the Goth.
system is one OF these .'how not t. do
methods.
A few sincere, isC-hearte5. loving
but determined women of the W. G. +.
U. can, without any capital except
their consecrated service, do more in
the cause of redemption in any city
than the richest Goth. company with
presidents, judges. professors and
bishops as its stockholders or directors.
The same is true of consecrated Y. NJ
G. A workers.
What grand results would follow if
our pulpits and press would study and
as perssently advocate these show to
do il" methods! | venture to saw that
ten times as many pulpitS and papers
are studying and advocating the
Swedish saloon system, ss are the Eng
lish tetoum or coffee-house system.
As Of other social questions. so Of
The saloon evil, more men are studying
10 s near they can drive t. tie pr,-
cipice and rot 20 over than are study
ing how far they can drive from it. In
other words, there are two classes Of
thinkers on tut Sc evils; one has q SUI
prsme purpose TO destroy them. while
the other only seeks 10 hedge them
about little -make clean the outside
of the corrupt social pltr.er. One is
ST. O0g for the right, while the other is
weak for the right. One strikes, the
other temporizes. One makes the fire
fly snd kind ca reform. while the
other quenches IT, Thou shalt not
is the bod co'ner stone in which one
stands as warrior with faith in human
power when consecrated and led BY the
Divine; while The other hides behind
weak sentimentality, weak fair. weak
purpose, The lttler's faith IN the
Devil is strong, but n man and God it
is weak
The Goth system, ike our high
license. may prove strong shiel1 TO
ward OF mans engeance, but its al
yocates will find vt a poor lightning
rod to protect the liquor tariff from The
thunder-bo of Divine wrath. and
this. even though il is reared on the
foundation If compromising press and
pulpits. The Woe unto HIM that
gsveth HE neighbor drink that puuest
tie bottle 80 him ana makest him
drunken also will. in tod's good
time by the power of mans sanct6ed
purpose }ef crash though and destroy
foundation and structure Then shall
men look back. amazed, as they rea-
iizs their own ignoraoce, weakness,
eowardice and fathiess0ess. Then
shall they thank God that there were
those who refdsed to be blinded.
tpNNN. anu AO3btN b1 Alk@ uifHk AUN.
Then shall they glory in the heroes
Of incorporating prohibition, as they
now glorify the once oslracised aud
perseculed warriors for total abolition
The chariot OF Gods progress and
mans redemption moves onward aud
upward. but rest assured kind reader.
that it never takes the path of CON-
promise, no matter bow grandly it
may be paved with gold. no matter
how solidly or broadly il may have been
| beaten by Sa,an's cloyen foot, even
though il be nations blood stained
highway. falsely named liberty and
progress. The chariot of righteous
ness. sobriety aud peace. like the true
/ Christian man, travels only the mar
row road. y turning neither to the right
/ to take the popular and broad High
| license" road. nor to the left to take
| the respectable, highly praised way
besming the golden Goth name.
4 On the rear of both Of these misleading
sign boards, the wise man hnds a
s.Skull ard cross bones" With these
directions that all travellers over those
WAYS are found true; Hell only a few
miles distant Purchase Your tickets
before starting: for sale at any gilded
saloon or Goth. palace; good only for
the down trip Business reorganixed
with nickel-plate parlor add Goth. sleep
ing cars. in charge of a government
engineer, municipal bushes tireman,
a noble Bishop conductor, Witt deacons.
elders and temperance men .oc brake
men, porterS snd caterers. EecsySe
. hell-oOvS ard &c s-b0y diCec, from tha