Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-19


inscriptions personal greed or unprin-
cipled public yoracity; and it drsgs the
whole communIts more or less under
the curse OF God. - (He quo ties Isaiah
5, %; Hab. 2. -; Tim 4 p
% Because as the local government
derives large revenue from this white
washed drink traffic. IL will most
likely be TEMPTED very hard (and in
iDsny cases successfully 10 use its in
huence IN favor of the continuance Ol
tue dFink-lraiiic. saving a. Demrtrils
did (Aets 49, 25) Wherever the Goth
IsEslenl is organized, tie Temperance
workers will have an enemy more t.
hight and 10 conquer
IS Because this ~ stem Is perfect
failure as "a temperance measure-as
-1nwn 10 50 many different WAYS
will onlv call attention 10 the minutes
Of The Go'ht burg Toti Abstinence
Society for l877-79. il which II Is sat q
That his society bad puD,'c Discussion
st Worbinpmeu' Han, NAV J. 1877,
attended by about / goo people mostly
II the Working ciasses The subject for
discussion vas The Gothenburg SIS
tam. The Glowing are some of the
questions put 10 and answered by that
/ meellnn:
"Have the speakers at this meeting
/ sp ken for or against he Goth system,
"a an ttfeciual measure 10 resist The
4 drinking and tipping habits of The PEG
! pie? nswer:-'Agains
Has drunkenness decreased in the
community since the system was ogan-
lied? Auswtr.-'No. Ca number of
voices, 1t has rather increased
Are the workingmen generally in
better pecuniarY circumstances on ac-
count Of the influence of this system?
/ Answer-'No.'
Is there less opportunity for drinking
now than under the former ~ stem?
! Answer-'No.
1T seems TO me that | can see the
'cloyen foo1 of the old deceiyer, the
great adversary. satao, peep through
! the respectable garments 10 which the
Goth system is at'ired. aud therefore
am opposed to it, .
/ ask my apologist for this system,
I wnat becomes Of theories Of eliminating
the greed element, etc ete.. in view OF
sach facts? But mere IS sui stronger
/ tesJimony-E Bi0rkenheinl, of FIN
/ land, at the same congress Of represent
alive men, said:
"ln Finland, the Goth systt m is,
| without exception, carried out by means
of legally constituted companies; and a
point which will at once arrest alten-
ton, is the air of responsibility with
which these companies have succeeded
| in In
board OF directors, even clergymen, civil
servants of the crown and members of
the government are allowed to sit; the
premises must be well stu
ated, have respectable ok, be light
and CHEEKY, and so on. These
companies thus tend to foster the false
conviction that they really aim at Serv
ing the cause of perence and morals.
In our country, the net profits of the
companies amount TO some forty thou
sand pounds, or one million marks, a
year. Need | draw your attention to
the pernicious influence exercised by an
industry Which. among population of
Two millions, Year by year gratuitously
/ for charitable purposes. distributes a
million If money! Whist a number Of
support rs such system, directly and
indirectly, must be gaining! How cum
Rgly adapted It is, at once to brIbe
the conscience snd shut the ewes 10 the
real and vast evils of The drink system
And how elfectuallv, through the con-
tinued influence of all this. the Goth
system, rs far as it goes, defeats and
counteracts the object which every true
freud OF temperance reform aims at
furthering abolition of intoxicating
drinks from the social customs oi man
kindi'
wish | had space Tor the full article
of this man. showing. as it does. hcw
dismal failure the Goth system has
been IN Finland. opposed not cnly by a
strong curr, mt Of opinion n temperance
circles, (who would be the very tirstlo
hail IL as valued friend and ally. were
it what it claims to be) but by strong
memorials, signed by as high as 1000
citizens. in some instances, presented to
the municipal council, PRAYING that the
liquor traffic ''should NJ be vested in
any companies. 1t also shows bow
one company found it difficult to spend
It's bhOt tIOuS HA0ASsr s1A4ta aAtNl AhNtcliDE
in iour buildings at the capital and
maintaining an ANIMAL show with ad-
joining ~o1ds. etc. for ihe amusement
of the people, still had considerable
sums undisposed of.
Was / not right. when | said that this
system keeps the traffic at "high-p pres
sure?n Can any but high. pressure
rate OF drinking and drunkenness pro
duce such revenuesP Can any but
''high.pressuren temptation induce such
drinking aud drunkenness? This sys-
tenn. then, does and must keep ap The
high. pressure" temptation and de-
baueherv Of individual appetite and
pubic greed. all along the line. And
yet, good men apologize for ii. and.
while sounding its false glories, ask that
America add it as another shaekle for
claiming drinkers and people to this
''bSdv of death. j. b. SMITH.
Madison, Wis July 18th. 1894
Washington's Vision.