The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-03-28

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1 gle, has been the common exper-
ience, but there can be no resting
upon our oars in the presence ofa
vigilant opponent. For we can
rest assured that any mistake
made by the temperance people
will be adroitly turned to our
material prejudice. What has
been accomplished SO far has been
thoroughly well done, and without
seeming to derogate too much from
The claims of the old wheel horses
in the temperance cause in this
place, the honors must be diyid-
ed between them and the new re- n
cruits who stood up 50 steadfastly
and zealously shoulder to shoulder
in defence Of cause that they
have 80 lately espoused. It is no
small thing for a man to change
his whole course of action and
align himself with those persons
with whom he has been at former
variance. With this increment in
the temperance vote success was
possible and without their aid de-
feat was inevitable. Doubtless
they acted for their own good and
the result will rebound very much
to their advantage, still it is no
small thing sometimes to induce
men to embrace that which is most
to their credit
And now without further pre-
face I should like to sum up some
of the gains and losses that have
accrued on both sides of this tenn
perance question, and for conven-.
ience we will assume that the vii
lage treasury will have a deficit of
a couple thousands of dollars on
account of no license. We shall
also be minus couple of saloons,
that have been we'll conducted In
the main, and I will say incident
ally if their proprietors make as
good citizens outside of the saloon
as they have in them they will GER
tainly not be obnoxious. TO censure
the town will also loose a small
percentage Of trade that will be
governed BY the liquor traffic. 1
These be- ttlhe snn 4 thas
losses and to recoup these, We shall
have gained better class of GUS
toners who will take pains to make
this their place Of business. There
will be less idleness, less dallying
on the corners and hanging around
the saloons, less destitution IN
families that need their all to sub
sist. Merchants will be gamers
because those who formerly
squandered their substance
will have something to
buy with. Men will be more
energetic in their labors for their
vigor will not be sapped by the
enervating effects of whisky. Then
again as to the moral effect no
one can compute that in dollars
and cents. Moreover, strangers
will come here to invest when they
find that this is temperance town
and that temperance has come to
stay. There is no argument SO
potent nor inducements so strong
with moral men as temperance
and sobriety and a community
that makes these the corner stone
Of the social fabric can never go
far wrong. It was the hearts de-
sire Of the lamented founder of this
town that the saloon should find
no abiding place within its bound
aries and it would be gratifying to
many if his wishes could be real
lied. Perhaps he builded better
than he knew and after long years
of waiting others may reap what
he has sown. If we look abroad
we shall find that every temper
ance town that has accentuated the
temperance idea has been pros
porous to a degree and there are
no arguments that could be po-