The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-06
The Supreme Court Of Canaaa

liquor traffic.
The court was unanimous il
its decision that the manufacture
andimportation could not be pro
hibited; but Chief Justice Strong
and Judge Fourier held that
the sale of liquor could be sus'
pensed with.
The caseis of great Importance
as the Provinces of Ontario, New
Brunswick, Noye Scotia, Prince
Edwards Island and Manitoba
had all given overwhelming ma
jorities in favor of complete pro-
hibition. In fact. French Que
bee is the only Canadian province
that has arrayed itself against
prohibition. The decision of the
Supreme Court is not final, and
an appeal is to be taken to the
Privy Council in England.
AS tie present English Ad-
ministration is pledged to local
option and also to the largest
measure of Colonial self.govern-
ment consistent with national
unity, it is believed that the right
OF the Canadian people to regu-
late the liquor traffic in their own
way will be upheld. Tile out
look.
SIS
The saloon necessarily and in
evitably las experience shows)
incites to drink those who under
the influence of drink impoverish
their families and commit crimes
of violence. If B. sells drink to
A. how are C's rights affected !?
Not at all perhaps if A. keeps
his head. But if B. incites A. to
drink, and A, in consequence of
that drink, becomes a maniac on
the street, to the imminent peril
or inconvenience of G. then the
latter's rights are affected not
only by A. but by B, who incite-
ed him to drink and by the gov.
eminent which authorized bust.
ness which will inevitably incite
such men to drink by its mere
presence. The whole argument
hangs to the fact drink makes a
man dangerous to others. Smok-
ing does not do that. Eating too
much does not do it. Even using
opium does not do it. But smok
ing and the use of tobacco is said
to increase the temptation to
drink.
There is strong medical evil
dence that drunkenness is a dis
ease, at least IN that advanced
stage where the will of the VIC.
tim is controlled by his appetite.
Then he needs extraneGus as.
sistance quite as much as he does
when suffering from fever OF
other ailment. If the Board OF
Charities succeeds in devising
or discovering an adequate rene.
dy, it will do work Of great
benefit not only to the State but
to the world. After it's best eff.
forts, however, it is most likely
TO tind that in dispsomania, as in
other diseases an ounce of pre-.
vention is better than pound Of
cure,
SIS
No practical enforcement OF
the licence system, will ever
sensibly mitigate the evils OF in.
temperance. But let the law in.
aexibly forbid the sale of alcohol,
ic beverages, and ever youth is
thereby warned from the cradle
that those beverages are harm
full and dangerous, and that BY
drinking them he encourages the
violation of the law. 1t would
command therespect ofits antag
onfst.-Horoce greeley.
SIS
The Gothenburg scheme OF
State control is not step away
from it. Makes moderate drink.
ing respectable and easy, and
appeals to the cupidity of the
taxpayer, who imagines his" tax
is lightened by the public profits
from the drink. For every dol
lar of direct tax taken off by tn,
profits from the sale of drink, i
lakes at least ten dollars to re