People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

that way, read that to me" Inc world
wants practical religion. When you
put money in whiskey, / will show you
how it goes. How much money Goes it
take to buy gallon of liquor? Some
OF you ought to know, you have drunk
enough of it. (Applause) Do you know
what it costs to make it? It costs
about twenty cents to make gallon of
liquor. They used to sell it in Tennes-
see at twenty cents q gallon-cost that
twenty cents go? To the man who sells
the rye or corn, and to the men who
help make the whiskey. What does it
sell for in Atlanta? Say ten cents a
drink, leaving out the tobacco and other
kinds of devilment in II. Sold for about
four dollars gallon. Do you know
where that SO. 80 goes? A little of it
goes to the United States government.
Now, who puts it in? Why, it is the
busy men of Atlanta-the poor men of
Atlanta-the laboring and toiling men.
Not rich men who can spare it; but the
poor men whose wives and children
can't spare it, If you don't believe it,
go to the saloon door and see who goes
in and out there. | believe the govern
ment of the United States ought to be
supported by the wealthy class of peo-
ple-the people who have their luXuries,
and not by the poor people; don't take
the bread and meat away from the
wives and children of this country to
support the government. Great ap-
plause.)
l am going to tell you where the rest
of that $3.50 goes. 1t is the gold and
silver of all the national banks going
out. See where it goes, Twill tell you
where another bulk goes; into city cor
porations, to build your streets; goes
into your big city corporations. Apoor
rascal that can't build 90 front gate to
his cottage home is going to plank
down his money into big corporation
of Atlanta, to run the expenses of this
city, Better put comforts in your
home. Another big bulk of it goes tc
the brewers and distillers' association
of the United States, then it is to go tC
Washington as bride money, to buy an
honest vote and dig up the very mud
sills of our American civilization
Where does the rest of it GO? Into the
hands of the diamond-studded gamblers
who walk the streets dressed up in fine
clothes, with diamonds shining in theil
bosoms. Take family OF hard-worls
ing boys all except one; he is a pamb
Ter -Four boys, three working hard
and the fourth doing nothing. The
poor people of the country are support
ing the diamond studded gamblers
The money goes out from the common
people-they are the material out o.
which the country must be built. The
common people! The world is like {
pie: the upper crust is brittle, the
undercrust is smutty, but the goody'f
in the middle.
will spend this dollar on the saloon
counter What do | get for it? Quar-
of liquor. l will take the saloon END
and then / will take the home end, anc
see what becomes of the dollar. See
here it goes. am no iuggler; SCI
where it goes. On the saloon counter
it goes. Some of it goes to the United
States government; some into the big
city corporations; some into the liquo1
and distillers' association; some into
the hands of the gamblers, and is gone
Five cents of it stays with you a!
honest E1oney, among the masses of the
people l am going home with it, Have
q wife and six children. / am named
John. ! am drunkard. (Thanll God
that is lie; but l am illustrating.) &c
home with quart of liquor, Sallit
meets me. say: 'SGllie, 've bough
you and the children quart" 'NVher(
is ito" ~ have drunk it." What is
quart of liquor worth in poor, ole
drunkards stomach? l will auction j
off; give me bid on it. l say the dol
lar is burned up. 1t is not worth any
thing in his stomach, Hurts his body
mind, soul; hurts hiswife, children, bust
ness, trade; hurts the community; hurts
everything. Do you see where it goes
l will buy pair of shoes with it.
place the dollar on legitimate counter
in Atlanta; buy pair of shoes Cor my
oldest boy, John. Take passing motto,
of it. That dollar goes on the mer
chants counter; little goes to merchan
Wholesale merchant; little to retail
merchant; some goes to the tanner who
made the leather; some to the man tina
blacked the hide; some to the fellow
that made the shoes; some to the sho,
manufacturer; some to the fellow tina
skinned the beef; some to the fellow
that raised the calf-poor fellows
these; and so all the way the poor maj
is being paid and being blessed. (Pro
longed applause.) Now l am going tt
take the home end OF it, am still
John, the drunkard with Sallle an,
the children at home. What is a pal
of shoes worth in my house? Wortl
one dollar. Why? Because John cal
earn another dollar for another pair @
shoes. and can earn another dollar TO
another pair OF shoes, and can carr
another dollar to buy another pair o
shoes; and can make another dollar t,