The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-21

the things you make close the saloons.
We have the politicians laying the hard
times TO the tariff and say free trade or
protection ia the cause of them. The
trouble with this country is we have got
one national grog shop Wipe out the
saloon ana we will have good times IL
months in the year always"
Tire reverend speaker next turned his
attention to the revenue derived from
the licensing of liquor and to the mum
ber of houses that might be built and the
great increase in the amount of taxes that
would be received IL the money wasted
in the saloons was saved and used for
building purposes. Next he turned his
attention to the burdens that the licens-
ing of liquor imposed on the community
and among other things said 1.-The mon
ey expended for the police in one year Is
sJ05, 793 What in the world are the men
to whom this money is paid doing all
the year? Let us see. The number OF ar
rests for drunkenness accor ing to the
last report of the chief of police was dur
ing the year Abs out of 654s arrests for
all causes or 60 per cent. More than one
half the energy and time of the police
force is spent in looking after the fruits
of the grog shop. Does it pay? III there
was no liquor traH,c one-half on the
policemen would be out of a job. "a
voice-that's why they want license.)
"There is an annual appropriation for
are nearly ell filled, and now an appro-
priation OF 100000 is wanted for new
Jail. l spent many years in Maine and 1
know counties there where there is no
jail, and OF her counties where the jails are
empty. IL it was possible to transfer
tn 'se jails from that place to Rhode
Island we could have them, for Maine
has jails to let. There are thousands of
young people i'm that State who never
saw man drunk and many who know
nothing OF the evil effects of liquor. The
cry hat you can't enforce prohibition Is
a lie that had It's origin in the saloon.
When you can stop boys crying news
papers on the, streets of Sunday morn
log you can enforce the no-license law
and it will be enforced when you want 1t
enforced. Ii is not enough 10 vote no.
license, but we must have good plan OF
campaign afterward to enforce it. God
give u grace TO be true to our homes on
April /, next"
Rev. Mr.. Tower next addressed the
meeting, and his remarks were most
vociferously applauded, and at the con-
clusion of his address he was given an
ovation. He spoke in part as follows:
~ DO net like the liquor traffic. i
acknowledge do not like 1t when look
at its fruits. A tree Is judged by its
fruits. When i was boy and sat on my
mothers knee and looked up into her
have seen in my life many women who
crowned that noble station of motherhood
with glory, but YOU and i have read OF
liquor turning the heads of mothers SO
that they have murdered their children.
What kind of a traffic is that which bears
such fruits. You are all interested In the
tax question. Now suppose you pay so
taxes. How much of 1t goes To support the
saloon and the things resulting from the
saloons existence? Just SIS. IL you
asked the inmetes o. the Almshouse what
was the reason Of their being there eight
would answer you drink, and only two
out OF ten could truthfully say 1t was not
drink that was responsible for their con-
dition. Four-fifths of your paupers have
drank, so If you shut up the saloons they
will have lonely time at the Aims
house. Nine-tenths of the murders, rob-
berries, the vice and the impurities OF
men either originated or are mixed up
with the rum traffic.
"This is anotherreason why 90 not like
the rum traffic, and still another reason
why ] don't like it is because it is a
monopoly, and when you get chance
to hit monopoly, hit it hard.
."The effect OF all monopolies is to in
jure the workingman and no one of the
latter should vote to sustain a monopoly.
You have got chance to hit the rum
traffic at the next election and 1 advise
you to hit IL hard.n The speaker then
dwelt upon monopolies in general and
spoke pretty severely of the oil, coal, /,
meat and gold monopolies. He then said
that no pure liquor was sold and he was
especially sarcastic in dealing 18th the
quality of intoxicants manufactured and
with the frauds .practiced by the liquor
manufacturer and dealer. After dealing
with some other matters he concluded
his remarks with an earnest appeal to ell
present to vote against the saloon and its
monopoly at the coming election.
After the taking up of a collection to
defray the expenses OF the meeting. Rev.
MIR. Decker declared the meeting ad-
journed. Several OF those present at
the close assured tire speakers OF their de-
termination to do all that was possible to
further the movement.