Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08
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Arise, White Ribbon sisters
And act We we'll your parts
Come. rally to the rescue.
Ambition aching hearts
Are calling US in pleading tones
From valley, hill. and plain
Entrcating us to never rest
Till Alcohol is slain.
Then sound aloud the bu~lc cry,
The demon Rum must die!
Our Lord and Homo u nd Native Land"
Shall b. our battle cry.
We do not come with lcadcn ball
Nor sword of tempered steel.
Noryet with grape and canister
Nor tramp. of iron heel.
We come with eyes in faitl, appraised
10 Him in whom we trust:
With hearts undauntcd forwe know
Our cause is right and just
No matter what the odds may be.
We boldly take our stand.
And pray that Prohibition
May rule our native land.
And so we march triumphant on.
with firm and steady tread:
We neither turn to right nor left.
But journey striyht ahead.
The time is past for backward steps
In pathways we have trod;
We do our part with all oar might.
And leave the rest with God
LAS we SOW SO shall we reap, -
Sow license ballot and you will
reap dcbauched humanity.
All admit the wisdom of being temp
crate. The total abstainer has an ad-
vantage over the user of alcoholics.
10 caution our fellow-men as to the
excessive use of stimulants is spread
ing the cement of brotherly love.
But wherein are we wise or of what
good the caution, as long as we al
low the temptation to exist in our
midst. Liquor license is permission
and authority to sell liquor. License
high or low, brands the liquor traffic
as injurious to society and places it
beyond the ban of legitimate trade.
10 License the sale of books and
groceries, iron. lumber, clothing, etc. ,
would be preposterous. They in and
OF themselves are useful to mankind
without any tendencies to be destruc-
tive. Society demands no repara-
ton from the sale of those, for there
is no injury. But not so with the
sale of alcoholics. Society has learn
ed from long experience that this bus
mess cannot be carried >on without
loss. Hence, it demands, and justly
too, an extra consideration. With
out this consideration, 1.-THE IL
cense fee) there is no ri ght to sell.
The consideration is money, and
herein lies the weakness of the lie nse
system. The destruction wrought by
the liquor traffic is irreparable.
Over 60, 900 citizens of the U. S. an
nually fill drunkards' graves. And
mo drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of heaven" The public con-
science may be silenced with the Glove
of money!" but truth crushed to
earth shall rise again. and will pre-
vail. The value of human life cannot
be estimated in dollars and cents.
My brother, did you ever think how
little you value the life, peace, happi-
ness and liberty of your neighbors:
pr0h ihifinn irp,>1xy
mission, either with or without a con-
sideration, to do that which is detri-
mental and destructive to the best in
terests of society. 1t will not down,
because it's operation means a higher
plane of human activity. It appeals
to the intellectual and spiritual, hence
the violent opposition resulting from
the bestial in man. Prohibition means
competence, frugality, industry, peace,
happiness and liberty to the indi-
vidual. and law and order to society
We have dallied with the saloon long
enough. We have licensed, regulated
and a thousand other things, but the
tempter only grows the holder and
filings our claims to the winds. We
have need to stem the tide that has SO
long o'erswept our land with evils.
We never. can overcome the foe by
compromising, but simply say to him,
1--WE know we are in the right and will
no longer tolerate the saloon and its
woeful train.''
''Hope, because he who fights with
God shall win; rest, because with God
a. the helm, all shall be we'll: work,
because it is not drudgery, but great
and everlasting JOY to be a fellow
toiler with Jesus Christ in making
this desert world bud and blossom as
a rose.'
Lake Lillian