The Iola register., 1900-11-09
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At the last regular meeting Of the
w. G. I. L. very interesting pro-
gram was rendered. Mrs. Doughty's .
talk on "How Best Promote an Inter-
est in Temperance Work. was
specially instructive and helpful The
same subject will be continued at the
next meeting which will be held Fri
day, November, 9, at3 p. m. The
meetings will be held in the Methodist |
church during the winter.
UNCLE SANS RESPONSIBILITY.
Alonzo Wilson says: "Uncle Sam
reaches out his protecting, folds into
every state, giving aid and comfort to
his enemy. Every distillery, brewery,
and saloon must first have "a federal
license before their doors can swing
back open for trade. Uncle Sam last
year collected $3.50, 600. 900 revenue
blood money-from this vile institu-
tions. Al of us shared in the profits,
as this vast sum went into the treasury
of the American governmental
corporation, of which we are all vot-
/ ing stockholders. The President aud
board of directors members of con-
gre,s have full power to say whether
intoxicating liquor may be imported
into this country: whether the sale and
manufacture of rum shall be permitted
| in territories. acquired possessions.
and the District OF Columbia They
| have the power to abolish the army
canteen. and To- curtail the busine,, in
many other respects. The key of
every distillery and brewery is prac-
| tically in the hands of Uncle sam.
and he is the biggest partner in the
concern. The evil is eutrenched be-
hind federal law, and can never be
driven from the land until there i, a
change of the governments policy
enacted into law"
SO long as good citizens in the name
of party. vote for men that they
wouldn't invite into their homes, Just
so long will we have bad laws and "a
bad administration OF law.
The man who votes for a system that
compel, him to rob his little children
of school, and put them at work at
starvation wages to exc ont the family
subsistence, : a fit subject for di,en-
franchi,ement.
Both men and women are taught to
believe that God has two codes of
morals one for men and another for
women. The most regretiul thing
about it is, that the average woman
bows submissiyely to the supposed
double code.
\ woman said, "Let me talk to you
a little while I want to show you a
picture of my boy" 1t was a beauti-
full face. Weeping she went on to tell
how only year ago her only son shot
himself in saloon. He was always
II good boy tbroughtup in a Christian
home. but when about twenty he fell
in with bad companions and the
second time he vent into a saloon,
while frenzied with liquor, he shot
himself. The poor mother was broken
hearted in her sorrow.
Fathers and mothers this may come
to any of our homes while the liquor
traffic is allowed to run riot in our
streets. In Chicago every fifth boy
according to statistics, must become a
victim to this curse in order to fiji the
present ranks OF the doomed. VIII
you keep quiet and run the risk of its
being your boy? or do you hope
that it will come no nearer than your
neighbours boy, and thus you stand
neutral on this great question? God
forbid. Union Signal.
a school boy of Australia put his
youthful enthusiasm into an effective
essay on total abstinence, as follows:
~ abstain from from alcoholic drinks
because if | would excel as cricketer
Grace says, abstain; as walker
e Weston says, abstain; as an oars
man, Hanlon says, abstain; as t
swimmer, Webo says, abstain; as
T. missionary, Livingston says abstain
, as "a doctor, Clark says, abstain" al
= "a preacher, Farrar says, abstain
+ asylums, prisons and warehouses re
o peat the cry, abstain" Union Sig
e nal.
II Professor De Motto of Bryan Mawr
d visiting tobacco house in Brazil
= noticed black fluid trickling slowl
e into the vat of tobacco about to b
+ made into cigarettes. Upon askin
: what it was, he was told: "Rum me
lasses, and opium, to give spice to tn
,, cigarettes. These are specific facts
> which admit of no controversy. De
ductions thereupon can be easil