Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-01-26

army of occupation and around the
almost endless coast line of those islands
the task of maintaining such wall will
stagger imperial power Itself.
Free oriental competition will ride into
the American market on the rights of
American citizenship which necessarily
go to the inhabitants of the Philippines
in any case that calls for their allegiance
to this government. This is not alone
by force of the American constitution,
which is yet to be completely broken
down, but by force of public law as
recognized among the nations. And the
capital which may go from these shores
to exploit the labor of the far East will
join with the force OF the right of
citizenship to sweep away all barriers.
This phase of imperialism is for Ameri
can labor to conslder.-Sprinstield Re-
publican.
Reasons for Opposing the Saloon.
The opposition to the saloon has grown
out of Its character. The saloon keeper
has had the same opportunity for show
ing his usefulness to community that
the grOceryman, the dry goods merchant,
and the manufacturer of household fur
nishings have had. The saloon products
are its worst advertisements and these
alone account for the enmity against
this kind of traffic.
Recently the American Issue printed a
long list Of reasons why we should op
pose the saloons. Here are some of
them.
l. 1t never builds up manhood, but
tears 1t down.
2. 1t never beauties the home, but
often wrecks it.
3. 1t never creates ambition and
thrift, but invites laziness, profigacy
poverty, idleness and crime.
4. 1t never strengthens the judgment
but weakens it,
5. 1t never increases responsibility
but disrobes men and women of 1t.
6. 1t never prevents quarrels, bu
kindles the flames of controversies
cherishes feuds and incltes murders.
I. 1t never cultivates flial attach
ments, but destroys them and sends low
ing mothers In sorrow to their graves.
s. 1t never steadies or strengthen:
the hand of the mechanic, but weaken
and renders it unsteady.
Q 1t never increases ones usefulness
but lessons il.
10. 1t never lessons the passions, bu
increases them.
d. II. 1t never makes women bette
wives nor men better husbands, bu
often trans forms them into fiends.
-. 1t never stays the hand of the as
sassiu, but stimulates him on to blood
deeds.
-. 1t never protects our propert
nor personal safety, but endangers then
II. 1t never secures IA passport to tn
heavenly realms, but prevent it.
-. 1t never encourages honesty, bu
reioiccs in fraud and infamy.
lG. 1t never protects innocence, bu
maligns virtue, love and purity.
Il. 1t never promotes purity {
thought, but poisons it.
Is. 1t never emptles almhouses an
prisons, but fills them.
10. 1t never protects the ballot-bol
but defiles it.
20. 1t never brings honor, but shan
and disgrace.
81. 1t never encourages domestic f
licity, but is today, as it has been fC
more than two thousand years, the cau'
> of more than seventy-five per cent of a
the divorce suits in the land.
p. 1t never proves a helpmate to i
J dustry, but is pirate to all labor.
! 23. 1t never builds up.the church, b'
peoples the station houses, prisons al
chaingangs, breeding vice, moral lepros
putrescense and scrofula.
"a, 1t never inclines witnesses
. testify truthfully, but often promp
: them to lying.
%. 1t never makes lswabiding eli
zens, but law breakers.