Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02

some members and beer suffered II
consequence. After the SENTINEL
explained that whisky contained
go per cent. alcohol and beer only
3 per cent, and hence, in proper
iion to alcoholic strength. the taS
was about the same in both pro
ducts, beer stock rose peFceptibly
This is but one of many instances
in which the SENTINEL, on the spot
and the only paper at the Capita
unqualifedly advocating beer taS
repeal. was able to serve the inter
ests Of its friends the brewers.
The mi itice of reduction oi
rs per cent. OF its war tax on to-
bacco, when tobacco manuiac
turers, unlike brewers, had de-
creased the size OF their packages
and thus saddled their share oil the
wars expenses upon the consum-
ers, was SO manifest as to evoke
strong comment in the papers and
in Congress. 1t is susceptible Of
proof, in this connection, that the
rankness of the proposal was FIRST
referred to- two weeks before it
was taken up in the daily papers,
by the SENTINEL, which exposure
Visibly streng hened the hands of
the friends of beer. The louder
tobacco insisted upon recognition,
the firmer became the conviction
that beer should have relief.
The SENTINEL's efforts 10 influ-
ence Congressional opinion in
favor Of lower beer tax are known
throughout the country, for we
have also aimed to keep our friends
informed OF doings at the Capital.
In inviting judgment on the eff
cscy OF our work, it is proper to
refer to the obstacles we have had
to encounter in the press Of the
city, whose hostility towards brew
ers has cen most pronounced, and
to counteract which the SENTINEL
has stood alone. Throughout this
struggle the brewers cause has
Oeen upheld unaided by this paper.
We have had the satisfaction, how
ever, OF seeing oar arguments in
corporated in the speeches OF Con-
gressmen and printed entire in the
Congressional Record, proving con-
clusively that they have carried |
conviction and borne iruit. We |
have no fear OF the judgment. We |
invite it.
Just here it will not be amiss to
direct attention to some other mat
ters OF interest to all. The session /
about closing has seen the success
full termination Of the fight on the
canteen, it has seen the dominant
party commit itself to the suppress
sion Of the importation OF liquors
into parts OF Africa, and to certain
islands OF the Pacific, and in the |
near future this policy will be ap
piled TO the islands that have come |
into our possession through the
war with Spain. If we desire to
oppose the application oil these
principles to our own land, the
effort must be made at once. Sew
eral State Legislatures are discus
sing measures more or less in line
with this policy, and the outbreak
Of lawIessness in Kansas invites
our attention to another og its
phases. All these things point to
the necessity OF inaugurating an
aggressive propaganda in defense
OF our rights. From its vantage
ground at the National Capital, |
the SENTINEL has fought-and sue
cessiully-fanaticism at various
times and in many localities. Itis
equipped again to enter the fight, |
and it asks its friends, when form
ing judgment on the events OF the
past three months, to consider the
necessity OF extending It support |
in the struggle which is surely |
coming.