Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-08
W. c. T. q. COLUMN.
Conducted by the Iaai.. Of til. W. c. T. U.
LOP SIDED PROGRESS

lack OF proportion. For instance-if
you will bear with repeated illustra.
tionS-wherever there is q man hard
up for money and keen to borrow, the
law appoints itself his guardian. Let
him look out for himself says the
pawn broker. the money lender, the
usUrer; if he lets me alone 1 will let
him alone. mot So" says the law of
usury. "this man is undergoing trial;
1t Is time OF great temptation to him;
he is In frame of such anxiety about
his business affairs as to be liable 70
make fool of himself unless he be pro-
tected from himself; is liable to sell
his tools. or TO mortgage his home.
stead, and to deprive himself of the
ability ever to pay his debts or to
maintain his family IN comfort, and 1,
the 20 vernment, am bound to protect
him. Not 80 much as by one poor penny
OF unlawful interest shall this man be
made your slave, even willingly. You
shall not Cypress him in his time of
weakness" This Is the voice of the
state speaking by the usury statutes
to the money. lender on behalf of the
impoverished debtor, and this is right.
But listen! A man whose heart is
pumping the poison and the passion
of the craving for alcohol out to every
sentinel nerve. end upon the walls of
his life, is the legitimate and lawful
prey of his deadIiest enemy, the ga
loon; and il he fall by it and becomes
q drunkard. the law Furnishes HIM, and
will take no excuse from him that
will bring the liquor sellers business
into political prominence. And when
the average Christian voter has his at
tentiOn called to the highwayman Of
the bOttle-the drink seller-especially
If it is coming near the time of q
general election, or if some question
of prosperity is involved, he para.
phrases the word of God, and says:
Brethren, if man be overtaken in q
fault-that kind of a fault-ye which
are spiritual, license HIM at two hun
dred, or two thousand dollars a year,
payable 10 cash quarterly, In advance;
you cannot make men moral by law;
you cannot legislate in advance of
public sentiment; Prohibition does not
prohibit; he will do it, anyway. and
bring reproach upon the law of the
land and cheat the treasury of its
current revenues!''-John G. Woolley.
OF THE WATER WAGON"
The decision of the fire and police
boards to dismiss all policemen and
fremen known to drink while on duty
Is in line with the tendency of the
day. Employers everywhere are weed
ing out the men who are too intimate
with whiskey. Booze and business
never did go together and never Will.
This is not a temperance lecture, but
plain, ordinary common sense. The
young man who wants to get ahead in
this world will cut out the saloon from
his calling list. You cannot expect
your brain to do good work while par
alyZed by alcohol. This is an age of
such energetic methods and keen COM
petition that the man who wins must
have clear head and a steady hand.
He must always be master of himself,
alert, quick of thought and action,
bouyant and in good health and spirits.
He cannot be these things when he
his system with whisky.
Carousals never were very funny and
they grow less so every year. There
Is enough clean and healthy fun that
does not leave bad taste in the
mouth the next morning. When a
mans good times'' strand him with
an empty pocketbook, a headache and
an uneasy conscience. it Is time to cut
them out. Most boys begin because
they think it Is manlike; but it Is new
er manlike to play the fool. Drink de-
you, skaters your nerves and
paralyzes your will. You do not have
to imbibe poison to be a good fellow.
Among the best fellows that notion is
passing out. There are other methods
of entertainment, very much more up.
and very much more worth
while. It is very bright, doubtless, to
the water wagon" but it Is
better to ride on the water wagon than
in the ''black MARIA" It is cleaner,
less expensive and conduces more to
selfrespect.-Denver Times.
Card of Thanks.