The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-10

to produce Il, and II Is not satisfied
until it has taken the last farthing
is it then satisfied? Go to the prison and
ask a score of men who pawned articles
or broke chests open for money to buy
more liquor, whether the appetite de-
parts with the last dime. The grave
itself is the only refuge for nine men
in ten.
2. The oppressor. Left to themselves
few men would go to the gutter. They
are imposed upon by others. The OPP
pressor may be an open foe. A man
that is in the employ of the devil I'M
derstands how to secure the downfall
of his enemy. If a noble youth or a
reformed drunkard can be made to
stumble by sinister methods the result
is gained-and results favorable to
themselves are all that whisky men
desire. Frequently the oppressor is q
pretended friend. 1t is a common
sight to see one man cOaxing another
to go into a saloon and have a social
glass. That costs the man thus in
vited nothing, but a treat is expected
which is a double pull on his purse
All saloons are fitted up to make their
customers enjoy themselves. One cap
find almost anything there, to tempt
men to enter and remain. All this is
done under the guise of friendship.
3. Drink itself. Drink itself is one OF
the most powerful agencies for pro-
arfH To, rn.
quires money. 1t is true that much is
given away among companions, but
what is so received is in the end the
most costly of all. Breweries and dis
tilleries intend that every swallow
shall be paid for, and the final cost
falls upon those who drink. When we
learn that the sale of malt liquors in
New York city averages more than
barrel for every man, woman and
child; Chicago and Philadelphia near
ly two barrels for each inhabitant; in
Boston more than two barrels; in st.
Louis and Cincinnati more than three
barrels; in Newark, N. j., nearly five
barrels, and in Milwaukee seven bar
rels, do we doubt that strong drink
requires money? The above figures
do not include distilled liquors and
wines. The use of liquor begets a
desire to squander money Drink
makes most people liberal Money is
free as long as it lasts. Common la
borers often come out of a three days
spree S25 to $50 poorer than before.
Ones own appetite requires a larger
expenditure, and the circle of friends
increases to whom he feels under OBJ
legations by the unwritten code of il,
temperance. Gambling is inseparahle
from drinking in this age, and fur
nishes a new channel for the outflow
of money.
Drink also destroys the ability to
earn money. The capital melts away,
and the debt accumulates, if the man
can find credit. Business expediency
should put stop to drinking, if no
higher motive can appeal to a man. 1t
is becoming harder and harder for an
Incorporate man to secure a good job
on the railroad Some roads will en-
ploy no man who goes into a saloon,
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first offense. Others that are less
rigid will give the sober man prefer
ence over another applicant for a DO
sition who INDUCES in drink occa-
sionally. If one of two men is to be
discharged, the temperate is retained
and the Incorporate dismissed, if other
things are equal. The ability for a
drunkard to earn money is growing
less and less every year. Much of
what has been said about railroads is
equally true of other lines of bust
ness.
One might reply that the circulation
of money is essential to business pros
perity. That is true, but there is no
circulation about the drunkard's
money. To circulate means to go
round and round, permitting the same
man to buy with it and sell for it.
That would be more like bust
ness, but money spent for liquor does
not circulate-it moves forward, but
does not return. 1t ends in the pock-
ct of the brewer and distiller, and the
great majority of it stays there. The
ragged, red-nosed, blear-eyed drinker
sees it no more. He sells the little cot
tage that his wife's money helped to
buy, and rents a home A little later
he moves into a poorer house that ne
can get for less rent, and then he
moves every month or two to dodge
the angry landlord. But the manufac-
turer of his destruction stops renting
and buys home on good street.
Later he builds a beautiful residence
on the chief avenue or boulevard, sur
rounds himself with all modern con-
veniences, and smiles at the folly of
those who made him a millionaire. The
brewer is the dead sea of the drinkers
finances. Nothing has been said of the
physical suffering that drink entails
upon the individual and his family, or
of its curtailed happiness and social
ostracism. The ruined reputation and
blackened character of the drinker
have not been referred to, but it IS
hoped that enough has been written
to cause the reader to see that there
is pocketbook side to drink, and chat
that aspect of the question has some
Importance. To the manufacturer and
seller of intoXicants, it is the all-im-
pOrtant consideration But why should