The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-12
Seafchlight
49, Conducted by
nnnA.A ArENAEnIfsnf
Saloon and Business.
Conducted by
Mrs. DORA A. WEYMOUTH

One of the arguments ior5 the saloon is
w. # helps business. We are to suffer
', D" of the unrightcous traffic as it
w. w." at the center of all political and social
,,ohief 1t silencss the voice OF the con
,ionce and everywhere obstructs the
s.ooress of morality and religion for the
pt.,;re business is immoral. producing ig-
soronce, idleness. poverty and crime, and
y tha most unmitigated evil that has ever
"#icted this country, 1t il political
mroug of uncquaEled enorn,ity. in viola ton
'fthe principles of political economy, as it
.onresents only fictitious wealth and sup
.Ih no real demand OF SO, iety, but stands
onposed to the. fundamental principles Of
\ oiyil government, and national prosperity,
/. ~ cav nothing of the Manifold evils which
,,ndicts Oh the family and community at
large.
We cannot separate the moral and polit-
ical relations of this subject; neither can
] tbe wrong of drinking be discussed apart
I from the wrong of producing it.
The experience of the past many years
ofIiccnse and reeulative laws confirm the
conyiction that no human legislation can
make that right which God has spoken
ocanst. We are therefore, com oelled to
believe that people who authorize the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating IL
ouors for beverage. viola,e the divine
law, and are response die for the evils that
flow from it, All this we musl have for
the sake OF The business it brings to place.
lie, us listen for Il while to responsible men
who has Aad the experience. What does
john Il, Brooks president National Bank,
Belfast. Me says: Prohibition of the
LIQUOR traffic i not detrimental to the bus
mess interests Of our CITY,
Ex-senator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas
SAYS: "rhc prediction Of its Prohibition
iyt>l opponents have not been verified. i'm
migration Las not been repealed, nor has
capital been diverted from til State. The
prriol has been one uf uueXaIrplcd growth
and Development"
Hon William Larrnhpc. Governor If
Iowa when the Prohibition law was in
force said: Iowa has never been more
prosper Jus thrm now. Ttr beneficial re-
results OF Prohibition are observable on
forced, moral. intellectual and material
welfare has been advanced. Money is
HOW sprmE for the ntceSsarics of life and
frlrgi1imate uses instead of being spent
at the saloon. And yet III the face of all
these facts Voters will go on voting for the
saloon. The Christian Standard puts the
situation in the following language:
g. -,
traffic on the minds and hearts of its i'm
mediate slaves and Victims we may CON
slider it as IL deadly moral poison to the
souls OF millions OF our citizens who per-
SOnally abstain from the use Of intOXicunts.
The evil moral effects OF the liqnor traffic
are especially manifest III the church vote
In the United States, on conservative
estimate {, 26l 1913 church votes share di.
rectly i'll the responsibility of the licensed
saloon and the completely of the Govern
ment with the liquor traffic.
The blood of at least sixty thousand an
nua victims, destroyed soul and body by
the rum traffic, are on the hands Of men
whose baptlSmal and conservation VOWS
committed them to perzonal and moral
righteousness. and to do everything in
their power to help other men to live sober
anu GodIy lives. And the utter sadness of
We situation IS that these five million VOt-
erS 60 ON singing and praying and pro-
Claiming their Christ an standing before
uou and man and without the slightest
sense of their SIN in helping the devil, dis
uIIerS brewers and saloonkeepers to con-
TIME IN their Internal traffic in the souls
anu bodies Of their fellow-men. In its cul-
u'atI"n OF moral insensibility, in the
hearts Of millions of reputable people, the
hquor traffic is doing its deadliest work to-
day
That We may not be charged with deal
Ing III gencralities, the following indisput-
abe situation is cited. Every four years,
TWO hundred and fifty thousand liquor men
Ill The United States divide at the polls and
vote Tor the Republican and Democratic
national tickets. If there was the slightest
indication that either of the big parties
were hostile to the liquor business, every
ole OF these two hundred and fifty thou
S"no would vote the opposite ticket but
'ney divide their suffrage because Doth par
"eS are friendly to the saloons. The liquor
men know that these two parties are COM
United heart and soul to the partnership OF
TIE liquor traffic through the internal rev.
ehue tax and the license system, These
TWO parties are liquor parties just as cert
AMY as they are protective tariff parties.
ana the church consents to and shares
in liquor politics. For just what the t NO
n hundred and fifty thousand liquor men do
VII VII election day, the five million church
Lolefs do-they divide and cast their bal.
to's tor the two parties that are committed
no saloon politics. For twenty-four years.
mot tt" go back further, men who are
p,eSdged to shun the very appearance of
vvtl nave voted just as the saloonkeepers
o ooVe' While the national drink bill has in
leased billion dollars a year, and at
,east one and a quarter million mep.
t Ei"hen and children have been sent to I'M
T Hmely ana dishOnored graves, because the
diquor business has not been outlawed and
destroyed 10y the voting church.