The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-21
w. c.. T.. u. COLUMN.
BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
WHAT SHALL CHRISTIANS D0l
Ihe LlQuor Trafiie yersus PrOhibillOn.


The LIQUOR business is admitted
to be a great evil. In the United
States alone il sustains over POO,
loco drunkard factories, digs the
graves of 100, 900 drunkards an
lnually, and spends nearly $4,000,
1000 day to nourish itself
What is the remedy Salvation
for the individual drunkard, and
the total suppression OF the liquor
traffic for the nation. This temper
ance movement has passed through
various stages of reform, We have
have had our Bands OF hope and
our Pledges, and we have resolved
over and over again what we VIII
do. In spite of all this the liquor
business, in It's fearful work OF de-
struction, has gone on at an amaz
ling rate and become more bold and
defiant with every passing year.
The time has arrived for action.
What we now need to do is 10 arouse
the consciences of the people up to
that point where they will arise as
one great army, and beneath the
mountain of million votes, bury
this Internal business a thousand
iathoms deep amid the curses OF the
whole universe.
1t is the bounden duty of every
man. as a citizen, TO vote for prohi
Ibition. In cases Of robbery, muir
der, arson etc, il is acknowledged
on all hands to be the common
duty Of every citizen to assist in
putting down all such lawlessness
TIE welfare OF society demands IT OF
him. To allow such things would
simply help them on. The SAN 9
obligation rests upon him in rela-
ton to this vital question. During
the anti Slavery agitation, Henry
Ward Beecher said Every Amer
lean citizen who has not exhausted
all his prerogatives as a citizen IN
protesting against slav-ry is imse |
responsible for slavery" Adapt
ling the phraseology Of this logicical
statement TO the subject in hand It
reads: Every citizen who has not
exhausted all his prerogatives as a
citizen in protesting against the
egalized liquor traffic is himself
responsible for the liquor traffic. "
Can we escape from the force OF this
Logger
II you want to shut up the drunk
ard factories and protect your home,
your land, your boys and giils-
yes and your neighbors-then stop
voting for tax or license political
parties, for they are very hope and
life Of the liquor traffic.
In confirmation Of this statement
we submit the following remarks al
the Bar, an organ Of the liquor bus
mess:
7 1.-The prohibition fanatics have
With the tenacHy OF devils held theil
forces together and made gains fol
the last twenty years that bode II
TO our trade. Let them increase II
ike ratio their numbers a few year.
to come, and our business will b
. swept from existence. Every dis
. ,illery, every brewery and every sa
4 DON will be closed or compelled t
9 operate as an outlaw. Mo- let no
; the splendid achievements OF To
! = past lull us into a sense OF security
!. for as sure az God rules, is an enc
6 NV in our camp that neither slum
|, bers nor sleeps. They are layin
. the foundation for their diabolics
i plans broad and deep, and unles
V their develish designs are speedil
:. thwarted all is lost. There is bu
one safe course for US to pursue
and every friend Of personal libert
= as we'll as every member OF ii
trade, should put willing shouldt
to the wheel and aid in the strugg
for the life Of our liberty. The oil
parties are our friends. For Il
last thirty years they have held Il
reins Of government, and during a
this time our business has increase
I and prospered beyond our mo
| sanguine expectations. Az long
. they control we are safe. Depo
one or both Ct them, and we mig
as we'll hang our harps on the W
O. low tree for our vocation will
CT gone" Reader, can we not lea
= lesson from the above choice me
% sci?
All liquor men vote only for
cense parties, mark that. The
same men are the leaders in Sa
ave bath dissertation; they are the NJ,
who harbor rioters, anarchists al
, gamblers. II you vote for licen
!. party, these same men are yo
I'D. companions. Every ballot cast
a license party helps TO increa