Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

IT not by any putting the matter too strongly
70 say that tie patenmrdicine habit is Of the
eTavest curses with the most dangerous results that Is
mEkcting American HatioEal life Sooner or later
the people Of AH1eTca must awakch to the fearful dan
gers that lie IN theSe proprietary preparations. The
mothers Of children, in p5rClIar, must have their
eyes opened TO tie dangers that Ink in these paens
mediCines Here and there kopeuI siga OF an awak.
ening SEwy but sU.ely the best magazines
falling into line in tbeF refusal 10 accept patenmedcne
advertisements Of amy kind Not long ago one q tho
insurance companies made excellent by Tequir
ing its medical examiner TO ask Of each subject fog
insurance What patent medicines have you used dur
ing the asi five yeaFs2" and gradually other insuTance
companies realizing tie fact that the use 81 patent
medJcHeS is injurious dian the OF acohoIc
liquors But much still remains more should be done.
Public Interest must be more widely aroused
RAVE said before this page and repeat it here.
unpalaiabe as were my previous words to the
Woman Christian Tempeyare Unil thafhefe indeed,
campagn lies before that organizations tits not meet
ing the by any means the officers Of that organiza
ton have written that they have department Of their
work devoted TO this evil Not enough has been done,
has sufcient emphasis been laid this branch Of
their work. nor enough p4ominence been given 10 IT, nor
enough weEdTeced energy been pm into the effort
Sundyeds OF the most jealous members Of the Wonans
Christian Temperance Union, living farms and in
small communities allowing the advertisements Of
these alcoiyoi6lled remedies" 10 be painted on their
fences barns sides of houses and outhniIdings II the
officers Of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
are in earnest in this matter why do they notify each
local branch TO compel every member Of herassocatou
TO sign an agreement as a condition Of membership
that they will efIace these advertisements from their
lands and houses and buildings, and keep them of
They would soon find out how many Of their members
lending direct aid to the spread OF alcoholism among
the people unconsciousy, perhaps, but the less
surely. II these members Of what they are
doing let the Organization make them aware of il
Ignorance in this matter is absolutely excuse when
the means OF enlightenment are easily at hand
let the oHicerpoi the W6mans Christian Ten Ferance
A. Union look into the advertising columns Of the reg
ous papers OF the country and see how their columns
fairly reek with the advertisements Of these dangerous
connections YET in these very same sccaed religious
papers there official Womans Christian Temperance
Union coEurnHs setting forth the obcaI OF the
organization and its branches pretty consistent pic
do these portions Of theayefage religious pnpef
present. advocating with one hand alcoholic proiIbi
ton or Temperance and EeceiSng with the other hand.
money for advrliising-and thereby recommending 10
their readers preparations flied ten times with
more alcohol than the beer which fills them with
much horror in the editorial columns There are no
papers published that agranty guilty OF admitting
to their columns the advertisements not only OF alcohol
filed medicines but preparations and cure-alls Of the
most tagTaRy obscene nature aS,the socaetl reiig-
icus papers Of this country. Unable owing to their
small crci1lions obtain the advertising Of discrn
mating advertisers they all too ready 70 acceptthc
most obscene class Of advertising which the
average second-rate secular paper would hesitate
refuse to admino its columns. am speaking whereof
know in this matter Beside me- as write, lie issues
of some twenty different religious" weekIies the adj
ve7tising columns Of which are positive stencil IN
the nosns Of decent seli-respecns people. Lei the
WoTisns Christian Temperance Union officers counsel
its members who subscribe Tor these papers TO compel
their publishers 10 omit these advertisements and they
refuse let these people discontinue their patronage Of
the paper Such measures would vey quickly shut out
from publicity the majority Of these baneiul patent
medicines There WAL important work here for the
Womans Christian Temperance Union work IN =
cause which is aiming with far greater danger al the
very heart Of American homes than the cracking Of
bottle Of champagne the hull Of newIyiaunched
craft
EAR better ladies' that the contents d bottle d clam
payne should go into the water, where Il viii do no
any harm, than that the contents Of = bottle OF
by volume should be allowed to 90 into The systemoi
child and strike his very soul, planting the seed
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