The National tribune., 1906-09-20
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distilled whisky. l wonder il others
have thought as I have. /. q, that you
got pay in some way, shape or form for
the whisky article, for it was certainly
one of the best, If not the best. adyer-
tisement for Peoria whisky that could
have been gotten up. and will no doubt
and probably has made them thousands
of dollars already. And the second ar
ticle in regard to beer drinking will
surely drive some people from beer To-
whisky. Personally I do not drink eth
er but had no idea but what whisky
was much the worst evil of the two. but
am sure now that beer is TO be more
dreaded than whisky.
l wish TO take this opportunity tn
congratulate YOU on the good You are
doing for the old soldiers and the
American people for the noble stand.
and / should call fearless stand, you
take for the benefit of all people. l in
close stamp for reply to the questions:
LIST. Did you get pay. directly or indi-
rectly. for the whisky articles?
3 Did the editor of The National
Tribune write same2-J- II. Perrine
Frederickstown. Mo.
The frankness and evident sincerity
of this letter demands an answer. as
especially the same thoughts which our
correspondent expresses must have oc-
Cured to many others.
We thought we made our position
plain in the articles. but ii seems that
we left some doubts which we will now
try to remove. In the first place. The
National Tribune does not believe in
either whisky or beer as beverage
VltYt nf bf
two evils the lesser is whisky. 1t does
not kill man 40 quickly or so certain
ly as beer. and the process of killing
him is not so disgusting So far as oui
getting any pay from the whisky mer
we can deny it most absolutely in any
shape or form. We have for years re-
fused to take advertisements from any
whisky or beer dealers. This has cos
us a great loss of revenue. but we fee
that it is due to a principle and have
borne the loss cheerfully. The whisky
and beer men are advertising very lib
orally. and it would be a substantial in
crease to the revenue of The Nationa
Tribune if we would accept their ad
vertisements as a host of high-clas:
publications. including all the maga
zines, do. The aims and ideals of The
National Tribune are its own. The!
seem quxotic 10 many business men
and especially to the advertising agents
who importune us to take liquor adver-
tisements. and put a pressure upon u.
to do 50. The National Tribune pro
fesses to be aiming for the very best il
the country in morals. politics. CONNER,
cial advancement and all the real gooC
that our people can get out of life. The
liquor habit is a serious detriment TO al
lot in it or anything that contributes Il
its progress. We would make ever!
man and woman under the shadow o.
the Flag. if we could. strictly sober
touching not, tasting not, handling no
any form of the poisonous, maddenin:
stuff.
As to the dispute between the Peoria
whisky dealers and those of Kentucky
they are both absolutely Indifferent tc
us. They are both on the same plane
ly vicious and which wrecks homes anC
destroys manhood and womanhoo,
wherever it is sold and drunk Our po
sition was that the claims of the Ken
tucky whisky dealers that their diStilla
ton was less harmful, less destructive
less baneful was an impudent pretense
They We're trying to get the Unitei
States to give its sanction and protec
ton to their goods to the detriment o
competitors who had absolutely tn,
same rights as they. There is absolute
ly no difference in murder committed
by a man ;nflamed by Kentucky whisk,
and one done by a man crazed will
Peoria whisky. One is just as likely [.
send a man to the gallows as the other
1t was the hight of impudence for tn,
agents of the ''hand-made Sour-maSh
fire-distilled" goods to come before til,
Congress of the United States and try tt
get their goods officially stamped as su
perior to those made out of the higl
wines distilled at Peoria. The com
Founders. Tectiiicrs and others engage,
III lNdhlnS lifllIdliOn heiltuGkl WnlSk'
out of Peoria alcohol have just as mucl
right and just as good reason to com,
before Congress and insist on some Off
cfal recognition that their goods ar
superior to those made i'll the clums,
old way of pot distillation. They woult
have lied just as strenuously and un
blu5hingly as the makers of Kentuck,
whisky did. AS a matter of fact there i
comparatively little of the real old
fashioned whisky to be had, and thos
who claim to make it are guilty of jus
as much mixing. blending" etc, as tn,
men who make whisky out of tn
straight Peoria alcohol. From the yer!
nature of the business it is difficult I,
get an honest, truth-telling man to en-
gage in it.
Answering our correspondents ques
tions categorically we say:
1st We got no pay, directly or indi
rectly, for the whisky articles
I'd. The editor of The National Trib
une wrote the articles.
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