The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-02-23

oa 1l,-rt IN FL. Y an.s.
THE P1jP.R Us; OF ALCOHOL
Temperance Organ Fsyors Removsl OF
lax from Alouhi Made Unfit for
iSc a. X, vsfage

(The following editorial appeared
in The New Voice, the well
know prohibition paper, oi
December l5. 1905.
In the foregoing pages is giver
a somewhat comprehensive sur
vey Of the movement for untaxeC
alcohol for use in arts and indus.
tries. The Prohibitionists. as q
rule, have paid no att MT N to
this movement, Meth r tavoring
nor opfo ing it.
But would not such a policy te
of material advantage to the Pro-
hibition cause
Our war is rot against either
ale )hol or the proper use Of alco-
mol. w have no quarrel with
the man who wishes alcohol to
pickle snakes, to light his house,
TO drive his automobile. to manu-
facture hats. varnishes. shoes.
enamels, dyestutfs. shellacs, lac
qeer. finish for plan y and or
gans. and a thousand things
which enter into the manufac-
ture of everyday life.
We have no objections to any
useful thing that can be done
with alcohol. We place alcohol
on the same plane with poison
Gus drugs and impure meat. We
have no objection to the sale of
poisonous drugs for pioper pur-
poses We have no objection TO
the sale of impure meat for
making fertilizer But when
poisonous di cocaine. NOR
phine. arsenic, etc are sold in
discriminatory for improper pur-
poses, or when the butcher at
tempts to market impure meat
for eating, how quick Do the war
dogs of justice swoop down on
the offender. Why should We
single out alcohol as an exception
to this 1le
Germany is now producing
nearly 100000, ,0o0 gallons of al
cohol annually for industrial pur-
poses. The United States has
practically suppressed the m ,nu-
facture of alcohol for proper pur-
poses, and only produces about
l2,000,00O gallons for all pur-
pos as save in the form of whis-
Ky. beer. ETC.. and only about
I 600. 900 gallons OF this is UseG
in manufacturing.
We import our finest soaps and
many similar articles. because
we have suppressed their manu-
facture here by our prohibitory
AK on one of then important in
gredi ents.
the policy would not cause any
appreciable loss of revenue be-
,ause. owing to the prohibitive
AK, we get practically no rev.
anue out OF it anyhow.
BY allowing free alcohol, Ger
many has become the chemical
laboratory Of the world.
Remove the tax on alcohol.
when properly denaturized. anu
We shall not have to argue any !
more about what to do with the
listilieries. Tell them to 90
head and make alcohol for pro-
,er purposes and quit selling it
o make fools Of men.
There is probably not distil-
or in the country who would not
athcr make alcohol for a legiti-
nate ard nseful purpose than for i
market that brings down on
lis head the bitter maledictions
f half the human race. i
The proper way to cure a bad I
10Y of his meanness is to kill the |
neanness and not kill the boy. !
We do battle against the saloon !
nd not against the proper, legit- !
mate use of alcohol. :
The United States has sup !
ressed the use of alcohol for J
roper purposes, and gone into {
artnership with scoundrels who !
yax fat. drowsy and wicked by :
marketing it for destructive aid I
onfessedly improper purposes. :
This POLICY needs reversing:
the improper use OF al q
ohol and promote its use IN the !
IT'S and industries. !