The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-07-27
WALL STREET WORK
FOR LIQUOR TRAFFIC


'hlng under the SIN" The wisdom Of
Solomon IS set at naught in our dov
For moro than half Il century, Wan
street has been the nest in which has
been hatchcd almost every yipor thot
has cursed our country II is there
that the financial and political DRAGONS
have Iaid and matched, and thus yipcr.
oiS hrools have crawlci throuphoul
the land, amoming their slime ON ifs
hoaIth8lonr3 and thresholds, leaving
tier" provcWN and discomfort. and in.
s'nSat" ambitions to edo the other
f"Ilow' in stock gambling and every
other species of oycr-rcaching and dis.
honesty, they have invaded the he'd
chambers Of the high and the low and
the middle class, and there dispacod
con iugal confidence with mistrlst.
loyalty with dissection, love with hate
ANA have severed domestic peace with
the dagger, the bullet and the poisonous
cup, They have invaded Our vcncratcd
halls of learning and mingled their
$ imc in the ink horn of the masses and
tie teachers of sociology and the classes.
They have invaded the temples of the
Most High; and with their Shiny money
have tainted alike the pews and sacred
alters; setting their own price for ON
dulponccs, for all the crimes that
curse mankind
But the scene is changed. This crst-
while hot bed of pclditlon, has become
the birthplace and brooding place of
Angels,
Angels of patriotism, Angles Of Love
Angels of Mercy, Angels of Sacrifice.
The rlstlng of their wings are heard
in every post office and in every voters
home in our beautiful county of st.
lucic and that there be no mistake
every envelope is poStmarkcd, "Wall
Street station, New York. -
Yes, Wall street is sending out her
literature frcightcd with professions of
Patriotism, Love, Mercy and with much
Sacrifice. Bu raise the wings of the
angel Of Patriotism and in its body you
will See "my county for what | can
m Ike out of it. Peep under the
VINES of this angel of love and behold
the legend Glove of money and greed
of gain. The wings of the angel OF
Mercy covers a Purifying carcass held
topcthcr hv tissues of fooliShncSS AMI
errunpu5 assumptions; and thus angel
of Sacrifice has "A hand under each
wing: with one hand it is counting out
its money a. Il sacrilicial Offering To
nav the expense of the "WhlSky side
in this campaigns while the other hand Is
lcvvng tribute on every interest IN the
Nation; regardless Of the groans ol the
murdered victims, the whitening ana
screams of those dying with dcllrluIh
tremens; on the Sobs and walls OF berelt
and dcsulalcd homes, where twin spawn
of The IdIuor' tatli', the demons
Poverty and PAIN are holding hlgh
carnival amid the general rum.
So Wall street is the home OF the
wholesale liquor dealers association OF
the United States, So these angels
are angels Of darkness bearing ne
destruction Of dcsolatlun through the
land. So the leopard of Wall street
has not chanpcd It's spots; and rs re-
cards Wall street There Is no new
thior under the sun and Wall street
il stilI "Thc home of unclean and raw
enouS' beasts.
And, vet, "'ris true It's pity, ana
nitv IT'S. tbs true there are doubtless
many good men in ST. lncI" county
who will be- deceived by the la'''
statements, erroneous assumptions
and doctorcd statistics with W''l'n
the mails are llo, deed from the Pa'rlo'',
loving, disnlcrcsird liquor d'aler'
association; headquarters wan street
station New York.
Using their premises that there Is
more crime and paupcrlsm under pro-
hibi,ion than license, th" conclusion u
Obvious that, there Is more ""'T"i