The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
Cetters to tbe Gdftor
There is a Remedy.

montgomery, AId,s Jan. l. lSUO. Editor The Advertiser:
 That was indeed a sad story from Columbus, Ga. you printed in tho Sun day mornings Advertiser.
 There is not city of any size In the Union that cannot furnish numbers just as sad. And away from the cities, the story of the ruin that Is wrought by strong drink can be told by heart broken mothers and wives in almost am glad you published the story and especially glad to read your edl- | torial comment You are kind enough your readers by asking. In conclusion: Gan the philanthropist find the rem edy?' Most heartily I say, Yes IL In my opinion The Advertiser; ln its tention to the wretchedness of the Georgia family, all brought on by the drink demon, begins to answer It's question. Not many years ago 1t was seldom such thing ever appeared in our papers, especially our great dailies l am pleased to note 2 change in this regard Their ,pT6liSs5ion& s & wiii atartH saHg down the hill of ruin. It will furnish the poor wife who is becoming alarmed about him, with a living picture to use grade movement It will serve to awake the consciences of sober. people and make them pity the suffering. It will make men ask , as you you have done:
  of the people are not dead on this sub iect. They have been lulled to sleep by the papers and politicians belittle- ing every attempt at reform. Some done except to get all the revenue pos l sible from the liquor traffic and furnish all the police force necessary to pro- tect the people from those made insane by drink.
 Let the papers boost the reformers. They may not all of them deserve it.: but some of them do and the cause they represent certainly does Who put the
 Reformer is making all this great stir in Missouri. Ohio, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York? The reformer's voice gomery and Mobile. More and more difficult it is for men to violate the sunday laws in these cities. In some or the prohibition districts of this state where, the officers of the law allowed the violators to go unwhipped of jus tlce, convictions have been had, large fines assessed and sentence to the chain gang has been held up before the violatorS The reformer. never discour- aged, but everlastingly hammering away a the public conscience, IS the cause of it all Let all the papers join in the cry Of the reformer It will be only little while before the politt- clans VIII see the hand writing on the wall and join the procession.
 Lot the miserable revenue fraud DO exposed as it can he. What is q thous and dollars license worth to the city? Who doubts but that the figures would show that it takes fifteen hundred dol lars of good money to repair the dam age done by the thousand dollar sa- loon?
 As saloons are multiplied. the police force must bf increased, more street lamps ar" needed. court costs and prison costs pile mp until the wretched busi- ness grows into mountain chains all characters, blighred prospects. broken HedTlS and lost souls.
 Let the papers join us in educating the people out of the idea that there is hN securing revenue from the most wi ked and degrading business on excited in behalf of the innocent and suffering as their oonsctenoss are aroused at the enormity of business