The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-26

satiate than that of a naiser-an appe-
tite which unconsciously sways or con-
trolls the action Of the men who is count
ed among those never known to drink
to excess. Notwithstanding all this, the
saloon more than ever before. is re-
garded with disfavor by respectable
people.
Sooner or later every well-meaning
person VINO gives any attention what
ever to the liquor problem, if he is cap
able of sane reasoning, viii come to see
the fallacy and the wickedness of any
form of license as applied to the sale Of
liquor for beverage purposes.
a candid review and fair COMPARE
son of conditions before and after the
abolition of the liquor canteen make a
good showing as a whole In favor Of
the present system The oft repeated
statements. that low dives and drinking
places develop in the vicinity of mill
tary posts because of the adjustment
of liquor selling in the canteen, is dis
proved on authority of such officers as
Colonel Ray of Kentucky, and Major
Nave Of California and by the honest
investigators of the real conditions.
During the last year there has been
unusual interest displayed concerning
the internal revenue system, and it is
to be hoped that this interest will
strengthen and deepen until the day of
national prohibition, when in every
state the manufacture and sale OF alco-
holie beverages is outlawed; and then
LAlCA6 Ndu Bt ITO AlNiuOl revenue Win
which to enrich the Golfers of Uncle
Sans treasury
General satisfaction seems to pre-
vail over the passage by congress of
the denaturized alcohol bill. It could
hardly be otherwise, for most temper
ance people would be glad to have the
revenue tax removed from all intoxicat-
ing liquors and to have such liquors
denaturized-
The bin prohibiting the sale of IL
quor in all government buildings, parks,
reservations and ships met with unex-
pected favor from some sources, and
there is reasonable hope that it will
pass at the next session OF congress-.
We have reason to be glad that the
public demand for national legislation
bearing upon the character and quail
tiles of foods sold ir market has Sc
cured the passage of the pure food
bill. Twenty-Five states now have
rOOd inspection laws, and since the
developments of the last year the peo-
pie have been and are fully aroused to
the Importance of having adequate
national legislation, and they welcome
the new congressional law which GER
tainly is needed to check fraudulent
and unwholesome practices.
The attitude of the Women's Chris
tan Temperance union on the question
of Mormonism is we'll understood, not
| only by all members and friends OF
the ganization. but by the public at
large. The Smoot investigation has
furnished fruit to justify a movement
that will make polygamy an offense
against the United States; an offense
that can be dealt with IN the United
States courts-hence it IS plainly our
duty to favor and to work for a ma
tional constitutional amendment.
NO one capable of reading and un-
/ derstanding need be ignorant of the
dangerous character of cocaine and
absinthe, and we should be alert to
prevent their sale by those who, for
| financial gain, do not hesitate to dis
pense these poisons. These dealers
/ are near relatives to the liquor sellers
in fact they are often one and the
same.
''If all the money wasted for strong
homes and home comforts the child
labor problem would much more
easily be solved. This IS true to a
great extent Of the labor problem in
/ its broader sense.
This has been a year of remark
able W. c. T U. activity. In every
state there has been a victory along
some line of march
Woman was never more truly a
/ homekeeper than she is today, but her
| concept of the sphere Of home has
/ broa dene6 immeasureably- There IS a
recognized link between the good
home and civic Righteousness, good
schools, good churches and good bust
ness houses, and there are manifold in
dications that in the movement to Sc
cure woman's influence in government
and In the tangled business of the
world there is an accelerated pro-
gress-