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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08

Revenue Cutter Service is charged
with the destruction of these men,
aces to navigation, and a special der
elicit destroyer has been authorized
by Congress to be built for the DUR
pose of seeking and removing these
dangers. The United States is the
first government to provide such
ship for keeping the adjacent marine
highways clear for the ships of all
nations.
From the date of the esta Enlistment
of the Life-saving Service commits
stoned officers Of the Revenue Cutter
Service has been detailed to duty in
connection with it, and its efficiency
is largely due to their efforts. Under
the direction of the general superIn-
tendent of the Life-saving Service
they drill the crews of the life-Saving
stations. superintendent the construc-
ton of the surf boats, as well as the
lighthouses and the living quarters of
the men, and investigate cases of loss
OF life within the scope of life-saving
operations. They have given to that
service the benefits of a number of
inventions and appliances for the fur
therance of it's human work In tes-
tiH1Ony of the value of the work of
the officers of the Revenue Cutter
Service, the general superintendent
of the Life-Saving Service has said
OF them in one of his annual reports:
Little wonder why the Life-sayine
Service has succeeded; the souls of
such men have entered it and it has
become an incarnation
A generous recognition is this of the
ala and cooperation of the officers
OF the Revenue Cutter Service, look
ing to the attainment of the ends for
which the Hfe-saving Service was es-
tablished
Customs Guardian.
The work of the Revenue Cutter
service, as de-ned by law. consists in
the enforcement of almost every stat
ute bearing upon the maritime inter-
est OF the nation. Its duties embrace
the protection Of the customs revenue.
involving the right of search of ali
merchant vessels arriving within the
United States or within four leagues
tnereof II bound to a port in the
United states; the suppression of pi-
racy; the search for wrecked and
missing vessels; the enforcement of
the neutrality laws, by preventing
armed expeditions against nefghbor-
Ing ana friendly governments; the
suppression OF mutiny; the protection
OF the government timber reserves:
the construction and the inspection
OF hfe-saying stations and the drilling
or Ife-saving crews; the enforcement
OF law and the protection of property
IN Alaska; the protection of seal and
oIner nsher1es in Alaskan waters; the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08

The question Of prohi bitten involves
an inquiry as to whether local option
or any form OF prohibition is founded
{ ON right principles, accemRltshes its
: pufese, diminisEEes or increases ia
4temeralce or otherwise does good or
harm.
While it's avowed object is TO pre-
, vent iRJemperance prohibition does
mot aim its restrictions at the intern
PePate but only at the seller 1t does
this because the number OF sellers is
comparatively small 1t does not dare
ITO attack openly the buyers or users
because Of their great numbers anu
! because they would resent the inter-
terence with their rights, personal lib
I erty and inclinations. II is content to
make the SEEKER the scapegoat over
whose shoulders the law is really
aimed at the purchaser, ignoring the
fact that in ali moral respects the
,Cetfsr and buyer stand On equal feot-
ing so far as the sale is concerned.
1t therefore processes one thing while
it, intends another and creates in fair
Pnt@nds a sense of injustice. The man
{ who ShasebOugirt cannot bring his CON
science TO declare the seller a criminal
eby the act of selling while he. by the
3'act OF Buying, is innocent. To this
extent, therefore, prohibition is not
honest.
But aside from this is prohibition
right and justifiable in principle? Is
Sforce the best means OF making men
temperate and moral? Is it right to
interfere with the personal liberty of a
large body OF citizens and attempt to
restrict them in their private conduct
against their viii and can such at
tempt succeed and do good?
A Movement Against Personal Liberty
Prof. Lecly says: TO attempt to
guard adult men by law against temp
tation. TO place them under a moral
tetulaSe is a dangerous precedent. The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08
Notable Record of Enviable
DeeGs of Peace and Acts of War
Nautical Gazette.

denced by the fact that in the expe-
dltion sent TO the West Indies in 1893
To operate against French privateers
and commerce, eight cutters partici-
paJed, carrying total OF IS guns and
416 men. This naval expedition con-
sisted of about 20 vessels in all. in
Guiding the famous Constitution and
Constellation, and including among
its officers such noted names in the
naval annals of the country as those
of Barry, TrHxtOn, Preble and Decatur.
II is Noteworthy that Of the %. prizes
taken by our forces in the next few
years the revenue cutters captured
Is unaided and assisted in the can
ture of two others. The cutter Pick
ering made two cruises to the West
Indies and captured 10 prizes. one OF
which carried "A guns and eco men
three times her own force This YES
sci sailed a third time. August 20
1890, in company with the frigate In
surgent, to join the squadron of
GuadaloUpe, but nothing was ever
heard of either vessel. They evident
ly were foundered in the hurricanes
that prevailed in the month of Septem-
Der of that year.
The service has borne an honor
able part in the wars in which the
country has been engaged. In the
war of 1912, which brought such re-
nown to the American sailor, the reve-
nue. cutters rendered conspicuous and
meritorfous services. The first can
ture made was that Of the British
schooner Patriot by the cutter Ieffer-
son. and a totaI<of IA British vessels
taken indicates the activity Of the
service during the war An illuStra-
ton of the devotion to duty exhibited
by the officers and men of the service
during the war of 1912 is to be found
in an account of the brave resistance
shown in the defense of the Eagle.
Capt. Frederick Lee in Long Island
Sound. On the morning of Oct. II,
1914, the Eagle was sighted and Du.
sued by two British vessels, the brig
Dispatch, Of Is guns, and sloop.
The cutter was run ashore near Negro
Head, Long Island, stripped of her
sails and rigging, and her guns
dragged up a high blum, from which
point of vantage her crew fought the
two British vessels from 9 O'Clock in
he morning until late in the after
neon.
Cory Glory.
When their ammunition was ex-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08
WHAT GREAT STATESMEN AND THINKERS HAVE
SAID ABOUT SUCH LEGISLATION.
An Attack on Personal Liberty Growing Out of
$50 FanaIicaI Ideas as to What Tenn
peFance Means.

Men Cannot Be Forced to Abstain by Enactment-True
Temperance is the Legitimate Use of the Good Things
of Life and the Avoidance of Their Abuse-Prohibi-
ton Menace to the Business Prosperity of Any Com
r1unity Trying tiff Adopted for Georgia Would Kill
the Immigration Movement-The American People
Like Those of the Rest ofthe World Not Convinced
That Drinking is Sinning-Fanatical Reforrners Have
No Right to Chain the Opinions of Others as to What
Temperance Means.
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he Revenue Cutter. D. D:

After the freedom of the American
colonies had been won through the
6war of the revolution, the country re-
gturned TO a peace besis and the CON
i:tinsntal navy was disbauded From
E4hat time on Jnere was no sea force
faWatlahle fer the protection Oh the
lecOa6t- and the maritime interest of the
newly constituted United States until
tthe ,opgAni zatfon OF the Revenue .Calt-
s,ter Service under an act of the first
Scangress, GRlToved by President
washington, Aug. 4, 1890. BY the
SfiTst Of Nowerber, 1871, 10 vessels
s.WRUe ready for duty, and during d
,speriod of 6 years and IL months reve-
fnue cutters formed the only armed
force af0at belonging to the young re-
ep1koiic, and were engaged in patrUling
1.-The -eGaSt7line of the country and en-
Edcrcfn,g dts. maritime laws. From the
s+establiShnfe of the Revenue Cutter
sseTNioe5in 1876 it has been under the
ktpsasI1y department, having for its
kdtrSt head Alexander Hamilton, the
Ea3Est sernetary OF the treasury
! Pie names of these vessels, the
EfESt cutters in the service of the
limited States, were SCANNED, Massa-
tcltnsexts, ASgts, Vigifant, General
slssen, Active, Virginia, DiHgent,
sSeHth Carolina and Georgia The first
"a appointments Of officers in the REEVE
niue Cutter Service were made from
SaRn0ng those who had served in the
continental navy, and the first com
ERiesion granted 10y President Wash
ffnston TO an officer afloat was Issued
ITO Capt. Hopley YeatOn, of New Hamp-
SShire in the UAited States Revenue
tCUtter Service. This officer had pre-
!TicNsly served as a lieutenant on the
kfrigatesa Raleigh and Dean, of the con-
tineataI navy. by the act of July I.
s1797, the president was authorized to
Increase, in his discretion, the
strength of the several revenue cut
tiers, not TO exceed 80 marines and
.Seamen to each cutter, and he was
lalso authorized to employ the revenue
,cutterS to defend the sea, coast of the
sUnibed States and te TepeI any hostil-
fly to it's vessels and commerce. BY
the act of June %. 1898, it was pro
Yided that the complement of the
large vessels of the service should
not exceed 20 marines and seamen.
Naval Services.
The service, when established. was |
recognized as an important part or |
the national defense. This is evil
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08

of the liquor traffic. In many respects
ltthe question is a suMgtJaIy one, and
| laws attempting TO establish Sumptu-
airy regulations become inquiSstosfal
and impossible of execution so that
! in those cOmmIraities where tAey
nave been enacted they have either
| aggravated the evil or Rave fallen into
contempt and useiessHess and been re-
| pealed."
Daniel Voorhees, said: The Holy
| Scripture and the history of the
church are alike without warrant for
the prohi5itisnists. And looking to
the history of civilization from the
| days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to
the present hour, where can a nation
he fOuFd Of strength and progress
watsse people cGGAd not be trusted to
regulate yheir personal jaily habits
for themselves ;"
Roger Q. Mills said: i oppose the
adoption of prehioition because it vio-
lates fundamental principal OF free
government"
Drinking is in Nc Sens, Crime.
Sam Houston said: Before the
evils CT intenEperance can be suppress
Cd by legislative enactment5 natural
laws must be repealed. To declare it
10 be a crime TO manufacture and
drink wine in n aderatiC1l would, in
effect, accuse Christ and the Holy
Apostles OF sinful practice. The first
miracle of our blessed Savior was the
aia;.E;kr;UrC CT wiLC out of water"
JefferSo laws said: "Eo destroy
individual IibeTt: ar moral Tespon-
stbihty would be to eradicate one evil
by the substitution of another. The
cornwall use of intoxicants and the
occurrence Of drunkenness has become
less frequent within the last twenty
years than it was before The ref n
ing influence of education and Chris
tianity may be credited with this re-
suit. Why not allow these blessed
hand-maidens Of virtue and morality
to continue Unembarrassed their civil
fzfns work"
Lord Salisbury said: You wish to
prevent a certain number of people
from getting drunk. Therefore, you
ask us to prevent four, five or six
times as many, who are sober. consum-
eFs, from having an opportunity of
the free Indulgence to which they
have a right. Why are we to punish
the innocent in place of the guilty.
The rich who possess or can possess
wine cellars are free from the attack
of the prohibition reformers 1t is the
poor, the working people, that the law
inconvenience. This kind of legisla-
ton is absolutely of class charac-
ter"
Bishop Hall (Vt) said: "This sug-
gests what seems to me one of the
most serious objections to the prohi-
bitiOn law 1t tends to break down
the sense of Obligation in the case of
all law, human c" divine" /
Men Not Saved by Mans Laws.
Francis Murphy, the great temper
ance worker says: IF Moses could
have saved by law he would have been |
the Christ, there would have been no
need for another Savior. Now. remem-
Der that Christ never went after a
man with the city marshal, but with |
the grace of God. You must have
the grace of God and the love of Your
kind in your heart. l am not a pro- |
hibltiOnist or a local optionist::''
Similar views of weight because of |
the prominence of the men who have |
expressed them might be multiplied |
beyond the patience of the reader. for
1t IS the concensus of opinions of the
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points, rents and real estate value
decreased, taxes went higher, crime
drunkenness and disorder increased
and discord and bitterness divided thu
people. Some idea of the unpopular
| ity OF the measure in Atlanta ma.
be gained from the following repor
of an anti-prohiDiuon meeting taker
| from the Atlanta Constitution:
The grandest and most enthusiast
! tic crowd that ever assem- bled in At
lanta filled DeGive's Opera House ant
packed its enyirons last night.
F.'Ten thousand men shOuteu them
selves hGarse in indignant profess
against the renewed effort to wreck
the city by prohibition. The march tc
the opera house began ut Z o'clock
and such a march has never been seer
in Atlanta since Sherman and John
ston led their soldiers through the
city,
Many Tried, But Few Retained Pro
hibition.
Perhaps the most forceful argument
against prohibition, however, is found
in the great number of states which
have tried and repudiated it as fail
ure. If it had been a success would
luSy HOI nave kept II! -
All experience teaches that prohfb-
ition leads to all manner of evasions
and builds up feuds. Perjury becomes
common. Wherever local option ex-
lists are found lawless persons who
sell to any and everybody not re-
specting minority or other conditions
The courts are flooded with prosecu-
tons. There are few convictions and
the expense is very large
Under the license system the young
man under age will be protected, but
where local option carries every eva
sion and subterfuge will be resorted
to, and where the party is pursuing
an illegal business he will sell to mi
nors and all others alike.
1t seems pertinent to inquire what
effect prohibition has had upon the
growth of communities From the
United States census reports we learn
that the only states which have lost
population were prohibition states.
This might seem merely accidental
were 1t not given significance by the
moral general fact that, all states with
out exception which have adopted pro-
h1bitory laws have increased in popu-
lation less rapidly after it's adoption
than before, and also by the fact that
In a majority Of the states the repeal
was followed by an Increased percen-
tage of growth in population over that
under prohibition. Among states SIM
ilarly situated and with the same dem
sity of population per square mile
prohibition states have shown an in
crease in population much smaller
than that of>the license state.
Political Effect of Prohibition.
A pertinent comparison in this con-
nectfon is that of the dry town of
Thomasvilbe, Ga, with the wet towns
OF cambridge and Vafdosia on either
side of it. In 1890 Thomasville had a
population of 1914 and in 1900 it's pop-
ulation had fallen to 5,322. On the
other hand Bainbridge had a popula-
ton in 1899 Of 1858 and this had
grown in 1900 to 2ie41. While Val
dosta had a population Of 1854 in 1890
and 5,603 in 1900. Bainbridge had.
therefore, increased in the ten years
Do per GENT. and Valdosta SO per cent:
while Townsville, under prohibition.
had decreased about 1 per cent.
Recent investigation showed that
IN 900 towns the tax rate was So 1-2
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per cent higher in the prohibition
than in the license towns While the
average per capita debt of the pro
hibition towns was Is per cent more
than that of the license towns While
in respect to streets, public buildings
schools, ETC., the license towns were
in much the better shape. Such a re.
suit might reasonably be anticipated.
If large amount of revenue of any
community is taken away through the
refusal to grant license that revenue
must be made good by additional
taxes.
| 1t is proper to say that experience
has shown that a license placed so
high as to be prohibitory has many,
| if not all, the bad results OF prohib-
ition itself
sanefuI Effects of Prohibition On
Business.
When Americas, Ga, was dry it is
stated that it was without sufficient
funds to pay its police and fire de-
partments, although there was prob
ably never any lack of liquor to
| drink Since the town took a reas-
enable view of the liquor question it's
departments have been paid off
promptly and the tewn has gone for
ward. Business does not prosper in
So-called dry" towns. ASK the bust
ness people of Americas if they pre-
fer prohibition to proper reguia ,on of
the liquor traffic under the license
system.
Danville, Va, was also dry at one
time, but it is now wet" and Will
probably. continue so. Ask the real
estate people there, the owners and
handlers of property, what the re-
suits OF prohibition were, how prop
erty sold, rented, or remained idle dur
ing the period of prohibition. There is
less demand for property in a pro-
hfb1tion town than in any other place
except a cemetery.
Maine is prohibition state. Yet it
is we'll known that in every town in
Maine any one can get all the LIQUOR
he wants, but the towns and the state
get no revenue from the business, in
creasing the burdens of real estate.
In some places the attempt at con-
cealment Of the sale of liquor is al
most nil.
Liquor Not Responsible For Majority
of Crimes.
Mississippi has high license, a to-
e~i VI pE,OVO IOI SdlOOR- IrOOdDly
there are only a dozen cities and |
towns in the state with licensed bars. |
Yet there is probably more liquor |
consumed per capita in Mississippi |
than in any other state of the South. |
Liquor is abundant everywhere, fur
nished by clubs, blind tigers and kept |
and consumed at home
Statistics from Americas greatest
prison, that of the state of Missouri,
given in a recent number of the
North American Review, show that in
temperate habits were not so much
in evidence as is generally claimed,
about one-half of the inmates having
led temperate lives, while two-thirds
Of the cenvicts were professors of one
religion or another This proves moth
Ing but the absurdity Of the claim
so often put forth that drink is what
leads most men into crime.
Prohibition from a Savannah Stand
point
To sum up the situation from the ,
broad and local view point: II
We have in Savannah a city that. ;
despite the frenZied utterances of I
some persons, does not compare un-
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ADVERTISEMENT

/ best minds for the past hundred years
that force is not the proper means OF
! making man temperate or moral, tina
| prohibition is wrong in principle ant
! that men cannot be made good by the
/; Policsman's club
/ As to the practical workings of pro
j hibition the experiment has been tried
| by many communities and the com
mon testimony is that while it dimin
iShes the number of open places in
which liquor is sold, it multiplies the
| secret places and more liquor and
| worse liquor is sold and more intern
perance caused than under license.
The secret place is worse than the
open place because in the secret
places the restraint of publicity is re-
moved.
Bishop Clark, Rhode Island. said:
prohibition has been disastrous to
the cause Of temperance"
Prohibition Breeds Hypocrisy.
Bishop Neeley of Maine said: THE
Clubs are simply lotteries of young
men who call themselves clubs and
get together and have their bottles in
their closets. | am sure these clubs
have a very bad effect in that young
men who never drank at all previously
have done so in the secrecy of the
club, as they cali it; they would not
be seen to drink over a bar, but they
do it in the club rooms"
Bishop Hall of Vermont said: PRO
hlbition drives underground the mis-
chief which it seeks to cure, making
it more difficult to deal with the evil,
and impossible to regulate the trade
as for instance in the quality of the
liquor sold. The present law leads
believe in many cases, to heavier
drinking"
Justice Ladd, New Hampshire (of
the supreme court), said: For more
than thirty years New Hampshire has
had a prOhibitory Ijquer law as strin-
gent, as varied in it's provisions. as
ingenious to meet every aspect and
deal with every metmorphOsis Of in
temperance as the wisdom and ex-
perience, not only of this state, but of
the whole country, could devise. What
has been the result? We all know
land this is the complaint Of the most
ardent friends of temperance and OF
prohibition) it has, as a general thing,
been disobeyed, disregarded, scoffed
att B..
Drink Mean Spirits Under Prohibition.
Ex.-Gov. Boles of Iowa said: 81
feel certain>that more spirits are used
as beverage in Iowa. under the pres
ent law than ever have been or ever
would be under a license system. I
am equally certain that the spirits
used are of the worst kind. There is
no doubt but that prohibition has
failed to lessen, the evils of intemper-
ance-' sd t-
Writing of the effect of prohibition
in Temple, Tex, CHS home1, Exon
gresham George c. Pendleton. says:
Il do not believe that it-has improved
the morals of the people; On the con-
trary l believe there has been a dis
tinct decadence in morals"
Almost limitless testimony from
men whose standing compels conf
dence showing the failure of prohi-
bition can be produced.
Coming nearer home it will be re-
called that Atlanta tired the expert
meRt in 1885 with results so disas-
trous that at the next election of 1887
license was voted back overwhelm-
ingly. All the fruits of the expert |
ment were bad. The growth of the |
city was checked, trade went to other