The Washington herald., 1907-11-18

Editor The Washington Herald
The local press Of the 18th inst. an
nounced that. I'm defense Of rushing the
growler~ the excise board expressed
the opinion that it is better for man 20
buy a 10-cent 'growler' OF beer and take
it to his home 10 drink than 20 become
a habitue of barrooms.' Such a defense
means nothing. i mc'h nor would agree
10 II. though, knowing II 20 be vicious
for children and might become destruc-
tive OF home 10 have beer drinking at
the fireslde. or course. 1T Is better for
a man 20 buy a l0-cent growler Of beer
and take II home to drink than To become
8 habitue of barrOoms" A rank prohi-
bitlOnst would agree 10 that. But Il does
not 60 20 prove that the taking home Of
| the l0-cent growler viii prevent barroOm
habitues, or such GROWERS" becoming
such. The excise board cannot sustain
such position with fact. proof. or rea-
son.
The drink habit IS demoraIizing. am
not a teetotalcr nor a prGhibiuOnist. our
Lord was present al banquets. where
wine was used. and changed water into
wine and by His presence sanctioned
the use In moderate quantities We all
know what s.. Paul says. But intem-
crime Uncle sam licenses It, and is
particeps criminis in every drink. crime
and al. leading up 20 IT, And for what? =?
Revenue You and ] are part OF Uncle
Sam-are equally guilty Of the crime
and from IL get some Of our tax-paying
money II is nauonai graft. a national
necessary evil. that IS until mankind
reaches perfection. brings the millennium.
and the millennium is not or drunken
ness And all should work 10 the end OF
such perfection In II we snould put
grog shops and drinking places from
public sight. Eliminate grog shops from
residential sections. from home sight
from the residential thoroughfares. and
put them in dark places. or places so
fraught with business life that they Will
pass unnoticed by the young. Take down
the brilliantly artistic electric design
signs OF grog shops from our streets;
they offend more eyes than they please
thus incroaching on our institution Of the
majority shall rule.
Environment molds discharges US from
good 10 bad. from bad to good. Con-
slant contact communicates conscience
contamination or good in proportion as
the environment is conducive OF vice or
virtue; or, as Pope logically and philo-
sOphically says:
Vice is a monster Of so fearful mien
As TO be hated needs but o. be seem
Yet seen too OF, familiar with her fscs
We first endure. then pity. then embrace.
1t is not necessary 10 parade the bad
before the youths eyes as an exam
pie to shun vice. II is not well 10 show
youth gilded halls Of shame to lead
away from them. II Is better TO let
youth wait for maturity for first expe-
rience IN vice. What profiteth IL the
nation 20 tax TO build schools, in which
20 point out the evils OF drink, by sur
rounding the school with saloons and
planting grog shops on the childrens'
way to the schOolhOuses. Gin shops we
license and then put on the way. Going
to and from the places OF GOd-worship
and citlzenship-making. the people-men.
women. and children-have TO run the
gantlet OF these dens Of vice. Hor-
rible examples for our school children.
who from the environment Of these hell
holes become sense-dulled and lose that
/ acute sense Of discernment and dislike OF
! evil influences which would attach to those
without adverse experience.
A 7. GREEN